Monday, May 5, 2014

The merging of two worlds...

So....after many, many months of indecision and waffling, I've decided to begin posting both my visual musings and musical ones here on the same blog -- for now.....buckle up, gang; I was a musician long before I started painting, and it's a pretty twisty road to and from. To start, I'd better set the record straight. I am indeed still painting. About a year ago, I came to the conclusion that I needed two things; 1) To study my newer craft much more privately for a time to discover what kind of a painter I want to be; and 2) A JOB. I went back to writing music for a living after four years away, and probably the most fascinating thing about that change, is how a couple of years of painting changed the way I approach nearly everything in music -- but more on that in another post. For now, it's enough to say that I'm fairly certain I needed to go on that multi-year journey, to come back to the art form that first took me back when I was twelve years old. I'm hoping to share those insights, and discover new ones, with a re-dedication to this blank space here in the digital ether. Peace B