Category Archives: Large Events

Sionara

mur, PAX Prime, Quick Thoughts

I’m in a window of shamelessness that only arises before a true vacation. Planned since February, the extent of relaxation is proportional to depth of commitment. A singular experience to consume my voluntary time 2300 miles from here. Complete anonymity. Simulated Alzheimer’s, meeting the same people 4 days in a row.

If I get a job offer, I can be moved in a month.

I am eerily calm. I want to be there and am patiently counting the hours. The perfect escape, ripe for the picking. Clutching hold, Tantalus in quicksand, refusing to let go.

I fly.

Gathering Magic

Art, Daily Life, Future Plans, mur, PAX Prime, Reasons for Things

Having visions.
It’s my job, as the artist,
To give life
Create
Make seen what only I can see
I understand these duties.

Willingly accept.
A soldier in the war
against mediocrity.
Shine on
Crazy Lucy
Wither diamonds.

Still unsatisfied
Goals are so few.
My pace is slacking
Momentum lost
Never forget
Untap, Upkeep, Draw.

Perfect defense
Only gets you one point.
Fortunately
The only point of life
that matters
is the last one.

Be Nice or Leave!

Art, Daily Life, Future Plans, Large Events, mur, P & H Cafe, Quick Thoughts, Reasons for Things

The party is brewing.  The music is scheduled.  Haven’t finalized everything however…

My birthday party is happening!
@ the P&H
Sunday Sunday Sunday
September 6th starting at 7pm

That’s the Sunday before Labor Day.  That means you can be there unless you really can’t.  All you folks who have family plans and fancy vacations can still donate 5$ if you want to!

Barefoot

Art, Buccaneer, Daily Life, DKDC, Ernestine & Hazel's, First Impressions, Java Cabana, Large Events, mur, P & H Cafe, Places, Random

I’ve been stuck on this moment from last week. Dave Cousar jammin’ with John Paul Keith at the Buccaneer.  I think I heard JPK at DKDC last season.  I really heard him last week.  The vibe there was palpable.  A room of talent pulsating with the passion of creation and all you have is my word for it.  WIN_20150715_003357 (3)

 

Church of Dave?

Art, Buccaneer, Daily Life, First Impressions, Future Plans, Large Events, P & H Cafe, PAX Prime, Places, Reasons for Things, Stories, Yoga

I want to go sit cross-legged in the middle of the music.
Capture the brilliance with a thousand words.
A thing observed, changes.

Women are taught to observe themselves monthly.
Men don’t look until something goes wrong.
Yoga helps no matter what.

 

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Puh Arty

Daily Life, Future Plans, Large Events, P & H Cafe, Places, Quick Thoughts, Stories, Venues

I’m throwing my own birthday party this year. Sunday September 6 @ the P&H.  Come celebrate the impending end of Summer by rocking your face off with great local music.  5$ cover – Be Nice Or Leave.  Continue reading Puh Arty →

Boxes

Art, Coffee, Daily Life, Future Plans, Java Cabana, Large Events, P & H Cafe, Places, Reasons for Things, Venues

Compartments
with thin walls
Flowing together
into Mountains.
Safety in the hills.

Cells
of cardboard.
Keeping together
a body of work
Resting fetus-like
Waiting for enough
Gestation.

Rooms
in a row of homes.
More used the better
because I can’t
have nice things.
Durability makes
Antiques.

Cubicles
in a maze
with no cheese.
Footsore and weary
Limbs aching
Strained. FullRelaxation
Rare.

Truth Is

Daily Life, First Impressions, Future Plans, Large Events, Quick Thoughts, Random, Reasons for Things

Smoking isn’t that big of a deal.

I often sit in an empty bar and wonder how much fuss I’d cause taking a puff off my one-hitter. Chances are the staff smokes too. No one else would know. The smell doesn’t stick. It even leaves a pleasant lingering hint that something calming happened here. Like your grandparents house.  Continue reading Truth Is →

Dead Inside

Art, Bars, Coffee, Daily Life, Dives, First Impressions, Future Plans, Large Events, Places, Quick Thoughts, Reasons for Things, Stories, Venues

These squinty eyes of mine. They may look glassy.  My expression one of cow-brained ignorance.

That’s just what I look like when I can’t hear.

Sometimes the chaos around me is so loud I can’t take it anymore. I just let all noise wash over me and fight my urge to fly.
I want to be there. I want to engage. At some point
the centre cannot hold.

Read the book An Unquiet Mind. There are revelations there.

I’m going back in.  See ya on the flip side.