Hazy Acres

I need to take a moment and share two achievements, as my way of honoring the harvest for our current shift into the fall season. A peaceful time to begin new creative ventures while being grateful for what we’ve been able to finish.

In my journey, this moment in time has me proud for finishing the 100 Poems series and sharing it on here. This was a fun experience for me. A challenge I set so I didn’t get completely lost in my intention to explore while building up new material for what’s next. Experience is always a muse if you view life as an opportunity in most cases.

There was a lot to unpack, and accept. I went far to the edge in most scenarios I found my choices putting me through. From a drunkard to a sober soul rediscovering himself, adding what I’ve learned to create this amalgam of belief. I believe now and knew then, I was always heading here. An artist is a lot of things, including an honest actor for their experience. The acceptance of this reality has never been stronger as I continue to see the synchronicities in life.

I regret nothing that hurt me except the moments when I was unkind to others and hurt them, by making the choices I was making. I learned and I learn, and I keep learning. I accept what needs to be done for me to live a full healthy life. And I’m in that frame of mind each day. Working toward a fully realized self, in all its complicated truth. This is hard work, requiring radical honesty. I accept my work. Believing in it while understanding it’s the only way to grow. With that, I am excited to keep writing and seeing where I can continue to expose my style in this medium. 

The second thing I want to honor in this moment is finally finishing the fifth album of music under Nomadic Firs. This project is a sound journey that reaches back more than twenty years. How beautiful is that?

This particular body of work has been a pain in the butt at times. Delayed, confused, hated, loved, admired, ignored…and so on. It has been a part of me for seven years. I’ve released three other albums and worked on a movie soundtrack while working on this in the background. My youngest son was born and both of my kids are growing so fast. It’s pretty nutty reading that. I also witnessed the end of my marriage, a reimagining of my life more times than I can remember, building and losing community over an over, multiple moves, covid, risks that I still can’t believe I took and lived, and the end of two other deeper connections. Not to mention a beautiful retreat that brought me back to center.

All of this reverberates through the speakers in sound and voice on this record. I can hear the future in it, feel the past, and be proud of all the progress from it as a producer, artist, musician, and improvisational human. I am ready to say goodbye to it for a lot of reasons, but most importantly the present moment has been waiting for me to pay attention and begin the next piece of sound. This record is my love album.

It will arrive in the world soon and then I will finally be free of it all, grateful, but amazingly free to start the new work. Boy oh boy, I can’t wait! 

Thank you for reading this and doing whatever it is you’re doing to live out here. It’s real, let’s always be real. Much love!