Tagged With: fear
Shock Value
There are few things that turn me off more than cheap thrill seekers or sensationalists. I could not be less interested than I am in watching a horror film just to feel my hackles rise. For me this is like wanting to lie down on a bed of sharpened nails just to remind myself that I […]
The Call of Water
I’m thinking about water. Water falls – either river or rain – speak a whole spectrum of the Language of Wet, from soft drip & trickle to pounding slam-hard powerful. I’ve come to believe that all are profoundly healing in the long run – even Tsunami, Hurricane, Cyclone. Sometimes tragically so, painfully so – but […]
Who designed this?
The Harness is off. It’s over there on the floor. Curious, to see this thing I’ve worn for 30+ years… Who made it? Why so tight? Why the rough rope? It’s ingenious, actually. There’s a pull cord I see that will jab thumbtacks into my backside when I’m slowing down, and simultaneously tighten the collar […]
#Selfie 18: Spiral in; Spiral out
4:30am in the studio is like hanging out with a special old friend I’ve not seen for a long time. We both like gentle light, strong hot coffee. We share a deep enjoyment of the act of listening to the day as it begins. I feel my face wake up, muscle by muscle, and take […]
#Selfie 15: You get what you need
I once played a minor (non-musical) part on a Rolling Stones Tour – ‘Steel Wheels’ in the ’80s. I have a tour jacket, even, that boyfriends past have happily worn… and torn and stained. This comes up now because I wrote the blog title first. It’s still a good jacket, and I keep it to […]
#Selfie 6: Mask
I’ve begun to think of my face as a mask, in all this clicking, writing, posting and painting of it. It’s a mask that I make and change according to what parts of myself I wish to present. Actually, that’s not even completely honest – sometimes I use parts of other people in my […]
Children killing children
Here are two voices that ring true for me in response to the shootings in Connecticut – please read what they have written with your best self, and think about it. Then decide what your part of the solution will be. From Morgan Freeman (or I’d like to think so – maybe this is some […]