Inspired by People Are Strange by The Doors and the haunting sounds of a travelling carnival’s weathered calliope. Re-imagined in what I think Tom Waits might have done, had he wrote this song. Well, there's something about folks, don't ya see, They're mighty peculiar, just like you and me. Their faces are masks, hiding secrets … Continue reading Strange Folk – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
This May be The End – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by The End by The Doors. Re-imagined in what I think Tom Waits might have done, had he wrote this song. We've come to the final act, The fat lady has sung The last curtain was called, The end of the line. The road's run out, and We're stuck here at the edge of … Continue reading This May be The End – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards: 57 Songs from the roads taken in my imagination
For decades, I’ve loved cover versions of songs, especially those that deviate from the originals in style and interpretation: jazz versions of hard rock songs, blues versions of alternative or pop songs, and literary works interpreted as lyrics. Along with the sheer laughter brought on by misheard lyrics, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed how we each perceive … Continue reading Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards: 57 Songs from the roads taken in my imagination
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Six – Is There Such A thing As Too Much Miles Davis?
I know it's been only two days since posting the last update on this piece, but it's been five days in real-life... and what a five days they've been!!! I've been procrastinating from this piece -- unusual for me, I know, but I've been av riding the final brush strokes nonetheless. I wanted to add … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Six – Is There Such A thing As Too Much Miles Davis?
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Four – The Impact of Live Music
RE: Painting my way through Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. After yesterday, I needed to let the paint dry a bit and life came in to distract me with other priorities... two mornings latter and following another sleepless night of over thinking my To Do list, I hoped on a live version of Kind … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Four – The Impact of Live Music
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Three – In Come The Solos
RE: Painting my way through Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. The first solo, a blast of dark blue sound, pouring down over the composition with the force of a tsunami, but never indulgent enough to obliterate the other musicians... as with this application of paint, we can still hear/see the other components of the … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Three – In Come The Solos
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Two
RE: Painting my way through Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. The brush ripped across the snare drum and tickles the high hat cymbal with a fierce determination... Threatening the coming storm of sound that is Miles' horn. The dipping of the brush on brass required a response... it required the use of a pallet … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – Two
An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – One
Entering into the home stretch of the semester, our painting teacher launched a new direction challenge... Astractions! I've done many abstracts over the past thirty or so years or so and felt I've done enough... especially since enjoying the portraits and figure painting much more this past few months, but I like a challenge, so... … Continue reading An Abstract Project – Kind of Blue – One
Sunset Dancing – The Hollow Ones #40
The heat is tremendous and the music fills me with joy. I imagine and hear beautiful people dancing for the rains to come and gently break the heatwave. The heat holds us in place and begs us to wait for it to play with the atmosphere and paint the world with fiery colours. Standing still … Continue reading Sunset Dancing – The Hollow Ones #40
In a rain of 80s new wave music – The Hollow Ones #39
Spotify has caught on that I'm nostalgically in love with New Wave music from the 1980s. I didn't follow it as a teenager growing up then, but I didn't follow my own tastes back then. Friends had way too much influence over what I experienced. Thank goodness I've fallen in love with my own likes. … Continue reading In a rain of 80s new wave music – The Hollow Ones #39
The New Renaissance Mindset 