WORDS

An offering for Misha Music Monday…dreams of distant stars…

I usually write an end-of-the-year post: a look back at wonders and such. Herein, Dear Reader, you’ll find some musings, music, videos, playlists, and links to explore. Many lovely artists and friends appear here, so please get cozy with a cuppa and follow those links out to their work as well. This is in a sort-of chronological order from the beginning of the year…

Thanks for joining me on the ride!

Blessings of the Solstice!

Many thanks to T. Thorn Coyle for having me as a guest on their podcast Magic, Creativity, and Life: Conversations with Interesting People.

Happy Ring of Fire Eclipse in Libra y'all! Enjoy one of my ring of fire / mandala watercolors in celebration!

Join me I launch the Creative Work Circle!

I can’t wait to share my new music video and single EARTHSHINE with you all — newsletter folks get early access on Sunday December 3 — so you’ll be hearing from em again, then. And if you’re in Houston, please join me for the music video release party!

EARTHSHINE, my new music video and single drops December 4 with a release party in Houston on December 9 (deets below!). I’m so excited to share this sneak peek of my beautful music and the video I filmed and then enhanced with the magnificent animation of Kaiber.AI.

Singers should be trained to ask themselves firstly: Is this music worthy of my voice?

A quick Thursday note about iconic Czech surrealist filmmaker Jan Švankmajer’s Decalogue—that is, 10 principles of creative work-making. There’s some really yummy ones in his list that I love…

Supremely cool and strange and beautiful weirdness: live art music from Misha, George and Chris in the enormous and sonorous Silos at Sawyer Yards.

“Seize a bit of the quicksilver of life, freeze it for all time and turn, in the blaze of creativity, to point at it and cry, ‘Isn’t this good!’ And it was good.” — Bradbury

Look at this flower! I mean, LOOK AT IT! How does it even exist in our weary world?—strutting its unapologetic stuff, ‘I am beautiful! I dare you to look away from my unabashed glory! You cannot!’

Here’s a little (edited!) look-back on my year and all the wonders I’m grateful for…so grab a cuppa and come with me on a little creative journey through 2022…

Notes from a studio collaboration…