Thank you! That means so much to me! The impetus behind all of my work is the marriage of language and imagery. So glad to hear that connects with you!
I've been meaning to listen to Hot Mulligan and Grayscale for a while now, so this just gave me the perfect excuse to do both. Awesome songs all round. I also want to mention that since you gave me a few songs by The Maine to listen to a few weeks back, they've quietly snuck their way into my regular rotation.
This is easily one of my favourite weeks for your artwork. Every week is good, but goddamn, something about these ones is really going to stick with me. I particularly enjoy the first and the third pieces. The colours work so well together.
And I'm really glad you enjoyed Life in Slow Motion!!
I think this is the third playlist hot mulligan has appeared on, needless to say I'm a fan lol.
Grayscale I only recently discovered. I use this play to check off a lot of boxes simultaneously. Collage and typography obviously. Reading and writing. But also, music discovery. It gives me a reason to make time and to make it a point to go out and discover bands and artists I haven't listened to.
Really glad to hear you're still enjoying the Maine. They are really something special. Few bands are as capable of producing as many ear worms as they do. And now that I've talked about them. I'm likely to listen to them for the rest of the day.
Thanks for your kind words about the work this week! That really means a lot to me. As I mentioned one of the reasons for doing this was to challenge myself to make more collages and to get better at designing with and around text. It makes me really happy to hear the work is paying off. It really is a labor of love!
I loved Trophy Eyes, I made a bunch of notes for several other songs so don't be surprised if you see them on the playlist again!
That's a good way of doing it, plus it keeps you doing a whole bunch of things that you enjoy without having to spread yourself too thin. I do the same thing in the sense that the moment I stop enjoying creating posts, I'll stop doing them. It's awesome to hear that you have just as good of a time making them as the rest of us do reading them.
I definitely need to do a deeper dive into The Maine, but everything I've heard so far has been awesome. Are there any songs out of their lesser known ones that you'd recommend?
Hell yeah, it'd be awesome to see Trophy Eyes pop up again. I'm really happy to hear you got into some of their other songs since I had such a hard time choosing just one to recommend last time.
And that's all good!! Thank you for everything as well :)
You always manage to find a way to inspire me with our even trying. I was going to respond with a song or two by The Maine that I think you might like to hear. But then I thought, why not do it in the playlist. Hopefully they'll be one you haven't heard coming at you Sunday!
Oh, and also, your writing under the grayscale song is so thoughtful and well put together. I've re-read it a few times at this point just to really appreciate it
Wow! Thanks again! It's a topic that's been on my mind a lot lately because it almost always is. Those musings seemed to fit with the song, so I'm grateful for the opportunity to explore it a little bit.
I enjoyed this. Your comments and quotes about Didion, the process of your art, and especially this last bit:
"[L]ight is an invitation to happiness," Mary Oliver says, "and that happiness, when it's done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive." It is a redemption that stays. That lingers. That lasts. Even when the light passes. A holiness sacred even in the dark. In the grime. In the shadows. A vigil. A hymnal. A happiness strong enough to cradle all our sadness. "I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find…chase this light with me."
I've been chasing that light, and it does illuminate the darkness and makes all that seems so temporary just a play of light and shadow across the walls of our life to make of it what we will.
Thank you so much Deborah! I read Joan Didion: The Last Interview recently and was reminded again and through out the book what rare gift of perspective she offers.
I could say the same thing for Mary Oliver, that's for sure. I've been slowly reading through her poetry collection called Devotions, and every word is perfect, poignant, and palpable.
The last line in your comment is beautiful! In one sentence you encapsulated everything I was trying to say. 🙏🙏🙏
Creativity: + plus + plus - both words & visual !
Thank you! That means so much to me! The impetus behind all of my work is the marriage of language and imagery. So glad to hear that connects with you!
I've been meaning to listen to Hot Mulligan and Grayscale for a while now, so this just gave me the perfect excuse to do both. Awesome songs all round. I also want to mention that since you gave me a few songs by The Maine to listen to a few weeks back, they've quietly snuck their way into my regular rotation.
This is easily one of my favourite weeks for your artwork. Every week is good, but goddamn, something about these ones is really going to stick with me. I particularly enjoy the first and the third pieces. The colours work so well together.
And I'm really glad you enjoyed Life in Slow Motion!!
I think this is the third playlist hot mulligan has appeared on, needless to say I'm a fan lol.
Grayscale I only recently discovered. I use this play to check off a lot of boxes simultaneously. Collage and typography obviously. Reading and writing. But also, music discovery. It gives me a reason to make time and to make it a point to go out and discover bands and artists I haven't listened to.
Really glad to hear you're still enjoying the Maine. They are really something special. Few bands are as capable of producing as many ear worms as they do. And now that I've talked about them. I'm likely to listen to them for the rest of the day.
Thanks for your kind words about the work this week! That really means a lot to me. As I mentioned one of the reasons for doing this was to challenge myself to make more collages and to get better at designing with and around text. It makes me really happy to hear the work is paying off. It really is a labor of love!
I loved Trophy Eyes, I made a bunch of notes for several other songs so don't be surprised if you see them on the playlist again!
Thanks for everything!
That's a good way of doing it, plus it keeps you doing a whole bunch of things that you enjoy without having to spread yourself too thin. I do the same thing in the sense that the moment I stop enjoying creating posts, I'll stop doing them. It's awesome to hear that you have just as good of a time making them as the rest of us do reading them.
I definitely need to do a deeper dive into The Maine, but everything I've heard so far has been awesome. Are there any songs out of their lesser known ones that you'd recommend?
Hell yeah, it'd be awesome to see Trophy Eyes pop up again. I'm really happy to hear you got into some of their other songs since I had such a hard time choosing just one to recommend last time.
And that's all good!! Thank you for everything as well :)
You always manage to find a way to inspire me with our even trying. I was going to respond with a song or two by The Maine that I think you might like to hear. But then I thought, why not do it in the playlist. Hopefully they'll be one you haven't heard coming at you Sunday!
Hell yeah!! I'm very excited. Sunday can't come soon enough :)
Oh, and also, your writing under the grayscale song is so thoughtful and well put together. I've re-read it a few times at this point just to really appreciate it
Wow! Thanks again! It's a topic that's been on my mind a lot lately because it almost always is. Those musings seemed to fit with the song, so I'm grateful for the opportunity to explore it a little bit.
Thanks again!
I enjoyed this. Your comments and quotes about Didion, the process of your art, and especially this last bit:
"[L]ight is an invitation to happiness," Mary Oliver says, "and that happiness, when it's done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive." It is a redemption that stays. That lingers. That lasts. Even when the light passes. A holiness sacred even in the dark. In the grime. In the shadows. A vigil. A hymnal. A happiness strong enough to cradle all our sadness. "I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find…chase this light with me."
I've been chasing that light, and it does illuminate the darkness and makes all that seems so temporary just a play of light and shadow across the walls of our life to make of it what we will.
Thank you so much Deborah! I read Joan Didion: The Last Interview recently and was reminded again and through out the book what rare gift of perspective she offers.
I could say the same thing for Mary Oliver, that's for sure. I've been slowly reading through her poetry collection called Devotions, and every word is perfect, poignant, and palpable.
The last line in your comment is beautiful! In one sentence you encapsulated everything I was trying to say. 🙏🙏🙏