Yesterday our daughter Vienna and I were going around the room finding objects that are “clear” or “see-through” and we talked about what that meant. It felt refreshing. As a parent, if you go by the books, you find yourself talking a lot about numbers, letters, colors, and jungle animals. All of those are fun and essential parts of early learning of course but apparently most adult, native English speakers know between 20,000 and 35,000 words. So in addition to fruits, vegetables, and dinosaurs, you also have to talk about…everything.
One could see that as either overwhelming or reassuring. I choose the latter. It’s kind of nice to think that as a parent you can pick just one concept (like “see-through”) for an entire day and that will be plenty. Because in the process your child is going to reinforce the words and phrases and critical thinking skills needed talk about that one thing. A word per day for twenty years already comes out to 7,300 words. That’s pretty cool to think about because if you’re talking about abstract things - I don’t know, like “opaque” or something - then I think in most cases it’s safe to assume your child is going to be okay when it comes to everyday vocabulary.
Just wanted you to know where the name “See-through” came from for today’s music. It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the music.
With this recording I’ve kind of jotted down simple versions of a few “parts” in what I imagine could be a long jazz jam. As is my goal for this publication I’ve “jotted them down” in a way that feels coherent, or which somehow already justifies me, to repurpose those words of Borges I used way back in issue #1.
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