The First Words

So what's it all about?

Cor-ri-dors : passageways into which compartments or rooms open
Mis-cel-la-ny : a mixture of various things

Corridors Miscellany is not about me; it’s about things I like. CM is not about teaching; it’s about sharing what I’ve learned. CM is a hodgepodge, a bully pulpit for disseminating my pet interests. The posts aren’t always about topics that are globally important, but they’re always important to me. And it’s necessary for me to let people know what I’m thinking about and feeling. Everyone “gets” that, right? Right.

Welcome!

Take a look at these lyrics written by Kathryn Rantala to accompany a flash media presentation showcasing both Satie’s Gymnopedie #1 and Rantala’s provocative poetry.

Gymnopedie #1
Music by Erik Satie
Lyrics by Kathryn Rantala

I don’t feel anything that holds me; ties, tines.
Neither pear nor a bob nor a three; vines twine sky.
Only a wire with a bicycle, please, and only the pistonry of my white knees.
Oh, I could fall as my isolate blood falls and climbs as free rings.
Steps that circle an ache of the ground; fly lines.
Limbs of notes wearing lonelier sound; fine if dry.
Balancing juggling so languorously, as tidal and fine as the ear of the sea;
As how my wand’ring and hearing go never so far from round things.

Watch and listen to the flash media presentation:* http://www.locusnovus.com/lnprojects/gymnopedie1/

Read about Erik Satie and his music: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Satie


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