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Peter Himmelman
JoinedJanuary 16, 2017
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Peter Himmelman is a Jewishly observant, Grammy & Emmy-nominated rock and roll musician, visual artist, author, film composer, and speaker. His new book, Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas to Life, is available here. His latest recording, There Is No Calamity, is available on iTunes.

The Howling Of Coyotes

Peter Himmelman·3 min read
This is an account of my family losing its collective mind from grief, from beauty, from love.

Incontrovertible Moral Logic

Peter Himmelman·1 min read
I said, it’s only my need  to give that makes me seem greedy. You said yes, but all your need...

Contractions

Peter Himmelman·1 min read
The day of my greatest, most joyous change in perspective.

I Carry My Father In My Blood

Peter Himmelman·8 min read
We are all products of the triumphs and foibles of our parents. Perhaps one difference is that while some of us try our hardest to forget, others of us work just as hard to keep our memories alive.

Birdsong

Peter Himmelman·1 min read
Becoming feels so much like dying as we lie in darkness and wait for the first low chirping of birds....

If We Could Carry Each Other’s Hunger

Peter Himmelman·2 min read
The waves lapping at the shore come from a forgotten place like the light of a star long since exploded. In some cleft of our minds we hide each harsh word we’ve ever said and so we never forgive a thing, we’re always being goaded. Compelled to act beneath our...

Early Morning Text

Peter Himmelman·1 min read
  Hey. It’s 4:43 AM in Jerusalem. I just woke up crying, from the sweetest/saddest dream. I was holding you....

Beyond Brisket: The Soul Of Rosh Hashana

Peter Himmelman·3 min read
You get up at 6:15 AM to make it from Santa Monica to the Persian kosher market in the Pico...

Tomorrow Is The Full Moon

Peter Himmelman·1 min read
  There is light from overhead. And there is full-moon light that leaks through your walls. Light that seeps through your clothes and worms in your thoughts.   A thing so silent and sly we were made to feel it was us —not it that made our choices.   We...

At The Indaba

Peter Himmelman·1 min read
And as we dared to be human they moved behind us and began to blow again, propelling us to places our natural strengths could never carry us.
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