I love the following descriptions of our place in landscape from John O’ Donohue, who was born and lived in the west of Ireland.
Creativity
Mundane Music
I’ve been making music every Monday. Little snippets. Bits and bobs. No rhyme or reason. Just simply music for the sake of making sounds. I’ve been uploading these snippets to Google Drive and sharing them with my wonderful friend Danling (a.k.a Mundane Matters) for her to use or ignore as the mood takes. Here’s the first bit of my Mundane Music she’s used.
Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Largo and The Enmore
Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Girls just wanna have fun’ is forever married in my memory to Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings. Why? Well look, over there! It’s 2006 or something.
Lessons From My Kids #2: Mise en place
The other day, the music producer Daniel Lanois listed the three most important ingredients for a successful recording. Number one?
Commissioning artwork: I don’t know much…but I know what I like.
I was discussing artwork with my bearded friend Kris Morris the other day, and as is his way, he cut straight to quick.