A friend left a bouquet of sage last
time he stayed here. It's
a beautiful aroma for the tipi.
The wall of the tipi are made
of canvas. It's important to burn
aromatic herbs in here. I collected
roses petals today again, but wonder
how much smell they would release.
I'll look into making rose incense
from these petals, or maybe use a
charcoal.
The Swainson's Trush is signing
around the tipi. When I walked
in, he stopped. I want to have
another recording this summer.
I'll have to bring my fancy field
recorder down here, as it seems
easier to record the bird song in
the morning.
I made a quick low-fi hip-hop
japanese style loop tonite with
my chinese flute and the smpltreck.
I really enjoy the portability and
how immediate it is. I remember
playing with the OP-1 years ago
when it was first released. I wasn't
too keen on it, too much screen focus,
but I don't know if I would like it
today. I read someone comparing
the op-1 to the smpltreck, although
there is not synth engine. I'm
fine with being able to create an
instrument from a chopped up + effect
sample.
I can't find the filter yet, but
I'm also playing in the dark, as
I don't have a light in the tipi.
I'm thinking to recycling my old
kindle as a lamp, but realize as
I write, that it's doesn't have
a back light on these older
models... I'm fine without light
in there anyway.
Plenty of tech so far, but keeping
it minimal at the same time.
Newspaper conundrum
Should I continue to write for the
local newpaper? It's been more of
a homework than a pleasure to be
writing for the newspaper. I've
also been demoted from being a
'columnist' to the 'local' section.
Which is a strange feeling, that
might indicate a good time to move on?
I don't know, I don't really have
a strong voice in the paper... Not
anymore at least. It's been 10 years
now and I am not sure what direction
I want to take. I might simply stop
writing in the newspaper and finish my
book once for all...
I'm in a season of doing a bit less.
With theatre coming to an end next
week, Karate will slow down during
the summer.
I haven't taken music lesson for a
while, and my yoga teacher will also
take a couple month off during the
summer. I am not leading
all the meditation group anymore,
which is a great relief after 2 years.
Everything indicate a new rhythm.
I'd love to create more music, focus
on my book, and maybe start a
meditation teacher training or a
dream yoga group... I like these
in-between moments.
I had a lucid dream yesterday. Just
a few second of lucidity. I wanted
to get in something, an armor or a
robot of some sort. It was short,
and it often starts like that.
Tonight will have probably more
lucidity.
