Spending today's #artistdate immersing myself in Matmos's Return to Archive and its extensive liner notes (created for the 75th anniversary of Smithsonian Folkways, out of samples from their field recording albums like "Speech After Removal of Larynx"). Might put on my new blackout shades!

#experimentalmusic #music #fieldrecording #library #smithsonian #monochromemonday
March 2025, walked about an hour out on the Torrey C Brown railroad trail. Broke my fast, then took a spooky walk back after sunset. Owls were hooting, I was walking quickly and occasionally looking over my shoulder, but was totally alone.

#Ramadan #photography #night #nature #trail #artistsway #artistdate

Been many years since I followed The Artist Way program. But every now and then I decide its time for an artist date. Today is that day. Took myself out to lunch and some discount crafty shopping.

#writer #artistway #artistdate #shopping

Anyone else here doing 'The Artist's Way' to begin 2023? I'm in week two and it's going all right, though my hand really, really hurts from doing my morning pages each day.

I wrote about my experience with 'The Artist's Way' thus far in a new blog post. Check it out!

https://mattkollock.com/home/blog/7137141/the-artist-s-way

#Art #Artist. #Writing #TheArtistsWay #ArtistsWay #MorningPages #ArtistDate

The Artist's Way

My hand hurts. My right hand. The one I use to pick and strum and stuff like that. It hurts because I've been doing my "Morning Pages" every d...

Took a walk today. Collected some #textures. #artistdate #nature
Beautiful sunset while on my plot walk this afternoon. I plugged some plot holes and found some others, but never mind, it’ll all come out in the wash. #ArtistDate #PlotWalk #Nanowrimo #Writing
Sky is lazy and didn't even finish painting everything in blue. Nature is such a procrastinator and prefers to take its time. #artistdate