It's an artful day. I awoke this morning and breathed in my inspiration deep. Joel's CD's appeared in the mail the day before yesterday. Out of the blue. A full 3 months later from their post mark. I knew they were in the concierge's office, but on 2 earlier trips they reported that I had nothing waiting for me. Anyway, I forgot to put them in the car yesterday for the wildly-fun cavorting Habibi and I did over to the Bolivar Peninsula. (What fun I rode a ferry for the first time in my life. The ocean spray breaking on the bow, porpoise swimming with us on our journey standing near my Habibi breathing it ALL in.) Anyway, so today is all about the art in me, I popped in Joel's first CD full of original electronica. DELICIOUS I tell you. I was bopping around, letting the rhythm move my brush, and then track 4 came on. OH MY GOSH! It gave me goose bumps, he said his music has swung away from the dark and into the joy and light and he is so right. It made me smile so wonderfully when I took the CD out and read that track 4, the one that had given me such chills of joy is titled Aaron, his partner of the last several years. I'm still beaming that he has found so much happiness. The second CD, is great so far. It's odd, I can't help but let it draw my mind down spiritual paths. He has always been such a stunning visual artist, now I can hear, first hand how much his musical art has grown. I've not been so enthralled with music for a VERY long time. Some of these tracks they illicit pure waves of joy in me. I love and am awed that music is capable of having such power over me. I want this to take him places. I've been riding the energy in these tracks all day! Too bad you can't all run out and buy this stuff to hear what I'm talking about. I have to run back to the canvases and brushes now.

Hugs.