The sage fills in the tipi tonight. 

A friend left a bouquet of sage last 
time he stayed here. It's
a beautiful aroma for the tipi. 

The wall of the tipi are made
of canvas. It's important to burn 
aromatic herbs in here. I collected
roses petals today again, but wonder
how much smell they would release. 

I'll look into making rose incense
from these petals, or maybe use a 
charcoal. 

The Swainson's Trush is signing 
around the tipi. When I walked
in, he stopped. I want to have 
another recording this summer. 
I'll have to bring my fancy field 
recorder down here, as it seems 
easier to record the bird song in
the morning. 

I made a quick low-fi hip-hop 
japanese style loop tonite with
my chinese flute and the smpltreck. 

I really enjoy the portability and
how immediate it is. I remember 
playing with the OP-1 years ago 
when it was first released. I wasn't
too keen on it, too much screen focus,
but I don't know if I would like it
today. I read someone comparing
the op-1 to the smpltreck, although
there is not synth engine. I'm
fine with being able to create an 
instrument from a chopped up + effect
sample. 

I can't find the filter yet, but
I'm also playing in the dark, as 
I don't have a light in the tipi. 
I'm thinking to recycling my old 
kindle as a lamp, but realize as
I write, that it's doesn't have 
a back light on these older
models... I'm fine without light
in there anyway. 

Plenty of tech so far, but keeping
it minimal at the same time. 

Newspaper conundrum

Should I continue to write for the 
local newpaper? It's been more of 
a homework than a pleasure to be 
writing for the newspaper. I've
also been demoted from being a
'columnist' to the 'local' section. 
Which is a strange feeling, that 
might indicate a good time to move on?

I don't know, I don't really have 
a strong voice in the paper... Not
anymore at least. It's been 10 years
now and I am not sure what direction
I want to take. I might simply stop
writing in the newspaper and finish my 
book once for all... 

I'm in a season of doing a bit less. 
With theatre coming to an end next 
week, Karate will slow down during 
the summer. 

I haven't taken music lesson for a 
while, and my yoga teacher will also
take a couple month off during the 
summer. I am not leading 
all the meditation group anymore, 
which is a great relief after 2 years. 

Everything indicate a new rhythm. 
I'd love to create more music, focus
on my book, and maybe start a 
meditation teacher training or a 
dream yoga group... I like these
in-between moments. 

I had a lucid dream yesterday. Just 
a few second of lucidity. I wanted
to get in something, an armor or a
robot of some sort. It was short, 
and it often starts like that. 
Tonight will have probably more
lucidity.