Lightness of being is the only way… For me this season is one of patience and surrender. Life has its ups and downs and all arounds. But joy is released in each moment witnessed and welcomed. Who knows what comes next. Dropping expectations and listening to what ever comes witnessing it with acceptance and curiosity. For in this moment I chose lightness of being. For it is the only way through a stage of unknowns that have me caught in chaotic stillness of self. I have never been who I am now and I never will be again. So I am taking every moment to enjoy these ups and downs and all arounds. To feel them whole heartedly to let them come go like the weather.
This is part of a project I have been working on. Surreal Portraits of awareness of self created with artist and friends these photos give credit to me @gobbeldigook@officiallyhilary@vashonartistresidency
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Thanks to all who came out to the pikknikk series. It was such a pleasure to share this beautiful day with you. I am still feeling warm and fuzzy. It was so nice to be outside harmonizing with the birds and the blue skies. Until next time… The pleasure was all mine. @nordichouseiceland
Another clip from the surreal #musicvideo I am working on. The song attached is jump already released wherever you stream so go have a listen if you pls.
I have been building a 100 speaker spatial sound system. I have been so consumed by the process I forgot to post about the interview on RUV English. I am looking for sponsorship/fiscal support or the ability to borrow goods. I have built out most of the speaker bodies. But I still need large soundcards, an unspeakable amount of speaker wire and 9V adapters… Monetary support is welcomed via link in bio and you can also find the link to the interview. Thanks for witnessing my creation as it grows. I will be building it out on the 14th. The first of two shows will be June 5 with more sneak peaks to come.
PS - At the end of the interview are couple songs pre-release - got tickle your ears
Do you ever have a crisis of faith as an artist? Have you had people tell you what you are doing isn’t possible? Have you still explored and moved forward anyhow? I applaud you! There is a reason that some things end up as age old adages… If there is a will there is way… creating something out of nothing isn’t easy, hell maybe we will get some place other than expected. But I would rather try everyday anyway. For a failure is all simply perspective and one I chose not to live by. For in my mind one never fails but gets closer to where they are going, just in a different way. So please surpass expectations and create something never expected, define your own way of being. Stay strong in believing, you would be surprised what you are capable of if you hold strong. Maybe I am naive, maybe I am silly, maybe I am well aware… Only time will tell. But I hope you won’t give up doing whatever it is that lights you up. For life is boring without a challenge.. I surely would like to see what you are capable of if you would just try. One step at a time. See you at the finish line.
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Celebration of us fest in June
Such a curious experience performing. No matter what I do… I always learn something. Sharing space always fills my cup. What a lovely moment in the countryside this summer… until next time…
Dark days festival Jan 2025
A wrinkle in time
I am consistently inconsistent... So I guess I have something going for me. I figured I should share some of the performances I have been a part of this year. Forever thankful for the opportunity to take up space and for all of the people that make all performances possible. The audience, stage managers, sound techs, instrument movers, curators and performers. I will forever tip my hat in gratitude, nothing is possible without all of you…
Ever since I was a little girl my voice has been my freedom. Singing has given me wings… In a world so set in rigid ways of being.
In recent times I have wondered what is the purpose or importance of art and music. It feels so privileged. When I watch what’s going on in the world. What gives me the right…
But then it struck me once more art and music is freedom. The real history keeper of a time. It is not a privilege but a human right. One that can not be taken away. In all of these moments of political unrest the art of being human finds a way. The expression of life its self being witness to the moment. An all encompassing evolution a rising above the repression. An awareness of self and communion with the world in all its states of being.
If when you create it soothes you or touches only just one other person your doing a service to all. For connection and self regulation in trying times is what defines. So if you have a crisis of artistic or musical faith.
Remember your worthy of the freedom of the expression your life provides. You are a living being more than a number to be monetized weighed or found wanting but a fresh breathe sparked to life.
So defy all odds and keep creating in spite of it all. Let your voice give you wings and rise to the occasion. I look forward to seeing what you’re capable of when you feel strong enough to try…
The grand expanse of it all, pulls me in, breathing fresh air into me. I treasure my forgotten moments. Animated by the stillness of paying witness. When the lines of ego blur into a landscape of being an expression of nature. A lost sense of self and state of being in a freedom that can’t be taken away.
A perspective. A disposition and a genuine care for everything existing and persisting.
I have been a thousand people. I have tried on many ways of being, searching to see if it fit, felt right, looked good. I have twirled, sat on my hands, done what I was told. Never well, but I tried, to want to be who I was told I should be. I have been… I have ignored myself. I have overthought missing the point.
I have acted out, created chaos, dreamed, imaged and explored. I am still exploring. I have been tried. I have stood up. I have yelled back or gently asked why. I have been ignored, welcomed and confused. I have been and will continue to be many things.
But most of all I would like to be in that blurred state of being. Where the moments is passing but I am in it and it’s all mine. Every cell in my body bursts with excitement remembering forgetting rinsing and repeating.
The sign above my head must read existential until fed.
I am alive. I am learning. I am working on being better... I am an animal. I am a human. I am made of many mistakes. I make mistakes. I say sorry, hello, your welcome and thank you to people places and things…
I bump into things, stub my toe, sing, scream, curse, smile and nod.
I wish you were here.
I really wish you were here…
I am but an expression of a moment in time
Thanks for sharing it with me
The pleasure is all mine
First meeting with the magnetic resonator piano. I fell in… It’s such a curious exploration of sound… I am listening and going through the recordings now we will see what comes of it. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears to the ground… To be continued…
There is something about making eye contact with another creature. Somehow I always lose myself in the moment curious about the connection. What will happen next. Wild hearts hold a certain purity a certain unknown. Behind those eyes is something beyond my ability of conception. So I chose to wonder… This song wild heart is about this… stream where ever you stream if you pls…
