letter to a friend: a response to a question about relying on your art for income

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[ from a. addair who is listening to Arcade Fire (Funeral) ] on living as a working artist… and though i don’t want to make it seem too simplistic or easy, it has been one of the best decisions of my entire life. i love it, it’s a challenge, but i love it and wouldn’t [...] Continue Reading »

a letter to a friend : on marriage

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[ from a. addair who is listening to Fatboy Slim (You've Come A Long Way, Baby) ] as for knowing if you love someone and then if you should marry him… the longer i’ve been married, my view of this question has become less romantic. i think the question is more about deciding if you [...] Continue Reading »

an invitation: december opens with art and christmas decorations

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[ from a. addair who is listening to Brent Grunow and the Bandits (Push and Pull) ] 1.  Art Show at Small Hall Gallery (which is attached to Magpies who have cupcake tasting) I’m the featured artist this month.  Hope you can make it to the opening (but it will be up through January) this [...] Continue Reading »

writing music

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I heard it said that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate effort to develop accomplishment at something.  Ashley says running the Elton John catalogue does not constitute as productive practice.  Specifically, it takes 10,000 hours of placing oneself at the edge of current ability.  If she doesn’t want to hear Elton then it’s going to [...] Continue Reading »

functioning like a body

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[ from a. addair who is listening to The Flaming Lips (At War With The Mystics) ] “…a gift relationship with nature, a formal give-and-take that acknowledges our participation in, and dependence upon, natural increase.  And where we have established such a relationship we tend to respond to nature as a part of ourselves, not [...] Continue Reading »