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"I am a galley slave to pen and ink."

--Honore de Balzac

 

 

"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."

      -- W. Somerset Maugham  
                                                                                       
                                                                                        
An artist is a creature driven by demons.  He doesn’t know they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder
-- William Faulkner

 

 

The current picture on my page is our cat, Dizzy, a very cool jazzcat!

 

 

My name is Dane.  I live near the Mountains with my wife, step-son and cats.  

I have been a writer for a long time, though never published, I write for the love of it.  I write because it is as important to me as breathing.   I don't claim to be a great writer -- not by a long shot -- but I do claim to love to write.

 

 

Thanks for stopping in to read my work.  Please feel free to comment and I promise to return the favor.

 

 

Be sure to check out my FAVORITES!  I've read a lot of work in here and these are the ones I always return to.

 

 

A note about Duke Ellington and Creativity:

 

Late in Duke Ellington's illustrious career he was nearly blind and often confined to a bed.  Still, he kept several pads of paper next to his bed and several pencils.  He wrote music, making the notes large enough he could see them even with his poor eyesight.  Once a day, at least, he would go to his piano and work out the problems with his new music.  When he couldn't get up he had a close friend play the music for him while Ellington made changes on paper.   

 

This represents the real heart of creativity.  Ellington never quit trying to create.  When music changed, he lead the charge to change with it.  Though he continued to tour with his Orchestra, Ellington made numerous recordings with much smaller groups, always the innovator.  His music has remained vital and influential and will continue to inspire and thrill musicians and audio-philes for years to come. 

 

Never stop creating.

 

 

 The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...         

 -- Jack Kerouac, On The Road, 1957         

     

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, well, I have others."  

-- Groucho Marx  

 

 

 

“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.”

-- Charles Bukowski

 

 

 

"My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

-- Miles Davis

 

 

If  you like jazz here are a few CD's (or vinyl) you should check out:

 

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (subtle, understated, yet powerful jazz)

Art Blakey - Caravan and Indestructable

Duke Ellington - Piano in the Foreground (late in Ellington's career he shows great substance)

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage

Chick Corea - Akoustik Band

Cannonball Adderly - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

John Coltrane - Love Supreme (amazing!)

 

 

 

 

I am an artist... I am here to live outloud.

-- Emile Zola

 

 

 

 

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  • Cat on September 29
    great page.
  • Depth : Hey Jazz on September 22
    1) I love your cat! I love my kitties.. I have 3.

    2) Thanks for your comments.
  • j i n on September 20
    you have Maugham AND Zola quoted on your page...? HOW did I MISS you? oh, and my favorite Bukowski quote ever...nice.
    I shall read more, thank you.

    love,
    jin
  • Xianaria on September 13
    Thanks for checking out my Featured poem! Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

    ~ Tim

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