Slower Pace
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. - Will Rogers
The holiday season is one of those times when no one has enough time. Rushed and scattered we bolt thru life at a chaotic pace bathed in artificial light and drenched in slick commercialism. At this time of chaotic craziness I encourage you to slow down realign your energies to a less chaotic pace. This month I offer two places that harkens back to a quieter gentler time – one a feast for your eyes – the other for your ears. Relax, slow down and enjoy life a little.
The American Dime Museum
http://www.dimemuseum.net
As this year draws to an end, so will one of my favorite museums. The American Dime Museum is a place like none other. It is a recreated collection of curiosities and oddities that are left from another time. Not a museum of glass and steel, blockbuster exhibits and computer interactive displays all packaged for a slick commercial world used to information in video clips. You will find nothing such as that here. The American Dime Museum is place where you step into the freakish and bizarre collected remnants of 19th century science and sideshow freak exhibits that opened the eyes of an era just starting to become aware of the strange and wonderful world around them. At one time hailed by both the New York Times and National Geographic for being the only authentic recreation of a Victorian dime exhibit in the US, The American Dime Museum has been popular with the public sin reasonable pay-as-you-go plan of a penny or less per minute. Is the HoS site worth all this effort? You bet it is! The archived programs
touch on quiet music from every corner of the globe providing to you an auditory window into cultures and places you never knew existed. Give it a listen. I am sure that you find, as I have, that HoS provides a necessary quiet space just to unwind and relax away from the chaos of the day.
Hearts of Space (HoS)
http://timelessmedia.net/hos/index.html
Hearts of Space bills itself as “slow music for fast times” and that it is. In a time when louder and faster is better HoS is a unique ethereal treat for your ears. Nowhere will you find the chaotic slickness permeates modern radio offerings. For over twenty years HoS has brought thoughtful quiet music to people via its weekly program on US National Public Radio (NPR) and archived on the site you will find over 740 one-hour streaming music programs. You will need to register to use this site and have the current Windows Media Player available (downloadable via a link on the HoS site). Available for free is the current weekly show which offers an hour of quiet chaos free music. Use of the archives is by subscription or on a very reasonable pay-as-you-go plan of a penny or less per minute. Is the HoS site worth all this effort? You bet it is! The archived programs touch on quiet music from every corner of the globe providing to you an auditory window into cultures and places you never knew existed. Give it a listen. I am sure that you find, as I have, that HoS provides a necessary quiet space just to unwind and relax away from the chaos of the day.
Pleasant Holidays and a Joy Filled New Year to all.
LA. Judge / nodeaf