Weeping crown

Artwork : The Great Gathering
courtesy of Ikthadani.
Description:
"In spaces where time and distance don't exist, a gathering took place: it was those sent to change the worlds who attended and departed at once with a life oath to never be apart even when they were away. Traveling through liquid cosmic tunnels inside round spheres each arrived to their destiny armed with purpose, courage, and patience. Their heart, their home, and their memories lay dormant but brimming in the subconscious comforting them during long dark nights. Gradual awakening, encoded with superhuman DNA they altered the course of history wherever they went as they were meant to. And then, at last, there was home again: a refuge of deep peace and purity. Dances of cosmic life, elixirs of eloquent colours, caresses of true love surrounding the spirit with bliss, blue fires of music... home Welcome to 2012".



The Gate of the Dreaming Cosmos is composed in 2018 by Gavin Kwok. 
He was inspired by the concept of Flammarion Engraving for the use in CGI Animated Short Film "Sputnik " by Maxim Zhestkov in BIFSC.

Dreaming Cosmos (2018)

N-Limão e Tomate

1Q84,title inspired by a Murakami book but the story I wanted to tell is way sexier.

V I C K - 1Q84

Two Steps Ahead (Remix) by Jeamland & joerxworx

En Un Momento

All of the people throughout history
Who used the earth so thoughtlessly
Now there’s not much left for us at all
Cause our shortsighted ancestors dropped the ball

A hundred years ago the experts predicted
That we would ruin the earth
But the people persisted 
If we could turn back time and do it all again
Maybe this time the earth would be our friend

What a terrible awful mess we’ve made

The old people speak with a gleam in their eyes
Of childhood memories and clear crystal skies
They say that once the sky was blue
And children played upon the land

A hundred years ago the experts predicted
That we would ruin the earth
But the people persisted 
If we could turn back time and do it all again
Maybe this time the earth would be our friend

What a terrible awful mess we’ve made

They made such a mess such a godawful mess
I hope they at least had a good time
They lived so large off the fat of the land 
And now it’s payback time 

Our ancestors were shortsighted and now their children pay
Awakening each morning to greet the tainted day
Gazing out across an endless barren plain
No more amber waves of grain

If we could turn back time and do it all again
Maybe this time the earth would be our friend

What a terrible awful mess we’ve made

They made such a mess such a godawful mess
I hope they at least had a good time
They lived so large off the fat of the land 
And now it’s payback time

If We Could Turn Back Time

This track is a collaboration with Masha @masha-solo the vocalist of Archmage Band @archmageband2 After creating a section arranged by her for the instrumental, I continued with other sections, and after completing the instrumental, she added the vocal melody to finish it.

'Writer's Block'

On a dark, cold, and rainy night
I drank a hot coffee and prepared to write
Hoping to finish more scenes of a novel tonight,
It was almost too complex, and very hard to get it right

I felt that my thoughts were scatterbrained,
And that the scene did not make sense,
I wrote it and rewrote it,
But I might have been too tense,

I thought my script was just a mess
I felt that it was better, when I had written less

This scene was just eluding me
This scene was just eluding me
I wanted to express my thoughts creatively,
I wanted to express my thoughts creatively,

I felt that my thoughts were scatterbrained,
And that the scene did not make sense,
I wrote it and rewrote it,
But I might have been too tense,

This scene was just eluding me
I wanted to express my thoughts creatively
That doesn't always happen easily
Yeah, it doesn't always happen easily

Of how I saw it in my mind
I can do better,
I told myself
I'll just start over,
I'll just put this script back on the shelf,
Another try, another day,
Pick up the notebook and the pen
And try again,
And try again,
I'll try again,
I'll try again

I got quite sad about my writer's block
At least you were there for me to have a talk
You cheered me up, perhaps another day I can try again,
Another try, another day, pick up the notebook and the pen
I got quite sad about my writer's block
At least you were there for me to have a talk

Vocal,Lyrics, Composion, Singing melody by Masha Solo of ArchmageBand@https://soundcloud.com/masha-solo
Composition and Sampling collage by Synline
Featured on the my new album 'Code Share' on.soundcloud.com/v4P9a

'Writer's Block' Masha Solo of Archmage Band=Synline

This is about how life is constantly presenting challenges. We must learn from each incident/experience and use that learning to try and be more resilient and be able to move forward. 
I wrote it on my 3/4 size Hofner classical guitar. It’s first song! I used open G tuning after being encouraged to try it by Mark Spruce (Original Spruce - great songs- give them a listen!). Thanks Mark! 
Hope you enjoy it. Best with headphones! 
Take care 
James 

Lyrics 
My Uncertain Steps 

As a boy, I was scared of the sea
With my family, on a beach in Normandy, 
a French boy told me the ghosts of drowned sailors grab your legs and dragged you down
I wouldn’t go in! 
Too naive and trusting! 

As a teen, I was all over the place! 
Always confused, just didn’t know which way to face
Too many temptations, suggestions and thrills, distracting and wild
Couldn’t think straight 
Couldn’t concentrate! 

It was always their demands and directions 
Had to meet their dreams and expectations 

My uncertain steps
No confidence 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps 
At my own pace
(My way) 

My wreckage of a life, with this chaotic love
Constant demands, you can never do enough 
Mix in the bullies, the twisters and those egos too
It pulls you apart
Breaks your heart 

I’m seasoned, I now know this path
One crisis avoided, another starts 

My uncertain steps
More experienced 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps
At my own pace 
(My way) 

And now I expect to see the worst
In everyone and everything I know
Just know how it is, but feel I can somehow 
see it through

(outro) 
I’ve got friends (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve lived and learnt (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve got you (for my uncertain steps) 
I’ll get through this (my uncertain steps) 


James Whiteman copyright  18 January 2024

My Uncertain Steps

Shirley Temple Cover🍭

I’ve thrown away my toys
Even my drum and train
I wanna make some noise
With real live aeroplanes
Some day I’m gonna fly
I’ll be a pilot too

And when I do, how would you like to be my crew?
On the good ship lollipop
It’s a sweet trip to a candy shop where bonbons play on the sunny beach of peppermint bay
Lemonade stands everywhere
Cracker Jack bands fill the air
And there you are are …happy-landing on a chocolate bar
See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll * …eat the big bad devils food cake
If you eat too much yer gonna get a tummy ache

On the good ship lollipop….
In to bed you hop
And dream away
On the hood ship lollipop
It’s a sweet trip…..

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