Art | Nature | Creativity“The greatest songwriters are seldom songwriters alone. Some are creative polymaths while others synthesize elements from an array of forms into a wider songwriting vision. Kathy Muir is more than a songwriter.”
Birdsong before sunrise I caught a wonderful moment in the early hours of this morning when I heard a birdsong with a difference. I rose an hour before sunrise. There’s something about the times in which we’re currently living that makes me want to see a virgin morning before the news and its reporting of […]
Shooting the video River Running is taken from the EP ‘2+2=4’. Beautifully shot in Upstate New York the music video visually aligns itself with the song’s storyline: comparing a child becoming an adult to a stream becoming a river, and how we must try to stay true to our course. This music video is a real highlight […]
I played at a very special place on the weekend, a place where I used to volunteer most weekends for a few years. 10 years in the making Mill River Park is a dream coming true, a ‘Central Park’ in downtown Stamford. The Mill River Damn was demolished, allowing herring to spawn for the first […]
Edition #3 of the Beauty in The Aye online newspaper is out now. For those unfamiliar, this is a twice monthly newspaper of a few of my favourite things in the art | nature | creativity world, all wrapped up in a little bundle for your viewing pleasure. In this edition, read about Van Gogh, […]
So, I like to read. I like to read a lot of things on the web and while it’s true that there are endless distractions online that invariably have you screaming down a cyber black hole and wasting your time, there are some beautiful things out there that people make, see, document, do or speak […]
It was January. Christmas was over and done with. I had spent 10 days and nights in Europe. Don’t get me wrong––it was fun seeing friends and family but when you live overseas, there’s a lot of visiting that goes on when you go home for the holidays. And frankly, by mid-January, I felt I […]
‘Heaven in Your Eyes’ is available as a free download on 26th October for five days only. Talking to Music Video Director, Markus Innocenti Markus Innocenti was one of the top music video directors of the 1980s. He started out as a production designer for the likes of Simple Minds, XTC, Big Country, George Michael, […]
The Seattle Camera Club (1924-1929) In my mind, there are two camps of thought: those who believe your life is already mapped out for you and those who believe your life is carved out by the actions you take. I am not sure which one I believe more. What I do know is that my […]
Elizabeth Colborne (1885 – 1948) When we were in Seattle in June 2011, a good friend of mine suggested I see an exhibition at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, which is about 90 miles north of Seattle. The exhibition was a once-in-a-lifetime event because it held the largest collection of the works of woodblock printer Elizabeth […]
John Muir, Elizabeth Colborne and The Seattle Camera Club were the inspiration for the song Sweet and Easy. A good friend of mine introduced me to the work of these artists. Perhaps you’ll understand why. John Muir: Scottish-American naturalist and preservationist How I wish I could say I were related to John Muir, the naturalist. […]
