Part 5: Building a New Path Introduction Hello dear readers! Welcome back to the final installment of my comeback series, From Renovation Chaos to Creative Clarity: My Comeback Story. Over the past four posts, I’ve shared my journey from creative burnout to reigniting my passion. In Part 1, The Hiatus (Or More Affectionately, I Hate…
It’s finally arrived! After a solid couple of weeks worth of posts featuring my good friend Dave Von Bieker, also known by his very clever stage name of Von Bieker, our full-length interview is alive, well and available for all to enjoy. In case you haven’t been following the previews, I have decided to change…
Every once and a while, we all need a hug. Especially when it gets weird and dark. Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder released July 7, 2017 ********* 9/10 Broken Social Scene are a Canadian indie rock band (yay for Canadian content!) formed by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Sometimes they have six members,…
Holistic health has been on my mind as of late dear readers. You see, I have this theory that there is a strong connection between art, healing, and health. And I think holistic health holds the key to that connection. Holistic health is a type of healing process which considers the whole human being…
Last year the two words whitewashing and oscars seemed to be synonymous with each other. I wrote a rather exhaustive post about it, point of fact. To be fair, I am an artist though, so it’s quite difficult not to be a lens for the big issues I find wrapped around my heart. Sigh. Now, I have written…
When laying down a canvas, I think it’s important to set the foundation first, usually with white gesso, but sometimes simply with some soft gel. Almost every visual artist will tell you same, unless they are painting on paper, mylar, or some other strong gripping surface. Then again, said artist might not even want to…
The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master. – Darth Vader Of all the choices I could make to start this post off right, this is easily one of my favourite quotes from Star Wars because it demonstrates rather visibly resolution, the progression towards…
Yesterday I promised that I would reveal the timotheories theme of 2017, and today I fulfill that promise dear readers. I’ve been humming and hawing on what that theme should be for weeks now, and dammit if I didn’t wait until the last minute to hope the idea would just pop into my head. Conveniently enough, when…
A new year, a new theme. And while I’m not going to unleash that theme on you just yet, mostly because I’m saving it for the timotheories January post that’ll be released tomorrow, let’s just agree that this first Wisdom Wednesday post of the year is significant. Heck, I’ve even layered this post into an existing…
When you care, you can come off a little creepy. Especially when you put a little stank on it. This is why it’s important to inject some passion and some perspective into your music, it gives the audience a point of leverage and an opportunity to empathize with you. Take this week’s album review for…