Monthly Archives: February 2012
Invaluable Wisdom For All Creatives!!!
Saw this and just HAD to share it!!! Feels as though I’m almost coming out the other side of this. http://pinterest.com/pin/31243791134849778/
Posted in Creativity, Musings
Tagged advice, art, creative, disappointment, failure, giving up, persistence, succeed, success, taste, wisdom
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Biting The Hands That Made You
This morning I woke early and crept out of bed, trying hard not to wake wifey. Today however, it was as though everything I touched had conspired against me. As though they had held a secret meeting. Every hinge, switch … Continue reading
Posted in General, Musings
Tagged appreciation, bang, cars, inanimate, loud, musings, noise, objects, personality, recognition
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Robert Glasper Experiment. ‘Black Radio.’ Early listen. NPR
Not really much to say on this one, only that it is incredible and will probably go down as my favourite album purchase of 2012. A beautiful fusion of jazz, hip-hop and neo-soul. Have a listen through the link below. … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged album, black radio, fusion, hip-hop, jazz, music, neo-soul, piano, robert glasper, roy hargrove, trumpet
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In My Blood. (Spoken Word)
Music is in my blood! White coats define it as sound waves, I’d say oceanic waves of love; A celestial gift from above. Many have found grace through pushing the keys, singing rejoices or plucking the bass. Ancestors through it … Continue reading
May In April – A Short Story
I hate the audience’s relentless stares. For a moment I am blinded into ignorance by the blue and purple haze from the coloured spotlights. I tilt my head above their beams and glance up. I see the movement of diffused … Continue reading
Posted in Literary
Tagged art, fiction, jazz, literature, loss, love, marriage, music, new york, pain, short story, trumpet, writing
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The Tears
Savage tears teethe on the edge of the darkness that hangs between the ‘here and now’ and my quarantined memories. Their distant calls remind me that I am human; that I do feel. They are the entourage of my pain; … Continue reading
Posted in Literary
Tagged cartharsis, dark, fiction, introspection, literature, loss, pain, poetry prose, Tears, writing
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The Search For You
My parents were great at allowing me to discover new things. I wanted to try the violin. They got me some lessons. I wanted to be a scout. They bought me the uniform. Apparently at around the age of six, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Musings
Tagged art, children, Femi Temowo, Michael Olatuja, mid life crisis, music, Skills, smile, talents
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Coming Home! D’Angelo live in London February 2012.
I remember hearing someone tell a story. They spoke of a time when he and his young son purchased a small goldfish, for the youngster’s bedroom. The man said he looked at this boring little yellow fish in its small … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged brixton, d'angelo, music, neo-soul, soul, tour london, voice
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The Novel
I am currently writing a novel entitled ‘On a Shadow’s Whisper.’ I’m about 30K words deep. I WILL finish my first draft before September this year. It’s a somewhat dark and surreal fiction. This will be the 2nd novel I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Literary, Musings
Tagged art, better at night, book, chapter, dark fiction, debut, fiction, literature, novel, pragmatism, process, prose, style, word count, writing, writing a novel
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A Feeble Defence
It’s late. I can’t sleep, due to last night’s freak 24hr flu virus, and a subsequent 14hr sleep. My fiancée has however successfully packed, and boarded her flight to Dreamland. She sleeps under the cushion of her unmistakable light trill; … Continue reading →