Only Art?

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

I think humans can only create art. Long ribbons of asphalt with lines down the middle count as such. Road signs and billboards, bridges and even traffic lights are all ‘art’ in a way. The practicality of a thing in ...

They Can Be, Anything

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Artists create thanks to muses. Muses come in many forms. There are no works by the human race that are without the backing of the inspiration of muses. Every painting, sculpture, song, play, poem, book, or movie has a muse ...

Stay Your Volatiles!

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Bridges, we cross many of them as we go thru life. We cross many physically, but we cross many, many more figuratively, or, metaphorically. This isn’t about the physical ones though. The figurative/ metaphorical spans are the ones that lead ...

Notes From The Edge Of Oblivion

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

We sometimes see them coming, but not always. They usually don’t move on us in predictable ways. Problems can approach from any vector and when we discover them our personalities have ways of dealing with them, or not. I know ...

Quotes Off The Cuff

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Everything conceived deserves to see the light of day. Everything is believable but not everything is worth believing in. Our ignorance divides us but our understanding unites us. Darkness and light are easiest to understand by the gray turbulence between ...

Strong Emotions

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Strong emotions have a knack for working their way into music. The tears of the artists can easily become the tears of the audience if the experience is honest and powerful enough. Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” comes ...

The Finite Journey

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Life is a finite journey. Our parents are blessed by our presence as they give us the blessing of our birth. We are nurtured from infancy and doted over ceaselessly. Our every need is met by parents who take on ...

And When I Don't...

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

(From 3-15-2011) It feels good to finish that tenth album of tunes. The cover art is still in the works but I’m in no rush whatsoever. There is of course no budget to speak of and so there are no ...

Engines Of Imagination

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

The engines of imagination are microscopic. Their gears are empty space. Chemicals float across ‘nano’ distances to deliver messages that birth electrical impulses. These impulses race about the cerebral cortex and anything and everything comes to life as a thought. ...

My Muses Were A Bit Quiet

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

My muses were a bit quiet last night. I had the evening off and after dinner with Glenda and a trip to Hastings I went into the studio and picked up the ‘telecaster’. I warmed up the digits with some ...