Important info about "friends" and "adds", comments and
emails ...
I enjoy surfing this neat place and inviting other creative thinkers to join my "friends" list. So I am pleased to say my friends list is something of a treasure trove. Come browse here anytime you are bored or in need of inspiration. You will find some great artists and musicians and writers.
Being the friendly sort and an ardent supporter of free speech, I will accept most add requests even if the sensibilities and opinions expressed on those pages are not in sync with my own. So there may be some surprises in my friends list as well. The
two exceptions to my lenient friends policy would be if I find your page to be patently offensive. I am not easily offended, so that would be a rare case.
Or if you are just trying to sell crap or trick people into clicking links.
I love to read your comments and appreciate the fun stuff you have shared in my comments section.
Thank you! Unfortunately, some folks have had trouble loading my page because of all the code-heavy stuff posted in my comments section.
And I recently discovered code in a comment that caused my entire profile to
display all screwy. In order to keep my page relatively fast loading and somewhat manageable in length, I have decided to limit comments to regular text (no html) and to delete comments after 7 days. I hope that does not upset anyone. This time frame applies only to comments on my profile page. I will leave blog comments and pic comments up indefinitely. And you can still put html in your comments for pics and blog pages.
I am trying desperately to scale my life back
a bit so that I have the energy to care for my health and feed my spirit.
In order to make time for nature and quiet, I must spend less time sitting on my rump in front of the computer.
Sadly, that means I cannot promise a response to all of the emails and comments
that I receive. I am VERY sorry for this. Hopefully, the day will
come when I can hire staff to help me with my work and then I will have the time
to play on here more. And to be a better friend. But for now, I must
admit my limitations. I thank you all for your emails and comments.
I read them all and appreciate each and every word. I will respond to as
many as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Music
I love music and I am sure I will forget some of my favorites when composing this list, but here are some of the talented folks I listen to... Shawn Colvin, Son Volt, John Hiatt, Neil Diamond, Joan Armatrading, Martin Zellar, Mindy Smith, John Gorka, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Black, Glen Phillips, Tracy Chapman, Lyle Lovett, Indigo Girls, Tanita Tikaram, Van Morrison, Nanci Griffith, Loudon Wainwright III, Lloyd Cole, Johnny Cash, Vic Chesnutt, Leonard Cohen, Kathleen Edwards, Lowen & Navarro, New Order, Death Cab for Cutie, Dog's Eye View, Sting, Paul Simon, David Wilcox, Yaz, Toni Childs, Phranc, Richard Thompson, Ani DiFranco, The Roches, Josh Joplin Group, Cat Stevens, Bob Mould, Keb Mo, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Billie Holiday,
Kasey Chambers, Lucinda Williams, Sugar
Movies
Oh movies.... I cannot imagine life without movies. Movies are the best therapy for me. I love to escape into films.
Here are just a few of my favorites... Cast Away, Dead Man Walking, Lovely and Amazing, My Own Private Idaho, Black Snake Moan, Lost in Translation, About Schmidt, Quills, My Life as a House, The Last Samurai, What Dreams May Come, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Harold and Maude, Shrek,
My First Mister, Big Fish, Monsters Inc., Ghandi, Rushmore, Bagdad Cafe, The Libertine, American Beauty, The Station Agent, Phenomenon, The Fisher King, Pirates of the Caribbean, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Love Actually, City of Angels, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being There, The Shipping News, Shawshank Redemption, Shakes the Clown, Prelude to a Kiss, and the first two Spiderman movies.
Television
I do not watch
television much anymore. About all I watch with regularity are Boston Legal,
Grey's Anatomy and political shows.
Books
There are so many books that have helped me and changed me and given me hope. Here are just a few... Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, The Little Prince, Conversations with God, The Tao of Pooh, The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon, Long Quiet Highway, When Food Is Love,
Care of the Soul.
I have also been known to enjoy an occasional trashy murder mystery/thriller novel.
Heroes
In no particular order: Paul
Wellstone, Lao Tzu, Bob Dylan, Charles Bukowski, Alice Neal, Sitting Bull, The
Dalai Lama, Ani DiFranco, Kathleen Norris, Gandhi, Frank Gehry, Barack Obama,
Loudon Wainright lll, Pete Seger, Tom Spanbauer, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger,
Phranc, Vincent van Gogh, Kelly Moore, Spalding Gray, Shawn Colvin, Jim Henson,
Tim Burton, Karen Finley, Sherman Alexie
My name is Melissa Robinson and I paint
pictures. Sometimes I draw. My whole world is art. Even the
stuff that is not art, for me, it is art. Just a big emotional soup of
light and colors, lines and shapes. Poetry. Music. It is all
the same. Stories unfolding. God's wild magic. I live for
moments of pure color. Hope and faith and all that. But I know
plenty of darkness, too. Addiction, loss, emptiness, fear. All the
stuff that adds up to a life.
You find me now
in a time of Power. With a big P. Earlier, there were times of loss,
humility, fear, vulnerability, happiness, learning, and boundaries. But
now is a time of Power.
Power is a lonely pursuit, but necessary if
you want to create much of anything. Knowing yourself as a source of
action, not just a thing to be acted upon. Knowing yourself as a source.
Accepting the challenges handed to all living things. And standing up
strong! Scary stuff. I am ready, though! Finally. I am
learning to use my Power.
What period are you moving through? What
time are you in? Where do you invest your energy? I would like to
know. Maybe we can help each other. I am not much of a team player.
(Teams scare me!) But I think connections help. I am open to
connections.
To be powerful, you need resources. I am not so good with resources.
So that is where I need help these days. Do you have any ideas about how I
might make money from my art? I used to run from money. But that was
back when I needed to learn other lessons. Now I need to get strong and
make Powerful art and that takes resources. So I am dreaming of
prosperity. And I am open to any help you might lend.
Please stop by
SimpleTermsArt.com to learn more about my
work. If you would like to email me, please do so through my site.
I do not check email here since it is mostly junk.
Who I'd like to meet:
Hopeful people, helpful people, people who believe.
I was going to go camping over the weekend, but this is definitely NOT camping weather. So me and some friends went to check out Dueling Pianos. Those guys are amazing - they can play just about any song that's been on the radio between 1950 and 2005.
Speaking of music, I wanted to let you know about a show we have @ Station 4 on Friday, October 16th. We are debuting a project called Sonic Transformations. It is a series of audio-visual performance pieces. The first one is called "AN OBJECT TO CRAVE". It features live music and visuals based on a short story about life, love, loss, fantasy, obsession and death.
Another group of mine, The Magnetrons, which plays an exciting and innovative Livetronica set (i.e. STS9, Disco Biscuits, The Histronic) will also be playing. The night will be full of creative, interesting, high-energy music, good drinks and good times.
Here's the info:
Blood Root Mother - "An Object to Crave" w/ The Magnetrons & Thought Thieves Friday, October 16th Station 4 201 E 4th St St Paul, MN 55101 9pm / $5 / 18+
Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure. - Brian Tracy
Today go the extra mile; you owe it to yourself and to your dreams to just stretch yourself a little further. You are so close, closer than you could ever possibly imagine. Go within and tune into your higher self see it, feel it, smell it, and taste it, now step up and claim what is rightly yours! Never Ever Give Up!
Welcome to my circle of friends :-) I look forward to getting to know you. Have a lovely week ahead my new friend Walk and touch peace every moment. Walk and touch happiness every moment. Each step brings a fresh breeze. Each step makes a flower bloom. Kiss the Earth with your feet. Bring the Earth your love and happiness. The Earth will be safe when we feel safe in ourselves. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
I wouldn't ask unless it was really important to us...Could you please help us out by voting for us for the Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam 2009? We are on the ballot for Best Indie Band! Here's the link! http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/bandslam/index.cfm?pid=65 Thank You So Much for your Friendship and support here on MySpace! One more day left to vote! :) It takes less than a minute.
I just wanted to stop by to say hello and give you a little update on what Blood Root Mother is up to! We will be recording an EP of new music in August, and we recently finished recording a live DVD. The DVD is currently unreleased and I actually just saw it for the first time a few days ago. It features the last two performances with Tony Ellis still alive, and some footage from the tribute show we played on the night of his funeral.
There are some cool covers, as well as some NEW music that will be on our upcoming EP. We're very excited about the new music and we'd like to share a sneak peak with you. Here's a link to the video for a new tune called Run Bobby Run:
Blood Root Mother will be playing at Trocaderos in Minneapolis on Friday, June 26th. I cannot stress enough how awesome this show will be!! We're playing with three of the sweetest local rock bands: Claret, Niobium and Casanatra. If you haven't heard these guys, check them out immediately! Please come to this show!!
I recommend stopping by during happy hour for two for one drinks along with free buffet, which is delicious. We'll be hanging out at Trocs all night, so come by and chill/party with us :)
Again, here's the event info:
Friday, June 26th Trocaderos 107 3rd Ave N Minneapolis, MN 18+ // $6 // 8pm
Please come out and support some great local music!! Music starts at 9:30pm, we should go on around midnight. Invite your friends, pile into a car (or a party bus), and together we will make this one of the highlights of the summer :)
do u like sea ? sometimes it looks calm and peace but sometimes it makes waves
did u got covered with spray ? maybe u wonder why does i ask so .. well , coz just now i have finished my newest tune named spray :)
spray is very beautiful and thrilling in the twinkling of an eye it's so out of control that we r hard 2 catch its come and go
what's ur come and go ? i sincerely invite u 2 listen ( or experience ) and leave me a review if u r willing 2 share ur personal spray in life also welcome 2 my newest blog "New Tune Release : Spray"
have a nice day
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Thank you so much for your kind comment. Your art work is not only beautiful it is profoundly archetypal. Sparse in image in one sense but completely full and lush in another sense. Just beautiful!
"The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive and more constructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person." (Dr. Frank Barron--pioneer in psychology of creativity)
