a self-declared cyborg doing cyborg stuff
The ‘Soulcruzer’ podcast (more of an audioblog, really).
Expect a blend of mysticism and music, psyche and soul, everyday wisdom, and the esoteric. One day, I might be waxing lyrical about Nietzsche’s eternal return, and the next, uncovering the wisdom of the tarot. It’s all up for grabs on this pod.
So, if first-person confessional style podcasts are your jam, subscribe to mine wherever you get your podcasts. I’m on all of the major platforms.
Q: what is it about me that i can’t keep my virtual hands off of creativity, love, mysticism, and misfit ontology?
It has only taken me 38 years, but I finally made it into a flotation tank. Why 38? Well 38 years ago (damn!I know..) I saw the movie Altered States starring William Hurt, Blair Brown and Bob Balaban. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about a Harvard scientist who conducts...
Robert Brault asked: “If you knew hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?” And that is the choice this dark angel now faces. Tools: iPad Pro, Mextures, Procreate, Leonardo, MagicErase Model – https://noree-stock.deviantart.com/art/Lady-Dark-28-132698458 Wings – https://orig00.deviantart.net/bc67/f/2017/011/2/b/black_angel_wings_by_makiskan-dav0eng.png Background – https://orig00.deviantart.net/f6ec/f/2012/282/7/c/into_the_forest___free_stock_image_by_kevron2001-d5hcli7.jpg
OK, so like me, you’ve probably have your eye on Christmas, if not for the actual celebration of the birth of Christ, then for the time off from work and an opportunity to catch up with friends and family and course to get some cool gifts. One of my end...
Early Sunday morning stroll to stretch the limbs and clear the cobwebs out of my head. What do we mean when we say, same old, same old?
Ok listen. I’m going to play for a while so if things get a bit weird on here, don’t panic. It’s just a phase. Pardon me while I burst into flames, a line I borrowed from Incubus, perfectly describes my state of mind. But as the Smashing Pumpkins sang; Despite...
After about an 18 month hiatus, The Musical Journey Show is back. I’ll be kicking off the reboot with a trip back to 1982 when all us MTV babies were discovering bands like Dexys Midnight Runners, Culture Club, Men at Work, Soft Cell, Duran Duran and others. Yet still rocking...
The Pixies asked the question ‘Where is my mind?’ and I’d answer all over the place, not in a scatter brain kind of way but more in the lots of things are demanding my attention all at once. I’m juggling a number of projects – consulting for WH, the podcast,...
And here we go. The mountain bug has bitten me (why it waits until it’s nearly winter to bite, I’m not sure). Friday, on a whim, I decided I needed some mountain air. It’s October and I’ve barely been out in the mountains at all this year. I can throw...
Wednesday, 4 Oct I’m going to start writing this post tonight, but I may not finish it. You see, right now, I have a belly full of hate and an unreal heart. The two together make me want to break something. What’s eating me up is the amount of injustice...
I woke up to the news that Tom Petty had died. Sad days indeed. I immediately played on of my favourite Tom Petty track: I remember when this video first came out I was ecstatic. It was during those days that I played a lot of role-playing games one of...
It was a whirlwind of day down in Bedfordshire. I was at Jordan’s Mill, the home of Jordan’s Cereal. Unfortunately I didn’t see much of the mill. Instead I was in a room filled with 30 or so people from the UK and as far afield as African. I was...
I finished reading the Michael Robbins book, The Second Sex, which was his second poetry collection following his Alien vs Predator debut collection back in 2012. I was slightly disappointed with this volume. I felt it lack the cohesion of Alien vs Predator. If I happened upon this book without...
Friday snuck up on me. My head is pounding. This is the second day in a row I’ve developed a headache in the late afternoon. Trying to think if I’ve changed anything that may be the cause. It’s not a migraine, just a normal headache. Today I’m half tempted to...
And maybe it’s language itself that has disconnected us from our feelings. We are corralled into this constant striving to be happy as if happy is the only emotion worth feeling Why so glum chum? When we meet a glum chum we make it our mission to cheer them up,...
It was a day of being everybody’s Yoda. A role of which I am ok with, but by the end of it, I’m mentally drained. Normally I’d pop on some tunes and veg out, but I have lots to do in a short period of time. How do you know...
I awoke this morning to the hammering sound of rain. Just what you want out of your Monday morning – dark, wet, gloom. I made a batch of strong, dark coffee to match the mood. I turned to my one true source of motivation – books. I cracked open Matthew...
I finished the The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison. It was an interesting journey. Morrison didn’t date his notebook/journal entries so the editors had to work extra hard at determine which writings belong to which time period. Morrison wrote his poems in layered drafts and often wrote and rewrote them...
It’s been a relatively quiet day. You need days like these from time to time. My buddy Z stopped by for a couple of Coronas in the garden. We are of similar age. Consequently we’ve bee having similar thoughts about life, the universe, and everything. I think we’ve both concluded...
Friday night. Pizza consumed. Beer consumed. No client facing work today. Instead I met Cherry, my new co-author, in town for coffee and cake and to go over the first draft of our chapbook. I’m supplying the words and she is primarily supplying the imagery. Cherry and I are both...
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. – Revelations 3:16 I’m tired. So if I nod off please forgive me. It was one of those drive 2 hours, deliver a 2 hour workshop, and drive 2 hours back...
