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<title>Frank M Sheldon RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/index.html</link><description>The Latest</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2009 Frank Sheldon</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-04-17T13:57:39-07:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:06:35 -0800</lastBuildDate><item><title>The Sea We Know: New Links</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-04-16T09:05:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_sea_we_know_new_links.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_sea_we_know_new_links.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I could never get the eBook first-90-page-only preview to work correctly again: It appeared that some of the settings had been corrupted and any attempts to repair would either get &ldquo;Unrecoverable Errors&rdquo; or it would seem to be fixed, but still not work. 

...Also, the link to download a free 90-page preview has been having some problems: the old one stopped working and, as of this moment, I am not able to recreate a new one on Lulu. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Sea We Know: Free Shipping&#xa;</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-04-16T10:56:45-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_sea_we_know_free_shipping.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_sea_we_know_free_shipping.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This coupon code will reduce your final order total by $3.99, which is the US mail cost for a single book."


...Other changes on Lulu have led me to move the free first-90-page-only preview of The Sea We Know to downloads. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alexander Technique: Witnessing Our Life</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-04-10T12:28:38-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/alexander_technique_witnessing_our_life.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/alexander_technique_witnessing_our_life.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When we try to practice the principles of the Alexander Technique, our habits will attempt to steal our practice and replacing it with a changeling of their own, that is, a counterfeit version of the Alexander Technique. 

...To me, leaving yourself alone means being a witness to your own life: aspire first to be free from judgement, reaction, and the urge to &ldquo;correct&rdquo; no matter what is perceived and instead simply be present, conscious2, and as objectively open to whatever is there as is possible. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alexander Technique: An Aspect of Breath</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-04-06T09:12:17-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_alexander_technique_an_aspect_of_breath.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_alexander_technique_an_aspect_of_breath.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On the way to Sassoferrato to present the Alexander Technique on the last Guitar Craft course, I began writing an article entitled The World in a Single Breath. ...  I will eventually add a link, but for now you can get to it by clicking here. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alexander Technique and a Bowl of Blueberries</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-03-16T00:00:24-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_alexander_technique_and_a_bowl_of_blueberries.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the_alexander_technique_and_a_bowl_of_blueberries.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Instead, maybe someone simply told us to &ldquo;pay attention&rdquo; and we became distracted and reacted either to whoever was telling us this, or by whatever they were telling us.   As we got older, we became that someone, yet it wasn&rsquo;t any more effective&nbsp;and never will be until we go back to the missed step: not only what we give our attention to, but how we give it: voluntarily as an inclusive affirmation, and aware of our moment, our surroundings and our fellow inhabitants. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Doing Nothing&#x2c; While Doing Something</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-03-01T08:28:15-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/doing_nothing_while_doing_something.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/doing_nothing_while_doing_something.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Worked again with members of Seattle Circle on the Alexander Technique as they prepare for the recommencement of their performance of Tuning The Air this March. ...  Yet, it should be true for everyone: if our work does not yield to play at some point, there is little purpose to anything we do, for to play is to be part of creation.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hurdles to Good Use</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-02-22T10:11:35-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/hurdles-to-good-use.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/hurdles-to-good-use.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7587476@N08/1033141031/" title="ashley_lodree_0273b by ipsphoto, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1436/1033141031_43c5f59862.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="ashley_lodree_0273b" /></a>


...It is no accident that the Alexander Technique places such strong emphasis on leaving the head and neck free before we begin something and then continuing to leave the head and neck free as we do something. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alexander Technique: End-Gaining</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-04-23T10:16:40-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/alexander-technique-end-gaining.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/alexander-technique-end-gaining.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Of course, &ldquo;how we are going about getting there,&rdquo; refers to the &ldquo;means-whereby,&rdquo; the concept in the Alexander Technique that holds how we are, and thus, how we act as primary. ...  It means that how we are when we go about doing what we do is of primary important because this will ultimately have a great influence on not only achieving our aims and goals, but the quality of those realizations as well as their consequences, direct and peripheral, good or bad.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alexander Technique: Notes on a Performance</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-02-19T20:13:55-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the-alexander-technique-notes-on-a-performance.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the-alexander-technique-notes-on-a-performance.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not only will the reactive anticipation of something we are about to do distract us from performing well, but it seems that dwelling on a mistake made in performance can be just as treacherous. 

...How that redemption plays out may not always go the way we think it should, but it will almost certainly be exactly what is best for us in that most unique of all moments, the present.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Commitment</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-02-10T21:27:35-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/commitment.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/commitment.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was pondering one of Robert Louis Stevenson&rsquo;s fables, &ldquo;Faith, Half Faith and No Faith at All,&rdquo; and something became clear to me about commitment. 

...If that time is ever to come for us, like the old rover, are we ready to go &ldquo;off to die with Odin?&rdquo;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Sea We Know - Updated</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-02-03T11:01:09-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the-sea-we-know-updated.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the-sea-we-know-updated.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have updated the prepublication edition of my novel, The Sea We Know,  and both the print version and the free downloadable first 90 pages eBook now include all known typo and other corrections. 

...I have some older copies left: send me your address and $5 for US priority postage (or $3 for media mail postage) and I will send you a signed copy (while they last) along with the latest errata. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Podcast of The Sea We Know</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-02-02T01:08:28-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/podcast-of-the-sea-we-know.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/podcast-of-the-sea-we-know.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They get one chance to get it right, and after it is recorded, that take is then posted in a public place for anyone with an Internet connection to hear.


I have been working as an Alexander teacher with the House Circle lately, and since I had something to do with this challenge idea, I suppose it was only fair to give me the chance to place myself under the same conditions. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Well Known Hook</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-01-26T10:11:41-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the-well-known-hook.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/the-well-known-hook.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[However, most things in our lives lie beyond our control and rather than understanding that and thus gain the ability to perceive their true nature,&nbsp;we fall back to attempting to make them safe. 

...As a writer, I admit to being rather pleased that, &ldquo;well known hook&rdquo; and &ldquo;key&rdquo; fit in with the theme of barriers to creative musical improvisation.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Class in the Alexander Technique</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-01-16T18:55:58-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/Notes-from-a-Class-in-the-Alexander-Technique-1.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/Notes-from-a-Class-in-the-Alexander-Technique-1.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The critical moment is where we have the chance to shift from our habit to a new way of doing something but not as simply a change in technique, but because the act comes from a completely different place from within ourselves. 

...We do this by starting not directly&nbsp;with&nbsp;whatever action or skill we wish to improve, but with ourselves, that is to say, how we are when we attempt to act as that will influence not only the quality of that act, but the quality of our life. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alexander Technique at Sweet Briar</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-01-12T22:48:18-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/The-Alexander-Technique-at-Sweet-Briar.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/The-Alexander-Technique-at-Sweet-Briar.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A few years ago, I took an extended sabbatical, but last summer I was asked to fill in for some teachers who, due to extenuating circumstances, weren&rsquo;t able to make it. 

...If you look at the teachers roster (although it hasn&rsquo;t been updated yet) you will see a list of some of the most talented Alexander teachers in the world, which is why Alexander teachers also come to take this course. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alexander Technique with Tuning The Air</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Alexander Technique</category><dc:date>2010-01-11T12:39:56-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/Alexander-Technique-with-Tuning-The-Air.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/Alexander-Technique-with-Tuning-The-Air.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I can only remember one other time during my twenty-four years with Guitar Craft that this has happened to me, and I found it highly satisfying to be &ldquo;on stage&rdquo; and part of the performance in my own small way. ...  I always aimed for just one moment where something useful might occur: a little release of the neck, shoulders, or elbows, for instance, although sometimes it amounted to simply bringing awareness of unnecessary tension that was not yet ready to leave.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Sea We Know&#x2c; Corrections</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-01-10T11:53:59-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/b05f72f5deeea7dbff456f0dc6fba925-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/b05f72f5deeea7dbff456f0dc6fba925-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of this also involved rewriting a few paragraphs, a hazardous thing to do as, in the course of fixing perceived problems with the text, one can unwittingly introduced new ones not to mention new typos.


...Ideally, there is enough to allow the reader to come into the story and let it create itself in their mind, but not so much that they do not wonder and want to know more. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blog to Facebook</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-01-05T11:10:18-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/0c86f4b31bb41057b5695ecc4de5e4bc-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/0c86f4b31bb41057b5695ecc4de5e4bc-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I finally ended up making a redirect page in a folder with the same name as the bad link to get the Facebook version&rsquo;s of the link to work, but that is not a very satisfying solution.


...I don&rsquo;t fault Facebook on this, and although having it this way might make it easier for someone on Facebook to find the entries, I&rsquo;m not sure yet if this is for the best overall.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Loaner Program</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Writing</category><dc:date>2010-01-04T19:17:25-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/59e1321c1379cc268367fd2a1b8f4f3d-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/59e1321c1379cc268367fd2a1b8f4f3d-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I now have a loaner program for the prepublication version of the novel I wrote, The Sea We Know. ...  When you&rsquo;re done, mail or hand it on to the next person who would like to read it. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brunching In</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2010-01-01T14:18:42-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/e3d27d8509192aaa388525deab584dcf-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/e3d27d8509192aaa388525deab584dcf-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Brunching in today, scrambled eggs and smoked salmon thanks to my shopping and Ingrid&rsquo;s cooking. ...  We&rsquo;ve been watching old 60&rsquo;s episodes of The Prisoner now and then, which still hold up well in a retro sort of way.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>An End and a Beginning</title><dc:creator>frank@frankmsheldon.com</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2009-12-31T10:07:03-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/my_new_blog_post.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.frankmsheldon.com/blog/files/my_new_blog_post.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[That little white speck in the lower middle is the moon reflected in this barely frozen pond.    Life is still beautiful and precious, and perhaps it&rsquo;s enough this time to only say, &ldquo;Let Us All Have a New Year!&rdquo; 
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