4.14 Sky Flowers, Just One More Thing, and Three Ravens or Crows

Back at the lake — Episode of updates — Water perfect for swimming — One of my very favourite things in the world — Immersing myself in water — Lake, swimming pool, bathtub — When I start to float — Your own private world of blueness — The good type — The fresh smell of the lake — If you could bottle that… — Pierre Estève’s new album Sky Flowers — On Bandcamp — You never know what to expect — All kinds of musical realms — Musical explorer and adventurer — Flowers of Change — Fresh listening — Store selling used books and magazines — The memoirs of Peter Falk: Just One More Thing — Columbo — A book very much after my own heart — Varied and modular style — Kin to David Lynch’s Catching the Big Fish, John Cage’s Silence, and my own Art & Love series — Mostly short chapters — Great use of titles and subtitles (subheadings) — Adventurous and fun books — Small chunks — More light on negative space — Thinking and talking became a second-best choice — An illustration of negative space — Negative space defines the work — It opens and frees you up — Book designs I dislike and like — A joy or a chore — Why I do things the opposite way in my own books — My music now on numerous streaming and download sites and social media platforms (e.g. Instagram and TikTok) — Passages Dark and Light — All this is legit — The music remains completely owned by me — Will never give away the copyright to my work — Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music — More than 150 platforms — Royalties — Art full time — Living the dream — A huge plus of Bandcamp — Warm thanks to my first supporters there — Stephen, Roberta, and Michael — You made this possible — Working on new albums — Folk song “The Three Ravens” — Spotify playlist for 1956–1959 — Raveny rendition by Frances Faye — Three crows on the wooden bridge — On the cover of At Dawn: Early Short Stories — When things like this happen — Something I believe