Art and Music

When I was introduced to Photoshop, there was another level of excitement. Distorting images is its own type of art. But many would argue that we’ve taken this to an unhealthy level. It’s become all too accessible to trick others into believing we, others, and things, look like something they simply aren’t, and should look like what we change them to. In 2011, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced it was taking a stand against image manipulation in advertising. Body image expectations, eating disorders, and other emotional problems were discussed as potential risks for alterations made through processes like Photoshop.

Garrett – as he proclaimed on Tall Trees, the first song and single from his first solo album, A Version of Now – is back, and he remains a man of formidable energy. If his 63 years have slowed him somewhat, he won’t be merely treading the boards on an upcoming promotional tour, either. Later in the year Midnight Oil will reconvene, with the band planning to spend much of 2017 on the road. Again.

Hawaiian-born painter and street artist, Sean Yoro, who also goes by the name Hula, has gained an Instagram following of over 100k people due to his grand works of arts which he creates while standing or sitting on a paddleboard. Sean, who now lives in NYC, ventures to abandoned buildings and docks to find the perfect canvases. While balancing on his paddleboard, he paints works of arts that inspire passersby and social media followers.

“Through the power of guilt, fear, torture and war against Pagan influences from the Middle East, the medieval Church struggled to bring under hand a violent and turbulent Europe. The last thing the Church needed was a resurgence of Egyptian Hermeticism, Hebrew Kabbalah or neo-Pythagoreanism to interfere with its plan.

I first read about the role of the Catholic Church suppressing the knowledge of enlightening nature and sound patterns in the book Biological Apocalypse. Later I read a book explaining the power and uses of these hidden sound patters, enlightenment codes and this book is free! Check out Richard Merrick’s site…, which is fabulous! He has an understandable theory and history of this musical suppression.

We have explored the powerful influence of the music of the Lumerians Atlanteans, Egyptians and the ancient Chinese populations. We noted that their music used intervals (and other methods) to incorporate a signature number into their music. We shall go forward in time and look into the Greek music and the early Middle Ages… and see just how music influenced these civilizations.