Haikus: March 2010

HAIKUS: March 2010

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness—
an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks,
while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life.
(Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.)
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Monday, March 1, 2010, 10:50-10:56 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell
plays Antonin Dvorak,
Rusalka: Song to the Moon (1900)
(Listen) CD, YouTube

Homage to the Full Moon
as it's a symbol for
the enlightened mind. Monday, March 1, 2010, 1:30-6:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Galen Strawson: Narrative & Episodic Minds"
for Kay Ryan's Poetry Workshop (English 192V)
Cite episodic experiences of Wordsworth & Plato

Disagree with Strawson
that Wordsworth and Plato
have narrative minds.

Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:15-1:00 am
Stanford University, Green Library
"Galen Strawson" essay for Kay Ryan's class.
Strawson fooled that Mozart letter was a forgery.
Dream experience seeing everything at once

Past, present, future scenes
may be glanced all at once
on the top of the train. Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:15-1:00 am
Stanford University, Green Library
"Galen Strawson" essay for Kay Ryan's class.
My Stanford print card won't work. Kind student
printed my four pages on his print card at 1 am.

Narrative or episodic—
too narrow for the Self
that's eternal.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 9:05-9:09 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Williams,
Superman: Theme (1978)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Superman music soars
through the galaxies—
may our mind fly with it! Tuesday, March 2, 201, 11:00-11:55 am
Stanford University, Margaret Jacks Hall
Building 460, Terrace Room (4th floor)
Kay Ryan, Poetry Colloquium

Light poetry is good poetry—
feel less burdened and
more fluid, more space.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 3:15-6:05 pm
Stanford University, Building 20, Room 21B
Kay Ryan's Poetry Workshop: Discussed
Galen Strawson's "Narrative & Episodic Minds"

Most spirited discussion
in class on narratives
and episodics. Tuesday, March 2, 201, 3:15-6:05 pm
Stanford University, Building 20, Room 21B
Kay Ryan shared her Notes for Poetry Day
and drafts of poem "The Other Shoe"

Kay shares her writing process—
eight handwritten drafts
of a single poem.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 10:45-10:51 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Bernard Hermann
score for "Vertigo" (1958) echoes
Richard Wagner's "Liebestod"
from "Tristan und Isolde" (1859)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Hermann's Vertigo
pays tribute to Wagner's
Tristan und Isolde. Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 6:15-8:10 pm
Stanford University, Building 260-12
Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil film screening
King Vidor directs "The Fountainhead" (1949)
starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal,
Raymond Massey, and Robert Douglas

Architect values
his creative vision over
the tastes of crowds.

Thursday, March 4, 2010, 12:28-12:42 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Luigi Boccherini,
Guitar Quintet #4 in D, "Fandango" (1798), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Fandango music
with guitar and castanets
makes me clap and dance! Thursday, March 4, 2010, 12:28-12:42 pm
Stanford University, Building 260-11
Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil
Amanda on John Rawls; Eric on Ayn Rand

Rawls' theory of justice
will aid the poor but Rand's
selfishness will not.

Friday, March 5, 2010, 11:32-11:55 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frederick Handel,
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (1749)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Handel has the King's
attention— now trumpets
blast away for fireworks! Friday, March 5, 2010, 1:00-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center
Begin essay for Kay Ryan's homework
assignment "Questions for Poetry Day"

"Poetry for the Mind's Joy"
logo has golden light
glowing inside head.

Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:30-9:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "Ikiru" ("To Live") (1952)
starring Takashi Shimura & Haruo Tanaka

Bureaucrat with cancer
pushes for playground
as his last legacy. Friday, March 5, 2010, 10:05-11:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947)
starring Isao Numasaki & Chieko Nakakita

Young couple with 35
yen tried to enjoy
themselves on Sunday.

Saturday, March 6, 2010, 11:55 am-12:00 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Glazunov,
Symphony #6 in C minor, Op.58 (1896)
"Optimistic" (Listen), CD, YouTube

Rimsky-Korsakov said
Glazunov progressed not
by day but by the hour. Saturday, March 6, 2010, 1:00-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Writing essay for Kay Ryan's homework
assignment "Questions for Poetry Day"

Range of reading from
"Frank & Ernest" comics
to Wei Wu Wei's writings.

Sunday, March 7, 2010, 11:19-11:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Maurizio Pollini plays
Frederic Chopin, Nocturne #8 in D-flat,
Op. 27 #2 (1835), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Chopin's Nocturne—
serene music to wake up
and be refreshed for work. Sunday, March 7, 2010, 1:30-6:10 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Writing "Poetry Day" essay for Kay Ryan
and poem Three Epiphanies of Gold

Under LSD—
Anaïs Nin found herself
turning into GOLD!

Monday, March 8, 2010, 11:42-11:51 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Takács String Quartet plays
Franz Schubert, "Trout" Quintet in A (1819)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Jupiter can't be jolly
if he shape shifts to
rape all those women. Monday, March 8, 2010, 1:30-6:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Writing "Poetry Day" essay for Kay Ryan
and Notes to poem Three Epiphanies of Gold

Kay's assignments have
a thread running through them all—
and it is golden!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:02-9:04 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter (1916)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Jupiter can't be jolly
if he shape shifts to
rape all those women. Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 11:00 am-1:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Writing poem "The Golden Bough"
inspired by Three Epiphanies of Gold

Golden Bough is Sun's weaving
threads of gold around
the earth all these years!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 7:30-9:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "Stray Dog" (1949)
with Toshiro Mifune, & Takashi Shimura

Rookie police tries
to get back his stolen
pistol used in murder. Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:45-11:25 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "Drunken Angel" (1948)
with Toshiro Mifune, & Takashi Shimura

Doctor treats gangster
dying of TB who keeps
on drinking liquor.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 2-3 pm, 4-5:30 pm
Palo Alto: After teeth cleaning at Gentle Dental,
friend takes me to Stanford Lake Lagunita
for two walks around the lake

Water in Lake Lagunita
where dogs' romping scared
two ducks to fly out. Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:20-8:45 pm
Stanford University, Building 260-12
Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil film screening:
Ingmar Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

Karin's God behind
the wall was a giant spider
that tried to rape her.

Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:26-10:30 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Karl Jenkins,
"Palladio: Diamond Music (1996),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Music playing for an hour
can't wake me up till
Diamond Music came! Thursday, March 11, 2010, 3:15-6:05 pm
Stanford University, Building 260-11
Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil Seminar
Sara on Ivan Illich; Dupuy on Rene Girard

Illich perceived evil
in modern medicine
and transportation.

Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:13-10:22 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Domenico Zipoli,
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

If Earth is Heaven—
there's no need to ascend
for bliss is here and now! Friday, March 12, 2010, 2:00-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center
Notes for "The Golden Bough" poem
on the Kabbalah and 11 Sephirot

Hero must regain
golden apples and
golden fleece from the dragon.

Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:30-9:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "High and Low" (1963)
starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai,
Kyoko Kagawa, & Tsutomu Yamazaki

Kidnapper demands
30 million yen tossed
out from a bullet train. Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:05-11:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "I Live in Fear" (1955)
starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura,
Minoru Chiaki, & Eiko Mioshi

Old man fears nuclear war
and wants to move his
family to Brazil.

Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:13-11:28 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Hilary Hahn plays
Nicolo Paganini, Violin Concerto #1 in D,
Opus 6 (1817), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Hilary Hahn plays
Paganini's quick outer
movements like fireworks. Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:34-11:46 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony #7 in A, Op. 92 (1812)
(Listen), (CD) (YouTube: Karajan)

Gorgeous phrasing from
strings and winds with hushed
lovely shaded Allegretto.

Saturday, March 13, 2010, 3:05-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
"Stairs is a swing away from record book"
(Jeff Passn, Yahoo Sports, 3-12-2010)

42-year old Matt Stairs—
baseball's greatest nomad
played for twelve teams. Saturday, March 13, 2010, 3:05-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Emailed Rudy & Jack on brain lectures
of Shankar Vedantam & Stephen Hall

Two upcoming Stanford lectures—
Vedantam's "Hidden Brain"
and Hall's "Wisdom".

Sunday, March 14, 2010, 11:20-11:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Erik Satie,
Gymnopédie #1 (1888),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Erik Satie's music
is simple, serene
and calm for listening. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Milk Pail (2585 California St.)
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Radishes, green onions,
strawberries, spinach salad,
dressings, milk, orange juice.

Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3:30-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Scanned image in Edinger's "Mysterium Lectures":
"The Earth receives the powers of the stars,
and in it the sun generates the gold"
(from Proclus) for Notes: The Golden Bough

Sun generates gold
for the Earth— let's perceive
and receive this treasure. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3:30-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Albert Einstein's 131st birthday (3-14-1879),
born on a π day (transcendental number,
numerology, philosophy) and E=mc²

E = mc²
Energy = Mass x (Speed of Light)²
Enlightenment = Mind x (Compassion)²

Monday, March 15, 2010, 12:37-12:43 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Richard Egarr
conducts Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F, BWV1047 (1718)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

On the Ides of March—
a fresh morning with sunshine
listening to Bach. Monday, March 15, 2010, 4:00-5:05 pm
Stanford University, Stauffer Auditorium
Hoover Institution Media Fellow Book Talk
Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post,
"The Hidden Brain" & Prof. Jennifer Eberhardt

Our unconscious bias
toward blacks as criminals
sends them to death row.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 12:45-12:52 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Marin Marais
"The Bells of St. Genevieve" (1723)
(Listen), CD

Viol, violin, harpsicord
combine to sound—
Bells of St. Genevieve. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 3:00-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center
Catching up on March Haikus delayed
for two weeks while writing Kay's essays

Relax!— No need to write
an essay for Kay Ryan's
Stanford Poetry Class.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 7:30-9:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "The Hidden Fortress" (1958)
starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara,
Minoru Chiaki, & Kamatari Fujiwara

Samurai gets two peasants
to help transport Princess
and gold through enemy lines. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 10:00-11:50 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre:
Akira Kurosawa directs "Yojimbo" (1961)
starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai,
Isuzu Yamada, & Yôko Tsukasa

Samurai collects gold
from both warring factions
as they kill each other.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:24-11:29 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Barry
"The Beyondness of Things" (1999)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Beyond things of this world
lies the vast unknown
of all that we can't see. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 12:24-12:36 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Pascal Rogé plays
Erik Satie, Je Te Veux (I Want You)
(1900) (Listen), CD, YouTube

I want you— to be
desireless, content with
the simple joyous life.

Thursday, March 18, 2010, 11:22-11:29 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Schneider conducts
Johann Strauss, Jr. (Listen) CD, YouTube
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 (1867)

Beautiful Blue Danube
waltz by Strauss wakes me
up to dance with springtime. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:30-6:45 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Writing poem "Wisdom: Some Questions"
before Stephen S. Hall's "Wisdom" lecture

Is wisdom the rock of ages,
or waves of water,
or vaporous vagabond?

Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:30-6:45 pm
Stanford University, Art Library— Reading
Stephen Hall's "The Older-and-Wiser Hypothesis"
(New York Times Magazine, May 6, 2007)

Emotion is central
to wisdom, yet detachment
is essential. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7:00-8:30 pm
Stanford University, Wallenberg Hall
Stephen S. Hall's "Wisdom" lecture—
"WISDOM: From Philosophy to Neuroscience"

Eight neural pillars of wisdom—
emotional states that can
be measured in the brain.

Friday, March 19, 2010, 7:30-9:45 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960)
starring Toshiro Mifune & Masayuki Mori

Corporate corruption
where Nishi plots revenge
for his father's death. Friday, March 19, 2010, 9:55-11:45 pm
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "Throne of Blood" (1957)
starring Toshiro Mifune & Takashi Shimura

Macbeth plot transposed
to feudal Japan— castle
built on Mt. Fuji.

Friday, March 26, 2010, 1:00-1:34 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony #4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian" (1833)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Jolliest piece he's done—
his travels in Italy
inspired this music. Friday, March 26, 2010, 2:00-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center
Added Wordsworth's "Child is father of the Man"
to "Notes to poem— Wisdom: Some Questions"

The Child came before
the Man— he's older in us,
hence he's the father.

Sunday, March 28, 2010, 12:26-12:32 pm
Symphony #104 in D major "London" (1795)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Croatian folk song
used in fast finale of
Haydn's last symphony. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street)

Broccoli, spinach,
cranberry juice, orange juice,
shrimp, peanuts, pizza, milk.

Monday, March 1, 2010, 10:50-10:56 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays Antonin Dvorak, Rusalka: Song to the Moon (1900) (Listen) CD, YouTube Homage to the Full Moon as it's a symbol for the enlightened mind.	Monday, March 1, 2010, 1:30-6:40 pm Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center "Galen Strawson: Narrative & Episodic Minds" for Kay Ryan's Poetry Workshop (English 192V) Cite episodic experiences of Wordsworth & Plato Disagree with Strawson that Wordsworth and Plato have narrative minds.
Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:15-1:00 am Stanford University, Green Library "Galen Strawson" essay for Kay Ryan's class. Strawson fooled that Mozart letter was a forgery. Dream experience seeing everything at once Past, present, future scenes may be glanced all at once on the top of the train.	Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:15-1:00 am Stanford University, Green Library "Galen Strawson" essay for Kay Ryan's class. My Stanford print card won't work. Kind student printed my four pages on his print card at 1 am. Narrative or episodic— too narrow for the Self that's eternal.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 9:05-9:09 am KDFC 102.1 FM: John Williams, Superman: Theme (1978) (Listen), CD, YouTube Superman music soars through the galaxies— may our mind fly with it!	Tuesday, March 2, 201, 11:00-11:55 am Stanford University, Margaret Jacks Hall Building 460, Terrace Room (4th floor) Kay Ryan, Poetry Colloquium Light poetry is good poetry— feel less burdened and more fluid, more space.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 3:15-6:05 pm Stanford University, Building 20, Room 21B Kay Ryan's Poetry Workshop: Discussed Galen Strawson's "Narrative & Episodic Minds" Most spirited discussion in class on narratives and episodics.	Tuesday, March 2, 201, 3:15-6:05 pm Stanford University, Building 20, Room 21B Kay Ryan shared her Notes for Poetry Day and drafts of poem "The Other Shoe" Kay shares her writing process— eight handwritten drafts of a single poem.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 10:45-10:51 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Bernard Hermann score for "Vertigo" (1958) echoes Richard Wagner's "Liebestod" from "Tristan und Isolde" (1859) (Listen), CD, YouTube Hermann's Vertigo pays tribute to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.	Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 6:15-8:10 pm Stanford University, Building 260-12 Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil film screening King Vidor directs "The Fountainhead" (1949) starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, and Robert Douglas Architect values his creative vision over the tastes of crowds.
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 12:28-12:42 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Luigi Boccherini, Guitar Quintet #4 in D, "Fandango" (1798), (Listen), CD, YouTube Fandango music with guitar and castanets makes me clap and dance!	Thursday, March 4, 2010, 12:28-12:42 pm Stanford University, Building 260-11 Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil Amanda on John Rawls; Eric on Ayn Rand Rawls' theory of justice will aid the poor but Rand's selfishness will not.
Friday, March 5, 2010, 11:32-11:55 am KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frederick Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (1749) (Listen), CD, YouTube Handel has the King's attention— now trumpets blast away for fireworks!	Friday, March 5, 2010, 1:00-5:10 pm Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center Begin essay for Kay Ryan's homework assignment "Questions for Poetry Day" "Poetry for the Mind's Joy" logo has golden light glowing inside head.
Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:30-9:55 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "Ikiru" ("To Live") (1952) starring Takashi Shimura & Haruo Tanaka Bureaucrat with cancer pushes for playground as his last legacy.	Friday, March 5, 2010, 10:05-11:55 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947) starring Isao Numasaki & Chieko Nakakita Young couple with 35 yen tried to enjoy themselves on Sunday.
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 11:55 am-12:00 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Glazunov, Symphony #6 in C minor, Op.58 (1896) "Optimistic" (Listen), CD, YouTube Rimsky-Korsakov said Glazunov progressed not by day but by the hour.	Saturday, March 6, 2010, 1:00-5:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Writing essay for Kay Ryan's homework assignment "Questions for Poetry Day" Range of reading from "Frank & Ernest" comics to Wei Wu Wei's writings.
Sunday, March 7, 2010, 11:19-11:24 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Maurizio Pollini plays Frederic Chopin, Nocturne #8 in D-flat, Op. 27 #2 (1835), (Listen), CD, YouTube Chopin's Nocturne— serene music to wake up and be refreshed for work.	Sunday, March 7, 2010, 1:30-6:10 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Writing "Poetry Day" essay for Kay Ryan and poem Three Epiphanies of Gold Under LSD— Anaïs Nin found herself turning into GOLD!
Monday, March 8, 2010, 11:42-11:51 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Takács String Quartet plays Franz Schubert, "Trout" Quintet in A (1819) (Listen), CD, YouTube Jupiter can't be jolly if he shape shifts to rape all those women.	Monday, March 8, 2010, 1:30-6:10 pm Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center Writing "Poetry Day" essay for Kay Ryan and Notes to poem Three Epiphanies of Gold Kay's assignments have a thread running through them all— and it is golden!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:02-9:04 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter (1916) (Listen), CD, YouTube Jupiter can't be jolly if he shape shifts to rape all those women.	Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 11:00 am-1:10 pm Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center Writing poem "The Golden Bough" inspired by Three Epiphanies of Gold Golden Bough is Sun's weaving threads of gold around the earth all these years!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 7:30-9:35 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "Stray Dog" (1949) with Toshiro Mifune, & Takashi Shimura Rookie police tries to get back his stolen pistol used in murder.	Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:45-11:25 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "Drunken Angel" (1948) with Toshiro Mifune, & Takashi Shimura Doctor treats gangster dying of TB who keeps on drinking liquor.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 2-3 pm, 4-5:30 pm Palo Alto: After teeth cleaning at Gentle Dental, friend takes me to Stanford Lake Lagunita for two walks around the lake Water in Lake Lagunita where dogs' romping scared two ducks to fly out.	Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:20-8:45 pm Stanford University, Building 260-12 Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil film screening: Ingmar Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Karin's God behind the wall was a giant spider that tried to rape her.
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:26-10:30 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Karl Jenkins, "Palladio: Diamond Music (1996), (Listen), CD, YouTube Music playing for an hour can't wake me up till Diamond Music came!	Thursday, March 11, 2010, 3:15-6:05 pm Stanford University, Building 260-11 Prof. Dupuy's Problem of Evil Seminar Sara on Ivan Illich; Dupuy on Rene Girard Illich perceived evil in modern medicine and transportation.
Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:13-10:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Domenico Zipoli, Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715), (Listen), CD, YouTube If Earth is Heaven— there's no need to ascend for bliss is here and now!	Friday, March 12, 2010, 2:00-5:10 pm Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center Notes for "The Golden Bough" poem on the Kabbalah and 11 Sephirot Hero must regain golden apples and golden fleece from the dragon.
Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:30-9:55 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "High and Low" (1963) starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, & Tsutomu Yamazaki Kidnapper demands 30 million yen tossed out from a bullet train.	Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:05-11:50 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "I Live in Fear" (1955) starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, & Eiko Mioshi Old man fears nuclear war and wants to move his family to Brazil.
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:13-11:28 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Hilary Hahn plays Nicolo Paganini, Violin Concerto #1 in D, Opus 6 (1817), (Listen), CD, YouTube Hilary Hahn plays Paganini's quick outer movements like fireworks.	Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:34-11:46 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony #7 in A, Op. 92 (1812) (Listen), (CD) (YouTube: Karajan) Gorgeous phrasing from strings and winds with hushed lovely shaded Allegretto.
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 3:05-10:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library "Stairs is a swing away from record book" (Jeff Passn, Yahoo Sports, 3-12-2010) 42-year old Matt Stairs— baseball's greatest nomad played for twelve teams.	Saturday, March 13, 2010, 3:05-10:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Emailed Rudy & Jack on brain lectures of Shankar Vedantam & Stephen Hall Two upcoming Stanford lectures— Vedantam's "Hidden Brain" and Hall's "Wisdom".
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 11:20-11:24 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Erik Satie, Gymnopédie #1 (1888), (Listen), CD, YouTube Erik Satie's music is simple, serene and calm for listening.	Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:00-3:00 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Milk Pail (2585 California St.) and Safeway (2580 California Street) Radishes, green onions, strawberries, spinach salad, dressings, milk, orange juice.
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3:30-10:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Scanned image in Edinger's "Mysterium Lectures": "The Earth receives the powers of the stars, and in it the sun generates the gold" (from Proclus) for Notes: The Golden Bough Sun generates gold for the Earth— let's perceive and receive this treasure.	Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3:30-10:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Albert Einstein's 131st birthday (3-14-1879), born on a π day (transcendental number, numerology, philosophy) and E=mc² E = mc² Energy = Mass x (Speed of Light)² Enlightenment = Mind x (Compassion)²
Monday, March 15, 2010, 12:37-12:43 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Richard Egarr conducts Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F, BWV1047 (1718) (Listen), CD, YouTube On the Ides of March— a fresh morning with sunshine listening to Bach.	Monday, March 15, 2010, 4:00-5:05 pm Stanford University, Stauffer Auditorium Hoover Institution Media Fellow Book Talk Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post, "The Hidden Brain" & Prof. Jennifer Eberhardt Our unconscious bias toward blacks as criminals sends them to death row.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 12:45-12:52 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Marin Marais "The Bells of St. Genevieve" (1723) (Listen), CD Viol, violin, harpsicord combine to sound— Bells of St. Genevieve.	Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 3:00-5:10 pm Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center Catching up on March Haikus delayed for two weeks while writing Kay's essays Relax!— No need to write an essay for Kay Ryan's Stanford Poetry Class.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 7:30-9:50 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "The Hidden Fortress" (1958) starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, & Kamatari Fujiwara Samurai gets two peasants to help transport Princess and gold through enemy lines.	Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 10:00-11:50 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "Yojimbo" (1961) starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Isuzu Yamada, & Yôko Tsukasa Samurai collects gold from both warring factions as they kill each other.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:24-11:29 am KDFC 102.1 FM: John Barry "The Beyondness of Things" (1999) (Listen), CD, YouTube Beyond things of this world lies the vast unknown of all that we can't see.	Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 12:24-12:36 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Pascal Rogé plays Erik Satie, Je Te Veux (I Want You) (1900) (Listen), CD, YouTube I want you— to be desireless, content with the simple joyous life.
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 11:22-11:29 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Schneider conducts Johann Strauss, Jr. (Listen) CD, YouTube On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 (1867) Beautiful Blue Danube waltz by Strauss wakes me up to dance with springtime.	Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:30-6:45 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Writing poem "Wisdom: Some Questions" before Stephen S. Hall's "Wisdom" lecture Is wisdom the rock of ages, or waves of water, or vaporous vagabond?
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:30-6:45 pm Stanford University, Art Library— Reading Stephen Hall's "The Older-and-Wiser Hypothesis" (New York Times Magazine, May 6, 2007) Emotion is central to wisdom, yet detachment is essential.	Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7:00-8:30 pm Stanford University, Wallenberg Hall Stephen S. Hall's "Wisdom" lecture— "WISDOM: From Philosophy to Neuroscience" Eight neural pillars of wisdom— emotional states that can be measured in the brain.
Friday, March 19, 2010, 7:30-9:45 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960) starring Toshiro Mifune & Masayuki Mori Corporate corruption where Nishi plots revenge for his father's death.	Friday, March 19, 2010, 9:55-11:45 pm Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "Throne of Blood" (1957) starring Toshiro Mifune & Takashi Shimura Macbeth plot transposed to feudal Japan— castle built on Mt. Fuji.
Friday, March 26, 2010, 1:00-1:34 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn Symphony #4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian" (1833) (Listen), CD, YouTube Jolliest piece he's done— his travels in Italy inspired this music.	Friday, March 26, 2010, 2:00-5:10 pm Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center Added Wordsworth's "Child is father of the Man" to "Notes to poem— Wisdom: Some Questions" The Child came before the Man— he's older in us, hence he's the father.
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 12:26-12:32 pm Symphony #104 in D major "London" (1795) (Listen), CD, YouTube Croatian folk song used in fast finale of Haydn's last symphony.	Sunday, March 28, 2010, 4:00-5:00 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street) Broccoli, spinach, cranberry juice, orange juice, shrimp, peanuts, pizza, milk.