meditative

Songs like “Ruthless” and “Vicious Sensitive Robot” showed the full band firing on all cylinders, veering from yacht-rock trumpets to meditative jazz grooves, while “Paranoia” had a hypermodern ambience.

An evening of historic campaign songs followed by a meditative group improvisation served as psychological preparation for whatever the outcome.

It’s almost meditative for me, finding the materials and then living with them, reworking them.

“It’s a safety thing, and also a meditative thing.”

He was deeply impacted by Japanese Zen philosophy and this meditative mindset was often reflected in his paintings.