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Posted by jay on November 10, 2003, at 22:58:51
I ask this because I have personally found composing music, and even covering it, has been such a powerful tool on my little 'trippy' existential road to that thing called 'healing'. I joined a cover band this past summer, and we played mostly 80's, early 90's music...from Depeche Mode to Pearl Jam. It has been a REAL hoot, and it is so nice to just immerse yourself into the music, even if it is blaring, ear-numbing rock. :-) So.......I thought a cool thread would be for us to do a 'show and tell'...post links or something like that to our art, whether it is music, or drawing/painting, even something like flower arranging! And yes...crafts too Tabitha. lol. Even pictures (except those XXX rated ones...I don't think Doc Bob would go for it..;-). But, pics of a place you visited, like on vacation or something like that. Heck...even your garden or backyard!
So, go grab one of those freebie websites, and put your stuff on there to share, for us to see! Also, try to include some written dialogue, to explain the 'art', and put some reference to it. Whatcha' all think?
It's like we are in Grade 3 again...with the 'show and tell' bit. :-)
Jay
Posted by jay on November 10, 2003, at 23:01:20
In reply to Anyone care to share their 'artistic' side??, posted by jay on November 10, 2003, at 22:58:51
Posted by Destroyo on November 11, 2003, at 0:34:04
In reply to Anyone care to share their 'artistic' side??, posted by jay on November 10, 2003, at 22:58:51
Taliban in Hell
Confirm their patriarchy
On Earth women thrive-Inebrius Maximus Augustus, Emperor of The Drunks
Did you see "Lost in Translation"? Bill Murray has a great voice in the karaoke scene; assuming it's really him, and I believe that it is. The way he sings "More Than This", by Roxy Music (80's British band), is incredibly touching and beautiful. Why not see if you can cover that song?
Posted by octopusprime on November 11, 2003, at 12:34:24
In reply to Anyone care to share their 'artistic' side??, posted by jay on November 10, 2003, at 22:58:51
hooray for artistic!
i have just started lessons on the djembe about two months ago.
it's a west african drum from guinea.
typically, rhythms are made up of a few djembe parts, parts on three sizes of giant drum collectively called dunduns (sp?), plus bellsyou can read lots about djembes here:
http://www.drums.org/djembefaq/toc.htmyou drum with your heart, not with your brain. your body takes over and follows the rhythm. it is fantastic stuff and i hope to keep with it for a good long time. out here there are weekly drum circles for people to go to and play free-form.
i have been writing for work, so i suppose that isn't really artistic, though it does amount to hundreds of pages that i've written over the last three months.
and this weekend i picked up my paint brush and started painting again. oil paints. i started this last winter, no lessons, no nothing. now i don't even have any ideas when i sit down to paint. i just pick some colours and start randomly brushing them on the canvas. eventually shapes form and i go from there. it's very experimental and very therapeutic. my last painting turned into something that vaguely looks like a red gecko on a yellow background with blue arms (and yellow spatters over the whole thing).
i am thinking of art lessons, but i think i'd rather put the money and time into drumming (with the added social benefits of drumming). hopefully the painting will develop itself (even if it does take years and dollars in terms of supplies - i'm not very efficient at the use of paint!)
anyway jay i totally agree about the healing power of the arts. i think i have turned to painting and to music to help heal wounds that i can't (or maybe even don't want to) articulate. i can recall one time when i was painting and i was frightened of the images that i myself had put onto the canvas (that time it was a trickle of red, like blood, down from the sky onto the ground below), and i didn't even know i had such anger and fear in me. i let that canvas dry then later painted streaks of sunlight over it. symbolic healing. (or maybe painted over facades?)
there is such power in non-verbal expression.
also there is power in dance, but i have only been dancing with myself lately. i just grew out of my raver phase. but there is still so much power in the tribal movements to an electronic beat, and i still do visit clubs from time to time to do a sweaty dance in a crowd for three hours then go home.
sorry jay i don't have the means to create clips or take pictures of my artwork. (no digital camera or recording equipment here).
Posted by anks on November 11, 2003, at 17:42:03
In reply to Anyone care to share their 'artistic' side??, posted by jay on November 10, 2003, at 22:58:51
> I ask this because I have personally found composing music, and even covering it, has been such a powerful tool on my little 'trippy' existential road to that thing called 'healing'. I joined a cover band this past summer, and we played mostly 80's, early 90's music...from Depeche Mode to Pearl Jam. It has been a REAL hoot, and it is so nice to just immerse yourself into the music, even if it is blaring, ear-numbing rock. :-) So.......I thought a cool thread would be for us to do a 'show and tell'...post links or something like that to our art, whether it is music, or drawing/painting, even something like flower arranging! And yes...crafts too Tabitha. lol. Even pictures (except those XXX rated ones...I don't think Doc Bob would go for it..;-). But, pics of a place you visited, like on vacation or something like that. Heck...even your garden or backyard!
>
> So, go grab one of those freebie websites, and put your stuff on there to share, for us to see! Also, try to include some written dialogue, to explain the 'art', and put some reference to it. Whatcha' all think?
>
> It's like we are in Grade 3 again...with the 'show and tell' bit. :-)
>
> Jay
Yes, music's grand, a huge saviour. Despite the fact that im possibly the worlds worst singer, i love the stuff! Do a few other bits and pieces, beading like everyone else, paint, write, whatever. Read, read alot. Thats not arty, no im off track, anyhow i like your idea, benefical and has purpose. enjoy!
Posted by Liligoth on November 12, 2003, at 5:11:26
In reply to Re: Anyone care to share their 'artistic' side?? » jay, posted by anks on November 11, 2003, at 17:42:03
thanks for the good thread topic. I paint & draw. It's the only time I really feel any peace is when I am doing that. I dont think I feel safe enough here that I could post links to any of my stuff though.
Posted by Poet on November 12, 2003, at 9:35:37
In reply to Anyone care to share their 'artistic' side??, posted by jay on November 10, 2003, at 22:58:51
IntertwiningThrough a fine crack
silver glitter slips into another dimension.
Reflections from its journey remind me of my past,
remind me of what has passed
and what a fake I must be.
You drove me to this madness,
I chose to continue the sadness
lying under the winter stars
lying to the mirror I face.
You aren’t what you represented
I’m not what I presented.
You are the perpetrator,
I am the masquerader.
Unlike the snow escaping,
I slip into the crack
and find myself caught in the glass,
as you turn me upside down.Poet
Posted by Liligoth on November 12, 2003, at 21:48:31
In reply to Re: Anyone care to share- poetry of course!, posted by Poet on November 12, 2003, at 9:35:37
thanks for posting this. I enjoyed it a lot. I hope you post more.
cheers
Posted by octiigon on November 15, 2003, at 2:28:14
In reply to Re: Anyone care to share- poetry of course! » Poet, posted by Liligoth on November 12, 2003, at 21:48:31
Old willow trees'
Broken feet
Beyond the kind of time
Where children play and
Sing songs of autumn noonAt least until that day
You came
And destroyed that
Child's tuneAnd now that child
Is a man who doesn't
Know what to doHe's all alone
Still a child inside
-Betrayed so many times he's only left
To run and hideRealizing the world isn't
What he wanted
He paints his soul away
Hoping to find some wayTo patch up the scars
And wipe away the tears
For he feels like he's been here
A million yearsTime goes by
The young man grows old
Yet, still his heart never grew coldThe old man then decides
It went all away too fast
He realized he'd broken the mold
His legacy will last but
He dies with all his stories- untold
Posted by octiigon on November 15, 2003, at 2:35:12
In reply to Re: Anyone care to share- poetry of course!, posted by octiigon on November 15, 2003, at 2:28:14
Hello, everyone... I'm a guitarist/vocalist and am currently puting together a band. I like to paint/write/draw- anything to let my self pour out of me.
I find that artistic talents sometimes can really help in the process of "healing." Though, sometimes it is a double edged sword and the emotions backfire on you....
Posted by Jai on November 16, 2003, at 22:17:40
In reply to Re: Anyone care to share- poetry of course!, posted by octiigon on November 15, 2003, at 2:35:12
I'm a fish for you baby
swimming up the stream like a coho
but where did you goho
I lay my eggs like stick pearls
to adhear, my dear, to the shore
where we once dreamed of snails and seaweed
dulce to you buddy,I'm a frog for you baby
steach out those green lips
you viper
ready to leap into this
a-pond my request
I rest with a human in my throatI'm a worm for you baby
my rhythematic ringed tube
undulates out of the dirt dark
a code of rock and droll
you are dry honey
frying on the sidewalk
after the rainI'm a fool for you baby
swore it would not be
but stung by my own
desire to distance the fire
I am impaled by my wit and waiting.
Jai
Posted by responsiblek9 on November 19, 2003, at 7:38:03
In reply to Re: Anyone care to share- poetry of course!, posted by Jai on November 16, 2003, at 22:17:40
---Twilight---
On a tall ridge
One watches
For a thing so fast
It's quick as time
The line of coming night
Land of shadow
Yet of light
An echo of daySomething so close
But far apart
Like love and hate
A secret of the heart
12-95
Posted by Jai on November 19, 2003, at 20:22:28
In reply to Twilight, posted by responsiblek9 on November 19, 2003, at 7:38:03
Betsy
You appeared in my bedroom as the apple blossoms peaked
my feet didn't reach the floor from my bed's edge
every night I held my breath while you struggled for your next one
my hair the color of sunshine
yours ruby red
you cried out for mama
she came
I drapped my arm over my neck
fearing her
Mama's angry face turned to me
I burned hidden under the covers
you cooed
her face softened as her lips pressed
to your full cheek
Jai
Posted by Jai on November 19, 2003, at 21:39:52
In reply to Re: Twilight, posted by Jai on November 19, 2003, at 20:22:28
Sorry I am still new at this posting and sometimes do things wrong. I want to share with you that your poem was lovely. I enjoyed the poem as much as I have always loved the twilight. thanks.
jai
Posted by Jai on November 19, 2003, at 22:18:11
In reply to Re: Anyone care to share- poetry of course!, posted by octiigon on November 15, 2003, at 2:28:14
Oh johnny oh
are you my stray yellow dingo
I am pinned to your golden heart
my back to your chest
the chakaras in line
my fingers on your breast
twisting the light between my digits
toying with the sun drenched corona
yellow ocher
orange
Ipsissimus
peeling, peeling, peeling back the newly formed skin
I lay exposed becoming most myself
a flattened squirrel on the gray highway
that's what I was when your energy of liquid gold
filled this old carcass
Ah, johnny oh
I am becoming most myself
you are blowing me like a crimson balloon
I am attached to you by my blue unbilical
with deep resonating tones you smooth my
furrow brow
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