Nirosta Steel's "My Skyscraper": A Life Guided by Deep Play
A review of Nirosta Steel's album "My Skyscraper," exploring how musician Steven Hall's life has been guided by the 18th-century philosophical concept of "deep play" — engaging in pursuits with impossible odds that no rational person would attempt. The article traces Hall's unconventional journey from Scotland to America, where he studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg and Buddhism with Chögyam Trungpa, framing his music within this philosophical context.
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It's a phrase coined by the 18th-century British philosopher Jeremy Bentham that describes a game with impossible odds, one that no sane or rational person would ever sign up for.
More than amateurism or religion, 'deep play' seems to have been the governing principle of how the musician has navigated his remarkable life.
Hall moved to America from Scotland after urging his widowed mother to marry her closest suitor, studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg, Buddhism with the Chögyam Trungpa
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