Tom DePlonty
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Tom DePlonty
@tomdeplonty.bsky.social
Composer and software professional living in MA. Equality and justice for all, and compassion always. All unattributed pictures posted are mine.

Find my music at https://paragate.bandcamp.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/tomdeplonty.
Playing with bubble glazing
February 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Beeswax crafts at the Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Massachusetts
January 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Studio of Daniel Chester French, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Studies for the Lincoln Memorial statue and the doors of the Boston Public Library are seen in the background. In the foreground is French's last (unfinished) piece, Andromeda.
January 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Coasters. When I was making pottery more actively I used to make these small square blanks all the time, and use them to try different design and carving ideas.
January 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Holocaust Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts
January 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Detail of an untitled installation by Damon Jespersen and Gordon Pryzbyla (2021) at Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, Massachusetts
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
January 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Payala Qiatsuq, Snowy Owl (2004), Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
January 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Day 20: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

On the piano constantly during my childhood. To my mind the best stuff was at the beginning and at the end.
December 24, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Day 19: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

The confluence of a great tournament with great commentary by a great player - Bronstein being probably the best player ever to not quite win the World Championship.
December 23, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Also a town in Massachusetts - always wondered where the name was from
December 23, 2024 at 4:44 PM
City Hall Boston, Massachusetts, in all its Brutalist glory
December 22, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Day 18: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge
December 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Day 17: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge
December 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Day 16: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

Take that, Julian Jaynes!

Seriously, a fantastic book that completely changed my perspective on being conscious, and especially on the nature of time.
December 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Day 15: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge
December 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Peter Gerakaris, Spotted Owl Mosaic, at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
December 19, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Ha! Some years back I listened to a webcast performance of Vexations for a while.
December 18, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Day 14: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

One of the finest non-fiction books I've read.
December 18, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Day 13: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

Another one that really didn't age well for me. Thought he was the bees knees when I was a teen, but can no longer see what I saw then.
December 17, 2024 at 4:45 PM
"Night", by Antonio Lopez Garcia, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
December 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Make up your mind, happiness.
December 16, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Day 12: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

One of those books I wonder if anyone else has read.
December 16, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The birthplace of American composer Charles Ives in Danbury, Connecticut.
December 15, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Day 11: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge
December 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM