Artist, explorations of story through compositions voice,song, sound and visions.
I relate to the words of the late philosopher Jon Dewey, when he said,
'Art is an attempt to find light in a great darkness’
As an audio visual artist/designer, and song writer music and the arts have helped me to stay connected to my true self, allowing me to feel a deeper connection to our shared humanity.
Experiential, exploring various use of multi media including photography video field recordings informed by a deep and abiding love for my time in nature and for all creatures great and small, art and music and recording allow for a free and fuller expression of life's enduring richness in all aspects.
My connection to the making of music/art over the years has changed but still remains as an opportunity for me to not only challenge myself, but to continue to learn and grow and be surprised, not always knowing where it may lead. Art is a vehicle that has the potential to be both transformational, and allows for the opportunity for moments of transcendence.
It is my intention and prayer that I may continue through music and the arts, to express and grow a greater appreciation for this amazing, heartbreaking, beautiful planet, (for this) life, and each and every breath given.
"Songs are thoughts which are sung out with the breath when people let themselves be moved by a great force, and ordinary speech no longer suffices. a person is moved like an ice-flow which drifts with the current. His thoughts are driven by a flowing force when he feels joy, when he feels fear, when he feels sorrow. thoughts can surge in on him, causing him to gasp for breath, and making his heart beat faster. Something like a softening of the weather will keep him thawed. And then it will happen that we, who always think of ourselves as small, will feel even smaller. And we will hesitate before using words. But it will happen that the words that we need will come of themselves- When the words that we need shoot up of themselves- we have a new song."
Orpingalik, Nestsilik Inuit (early 20th century)excerpt from "The Soul Aflame," Conari Press,2000
I create in order to transform, in order to gain insight into my true nature, not only from the challenges I encounter, but also those moments that glisten with an energy infused by love. Employing an aesthetic method as Hillman writes, in order to let the beauty of an event, its sweet shock, instruct the soul.
The "Heart Cave" photolog / blog is inspired by my love of nature, poetry, mythology, and dreams. Sharing songs, photographs and images from past and present work, audio visual moments that encompass the transformative power of deep inquiry and presence.
Including excerpts from other writers, poets,seers,and artists, past and present who help to inform and illuminate an ongoing process of individuation, and to reveal the sacred beauty in the mundane.
“ The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds” - Dalai Lama
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