walking the monster Joe Maher (1954-2010) oil on canvas #art

the goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe to match your nature with nature - Joseph Campbell

train #photography #Portland

To bring in the new year, I present four moody instrumentals inspired by winter ice and snow. #OriginalMusic #NewRelease #HNY

Happy New Year! #art #collage

White Stag Sign #pdx #neon

I hid my yo-yo in the garden I can't hide you from the government

Lily Dancer — Stefan Lorant, 1937

Happy New Year to all and may the North Star shine upon us all!! ⭐️💫

exquisite if anything the guitar arrangement lends itself to the title just lovely #music

Photograph by Hiromu Kira (1898 - 1991) "The Thinker" (Silver Halide/Toned Gelatin Print)

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.

now listening🎧 🎼gorgeous music by @hartshornmusic.bsky.social 👉 andrewhartshorn.bandcamp.com/album/sketches-for-the-requiem-album #music #neo-classical

clearing out the phone📱 a random shot from my trip to Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park⛰️ it's hard to get the scale! we are at about 3km up #colorado #rockies

Night night Blue Sky dreamers! See you on the other side! Sleep tight!

I will think of water-lilies growing in a darkened pool and my breath shall move like water edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/aire #music #neoclassical #ambient

Anna Dabrowska : Steampunk Collage, 2015

🪡 sorrow’s thread is a strong thread but I will wear it through then not only will sorrow be old and thin and frayed but I shall have tomorrow something sorrow has made - Hazel Hall #poetry

Well chuffed with this review of my latest release in the latest edition of Prog magazine. This edition goes on sale 31st December - I'll be grabbing a copy for sure!

Saturday morning cartoon? It's groovy ☮️ This track from Imaginary Movies🎥 👉 edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-movies #musicsky #retro #exotica #instrumental #musicvideo

year's end #collage #art

the last thing you will ever see! the fearsome Millie!🐕 #dogs

all my stuff is on sale until the New Year. newer/longer albums are US$4 and everything else is US$1 my music generally falls into one of 3 categories 👉neoclassical/minimalist 👉future primitive 👉exotica edwardgivens.bandcamp.com and streamers (except Spotify) #musicsky

If you fancy a vinyl of one of our latest album releases, today would be a good day to bag one with a 20% discount. Use code BOXINGDAY20 Only today until Midnight GMT elasticstage.com/monochromemo...

Anna’s Archive, Spotify, and the Shadow‑Library Playbook: Why Spotify is a Crime Scene #Copyright

Fugue and Fantasy #PipeOrgan #NowPlaying #indiemusic #nowplaying #originalmusic #pipeorgan

children sing with ancient voices lying in the snow there they enact an age-old ritual they appear to be dancing and when they rise they leave behind them dark glittering shapes mysterious winged creatures edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/clouds #winter #snow #neoclassical #musicsky #futureprimitive

Edgar Ende, Winter 1938

Carol Collette (Canadian, b.1945) "Midnight," Copper plate etching on paper, watercolor 12 x 8 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Trk 1 from The Winter Queen❄️ edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-queen which is on sale for a mere US$1 As a kid I could think of nothing so much fun as soaring down the icy slope on my grandpa's Flexible Flyer. 🛷 The older sleds had higher runners and didn't bottom out! #musicsky #christmas

The title derives from the poem A Christmas Doll 🪆 by Margaret Widdemer pick up the entire 11 trk album on Bandcamp for a mere US$1 👉 shorturl.at/lcFRi or iTunes 👉 shorturl.at/uDyEG & other streamers the Bandcamp version has a bonus track and sleeve notes fwiw #christmas #music #musicsky #bandcamp

my setting of the famous Robert Frost poem❄️ reader: Herbert James McCloskey 📖 cornet: James Smock 🎺 edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/poetics #music #poetry #snow #Christmas #Winter

no el! no el! 😐 #christmas

so I was noodling around with (free) sounds last night and this popped out🤷

Merry Christmas ✨️

5 more days #newyear

at 19 I spent Christmas with my girlfriend who was from a Danish family - everyone spoke the language and they definitely celebrated the Holidays in a big way - including singing this very song (substitute a few words from Dansk/Svensk) and dancing through every room in the house. #christmas #movie

My setting of Winter Branches by Margaret Widdemer (1884-1978) ❄️❄️❄️ edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-queen ❄️❄️❄️ #music #christmas #poetry #snow

Joseph Cornell. Constellation (Project for a Christmas card). 1953

morning light on phinney ridge oils and acrylic on cardboard, 16x12"

A person should have wings to carry them where their dreams go, but sometimes a pair of skis makes a good substitute - Hans Gmoser, Austrian mountaineer ❄️ edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/snow-globe #music #christmas #snow #skiing #neoclassical #cinematic

'twas bound to happen

London, 1948 Two Bobbies examine the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree through the smog of a grey December day #Christmas 🎄

the rising of the sun the running of the deer

I went full on Cecil B DeMille here - trumpets and shawms, choirs of angels, spells, invocations. And then the scene with the Magicians - Balthazar, Gathaspa and Melchior meeting the newborn baby. A quiet starlit night - cold and calm ❄️🌟❄️ edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/snow-globe #christmas #music

#JustListened (again) Comment by my mom when I put this one on today: "Oh, what beautiful music!". I'm pretty happy that the latest album by @edwardgivens.bsky.social finds not just my approval! It's absolutely one of my highlights of the year. 👍 edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/snow-g...

Getting ready for the Eve!🍸 Giggle Water (Coctail Recipe Book) by Charles S Warnock, 1928 #ChristmasMood

Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958) "Winter Light", 2020. Acrylic on Canvas, 48 × 36 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt