As a ferocious beast
At the edge of thunderous applause, there’s a band. A band of friends getting it on.
Grooving hard and intricate. It’s mesmerizing to be part of the experience.
The moment you hear a truly talented and virtuoso musical group exploding the limits of what can be, flying straight into the realms of dreams, textures and dynamics, there’s no going back.
This city is filled with such artists. I’ve gotten acquainted with many of them over the last decade. To my grandest gratitude I get to call many of them ‘’friends’’.
As the Charles Viguerie Trio ends its set, I’m electrified.
The music drenched me to the bones, I can’t hold it in.
Photography got me in the place.
A few pictures in exchange for a good show. Fair deal.
Photography is an art form I find most fluid to do when the music hits hard and tight with an overflow of passion, skills and talent.
Post concert, as I feverishly scribble on my notepad, it occurs to me: how to make art, how to put on a truly great show and how to live Life. There’s a thread to be pulled here and I ain’t about to let it go.
Akin to a rock n roll guitar, cranking the amp way up, trying to direct the torrent, as if holding a wild ferocious beast on a leash, making art and living life is quite similar.
Crank the juice all the way up to the edge, let it roar and channel it as best you can.
Point and shoot
Crank the rubber band until you can no more
Let it loose and enjoy the ride.
Laugh and learn
It’s better to live with furious involvement and attention than dragging along, staring at your feet. That’s too much of a lame purgatory state to call home.
Art is the same.
Give it all you got till you can no further
Don’t be tame
The torrent we call ‘’Life’’ that lives through us deserves our best shot.
Who knows?
We may have only one shot at this.