I made a talking cat to point out my social media flaws—and the algorithm loved it. Too bad it wasn’t entirely clear who the joke was on. This blog wrestles with visibility, satire, and what happens when your art gets boosted for the wrong reasons. Featuring: insecurity, Caturdays, and one very opinionated animated feline.

This post reflects on a lost voice, the years spent avoiding vulnerability, and the slow process of reclaiming meaning. If you’ve ever felt blocked or disconnected from your creative self, you’re not alone.

Somewhere midstream, and behind the scenes, I started using Pulse of Avalon to process how machine learning might change us.

Sharing was something we just did as kids. If you feel like you’re sharing into a void, read this.

The way we will create in the future opens up incredible possibilities when we look at it the right way.

I put in an honest effort to make something that I thought would work on TikTok to promote the new album.  This ends up being the version you see on drop day and a longer version I kept for the website, hosted as an unlisted YouTube video. I think it turned out pretty cool, but…

I’m not naïve. At least I’d like to think I’m not. Many years ago, I was involved in a variety of music projects. It was the early 2000s (1999.9), social media was young, and cell phones were just phones. A very different landscape of promotion, industry control, and production. The old ways of doing things…

Creativity often gets blurred by distractions, trying to do too much, and chasing perfection. The ideas are sometimes fleeting—like puddles after a rainstorm. Other times they’re filled with the temporary excitement of “new” or “cool”—good enough to keep you motivated for a couple of months. It’s taken me a while to even come up with…