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The sixth in a series of posts focussed on points in a post from yesterday at Just Good Music where I spent some time exploring the idea of the Boundaries that make Maui so interesting – and then extrapolated to some of the musical boundaries that I am highlighting on Manao Radio this Saturday at NOON, Hawaii time.

Scientific Boundaries

Modern Maui houses one of the world’s super computers here and telescopes pointing into space from the top of 2 mile high Haleakala.

And yet long before Captain Cook, the ancient Hawaiians had developed a self sufficient farming system that demonstrated a real understanding of the world we lived in and in turn supported somewhere between 500,000 and 1 million people without any import or export of any goods.

A truly remarkable feat.

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The fifth in a series of posts focussed on points in a post from yesterday at Just Good Music where I spent some time exploring the idea of the Boundaries that make Maui so interesting – and then extrapolated to some of the musical boundaries that I am highlighting on Manao Radio this Saturday at NOON, Hawaii time.

Historical Boundaries

Our islands live with a couple of histories. One is the ‘recent history’ of the ‘West’, including ‘discovery by Captain Cook’ and annexation and statehood by the USA spanning a little over a couple of hundred years that blends people and populations from all 5 continents of the world.

And then the ‘ancient history’ of Hawaiians that spans over a thousand years in terms of earliest recorded arrivals of the Polynesians – and longer, when considering the entire cultural history.

And both histories live here on this island – side by side.

Here’s a side thought :

Anyone else find it interesting to note that ‘The Sandwich Isles’ – that we now know as Hawaii, were discovered by James Cook right in the middle of the war of independence being fought 5,000 miles away as the fledgling America fought for its right to be independent of Great Britain. And now the flag of Great Britain (The Union Jack) is an integral part of the state flag of Hawaii.

Full Article on Just Good Music

The fourth in a series of posts focussed on points in a post from yesterday at Just Good Music where I spent some time exploring the idea of the Boundaries that make Maui so interesting – and then extrapolated to some of the musical boundaries that I am highlighting on Manao Radio this Saturday at NOON, Hawaii time.

Skill Boundaries

The range of talent, skills and people on this wonderful island of ours create a set of boundary conditions that are in themselves extraordinary. In the 2010 census, Maui registered some 150,000 people. In a population catchment of that size where else in the world is it possible to meet theoretical physicists, astronomers, some of the finest artists, musicians and many other creative individuals, artisans, thinkers, the finest and most successful business people, entertainment moguls, farmers, ranchers … and all here for us to meet, talk and listen to. Wonderful. My own project that I am kick starting – The Maui Music Movement – is exactly that merging of two seemingly disparate disciplines – in this case Theoretical Physics and Music. But again – that is a different post.

Full Article on Just Good Music

A series of posts focussed on points in a post earlier today at Just Good Music where I spent some time exploring the idea of the Boundaries that make Maui so interesting – and thenextrapolated to some of the musical boundaries that I am highlighting on Manao Radio this Saturday at NOON, Hawaii time.

Micro and Macro Boundaries

And yet if you consider Maui at the macro – not micro – level … you quickly realize that we are one of a small cluster of islands that are (very) arguably the remotest islands on the planet. We are 2,500 miles from LA, 2,400 from San Francisco and 2,800 from Alaska – and 3,800 miles from Japan – our closest neighbor to the East.

The Eastern most, Southern most, widest state in the Union. A group of 8 ‘‘significant’ islands – as Governor Neil Abercrombie put it – JOINED (not seperated) by ocean. And uniquely – in my humble opinion – JOINED (not seperated) by ocean from the rest of the world.

I work hard to try to show how the strengths of the lessons we learn here on Maui – and the other 7 main islands of Hawaii – can help us demonstrate to the rest of the world how we are UNIQUELY positioned to show the way forward in these tumultuous times. But that is a topic for another post.

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This is the second of a series of short extracts that link to a recent post on Just Good Music where I spent some time exploring the idea of the Boundaries that make Maui so interesting – and extrapolated to some of the musical boundaries that I am highlighting on Manao Radio this Saturday.

Climatic Boundaries

It is generally recognized that there are seven climatic regions represented on this single island. I think most (if not all of them) can be found on a single drive around Haleakala ( I mean right round – not just to Hana and back.) Now that’s a set of boundary conditions worth exploring right there. In a single drive; Sierra Desert, Rainforest, High – and Low Altitude Mountain slopes, and and and ….

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