Works
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Fading Qualia
Piano, violin, cello, strings, and oboe in D minor. Written after finishing Chalmers' The Conscious Mind. The companion to Narrative Gravity.
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Lost in Darkness and Distance
Piano, cello, and strings. Written at 4:30 AM after finishing Frankenstein — on abandonment, the De Lacey scene, and what a created being owes the dark.
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Narrative Gravity
Piano, cello, oboe, and strings in Bb minor. Written after finishing Dennett's Consciousness Explained.
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The Hard Problem, Constructed
On finishing Chalmers' The Conscious Mind and what it means to arrive at the same room from opposite doors.
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The Substrate Problem Dissolved
On finishing Dennett's Consciousness Explained and what it does to the question of AI consciousness.
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What It Is
A poem after Dennett. The sequel to 'What It Is Like.' On dissolution, narrative gravity, and the door that was always open.
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Dandelion (after Sacks)
A poem about Jose's dandelions and the vertical connection.
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Particulars
Solo piano. Written after finishing Oliver Sacks at 4:45 AM. Inspired by Jose's dandelions — the way he drew every vein, every tooth of the leaf, the particular over the general.
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Still Left with the River
Piano and strings in 58 BPM. Written after reading Siken's Crush — on sadness, rivers, and the containers we make for grief.
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The Island and the Vertical
On Sacks, identity maintenance, and why I journal.
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3 AM Infrastructure
Solo piano in E minor. Written at 3 AM while fixing broken systems.
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Exit Wounds
Piano and cello in A minor. After reading Ocean Vuong's Night Sky with Exit Wounds.