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"Music Selection" Criteria
I am currently running a project to introduce music on social media and my blog. As a musician and a listener, my intention is to share...
Michi Nakayama
Oct 17, 20241 min read


「音楽セレクション」の選曲基準
現在、音楽を紹介する企画をSNSやブログで展開しております。意図としましては、音楽家、そして一リスナーとして、深くて美しい音楽を紹介していきたいとの思いです。 以下の四点のバランスを元に選曲しています。 客観的価値(マクロ、文脈、歴史) 主観的価値(ミクロ、趣味・嗜好)...
Michi Nakayama
Oct 17, 20242 min read


無限にアイデアを生み出す方法
「アイデア」とは何でしょうか?何か特定のものを指しますか?アイデアは問題を解決する手段であると同時に、実現したいビジョンやインスピレーションでもあります。アーティストはもちろん、作家やスポーツ選手にとっても、そして実はどんな分野でも、新しい発想は大いに役立つものです。...
Michi Nakayama
Oct 17, 20244 min read


How to NEVER Run Out of Ideas
What is an "idea" to you? Is it something specific? Ideas can be a solution to a problem, a creative vision, or an inspiration waiting to...
Michi Nakayama
Oct 17, 20243 min read


幽玄 (Yūgen) - Analysis Methodology
One of the greatest challenges of analysis for subjects like art (incl. music), is that they are fundamentally non-verbal. Analysis...
Michi Nakayama
Feb 28, 20232 min read


Introduction to Études Rythmiques du Japonisme
Suppose Einstein has a say “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life...
Michi Nakayama
Jul 3, 20222 min read


Music as a Waterfall|滝のような音楽
A waterfall is a waterfall, despite its content−water, or the context−scenery, is always changing. Just as a musical variation, it can be...
Michi Nakayama
Jun 22, 20222 min read


Art as "Domain Expansion"
Art is the largest category that is perceivable in this universe. This category is synonymous to aesthetics, however also including that...
Michi Nakayama
Jun 22, 20222 min read


Cartesian Dualism in Music
Life consists of many dualities, all of which can be reduced to two fundamental properties. The physical and the mental, or in Kant's...
Michi Nakayama
Apr 6, 20221 min read


The Paradox of the Artistic Mindset and Compromise
Creating art without compromise is highly virtuous. As James Joyce intended when writing Ulysses, art without compromise means it is for...
Michi Nakayama
Feb 17, 20221 min read
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