Cevie
@cevie.bsky.social
Interests are social justice, environmental protection, avant-garde music, abstract art, astronomy, zoology, botany, enology.. and a damn fine dram.
A hugely influential musician..
#jackdejohnette #improviser
#jazz #music #obituary
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#jackdejohnette #improviser
#jazz #music #obituary
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Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83
Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader
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October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A hugely influential musician..
#jackdejohnette #improviser
#jazz #music #obituary
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#jackdejohnette #improviser
#jazz #music #obituary
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"Perfection is less interesting."
-- Anne Carson
#booksky #interview
#poetry #annecarson
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5...
-- Anne Carson
#booksky #interview
#poetry #annecarson
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5...
Anne Carson, The Art of Poetry No. 88
“I write to find out what I think about something.”
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October 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Perfection is less interesting."
-- Anne Carson
#booksky #interview
#poetry #annecarson
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5...
-- Anne Carson
#booksky #interview
#poetry #annecarson
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5...
“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”
— E. B. White
#booksky #ebwhite #interview
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— E. B. White
#booksky #ebwhite #interview
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
E. B. White, The Art of the Essay No. 1
“People are like animals and the city is full of people in strange plumage.”
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August 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”
— E. B. White
#booksky #ebwhite #interview
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
— E. B. White
#booksky #ebwhite #interview
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
“Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie.”
—Italo Calvino
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2...
#booksky #italocalvino #interview
#novelists #parisreview 1983
—Italo Calvino
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2...
#booksky #italocalvino #interview
#novelists #parisreview 1983
Italo Calvino, The Art of Fiction No. 130
“Every time I must find something to do that will look like something a little beyond my capabilities.”
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July 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie.”
—Italo Calvino
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2...
#booksky #italocalvino #interview
#novelists #parisreview 1983
—Italo Calvino
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2...
#booksky #italocalvino #interview
#novelists #parisreview 1983
“I don’t think that poetry leads to self-destructiveness. It’s life that gets people there.”
—Edward Hirsch
#booksky #poetry #interview
#parisreview #edwardhirsch
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—Edward Hirsch
#booksky #poetry #interview
#parisreview #edwardhirsch
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...
Edward Hirsch, The Art of Poetry No. 110
“It’s part of your job, as a poet, to write out of experience. To name what matters to you. You’ve only got one life to draw on.”
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June 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“I don’t think that poetry leads to self-destructiveness. It’s life that gets people there.”
—Edward Hirsch
#booksky #poetry #interview
#parisreview #edwardhirsch
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...
—Edward Hirsch
#booksky #poetry #interview
#parisreview #edwardhirsch
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...
May 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I enjoy reading well-conducted interviews of talented poets, regardless of whether their style is similar to my own attempts..
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#booksky #robertfrost #poetry
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#booksky #robertfrost #poetry
Robert Frost, The Art of Poetry No. 2
“… Why don't critics talk about those things—what a feat it was to turn that that way, and what a feat it was to remember that, to be reminded of that by this?”
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March 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I enjoy reading well-conducted interviews of talented poets, regardless of whether their style is similar to my own attempts..
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#booksky #robertfrost #poetry
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#booksky #robertfrost #poetry
“There should be no distinction between what we write down, and what we really know.”
The Art of Poetry interview of Allen Ginsberg by Tom Clark, from the Spring 1966 issue of The Paris Review..
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#booksky #poetry #allenginsberg
The Art of Poetry interview of Allen Ginsberg by Tom Clark, from the Spring 1966 issue of The Paris Review..
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#booksky #poetry #allenginsberg
Allen Ginsberg, The Art of Poetry No. 8
“What happens if you make a distinction between what you tell your friends and what you tell your Muse?”
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March 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“There should be no distinction between what we write down, and what we really know.”
The Art of Poetry interview of Allen Ginsberg by Tom Clark, from the Spring 1966 issue of The Paris Review..
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#booksky #poetry #allenginsberg
The Art of Poetry interview of Allen Ginsberg by Tom Clark, from the Spring 1966 issue of The Paris Review..
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#booksky #poetry #allenginsberg
February 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Currently reading..
A long-awaited biography of the enigmatic musical great.
#booksky #freejazz #music
#biography #kennywheeler
A long-awaited biography of the enigmatic musical great.
#booksky #freejazz #music
#biography #kennywheeler
February 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Currently reading..
A long-awaited biography of the enigmatic musical great.
#booksky #freejazz #music
#biography #kennywheeler
A long-awaited biography of the enigmatic musical great.
#booksky #freejazz #music
#biography #kennywheeler
February 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
An artist doesn't have to boast and pretend to be "groundbreaking" to soar into our imaginations.
#music #authenticity
#art #improvisation
#music #authenticity
#art #improvisation
February 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
An artist doesn't have to boast and pretend to be "groundbreaking" to soar into our imaginations.
#music #authenticity
#art #improvisation
#music #authenticity
#art #improvisation
I'm worried for all those already struggling with mental illness or extremely difficult life situations, who might be pushed over the edge by the actions of this brutal oligarchy.
#dictatorship #musk #trump
#dictatorship #musk #trump
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'm worried for all those already struggling with mental illness or extremely difficult life situations, who might be pushed over the edge by the actions of this brutal oligarchy.
#dictatorship #musk #trump
#dictatorship #musk #trump
January 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In the first two DAYS of his new autocracy, I've bought as many books of poetry as I had in the previous two DECADES.
Retaining a connection to resonant beauty is part of my strategy for enduring the next four years.
If you have any favorite books of poetry to recommend, I'd love to hear. #booksky
Retaining a connection to resonant beauty is part of my strategy for enduring the next four years.
If you have any favorite books of poetry to recommend, I'd love to hear. #booksky
January 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In the first two DAYS of his new autocracy, I've bought as many books of poetry as I had in the previous two DECADES.
Retaining a connection to resonant beauty is part of my strategy for enduring the next four years.
If you have any favorite books of poetry to recommend, I'd love to hear. #booksky
Retaining a connection to resonant beauty is part of my strategy for enduring the next four years.
If you have any favorite books of poetry to recommend, I'd love to hear. #booksky
All of my grandparents were born in Ukraine. So naturally, I can't help but see and say Bluesky as if it's a Ukrainian name (pronounced Blue-skee).
January 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
All of my grandparents were born in Ukraine. So naturally, I can't help but see and say Bluesky as if it's a Ukrainian name (pronounced Blue-skee).
New Years resolution:
Do not read any comments posted under political or science news.
Just don't. Seriously, don't.
Do not read any comments posted under political or science news.
Just don't. Seriously, don't.
January 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New Years resolution:
Do not read any comments posted under political or science news.
Just don't. Seriously, don't.
Do not read any comments posted under political or science news.
Just don't. Seriously, don't.
You'll not be forgotten, good sir.
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Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100
Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
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December 29, 2024 at 9:26 PM
You'll not be forgotten, good sir.
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The music never comes out as beautiful, as deep, as complete as how I hear it inside.. but occasionally it's enough.
#composition #improvisation
#striving #artisticexpression
#composition #improvisation
#striving #artisticexpression
December 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
The music never comes out as beautiful, as deep, as complete as how I hear it inside.. but occasionally it's enough.
#composition #improvisation
#striving #artisticexpression
#composition #improvisation
#striving #artisticexpression
