The first music video I ever saw

Magenta Skycode is the name of an album by This Empty Flow, a band I co-formed in back in the mid 90′s. To satisfy the curiosity of many, an explanation of the origins and context of the name follows.

We can only see a tiny slice of the total spectrum of…

Is fear of death synonymous to the fear of leaving behind too much unfinished business?

I may suffer from a fear of loose threads in the fabric of life. To me, creative work equals — or to be honest, surpasses — in importance the traditional “work of creation” ie. reproduction. I feel like the music, paintings etc. are my children in a way. Altogether they form a line of memetic heritage that requires constant attention to continuity and renewal…

As the change of the calendar is at hand, I’ll briefly note that the year 2009 for me has been challenging, illuminating, rewarding, refreshing… and most of this in a rather unexpected or unusual account. Various changes occured, mostly on the level of ideas, habits and attitudes, which is always good. Never let a skin grow too old on you. But I’ll keep it short since the next year wants my attention on various things. Wishing a happy and adventurous new year to all!

I’m currently doing background research on topics related to a project I was invited to participate in – topics that reside somewhat far and firmly in the so-called foil hat territory. Suits me fine, and actually further feeds my interest; such a territory is merely a grey area mostly defined as anything that won’t fit the canon of consensus reality. And Consensus Reality, anyway, is a sphincter too tight and rigid to match the Universe as I’ve come to experience it for as long as I can remember. In other words – you think you’ll travel far away and then suddenly arrive to a destination just a block away from home.

MM, if you happen to be reading this – I’m working on it! ;-)