I’ve just come through two gigs that feel “big” in my world. I can sense the post-project doldrums could take over my life and while I want to honor that I’m genuinely tired, I also know that my general laziness and procrastination could sneak into my creative world if I don’t take action. So, I’m
Influence and Inspiration Is it strange to discover that something or someone has been an influence on me and I didn’t realize it until they were gone? After all, humans like me only use about 10% of our brain so why would I be surprised that many things hold sway over me or inspire me
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I daydream. A few of my daydreams are attempts to escape what’s right in front of me. Most of them are my imagination calling out to the rest of me to join in with something beautiful. Improvising is a form of daydreaming. In it, the conscious and subconscious mind unite to create the improvisational expression.
Color Music is a way of creating color in sound waves. Where I live, it is Autumn. That means that color is everywhere. The cooler air is colored differently, diffusing sunlight and moonlight in ways that seem to decorate everything we can see with our human eyes. Majestic sunsets turn more vibrant than ever in Autumn’s
I didn’t see her fall the first time By the time I saw her lying there Two other passersby had Already stopped to give her aid I stopped my car with a jolt Pressed the four-way flashers And leapt into the street I could tell by the stress in the helpers’ voices The first fall had
As you know if you’ve been reading this blog, I have found the art journal paintings of Tracee Vetting Wolf to be deeply inspiring. One of the results is that we’ve collaborated on a few videos. To be more precise, Tracee created the video. I took my inspiration into music and accompanied her brush and
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Waiting for Life Like many people I know who often have creative ideas, I have been known to procrastinate. I’ve been collecting moving water moving pictures for many years.I had intended — in various degrees over many months — to turn them into an online video. Finally, a couple of months ago, I (at long last) pulled
Like drones rising up We are eager to catch first light. It’s Winter, so the catching Is not too difficult; Though it may be hard: Stiff and inflexible like The frozen melt on top Of old snow. We tramp through anyway. The reward will be sunrise. There is nothing else in All of the goodness
Can the serene and impassioned combine? Click To Tweet Sometimes creativity presses two unlikely bedfellows together. For example, would you expect to find serenity and passionate fire together? That’s essentially what happened in this video. Painting partner in art, Tracee Vetting Wolf, offered me two different videos for musical accompaniment. The first one was a beautiful painting
Moving water has always fascinated me. Whether it’s in a stream, faucet, ocean, or full-flowing waterfall, I enjoy the sound and the mesmerizing motion of it. Does it inspire me? Yes. And I don’t think I’m alone. There must be millions of images of waterfall inspiration alone on the internet. One of the results for
