If I close my eyes, where am I?
I’ve got a strong fascination with creative processes and how artists from different media create their somethings from nothings. The …
Category Archives: Inspiration
Sundries
“At home we were pretty much allowed to go any direction we wanted to go, unless we were headed the …
What I Learned From The Tired Old Man
Last Friday, I drove two hours to see one of my childhood guitar heroes, Johnny Winter, at The Birchmere Music …
Living Inside the Mistake
“When you’re blind, you just can’t assume anything.” That’s a quote from a guy named Ryan from a story on …
Creating a Narrative Through Visual Images
Creating an effective narrative through visual images is not easy to do. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been developing …
Ever Rambling and Ever Lonely
That’s how the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation website describes Delta blues guitar legend, Robert Johnson. Robert Leroy Johnson was born …
Tastes Like Chicken
I once believed that my artistic muse came in the form of a small song bird. Every time I packed …
Ree-jected
Last weekend I was sorting some old files, and ran across a short story I submitted to Rod Serling’s The …
What I Learned Traveling Upstream
I’m fascinated by how our life experiences affect what (and even how) we create. Usually, I’ve got little interest in …
Destroying the Myth of Appalachia
Appalachia is a north-south region in the eastern United States, for those not from the US or unfamiliar with the term. …
Mapping the Edge 