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_ That's some very nice art work on the cover of Integral Ecology. Kudos!! (7 months ago)
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mum's the word Lets, play some of that funky muzak!! Got some tunes you wish to share??.."V" and Love, Rita (7 months ago)
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mum's the word Just popping in....and hoping that you are alive with new inspirations of melodies. Be well and full of loving light...xo (10 months ago)

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Michael Garfield

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liquidating my gallery of live paintings...have a look, and feel free to ask questions: http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/michaelgarfield/Visionary%20Art/

Title: The ice on Mars is melting.

Gender: Male

Age: 25

Location: always changing

About Me:

Before I say anything else:  I don't frequent this community anymore.  If you'd like to get ahold of me, please either do so by email (michaelgarfield at gmail) or on myspace.  Thanks, and have a beautiful day…

“The clouds above us join and separate,
The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns.
Life is like that, so why not relax?
Who can stop us from celebrating?”
- Lu Yu

I am a professional performance painter, a multi-instrumentalist songwriter with a fetish for blurring melody and percussion, a scientific illustrator, a sound engineer, an integral theorist-practitioner, and an essayist.  My mission is love and inspiration; my deepest mortal desire is to move others to the same awe I experience in the face of our world's tremendous majesty and mystery.  Needless to say, I don't get much sleep.

You can find all of my music available for free download, as well as music videos and a still gallery of my live paintings, here.

Here are some essays you might enjoy:

Transcending Possessiveness in Love and Music

The Ear of the Beholder:  Tantra and My “Desert Island” Playlist

Psychoactive Vibes:  Light and Sound in Navigating the Spectrum of States

The Fullness of Emptiness:  Riffing On Arvo Pärt
Giving In To Astonishment:  Scenes From Burning Man's American Dream
What Is Integral Art?
Afterword to Paul Lonely's Suicide Dictionary

MG Interviews Ken Wilber on Integral Art:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Painting While Dancing (the experience and mythology of my life as a performance painter):

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

The Soundtrack To Your Funeral (the ethics and aesthetics of choosing your own “funeral playlist,” with a different song discussed in each entry):

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7


Member Since: Monday, December 19 2005

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