Arthur Durkee
@phoenixdragon1.bsky.social
Composer, poet, book artist, printmaker, letterpress, graphics, recording studio, photography, type designer. Pan/poly/neurodivergent/queer.
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And, while I’m at it, updating the engraving for my 2011 “Lux aeterna” for TTBB chorus. This short a cappella piece is part of my larger series, Light, which musically looks at the traditional treatments of the mystical light from several different spiritual traditions.
#ttbb #choralmusic
#ttbb #choralmusic
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
And, while I’m at it, updating the engraving for my 2011 “Lux aeterna” for TTBB chorus. This short a cappella piece is part of my larger series, Light, which musically looks at the traditional treatments of the mystical light from several different spiritual traditions.
#ttbb #choralmusic
#ttbb #choralmusic
While I am at it, I revised and slightly recomposed a TTBB choral fanfare I composed a few years ago. “We Sing for Joy.” Now ready for publication.
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
While I am at it, I revised and slightly recomposed a TTBB choral fanfare I composed a few years ago. “We Sing for Joy.” Now ready for publication.
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
Having a downcycle day: out & didn’t sleep well. But I did start a poem this morning.
I hate random “life coach” comments. There’s nothing tragic going on, it’s just periodic fibromyalgia troughs after several good day peaks. It doesn’t need “fixing,” I endure a lot that would destroy you.
I hate random “life coach” comments. There’s nothing tragic going on, it’s just periodic fibromyalgia troughs after several good day peaks. It doesn’t need “fixing,” I endure a lot that would destroy you.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Having a downcycle day: out & didn’t sleep well. But I did start a poem this morning.
I hate random “life coach” comments. There’s nothing tragic going on, it’s just periodic fibromyalgia troughs after several good day peaks. It doesn’t need “fixing,” I endure a lot that would destroy you.
I hate random “life coach” comments. There’s nothing tragic going on, it’s just periodic fibromyalgia troughs after several good day peaks. It doesn’t need “fixing,” I endure a lot that would destroy you.
An excellent and important thread.
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
An excellent and important thread.
Jupiter, Procyon, Sirius, and Orion
dance around the water tower
midnight cold makes us stargazers shiver
but the clear skies beckon a long look, and a far one
dance around the water tower
midnight cold makes us stargazers shiver
but the clear skies beckon a long look, and a far one
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Jupiter, Procyon, Sirius, and Orion
dance around the water tower
midnight cold makes us stargazers shiver
but the clear skies beckon a long look, and a far one
dance around the water tower
midnight cold makes us stargazers shiver
but the clear skies beckon a long look, and a far one
Folks, this is major news.
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Folks, this is major news.
This could be even more useful if it framed the ND field as more than just autism. The lack of doing do so, creating a de facto binary dichotomy, has become annoying to the rest of the ND community.
"The theory of monotropism frames the difference in cognitive functioning between autistic and non-autistic people in a value-neutral way. However, the broader autism literature has traditionally described focused interests in a negative light"
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
Focused Interests, Motivation, and Museum/Gallery Attendance – A Mixed-Methods Survey Exploring Autistic Adults’ Experiences and Wellbeing Outcomes - Sarah Dantas, Aimee Fletcher, 2025
Focused interests are characterised by high attention and focus, and are commonly experienced by autistic people. While some research frames these interests as ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This could be even more useful if it framed the ND field as more than just autism. The lack of doing do so, creating a de facto binary dichotomy, has become annoying to the rest of the ND community.
Rural Life After Harvest
at sunset the fields,
shaved of crops down to dirt,
make skies look bigger
I eat the last strawberry
from your fingers stained with earth
#tanka #sunset #rural #photography #poetry
at sunset the fields,
shaved of crops down to dirt,
make skies look bigger
I eat the last strawberry
from your fingers stained with earth
#tanka #sunset #rural #photography #poetry
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Rural Life After Harvest
at sunset the fields,
shaved of crops down to dirt,
make skies look bigger
I eat the last strawberry
from your fingers stained with earth
#tanka #sunset #rural #photography #poetry
at sunset the fields,
shaved of crops down to dirt,
make skies look bigger
I eat the last strawberry
from your fingers stained with earth
#tanka #sunset #rural #photography #poetry
After the busy past week, I needed to mostly rest today. Still, I did some writing, then revised and re-engraved a TTBB choral fanfare I wrote the music for a few years ago. Satisfying to get this done for publication.
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
After the busy past week, I needed to mostly rest today. Still, I did some writing, then revised and re-engraved a TTBB choral fanfare I wrote the music for a few years ago. Satisfying to get this done for publication.
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
#music #musiccomposer #choralmusic #ttbb
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One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
This 2-disc recording of the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems is one of my desert island discs. I have other recorded performances, but this one is perfection. I listen to it often on a Sunday morning.
#music #faurerequiem #duruflerequiem
#music #faurerequiem #duruflerequiem
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This 2-disc recording of the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems is one of my desert island discs. I have other recorded performances, but this one is perfection. I listen to it often on a Sunday morning.
#music #faurerequiem #duruflerequiem
#music #faurerequiem #duruflerequiem
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If your church is turning away people who show up to your doors in good faith, you don't have a church. You have a very expensive book club with scarcely any wine.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If your church is turning away people who show up to your doors in good faith, you don't have a church. You have a very expensive book club with scarcely any wine.
My ND hypervigilant brain immediately tracks into verbal info. If I am writing I can listen to instrumental music, but nothing with words. Same for falling asleep. Unless the words are in a foreign language I don’t know (I know circa 4), then the words are just part of the music and it works.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My ND hypervigilant brain immediately tracks into verbal info. If I am writing I can listen to instrumental music, but nothing with words. Same for falling asleep. Unless the words are in a foreign language I don’t know (I know circa 4), then the words are just part of the music and it works.
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
I recorded performances of4’33” several times for my old podcast.
I get so tired of “what’s yoir favorite song” questions that I regularly answer, 4’33”. 🖖
I get so tired of “what’s yoir favorite song” questions that I regularly answer, 4’33”. 🖖
I think it’s cool that 4’33” is still pissing people off. I saw it first hand in a music class I took in my undergrad program. People got viscerally angry about it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I recorded performances of4’33” several times for my old podcast.
I get so tired of “what’s yoir favorite song” questions that I regularly answer, 4’33”. 🖖
I get so tired of “what’s yoir favorite song” questions that I regularly answer, 4’33”. 🖖
This past weekend found me in my happy place for the first time in months: days of music, book arts, printing, creativity. Then I got home and have written a new choral piece. I also started in on cleaning and organizing the basement. If this is a new trend, after so much crap, I’ll take it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This past weekend found me in my happy place for the first time in months: days of music, book arts, printing, creativity. Then I got home and have written a new choral piece. I also started in on cleaning and organizing the basement. If this is a new trend, after so much crap, I’ll take it.
My new “Ave Maria” is finished. Lots of fine-tuning of choral effects, divisi, with both thick chords and sparse lines. I want this piece, when it’s sung in a cathedral, to have emotional resonance, to feel transcendent, even sublime. The text is about awe, the music must be as well.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My new “Ave Maria” is finished. Lots of fine-tuning of choral effects, divisi, with both thick chords and sparse lines. I want this piece, when it’s sung in a cathedral, to have emotional resonance, to feel transcendent, even sublime. The text is about awe, the music must be as well.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
See, this is entirely the point in all this, it’s the often overlooked point that defines democracy as a way of life:
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
The Trump administration broke the law yet again, and now a federal judge is ordering the review and release of hundreds of immigrants. No one is above the law.
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
See, this is entirely the point in all this, it’s the often overlooked point that defines democracy as a way of life:
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
I spent much of today polishing and engraving the “Ave Maria” for TTBB chorus that I sketched last night when I couldn’t sleep. Polishing is about smoothing out details, making the music sound internally coherent, and be properly expressive.
#music #musiccomposer #ttbb #choralmusic #avemaría
#music #musiccomposer #ttbb #choralmusic #avemaría
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I spent much of today polishing and engraving the “Ave Maria” for TTBB chorus that I sketched last night when I couldn’t sleep. Polishing is about smoothing out details, making the music sound internally coherent, and be properly expressive.
#music #musiccomposer #ttbb #choralmusic #avemaría
#music #musiccomposer #ttbb #choralmusic #avemaría
Yeah, so, last night I couldn’t sleep, so I sketched a complete “Ave Maria” for TTBB chorus. You know. Like you do.
It’s a strange world.
Let’s keep it that way.
#music #ttbb #choralmusic #musiccomposer #avemaria
It’s a strange world.
Let’s keep it that way.
#music #ttbb #choralmusic #musiccomposer #avemaria
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yeah, so, last night I couldn’t sleep, so I sketched a complete “Ave Maria” for TTBB chorus. You know. Like you do.
It’s a strange world.
Let’s keep it that way.
#music #ttbb #choralmusic #musiccomposer #avemaria
It’s a strange world.
Let’s keep it that way.
#music #ttbb #choralmusic #musiccomposer #avemaria
That night when you can’t fall asleep, and music starts flowing in your inner ear, so you get out of bed to write it down.
Here’s the start of a nascent TTBB “Ave Maria,” then.
#music #musiccomposer #avemaría #ttbb
Here’s the start of a nascent TTBB “Ave Maria,” then.
#music #musiccomposer #avemaría #ttbb
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
That night when you can’t fall asleep, and music starts flowing in your inner ear, so you get out of bed to write it down.
Here’s the start of a nascent TTBB “Ave Maria,” then.
#music #musiccomposer #avemaría #ttbb
Here’s the start of a nascent TTBB “Ave Maria,” then.
#music #musiccomposer #avemaría #ttbb
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Aurora borealis photography RIGHT NOW in southern Wisconsin. These are unedited photos on my iPhone using 6x7 camera app.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Aurora borealis photography RIGHT NOW in southern Wisconsin. These are unedited photos on my iPhone using 6x7 camera app.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.