I’m sitting across from Rev. Travis Enright at the Popular Bakery. At this favourite community haunt, we are reviewing last Sunday’s Sacred Space gathering at St.Faith’s, led by The Bleeding Heart. And we are eating some of the city’s best sandwiches. I have the sandwich Travis wishes he ordered. I offer to trade half of … Read full post
Tomorrow I head into the studio with Tim LaRiviere to lay down some guitar and vocals for two upcoming Bridge Songs tracks – Dear City and City of Champions. I’m looking forward to pushing myself again creatively, and the accountability a project like this brings to my creative process. Projects = creativity.
I signed up for The Grow Your Art Challenge from The Bleeding Heart Art Space. Which makes sense, because I started it. But then I had to make the work. And it got hard. But this week I had a breakthrough. Here are the results – headway on a new song – Remember.
This post was originally written in 2011. As I face new projects and challenges today, it’s good to remember where I’ve been. Tiny Gold Squares, Mission Accomplished I am pleased to report that my quixotic home renovation project, the gold wall, is finished. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, I set out … Read full post
I got a new piece of software this week, as part of my Grow Your Art Challenge project. I decide to try some electronic music with it. This sample is short, but I like it.
I am between two walls, and the walls are closing in. Slowly, but surely, the space between shrinks. One wall is the forward momentum of the new year. Resolutions. Plans. Goals and Dreams. The other wall is frustration and stagnation. The inability to step forward into the great unknown into a glorious and new Knowing. … Read full post
Winter is not always a joy . . . but it is the balance of seasons that makes Edmonton radiant. It’s January of 2013 and I am worlds away from an Edmonton winter. Aboard a sweaty bus in sweltering sunshine, a guitarist bellows in Spanish several rows up. Soon we laze by the pool while … Read full post
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up.” … Read full post
Great, great video on how to handle critics. http://vimeo.com/78769611 Discovered thanks to 99u.com here … http://99u.com/videos/20052/brene-brown-stop-focusing-on-your-critics