Welcome to the Commune podcast. This is Jeff Krasno. From time to time, I will get inspired to create

Instagram videos about topics that interest me and hopefully you and a few others. And on occasion,

these streams of consciousness meet the high

stringency quality threshold of this podcast. So today's episode is a look into the nature

of sound as neurological phenomenon and what that can tell us about our concept of self. It features a little bit of

piano tinkling. Now note, when I launch into these improvised musings, I often drift into a

version of myself that is slightly British. And I can only attribute this affect to my endless

consumption of the lectures of Alan Watts. It drives my wife Skyler and others crazy. But it's really

just me being me, not being me. So I hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening. I woke up today with a feeling of sadness,

a melancholy or I suppose wistfulness.

And oftentimes when that happens, I'll just try to witness the sensation arise and subside as it does.

But other times I'll actually try to express around it,

like find a vessel for it such that I can share the sensation of what I'm feeling to put it

into something. And sometimes that's words, but that can be clunky

because when I'm leveraging words as vessels for emotions,

I'm trying to use concepts to describe something that is non-conceptual,

like semiotics or symbols for something that is completely abervescent.

So I can kind of get at it, I mean, when I'm feeling particularly poetic, but other times I'm a complete failure with it.

And then sometimes I use music, which you could argue is a more universal or effective vessel for emotions and i i'm into

this because uh i've given up on trying to understand why we are here and i'm more concerned

i mean don't believe anyone that tells you that they know why we are here.

Those who say do not know and those who know do not say.

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