ABOUT
Welcome, and thank you for visiting my personal online headquarters. This website is devoted to a primary purpose of creating a portal whereby the greater world community can peer into my life journey through the lens of my work as an artist. I sincerely hope that it will help to establish meaningful connections that contribute to building some bridges of understanding to heal fractures that have plagued so many of our human interactions for far too long.
Every artist has a kind of sacred responsibility to serve the dharma by sharing the fruits of their creative expressions with their fellow human beings. In this way fresh perspectives are brought into our ongoing collective dialogue, potentially inspiring imaginative expansion of our appreciation of reality’s awesome complexity, triggering new synaptic connections. Or, alternatively, quieting the mind into a more serene orientation as an antidote to overwhelming frenzy.
My creative work is primarily expressed in the fields of music, visual art, and writings. Occasionally I turn the focus of my energies to electronic, mechanical, and even architectural designs, as well as computer generated animations and cinema. Representations of my work in all of these spheres can be found on this site or other online locations by following the links provided.
Context is important too. It is not enough to share the artworks, especially not in my case, for my history is an especially complicated mosaic. Along with the modest successes there are colossal failures, some with tragic results. The story that forms the backdrop for all of my creative endeavors must be shared as well. Even the most painfully ugly parts must be acknowledged lest by their omission these elements cast a shadow so dark as to obscure those with a brighter aspect that may be witnessed within the whole of the story.
In 1969, at the age of 21, I took a man’s life. By any measure murder is a horrible, reprehensible crime. The only significant act of violence I have ever committed, my crime was impetuous, motivated by irrational fear and desperation. This is not said by way of making excuses. To the contrary, the thoughtlessness of the act made the process of fully holding myself to account, of understanding and coming to terms with that terrible decision and finding a path to redeeming myself all the more challenging. To be sure, the way back has been a long and arduous journey.
At the appropriate times and places, I have been forthcoming about these darkest corners in my story, and I’ll continue to be open about them. Some people are interested in stories about crimes, and there can be benefits in this beyond mere entertainment. But this is not the place for that. Long ago I adopted the stance that it would be improper, and potentially insensitive to some people who have been hurt by crimes, were I to be perceived as employing the worst thing I’ve ever done as a device for drawing attention to what I believe are the best things I have done. I’m determined to stick with this policy.
While that crime from my youth and the consequences that derived from it have informed my life, I have not allowed them to define it. The world would be one miserable place if the people living within it were not permitted to rise above the worst things they have ever done.
And so I invite you to join me in the here and now, to participate in a conversation about the power of creative expression to heal, to elevate and transform, to move and inspire.
Art is a kind of language so versatile that what any given work is saying may be interpreted in a unique way by every person who experiences it, and yet simultaneously may have the power to unify us in our celebration of art. As an artist I naturally hope that my creations will find resonance within humanity. But this is not what motivates me to create. First and foremost is my need to connect with the work at hand. When I am satisfied that the work has been done to the best of my ability, then it is time to detach from the work and set it free in the world. Then it becomes yours. Make of it what you will.
