The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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For additional photography please visit my flickr page.
You can find my music on Jango (World & latin - Worldbeat) and at iTunes and most online stores.
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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

My photo
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Sunday, March 29, 2009

It keeps going

Cycles. We all have them. This is my current mantra, "It keeps going so you keep going." It works.

I keep experimenting and trying to get more fluent with the programs I am using. I guess this is the way I work, just doing exercises in preparation for the next big project. Currently, I am practicing/working on the smallest setup I have ever used so I will be up and ready for my assault on Oaxaca. Size does not matter when it comes to technology these days. What used to fill up a large room now fits in a shoulder bag. We love it.

The Noble One sent me a link to a speech by Elizabeth Gilbert about the nature of creativity. An excellent 18 min. talk. I highly recommend it.

And to that "It keeps going" is an interesting piece. The music was just a brief sketch from months ago. The video is more or less a mindless doodle that evolved. The thing is that I did them on two different machines with no thought that they would ever be connected. The ending of the video, when the moon and the music blink out together? That happened without me doing it. I just transferred the music on to a card and carried it downstairs and dumped in directly into the video. Coincidence?
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Chris,

Thanks for putting this on your blog. I think it is very important information to all artists, and every living being, as we all are artists.
I have read Eat, Pray. Love, a fabulous book and I'm looking forward to Elizabeth Gilbert's follow up after that book.
She's an amazing woman and a great inspiration to all women and men.
i have been with TED for about 8 months now and love their topics and will contribute myself.

Sonya

April 10, 2009 at 11:35 AM

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