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My newest album is finished and whatnot. It is full of sound waves and sound particles. Drink deeply.

It is always so fulfilling to finish up all the little detail work involved in an album. I still havent slept just from pure creative energy lol. I wont fill this box with too many thoughts but deviants might be interested in the fact that much of this album is inspired by color field painting. Some of the tracks are named with my favorite color combinations.

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My friend chris made a video and used some of my music in it. I really like the sunrise.

Tonight i feel like a lot of optimistic choices i have made recently are starting to take root in my thoughts and perceptions. I feel like i am learning a lot about emotions that was very mysterious to me for many years, and while normally i would be quite impatient about getting on with my plans (which have been delayed about a month), i now feel more accepting of the long term efforts that will be unavoidable in these projects. I find myself more focused on the fact that i managed to initiate these plans at all and have cut myself enough slack to actually feel proud of myself for once.

I think soon it will be time to express this optimism with art in some way, which seems out of character for me...but then again, looking back on my color field paintings, they are quite bright, expressive, perhaps trusting of the audience. They definitely felt like accomplishments, and as a bonus other people seemed to have personal experiences from viewing them that were far different from mine (which was my hope/intent).

I've also recently started making songs again; having a creative block in music is one of the most emotionally draining experiences for me, so this has been a huge relief. I think i will post a link to one or two for you all...i can never wait till an album is finished rofl.

As a final note to myself: this post is a reminder for you in less optimistic times. You want to chase this mindset, it is not just false hope or irrational faith...it is intelligent strategy; also it makes you and the people around you happier.

ok, here are a few new songs (they might not be completely finished)

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*These songs are Creative Commons: Free to download and share if no profit is made, and free to remix/manipulate as long as you share with the same Creative Commons stipulations. Also id love to hear what you do with them.

kris

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I wanted to lay out some of my ideas about what my current style of painting means to me. Much of this will probably be familiar to anyone that has read into color field painting; clearly im not the first person to become attracted to any of these ideas.

First an actual physical description of what ive been doing is in order. What it comes down to is a process of thinly layering colors with only one paint brush. This is done without any regard for shapes, forms, designs, or organization in general (much like my life lol).

I imagine some people will instantly think to themselves; what the hell is the point then? The simplest answer is that color is the point; yet the longer i work this way, the more layers of meaning i find in the process/outcome, which is what i want to post about.

Of course there is nothing new about having emotional responses to color be the focus of art; this is part of what can safely be called an artistic tradition by now. What is more important to me however is the complete freedom to interpret/respond that is given to the viewer; the result of the very lack of form that many people criticize. Freedom, of course, has a very long philosophical/sociological tradition behind it that is still very pertinent to the historical era we find ourselves in. I am reminded of a quotation by Adorno;

"No universal history leads from savagery to humanitarianism, but there is one from the slingshot to the megaton bomb..."

Another aspect i would like to discuss is the use of a single brush size and only singular brush strokes (in only one direction). While the brush stroke can be seen as finite, isolated, or almost atomic in structure, the result of large numbers of them is a formless sort of fog without any clearly defined objects or boundaries. This parallels various models of the structure of matter as well as (more interestingly for me) the dissonance between our perception of ourselves as individuals while simultaneously being part of an ill-defined social fog.

Of course, these are just my own interpretations which i do not want to force on anybody; i guess i just felt like explaining why i find this to be worth the time/effort that i have been investing in it. Im always interested in hearing other people's interpretations, as i tend to see society/history as the battlefield where interpretations fight for dominance. It is important to me that people are encouraged to believe in their individual interpretations.

Anyway, also i thought id mention that if anyone wants such a painting for their office or whatever, ill gladly take their favorite color and use contrast/ect to make it the focus of a piece for them. Just send me a note/email/whatever.

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I finished a new album and here it is. I hope it is enjoyed by humans and nonhumans alike.