Ambient Koan Study
1/29/2026 (not associated with the traditional dharma cases...
… of Zen or any lineage, hetero / homo dox. your results may differ. Please follow the score as closely as possible {without labels, compose a worded encrustation while listening to a piece of music. labelless, without understanding, bring back something from the silence just outside/inside. pick up storyless story. put it just inside our gateless gate}
INSTRUCTIONS FOR: Ambient Koan Study (AKS)
“I don’t know what I’m doing” Ela Minus, IDK
Con/Jur/d, 1/29/2026
The instruction is simple enough
JUST DON’T KNOW, they told us, we’ve
all been there, the space that the sounds
take place upon
you are the sound, the paint drying
the sand, even this, don’t LET GO!
in case you SLIPSIDEWAYS
OVER HERE: (you’ve been there, yeah? One with
the music via dance and drugs? Better yet, both. WE
used to say, before many of you existed: HUGS
are better than DRUGS -- THE TWO COMBINED
are better than either
that’s not it either? O
OI! Left to right (this time)
{give a piece of music a close listen
closer still
ambient, electronic, jazz, goa trance
are great for beginners, maybe even
BACH or the Deaf F@*$ Beethoven
CAGE? Don’t lock yourself in
rather ZOOM IN
ABOVE
and now in the field: BEHIND
THROUGH
BELOW?
? HERE
BRING THE POEM OVER
TO US}
that’s enough for now, We’ll be right over here
around the corner
ask my then
IT'S YOUR ROUND AFTER ALL
(get it forward
neverstraight )
and we’ll collect ………………………………. psst.
sure, sure, we’ll clarify then
Much love,
Con/Jur/d, 1/29/2026)
Specific examples starting tomorrow — All of these musical cases were taken from this playlist:
https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/48995645