A rather decrepit window captures the afternoon sunset within its glass.

I've been trying to do a remix of Shine for some time now; but I could never piece together the ideas in my head. They were just like scattered pieces of jigsaw puzzles. Basically, I wanted to explore the idea of shining as a form of awakening.

I have this line in my head that I would hear over and over again, " Shine, so I can see you. Shine, so I can see you". In my mind, this almost sounds like an appeal from one person to another to shine like a human beacon so they, we, you & I could find each other. I tried to write a poem about this too. It's half finished, and it's sucky, so I went back to this record instead and tried to finish what I started. This is experimental. I kinda literally dissected Channing's beautiful original Shine record. I hope that's okay:)

derived from a b/w illustration in Life magazine, attributed to Catherine J. Barnes, available in dover publication "864 Humorous Cuts from the 20s & 30s".

Took the advice of two gentlemen - Matt Conley & Lawrie Brewster - on weakening the music track (by the musique extraordinaire, Phonotek) on the original record I remixed (http://hitrecord.org/records/17320), and made Jolynne's lovely voice louder; so, I hope this is better!

colorized version of a copyright-free b/w illustration from Punch, c.1850, available in dover's "Humorous Victorian Spot Illustrations"

glub glub!

Was in a collage-y mood this week it seems. It started out as something different, then grew to something else, and it eventually went all Wonderland-y.

This went through many variations - including a vintage one - but I decided to stay on the lighter side.

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