Debatable

23 Days Left, but hold the phone on my personal project. I was deeply, deeply moved today while listening this most recent Radiolab, Debatable. Thrilled to hear Robert Kruwlich called out with such precision on the clunky ignorance of his own whiteness, and invited into seeing greater complexity of another's experience. I cried in great somatic agreement while hearing Ryan Walsh articulate so passionately, so profoundly, the absolute rejection "the masters house" and ditching the master's tools. Even thought this is a show about debate, I think what moves me so much is how ALL of our art forms, in their use of beauty, pathos and story, have the potential to blast a hole into injustice that continues to shape the world around us. How all of us artists have a powerful voice in denying and reshaping what our culture accepts as the "norm."

I wrote a bit more about this on my project page, here: http://igg.me/at/lkiV-sPvr-s

You can listen to the show, here: http://www.radiolab.org/story/debatable/

22!

22 Days Left, and we're at 22%! : D !!! I'm enjoying a nice grey rainy day to train in Aikido, catch up on some writing and behind the scenes things. And, revel in my huge gratitude for the most recent collaborators/donors to my project (more here: http://igg.me/at/lkiV-sPvr-s)

To Dan Kelly, the friend who first introduced me to Tai Chi and Master Ru in Brooklyn years ago, the seeds of my current practice in martial arts! I'm grateful to be back in touch!
To Susan Pritzker, with whom I played songs many a night under the pine trees of the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop. You are such a gift to me, Susan!
To Zohar Tobi, one of my oldest friends and companions in the path of musician as healer. Your friendship, coaching and belief in me are a powerful piece of how I'm here today.
To Alison O. K. Frost, friend and fellow citizen artist with watercolor. I'm so grateful to share the Compound Studios, this art form, and our stories of living with grace, one day at a time.
To Ingrid Martine, another coach along the path who was a companion during one of my dark depressions, and believing mirror as I stepped towards my musical dreams.

25 Days Left: Metro-Knome

24 Days Left! I just finished my first rehearsal with two musicians I'll be recording with April 7th (not pictured above). It was a pure delight to experiment and re-arrange with Josh Mellinger and Timothy Vickers - so good that at moments I missed my own part while listening with a grin on my face! (You can hear more about my story and give to my project, here: http://igg.me/at/lkiV-sPvr-s)

I'm also smiling with this little guy, the face of the metro-Knome. Last summer I made a commitment to hanging with him as much as possible, woodshedding my playing away from the "where is the downbeat? huh?" and learning my material backwards and forwards, so I can lean back in the easy chair of groove.

So rehearsing today was also a way to celebrate that step by step climb, and see yet another beautiful view of what's possible. Onward we go!