musicology

my birthday wish

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Music-making belongs to everyone. Here’s what I built to make this real—and why I need your help this spring.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

what’s the deal with literacy these days?

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Let’s take a moment to say something out loud:there’s a lot of terrible writing in the world;and a lot of terrible writing is one of the reasonsmany of our kids are not excited to sit and squint and parse, under fluorescentlighting, at desks that wreck their bodies, in rowsof kids, not allowed to wiggle or … Read more

neurodiverse community

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Affirming neurodiversity is recognizing that, in a musical space, one person is tuned into the soprano register, even though their voice presents in the bass register; another person hears long melodic phrases when everyone else is creating short rhythmic phrases; and someone else’s brain is turning the patterns of sound into physical shapes, and they … Read more

Wow

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I was in Taqueria La Familia today, having an excellent pescado burrito, and listening to the cumbia that was coming over the radio, when… Kristi Noem’s DHS spot totally killed the vibe. I can’t believe they are selling ads like that in California, but I guess these big media companies don’t care. She literally says … Read more

Portrait of a Scientist (early 20th century)

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He was probably a university student, or a post-doc, or maybe already a professor. He was probably married and probably had a new child at home, (and might have even had an idea of what university he hoped his child would attend). He was probably an only child, or if he had siblings, was probably … Read more

❣️

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all the little things you do are done for love. don’t doubt it. shout about it. shout about the things you do for love. (it’s about the little things) little things are moved toward love. (If you are moved, move the little things toward love) love this, sweetie lovethislovethislovethislovethislove

💙

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i don’t knowif it’s funnyor sad that people can reada poem from a hundredyears ago and laughbut when their friendwrites a poem they worry abouttheir mental health (whose mental healthare they worried about?) even people wholove the blues,which is often funny and sad:that’s the bluesin a nutshell. who doesn’t feelfunny and sad?and who doesn’t love … Read more

i, advocate

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If you’ve been following my neurodiversity journey–as I articulate the experience of a person with autism, ADHD, aphantasia, and proprioception hyposensitivity from the inside, along with the other ways i share myself–and you’ve found that the insights I’ve shared connect with your experience, or contextualize something you suspected, realize that sharing these insights is one … Read more