magicking 053, originally uploaded by Michael7070.

After realizing I just posted the same photo twice, I realize I need to redo this whole darn website….fortuitous, since I was laid off the other day. I’m calling it a sabbatical…sounds nice.

Michigan08b 001, originally uploaded by Michael7070.

Recording is a laborious process, especially when you’re doing it all yourself. That being said, some interesting things have come out. Acoustic/electric rhythmic jungle rock…?

Sept24-08 028 , originally uploaded by Michael7070.

A leaf for your viewing pleasure. Working on a video here as well as new songs and designs… The past can haunt in a way that is unexpected and un-looked for. Jump in to the fire and watch…it’s a little hot in here.

curvyplant, originally uploaded by Michael7070.

Taken the other day…with a little P-shop manipulation

magicking 058, originally uploaded by Michael7070.

On my way to Tibet, you know.

Looking for the thread to unravel the magic carpet that is creativity can sometimes be a difficult and painful process. Fear can control and guide a hand, it can also be the fuel for the fire, I choose the latter. So here we go, into the unknown again.

After a difficult year (boy, they sure seem to get harder…isn’t it all supposed to get easier?) I lost my thread, my muse, my motivation. After much thought (maybe too much, as I’ve often been told) I decided to start over, or more importantly, go back to the beginning. Hang around, seriously.

Berries, originally uploaded by Michael7070.

There always comes a time when an idea is ripe for the picking. Pick it too soon, and it’s unpleasant and bitter, pick it too late and it’s dried and withering. Taking things for what they are, ideas are coming in to season and harvest is around the bend.

I took a long walk tonight with my littlest one, down one of those pictureque midwest roads, where the trees hang over and the beer cans reflect like little diamonds from the roadside, and we had a great time….like I said, the ideas are ripe. Muy bueno.

Columbia Gorge • Cape Horn Viewpoint, originally uploaded by victorvonsalza.

Location matters. There was a point in my life when I knew this…then life happened and I thought, well, maybe not. I was wrong, it does. Maybe a more accurate description is geography matters, well for that matter so does geology, at least for me. I’ve done my best to make due in this flat land of boredom, but I’ve reached my limit. Changes come and go, and for me the one constant in my life has been change and when it goes away and stasis settles in, or what other people would call “normal”, I feel the need to throw the chains. Looking at the future is unsettling, though it makes more sense now then it has in a while.