Something in your soul sung Jamaica. But this is not palm trees, sun, and sweet breeze. When you had to choose between being locked up here or in a reform school in Utah with all the Mormons, you were hoping for a tan, at least, but this is insane. You cannot breathe. “I can’t fucking …
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The Stifled Artist and Kyrsten Bean
I have imported my old blog into my new site and now all of my updates will be, for better or for worse, here on my website.
A Mild Series of Updates in Lieu of a Focus
Maybe it’s all OK, no matter what you do. Maybe you can do debauchery lite. Maybe it’s not all so heavy and dramatic and you don’t have to write a novel about how you fell and picked yourself up and now you have to abstain from adventure because you’re old and tired and burned too …
From Here on Out
Some changes around here, folks. I created this platform many, many years ago, when I felt very blocked. It was at that time called The Stifled Artist. I can’t even say the name without cringing. I thought for a long time of changing it, once I felt like I was able to express myself in …
I’d Rather Have The Poem
Universe is trippy. I don’t feel like posting anything here today, feel more like, my mind is going to explode. I went about something in a round about way and I got assaulted from unexpected directions with honesty in a way I wasn’t expecting, so in return, I decided, fuck it. If I were to …
Make It Mean Something
“Everything I’ve ever written is my attempt to transform what is ugly and painful or difficult into something that’s beautiful and transformative, like the phoenix rising from the ashes.” -Cheryl Strayed The most interesting moments for me sometimes come when I get to ask other artists for advice. I’d tried and failed at something this …
“Dysfunctional” Vs “Functional” Families and Success
http://vimeo.com/56817422 I was up in Ashland a few weekends ago for a writer’s conference hosted by Jessica Morrell, with keynote speaker Lidia Yuknavitch, but that’s not what I want to write about. The conference was great, but my conclusion on that weekend is that often the universe is pulling us in certain directions, but not …
“No One Cares About Your Indie Projects”
Seems that 90% of my life involves fantasy. I wrote a post about this a while back. But I’ve noticed recently a theme, if you will. This entire year has been the year of delusions and fantasies. None of them came true. Not a single one. But yet, I was pulled in certain directions that …
Sunday, October 27 @ Night Light, Oakland, California
You’re So Bay Area
There’s a scene in the movie Coffee and Cigarettes where Cate Blanchett plays two different characters: herself (a character who pretty much has everything, walks on gilded lilies) and a “cousin”–an indie musician dating other artists and living a life of pretty abject poverty due to being an indie musician. The indie cousin observes Blanchett’s …