Runes [ruins]

Joan Miro Catalant Peasant with Guitar

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:37:03 +0200

Joan Miro

Catalant Peasant with Guitar

zoekeating: Every piece of music starts with some strong...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:16:37 +0200

Every piece of music starts with some strong feeling that I get swept up in (I’m sure it’s the same for most artists). To put this feeling into music I have to lock myself in the studio, immerse myself in that feeling and go explore the bleeding edges of it. It’s messy: I cry, laugh, dance, go a little crazy. When I appear every now and then to go to the bathroom or make tea (I tend not to eat when I’m in this state) I probably look a little wild eyed and disturbed. This state is precious and fleeting, so I try to avoid email or talking to anyone so as not to break my bubble and lose it.

Before our son was born it was relatively easy. I could turn off email without my world falling apart too much and my husband would leave me alone, knowing that I’d be fun again in a couple days. But nowadays emails increasingly demand to be answered and how can I ignore my son when he sees me, yells “Mama!” and runs into my arms?! So I have to do my best to efficiently work through whatever I’m experiencing in order to be normal again in time for the family dinner.

Anyway, on Wednesday I had the feeling and I acted on it. This one is vaguely about standing on the top of a mountain and being irresistibly drawn towards the edge. What if I leap? Will I fly? Will I fall? Will someone catch me?

It’s not done, but I want to share it anyway. I don’t normally like to play music for people before it’s finished because to me those tiny endless details that take weeks to polish are what take a piece of music from ordinary to special. That said, there is always something compelling about my rough first pass, when I’m just feeling it and not worrying about technique or sound mix or how it will be perceived. I think that’s one of the reasons why I love performing so much, because I get to feel each piece of music anew every night. So before I flesh this one out, polish it, turn it into something album-worthy and give it a proper title, here is the last 48 hrs in musical form.

mondonoir: Anton Heyboer De Terugrekenin Van Het Bestaan, 1960,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:34 +0200

mondonoir:

Anton Heyboer

De Terugrekenin Van Het Bestaan, 1960, Etching, van Gelder paper

From Fada Association

"El laberinto no es una trampa, es un viaje hacia el interior de uno mismo. Para encontrarse hay que..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:07:23 +0200

“El laberinto no es una trampa, es un viaje hacia el interior de uno mismo. Para encontrarse hay que perderse. Para avanzar, crecer, las certezas no sirven. Hemos de perdernos, una, diez, cincuenta veces al minuto para no quedarnos en la piel de las cosas. Cuanto más se pierde uno, más puertas abre.”

- Daniele Finzi (via altakoro)

gacougnol: Gerhard Richter Elbe 24 Ink on paper 1996

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:41:00 +0200

gacougnol:

Gerhard Richter

Elbe 24
Ink on paper
1996

Fintan Whelan Up High 2012

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:21 +0200

Fintan Whelan

Up High 2012

Valerie Campos

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:50:31 +0200

Valerie Campos

Emily Gherard

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:55:39 +0200

Emily Gherard

Agnes Cecile

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:56:04 +0200

Agnes Cecile

Ben Nicholson

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:32:14 +0200

Ben Nicholson

sinobug: Drepanid Moth (Ditrigona triangularia, Drepaninae,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:23:57 +0200

sinobug:

Drepanid Moth (Ditrigona triangularia, Drepaninae, Drepanidae)

by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr.
Pu’er, Yunnan, China

See more Chinese moths on my Flickr site HERE…..

jerblake: midnight blues #51 Jeremy Blake

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:48:00 +0200

jerblake:

midnight blues #51
Jeremy Blake

Joseph Hart UNTITLED (TIV), 2013, Collaged paper, oil crayon,...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:47:21 +0200

Joseph Hart UNTITLED (TIV), 2013, Collaged paper, oil crayon, acrylic and graphite on paper, 50 x 38 inches

laflaneuse8: Willem and Elaine de Kooning Photo by Hans Namuth

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:22:06 +0200

laflaneuse8:

Willem and Elaine de Kooning

Photo by Hans Namuth

Mirco Marchelli Pueril giardino religioso, 2011 latta, carta,...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:42:50 +0200

Mirco Marchelli
Pueril giardino religioso, 2011
latta, carta, stoffa, cera, pastelli e legno
cm 23,5x11,5x12,5

Helen Booth

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:10:22 +0200

Helen Booth

goodmemory: John Cage, Thoreau drawing

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:53:28 +0200

goodmemory:

John Cage, Thoreau drawing

Michael Voss OKIN PREMISES, 2011Oil on linen, 16 1/2 inches...

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:45:45 +0200

Michael Voss

OKIN PREMISES, 2011
Oil on linen, 16 1/2 inches x 13 3/4 inches

Arctic Walrus Skull, Odobenus Rosmarus

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:40:41 +0200

Arctic Walrus Skull, Odobenus Rosmarus

Cathy Daley Untitled (buttons - beads), 2007pastel on vellum

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:36:16 +0200

Cathy Daley

Untitled (buttons - beads), 2007
pastel on vellum