If you know what the inside of the lock looks like, you can make the key.

I remember the exact moment that I became aware of my existence. I was a freshman in High School, first period band rehearsal, 9:30am. It spontaneously occurred to me that if time stopped, assuming we live at the edge of time, that literally nothing would exist if I was to go even .00001 of a second into the future. That was the beginning of it all. The constant questioning, the constant contemplating, the constant search for any kind of answer.


Problems cannot be solved by the level of awareness that created them.
- Einstein

Once you start thinking about the universe, you can’t stop.
- Wayne Shorter

A parable about a Zen master:

In a village, a boy got a pony, and all the villagers said, “That’s good.” The Zen master said, “We’ll see.” A couple of years later, the boy fell off the pony and broke his leg. All the villagers said, “That’s too bad.” The Zen master said, “We’ll see.” Then a war came and all the other young men went to war, but the boy couldn’t because of his leg. All the villagers said, “That’s good.” The Zen master said, “We’ll see.”

Jerseyband was invited today to play at a major European Music Festival in Saalfelden, Austria, August 21-24, 2008.

I guess it’s time to get my Maria von Trapp on…nun style.

The flight itself, with all of us, will be worth the trip, if any of you want to come along.