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750 Words – An Explanation

March 27, 2011

After posting yesterday’s “750 Words – Just Type” I got an email from my mom asking, “You’re not having a nervous breakdown, are you?” So I thought it deserves a bit of explanation. No, I’m not going crazy. Here’s what it’s all about. There’s a book called The Artist’s Way, that prescribes writing 750 words [...]

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750 Words – Just Type

March 26, 2011

5:30 PM Sitting in the studio with the door and window open, zoning out to the birds twirlee deeing and chweep chweeping. Do we really need language to have thought? Maile and Anais went to run and swim and I stayed behind hoping to do some of this, thinking and writing. I’m getting better at [...]

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The Recipe

February 8, 2011

I’m hungry for my music to connect me to my people and lead me on an artistic adventure of song and service. So, to drive this metaphor into the ground, I need a recipe for a big wonderful meal so I can concentrate on following the directions and stop just snacking on junk food. What [...]

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The Hunger

February 7, 2011

I’m hungry. I’m hungry for connection. I’m hungry for my music to get out of my head, around my circle, out into the world where it can make new friends and I can follow its path on an adventure to find my people and share with them what I have. This cartoon came today and it [...]

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Sun Jan 16

January 17, 2011

I love these continuous line drawing angle people. Did you see people? Does the second one look like they’re on a cell phone? Jamaican Gold  on KOOP is part of the Sunday morning tradition at my house. It sounds especially nice on this old Zenith tube radio I found at a yard sale last year. [...]

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