Aria Nadii ♣ Wild Muse Notes

I have the green light to sneak preview the latest Saluki Regicide track from an upcoming release. Saluki is one of C.P. McDill’s most popular recording projects, sometimes described as soundtracks for weird dreams. I made a small contribution to this track which is why I’ve posted here. Left click to play. Right click to download. It’s 3 minutes and 20 seconds long. I don’t happen to have 55 monstrous pictures to illustrate with so the photograph of a boy with his accordion, reminiscent of C.P. will have to do.

Download free mp3 : Saluki Regicide - 55 Monstrous Pictures

Two recent works on paper have been donated to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts December Exhibition & Sale that runs from the 5th through the 9th of December. Proceeds from the sale benefit the SMFA student scholarships. These are different than anything else I’ve done, subtle abstract landscapes made of hand stitched composted paper and embellished with embroidery. The titles are “Os Sacrum” (to the left) and “Heiresis”.

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Where have I been and what have I been doing? Reinventing myself physically, artistically, and spiritually. Again. I seem to have to do this every five to seven years, especially if I am getting too comfortable or when I finally get into a flow with something creative. I just have to shake it up. Denny Crane claims that the secret to life and success is to pull a rabbit out of your hat. I’ve decided that since everything in this current life seems to be reversed (as in upside down and backwards) that the secret to health and happiness is to follow the rabbit down the hole and through the looking glass. You don’t necessarily have to take the rabbit out of the hat first. I usually forget that part and it always works out just fine.

C.P. McDill and I just finished completely gutting my workspace and the creative process along with it. The “crow’s nest” that we use for a studio is the attic of our tiny cottage. It has a low ceiling of only 6′ at the highest point. The previous owner had installed a hideous drop ceiling and glued down wall to wall carpet which made it seem even more cramped and office like. We ripped out the drop ceiling, liberated the wooden rafters, exposed and sanded down the lovely hidden wood floorboards. C.P. installed all new full spectrum lighting, and then we painted the walls and ceiling a warm brilliant white. The difference is amazing. It’s so bright and warm as well as feeling much larger than it actually is. Then we created a more open floor plan with two work tables and switched over materials from oil paint to textiles and paper. We plan to build a space in the garden for wet materials.

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