Spiritual Endeavor

I love how interesting people or people whom I find interesting (which is everyone) get together in magical ways to create or add pizazz to my day. I am a fan of Neil Gaiman. I was haphazardly introduced to The Sandman when visiting my (ex-boy then friend at RPI) where very cool architecture students would be into sooo much cool shit. Art, design, music, and sci-fi. The kind that wasn’t that of the Robert Aspirin or Asimov of my Mom’s tastes. One girl, an anomaly at RPI, (girls that is) who my friend’s roommate was dating talked about The Sandman. I was intrigued and jealous of this college girl even though I am sure I was nearly the similar in age. I wanted into that artistic coven. Although that portal to my future was not meant to be I learned much from those artistic fellows with the brief encounters I had with them. Neil was one of them. I follow his blog now to keep up with the old scamp and gain a little creative juice. Check out his Journal or website, you’ll be happy that you did. He’s written many a things beyond The Sandman including Batman in various film adaptions and in states of woe.

Amanda Palmer whom I was turned onto by my friend Jay who works at my Brother and Sister-in-Law’s toy store. Jay is great at finding music and has good taste. He likes Tool and Tori Amos and well he’s tattooed. We could go on about the fine qualities of Jay but we will turn to Amanda the woman he introduced my brother to from The Dresden Dolls. In turn because I have idolized my brother to a fault since birth, the music that he imparts my way usually grabs me by the soul and doesn’t let go. The Dolls have a fab drummer Brian, raw and amazing and well then there is Amanda. Ahahahaahahaha! Amanda. She is coming out solo for the moment on September 16th. Helped by the producing stylings of Ben Folds. Awesome!

What is even more awesome is that Amanda enjoys a little band named They Might Be Giants. In addition to her joys of TMBG’s Flood album- Depeche Mode, The Smiths and others are among many fine bands that cover her myspace page.

Then two great artists meet. Neil and Amanda working on the Who Killed Amanda Palmer book together. Dark, haunting, sexy, and intelligent- adjectives to describe the child of the two and I will love to look into that book for my own eye to see.

Bringing all of this to the present: one of my good friend’s, Aaron, blogged today and he referenced another blogger/poet/musician of whom I had never heard of. Saul Williams. I investigate my friend’s reference. I am sure he as mentioned him in conversation before but lost the name and today it is readily available for me to download. My friend’s taste in music is vast and has many a layers of overlap with my sensibilities. So I trust his taste immensely. Sure enough Saul Williams is a brilliant writer and crazy brilliant for collaborating with one of the hottest men and greatest musicians that walk the earth today, Trent Reznor. But that isn’t the coolest part. Today looking at Amanda Palmer’s Myspace page and find the Neil Gaiman pic of them on a roof. Look down at one of her commenting fans. “Eric” referencing another blog she did about Saul Williams and how she thinks he FUCKING ROCKS! WTF?!!! Really. . . REALLY! Dame this solar eclipse it is super trippy with all the emotions, creativity, and change that is going on for me and I am sure many of you.

All this very odd, as in July I was bored looking up stuff to do to meet new people and guys with similar interests who are cool and cute. So anyway, I joined Meet-Up looking for Poetry or singing-song writing groups. I have written poetry for forever and had fantasies of being a singer/performer like everybody else and figured meeting like minded friends would be a good place to open my horizons. I have yet to go to a meeting mind you. July has been busy.

Maybe it’s only trippy in my world how things go to together and maybe you can’t see or feel the thread I do. It makes me feel that yeah the Universe is so freaking BRILLIANT and astonishing how everyone every second of everyday isn’t in awe how we get to where we are going by our own choices and by the Universe throwing bombs or mines around us to get us to move in a direction that obviously makes our hearts sing or motivates us to grow and serve others. Art, music, commmunication are all ways we serve each other.

Although I wish I was as intelligent and artistic as all those featured in my post. As of yet I am not but I am willing to strive for my artistic, intellectual, and spiritual paramount so others may be inspired by me or helped or comforted in some way however it is I am expressing at the time. I enjoy writing, poetry, song, dance, talking, feeling, living, and laughing. I would love to paint myself on canvas literally but need a tarp and safe body paint to do it properly in my bedroom. But until I get naked and paint. . .

Today is just a day I am in awe of my friends in the world who spark things inside of me and my hope with sharing my cherubs with you, I hope sparks fly out of you too!

See your own amazing thread and see where it takes you! Please share!

Love and Hugs,

Jen