“One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition.”
Many thanks to all of you for your attention, for reading and listening to my work, for sharing my posts – every once in a while money gets tight but it makes me happy to know it's in service of large audience who are are (even silently) benefiting from what I share and create.
25% Off All Original Paintings
Many thanks to all of you for your attention, for reading and listening to my work, for sharing my posts – every once in a while money gets tight but it makes me happy to know it's in service of large audience who are are (even silently) benefiting from what I share and create.
This edition's big news are my cyberguitar retrospective, a sale on my original art, a new painting, and some of the finest writing I've produced to date. Enjoy!
I think it's actually been over a year since I last offered discounts on my paintings...at any rate, I'm back to wanting them to find good homes more than wanting to ask what people tell me they're really worth. If you connect with a piece but can't afford 25% off the marked asking price, let me know – I'm happy to split the cost up into payments, budge a little more, possibly even make partial trades.
Any money I make on this is going to help me make it through the festival off-season and to continue volunteering my time as a writer and musician. Most of what I do is unpaid labor and I am deeply, deeply grateful to all of you for your support in helping me dedicate my life to my creative work. If you want to show some love but original art is still out of your spending range, I have plenty of poster prints and pins for sale.
Any money I make on this is going to help me make it through the festival off-season and to continue volunteering my time as a writer and musician. Most of what I do is unpaid labor and I am deeply, deeply grateful to all of you for your support in helping me dedicate my life to my creative work. If you want to show some love but original art is still out of your spending range, I have plenty of poster prints and pins for sale.
My Epic New Name-Your-Price Retrospective
"Michael has mastered a method of looping and playing that is on a pedestal all on its own. Ultimately [this album] is an exploration into what you perceive music, the guitar, and technology can do…completely altering it. If you want to go someplace else, someplace new, get this album."
I never thought this music would be soundtrack to the art, lovemaking, yoga, writing, childbirth, and magic that it has. I'm honored that it resonates with anyone at all. But then, we live in times when cyborg folk makes sense.
For now, this is what I consider the definitive collection of my work – THE place to start, for people new to what I'm doing, and rich terrain for introspection as I prepare for my next phase in life and music.
New Painting
"Freshwater Kraken"
Studio – 2014 – Paint pens on masonite – 16"x24"
More Writing For Globalish
I love to write. I LOVE it. And for years I have neglected this because I wasn't getting paid. Poor form! I know. But now my friends at Globalish have me on board as one of their lead authors, and I'm deeply in the game again. The topics reach from visionary art and futurism to religion, politics, and music. You will love this website.
Here are links to all my latest – there are too many to read, realistically, so I've starred a few of my favorites:
• Channel 1: Revolution
Reza Aslan: There's No Such Thing As "Muslim Countries"
Prince Ea & Glenn Beck Talk Love and Consciousness *
The Equivalent of a Lady Pope: India's First All-Female Akhada
City of Philadelphia Decriminalizes Marijuana
• Channel 2: Travel
Google Put Cameras on Camels to Map the Arabian Desert *
Explore a Miniature Tokyo in this Tilt-Shifted Time-Lapse
Eye of the Needle: A Psychedelic Journey with Ayahuasca
• Channel 3: Art
New Apps Turns Text Messages Into Face-to-Face Meetings With Strangers
Check Out Mars-1's Freeform Psychedelic Masterworks *
Journey Through Time and Swim at Midnight with Tokimonsta
Drone Du Soleil: Quadcopters Join Popular Dance Troupe
Portrait of a Dancer: José Navas Shows Paradox of Living Today *
Is the Future of Car Commercials Visionary? *
Inside Me: 3D Scanner Imagery Digitizes the Human Body *
That's Not Supposed To Happen: A Film About the Mystery of Life
• Channel 4: Life
YourBot App Sold As Way To Preserve Legacy for Hundreds of Years
Smart Chopsticks: Your Simple Cyborg Health Ally
Enlightened: Divinity Will Not Beckon On Your Terms
An Indian Satellite Is Now Circling Mars
Prophecy: The Future Will Be Absolutely Fantastic
The Human Heart Is No Longer Necessary To Life
Cymatics and 3D Language: Who's Aware of the Story? *
Art Outside is in One Week!
My last festival appearance for the time being is going to be a doozy: in addition to performing my fifth annual set and live painting, I'll also be performing alongside cellist Jen Mulhern and vocalist Tina Rodriguez as the musical accompaniment to the ethereal dance & projection work of ARTheism. Add about a hundred awesome musical acts, a superb and extensive visual art lineup, and some choice workshops, and you get probably the best festival for its price in the United States. No joke. Hope to see you there...
Aya Awakenings Panel Discussion Video
The full half-hour video of the panel discussion I had with Mitch Schultz (director of DMT: The Spirit Molecule) and Rak Razam (director of Aya: Awakenings) after Rak's film screening in Austin this February. Rak and Mitch are amazing guys. We went DEEP. It was awesome.
Parting Shot: MG Ravenectar Dress in Cosmic Village's Video
Full HD Video
Uche Sandra Ike wears it proud in this cool shoot for her "Creation Sessions," making music alongside painter Ali Kapper and flow artist Christine Katherine Dice. It's a cool song and a lovely pastoral clip. You can buy that dress she's wearing.
Uche Sandra Ike wears it proud in this cool shoot for her "Creation Sessions," making music alongside painter Ali Kapper and flow artist Christine Katherine Dice. It's a cool song and a lovely pastoral clip. You can buy that dress she's wearing.
Thanks for reading, listening, and sharing. I hope you have a magnificent week!
