leaf mask

before i die i want to_________________________________________

revisit

ps a couple of days ago i went back to the ravine where i found the body of a male who committed suicide by jumping from the bridge. i think about it often and see his face. maybe putting my silhouette near where he laid himself to rest i would be giving a piece of my soul to his spirit.
i stood with the same stare as when i found him and recited a prayer.

all your mind asleep. the nearest zero you could find below the sky. ~CreepingElm

never an answer, but an echo came ~ creepingelm

death by suicide

ps i saw darkness under the bridge today during my morning hike. i cried at the sight of a guy who jumped to his death from the suicide bridge. no one was around. i hear the police and the coroners laugh. what sickness do they have to laugh? as i was praying for this man and his family the officer told me to leave. he said, "this is not a lookie loo show," in a rather mean voice. no words came from my mouth as i slowly walked away weeping.
it's been haunting me all day. i hope anyone reading this never sees what i saw. i can see him clearly in my head laying on his side half bent in an almost fetal like position in the water of the ravine. his eyes wide open with a blank stare. blood coming from the eye that was facing the cement. the way he was laying there while the water was streaming around his body was somehow peaceful. he is at peace now.
i am numb.
ps ps please say a prayer for his soul.

joshua james @ troubadour 11.13.11

ps this was my 2nd time seeing joshua james at the troubadour. this folk singer~song writer comes from nebraska with his members king louie, billie, and charly the curious. he is a magical music maker that wishes you....
if you don't know his music you should be listening now and always and forever.
ps ps i feel his music in my soul as it hypnotizes me. his vocals are dark and intimate yet beautiful. thank you joshua!
ps ps ps members from desert noises joined him on stage to sing. check them out:
https://www.facebook.com/desertnoises
http://www.myspace.com/thedesertnoises

follow him:
https://www.facebook.com/joshuajamesband
http://joshuajames.tv
http://myspace.com/joshuajamesmusic

let's listen to joshua james together: http://blip.fm/CreepingElm

he wrote this unreleased song on the road for his wife. listen....


hear some more:

dream bigger

ps i look to the right.
i look to the left.
keep on dreaming creepingelm.

love is the answer

ps can you find me? it's mr. einstein, me, and the doggie. love is the answer....

steps you take when you come across a haunted outhouse

1. run in and take a seat.

2. connect with the other world.

3. giggle with the spirits as if they are telling you something funny.

4. leave with a smile.

ps oh my, lost in a ghost town. hey, i see an outhouse. come out, come out wherever you are my friend the ghost.

ps ps these clicks were all in fun. nothing really happening inside. me being a nerd making myself laugh. no spirits were actually seen.

faded was the vision bright

ps down through the veils of years long gone
~ creepingelm

life is beautiful

ps street art makes life beautiful.

curioser and curioser all hallowe'en

ps
jack skellington: {singing} "my dearest friend, if you don't mind, i'd like to join by your side. where we can gaze into the stars..."
jack skellington, sally: {singing} "and sit together, now and forever. for it is plain, as anyone can see, we're simply meant to be."
jack Skellington: {singing} "of course, i've been too close to see! the answer's right in front of
me!"

ps i played with knives.

ps i made and enjoyed cookies. mmmmm...

or am i only dreaming?

her eye was deep.
you saw her eye dim as if the edges of a cloud of tears had gathered there.
~creepingelm

in a frame of frozen tears ~ creepingelm

seabear @ troubadour 10.26.10

ps seabear is a icelandic seven piece experimental, indie-folk band from reykjavik, iceland. the members include sindri már sigfússon, gudbjörg hlin gudmundsdottir, ingibjörg birgisdóttir, halldór {dóri} ragnarsson, órn ingi agústsson, kjartan bragi bjarnason, and sóley stefánsdóttir. it was all about their enchanting words and ethereal sounds as i clicked away at the show. their music will leave you humming for days.
ps ps thank you for playing a show at the troubadour seabear. it was much enjoyed by all. come back to see us!

go listen and purchase their music:
~i'm me on sundays ~ self-released
~singing arc ep ~ self~released
~the ghost that carried us away ~ 2007 morr music
~lion face boy / cold summer 7" ~ 2009 a number of small things
~we built a fire ~ 2010 morr music
~while the fire dies ep ~ 2010

follow seabear:
http://www.seabearia.com
http://www.myspace.com/seabear
http://www.seabearband.tumblr.com
http://www.twitter.com/seabearband
http://www.youtube.com/seabearband
http://www.anost.net

let's listen to seabear together: http://blip.fm/CreepingElm

listen here:

i dream as one that falls through the hours ~ creepingelm

ashes & fire

ps how appropriate for the skies to look as they did on the evening that i went to ryan adams' listening party at origami vinyl in echo park, ca on 9.30.11. i was clicking from the car on my way over to hear the ashes & fire album. the skies were of something hauntingly, heavenly dark, lovely, and mysterious just like ashes & fire.