The Dynamics of Groove

i thank you

to the plants on the path as i move forward to the sun that shines brightly as i start my day to my memory for reminding me of the good things to the grass that calms and cools to all the practices that keep me whole to my body for keeping me warm to the…

your eyes saw thunder

thunder cracked from the sky and purple rain fell til your bones cracked wide open and all that was left was a little quiet whimper quiet time a gentle rain and wet eyes there was this belief that it would all get better til the stars came out to say to sing to you when…

oh, idk i was just messing around with plays and characters…

It’s a summer night and there is a warm breeze. G and H sit on lounge chairs on the patio. In the distance, you can hear the constant hum of the highway. Well, except for H eating chips. H finishes a bag of chips. G: It’s like I can hear the moment your teeth hit…

birds singing in trees

feathers wherever you step like birds want you to know they are there for you birds leaving feathers on the path like presents for you to say “oh hey” “look at that” birds that tweet to each other birds that chatter and birds that sing they fly to one another from branch to branch and…

treasures

there is a field of beautiful blue flowers and sometimes when wind blows the people who live nearby are reminded of home there is a place where stones are as smooth as the back of your hand and in this place the world is very quiet there is a waterfall where people go to jump…

under water

under water bubbles sound like rainbows and time stands still fluidly supporting you sinking down and still down further little creatures live who haven’t seen the light of day yet their life is very interesting like the surface of an iridescent bubble their nature shifts and becomes many things lights come from other places and…

simple things

the smell of clean laundry is a beautiful smell it’s not so mundane as to be uninteresting and warm water can be very soothing when you may be tired or feeling scattered the coolness of early evening has a refreshing quality it can remind you to let go a bit more a stuffed animal can…

message from the stars

One night a star felt to earth in a distant lake. It arched down over the land with a fiery tail and all at once it was gone. For a while there wasn’t sound until gradually the world exhaled. This star was an omen. When people say that they usual expect bad things, but this…

The Real World – Theater Edition: Interview with David Molina

Barbara Jwanouskos interviews David Molina, composer and sound designer. I met David Molina a number of years ago when I’d first moved back to the Bay and had stumbled into doing sound tech after teaching myself how to dj. Yvette Jackson connected me when the production that David was working on needed a substitute tech…

how the forest breathed

Felt good to be back in the forest, watching the trees breathe. Watching wind make the edges of leaves flutter. Watching the sky. Clouds passing overhead. Fuzzy and thin. Thick and looking like you could reach out and touch your hand. Run it against smoothness. Like a wave of your hand would make rain form…