I did a foolish thing last January. I set a goal. I made it public. I made myself accountable. The goal? Record a 6 Song EP. The deadline? Year end. The time left? A month and a half. The good news is, I have enough material to work with, and a fair bit of work …
This August I was asked to bring an arts experience to Justice Camp, a Canada-wide social justice conference from the Anglican Church. I was honoured, but before this was over there would be other feelings, too. I wound up a little embarrassed. Originally, I had agreed to lead an ‘immersion experience’. This meant spending three …
In the past week, I’ve written and recorded two new songs. Perhaps the prospect of a trip to Europe has got me all prolific? Enjoy – and please let me know what you think!
Sometimes I get to do some fantastically-fun side projects. Many of those projects involve Frank Zotter – the man behind the curtain at the Avenue Drive In events. There’s another Drive In coming up, and I got to make the poster. It incorporated a drawing of Ferris Bueller’s wild vest. Here, my friends, is that …
We must all find a way to get our kids to class on time (This essay was written for the Rat Creek Press and will appear in the September 2014 issue. Reposted here with permission. Image from http://www.freeimages.com/). Come September, kids will be driven, walked and bussed back to school. I was delivered by a …
This week, Shawn Birss made use of one of my older songs, Miracle, on YouTube (he did ask permission – such a gentleman). I’m honoured!
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 …
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 …