It has always been this way: The sacred landscape of the white page spread out beneath my pen, the swirling black ink acting as my link to the divine, to the words behind the worlds, and the voices waiting to emerge from within. Since my earliest years of wondering I have kept dream journals filled with night dreams, day dreams, drawings, songs, poems, prose, photos, news clippings, wishes, spells, prayers, and power. At times I have felt connected to the ancient lost art of The Scribe as voices and stories from beyond have traveled down by arm and onto the page. I re-read them as the years go by, and mine them for songs and current creations. Revisiting my past Dream Journals, I have found them comforting, inspiring, and full of wisdom I never knew I had—as though I encoded advice and encouragement for myself within a paper time capsule. If you don’t already keep a journal like this, I encourage you to start one today. No matter who you are, or what you do, the inner world of your dreams and visions loves a place to manifest in the physical world. It is a wonderful way to create a little something that can lead to very big somethings later on.
Night Vision is the online home for the kind of dreaming I’ve been doing in pen & ink journals for many, many years. A place for songs, poems, musings, pictures, and places that I visit on my journeys through Imagination.
I am living currently withing a very artistically charged moment as I finish the writing of my first full length album, and begin collaborations with many artists in my community on the performance and recording of the songs. The music is deep, dark, and soulful and the words tell the story of traveling into dreams and the depths of my spirit. The things that I have found there have been beautiful & horrible, exalted & fearsome, and the journey has been challenging & full of inspiration. Through the process I have found the pages of my journals overflowing with visions, prose, and stories that will never make it into a song, and so I will honor some of them here in Innerspace with all of you…