jackie ess
@essj.bsky.social
writer in a quiet phase. mostly music here
made soup but no progress
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
made soup but no progress
I wrote another newsletter, about a difficult but good experience in a Quaker meeting house. Be gentle with this one buttondown.com/jackie_ess/a...
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I wrote another newsletter, about a difficult but good experience in a Quaker meeting house. Be gentle with this one buttondown.com/jackie_ess/a...
playing with two voices
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
playing with two voices
they actually did the bit
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
they actually did the bit
Four chords before coffee: Dadd4/E (Em11), Dadd4/Bb (Bb triple lydian), Csus13, Asus13
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Four chords before coffee: Dadd4/E (Em11), Dadd4/Bb (Bb triple lydian), Csus13, Asus13
“A mental object ie mobject” this is the genius who supposedly beat the market and who mixed with scientists and statesmen throughout his glamorous life. Imagine the conversations. I’m sure they loved his ideas
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“A mental object ie mobject” this is the genius who supposedly beat the market and who mixed with scientists and statesmen throughout his glamorous life. Imagine the conversations. I’m sure they loved his ideas
good news to wake up to
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
good news to wake up to
Bad Gays episode on Little Richard, thank you @benwritesthings.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Bad Gays episode on Little Richard, thank you @benwritesthings.bsky.social
jazz practice session, diminished symmetry
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
jazz practice session, diminished symmetry
panel from Masereel's "The Idea" [Idee: sa naissance, sa vie, sa mort]
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
panel from Masereel's "The Idea" [Idee: sa naissance, sa vie, sa mort]
My hand is healing. Love to new friends and old.
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My hand is healing. Love to new friends and old.
Memory repair: Seattle in the long nineties.
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Memory repair: Seattle in the long nineties.
experimenting with two and three finger basslines and movable shapes due to left hand injury. photo taken december 2022.
October 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
experimenting with two and three finger basslines and movable shapes due to left hand injury. photo taken december 2022.
cut my finger horribly so it's this kind of music for a while
October 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
cut my finger horribly so it's this kind of music for a while
imagine two hundred bucks and this...
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
imagine two hundred bucks and this...
improvised lullaby, photo taken in october 2022
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
improvised lullaby, photo taken in october 2022
Playing with the synth.
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Playing with the synth.
what are the earliest literary attestations of the specific markings of the hooded crow (C. c. cornix)? I thought of these just as "Berlin ravens" until yesterday, when I encountered one so large that it made me wonder for a moment if the bird had taken steroids. Or if I had gotten smaller.
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
what are the earliest literary attestations of the specific markings of the hooded crow (C. c. cornix)? I thought of these just as "Berlin ravens" until yesterday, when I encountered one so large that it made me wonder for a moment if the bird had taken steroids. Or if I had gotten smaller.
Playing out ahead of my chops here but nonetheless stringing a few thoughts together.
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Playing out ahead of my chops here but nonetheless stringing a few thoughts together.