everything changes yet it’s all stardust in the end

November 9, 2019.Reading time 18 minutes.

“I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through oh, oh yeah”

The Doors

Riding into the Velvet Sunset

October 29, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

“Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on a radio
There was a nothin’ goin’ down at all, not at all
Then one fine mornin’ she puts on a New York station
You know, she couldn’t believe what she heard at all
She started shakin’ to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock ‘n’ roll
Despite all the amputations
You know you could just go out
And dance to a rock ‘n’ roll station
It was alright (it was alright)
Hey baby, you know it was alright (it was alright)”

– Lou Reed

photo of the Lofi Sofias playing as The Velvet Underground by Paul Perreault

AFP Breaks My Heart ~ American Sentence (lost) Day 85 of 108

October 25, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Amanda Fucking Palmer blows my mind and my heart. She is relentless in her raw vulnerability, an inspiration, an ardent champion for humanity in all its passion and messiness and ugliness and real-ness.

There is no intermission. Only life.

Photo of Amanda Palmer in Ireland by Stephanie Zakas

Never Forget – People Have the Power ~ American Sentence Day 108 of 108

October 1, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Was there ever a time when imagination and love are not more important than ever?

Image: Detail of Sky Pixel 4 – in progress

Photos from Another Planet

September 19, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sometimes you step out of one reality and into another.

Sometimes it feels instantaneous – the relief (or the regret).

Always move toward evolution.

If I could drive away with you . . . ~ American Sentence Day 106 of 108

September 16, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

One of the first bands to captivate my young imagination – I spent countless hours studying the album cover while listening to Candy-O.

Fragments of Samsara

September 12, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Mandala painting by Jill Sans.

sam·sa·ra
/səmˈsärə/
the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound.

Change, Art, and Meaning across Generations

August 29, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

This week, I posed for three local artists after taking quite a long break from the work. I had forgotten how my mind sort of spins as my body becomes a landscape. There is a shift in my perception, like I am taking in light.