Looooong before the words “Christmas,” “Hannukah,” “Kwanzaa,” and “Festivus” ever entered humanity’s vocabulary, we have been celebrating the winter solstice. And why not? Without modern technology and capitalism making us fat, warm, greedy, and complacent, we’d be hunkered down in our holes, caves, and huts trying to make it through the brutal winters. As many [ Read More ]
So, it occurred to me recently that there are four different versions of the same song that I had on my computer, but it’s not immediately obvious that this is the case. I just thought it was so weird that I wanted to share it. And, besides…I wanted to share my remix anyway. A Perfect [ Read More ]
This is a musical collage, so to speak, an homage to dark and powerful film scores. It is a single piece of music, with an emphasis on the more powerful or dark moments produced by great musical minds throughout the soundtrack genre. I have not composed any of this music, but I have been editing, [ Read More ]
There is a scene in the movie “The Matrix†(1999) where the main character, Neo, is visiting a so-called oracle. As he waits to see her, he looks at the other “potentials†that stay with her. These potentials, all children, are able to manipulate objects using what appears to be telekinesis. At one point, Neo [ Read More ]
Initially, I took my first poetry class because I thought that poetry and prose were two completely different things, and I needed to explore my poetic side. But, as the semester progressed, I quickly discovered that they are imperatively inseparable. Poetry keeps prose fresh, healthy, and beautiful. I have compared some of my prose from [ Read More ]