Zijn er nuchtere T lezers dan? Lijkt me niet

Good morning from Fair Isle. Today is my last day here and of course I couldn't just leave without taking the obligatory puffin picture. So there, taken yesterday in the tiny harbour. And now back to Amsterdam!
#FairIsle #puffin #composer #Amsterdam #photography

Thnx!

What a glorious day. No wind and the sun is shining. Work is done so a little light reading, perhaps

Well, it's Spring. Take a wild guess 🙃

Birds, mostly

Good morning from sunny Fair Isle. As I have completed my work here, I went for a walk to the East side of the island (and actually did a little sunbathing!). It's a glorious day and the tranquility is just what the doctor ordered
#FairIsle #residency #composer #newmusic #photography #tranquility

Thanks. Wonderful

Today I have reached the target I’d set for my time here. One very long scene and a short aria. Done, yay!
Now having a well deserved Guinness with the sheep.
Cheers!
#composer #FairIsle #opera #photography

Good morning from Fair Isle! Waking up every day to the sound of curlews, oystercatchers, fulmars and sheep in all sizes. Perfectly calm ocean as you can see on the picture, shot from the garden just now. Composing is going quite well, so let's get on with it.
#FairIsle #residency #composer

Just had an intense and sobering phone conversation with a good friend from Beirut.
Count your blessings if you live anywhere where there’s no war, hate and destruction

Aerial view of large scale devastation inflicted on the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, with an Israeli tank parked in the center of the photo.

This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon

Good morning from sunny Fair Isle. Beautiful day here, hope it stays.
#composer #residency #photography

I play some music that will astound some people. But they need to be astounded, they need to be shook up before it’s too late..
(Sun Ra)

Good morning from a very quiet and peaceful Fair Isle. This is week 4 of my residency, and today I'm going to finish the 3rd scene of the opera I'm working on. And then hopefully take a walk to the other side of the island, if the weather holds.
#composer #FairIsle #newmusic #photography

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Moving Pictures - The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck - BBC Sounds A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.

Really enjoyed this bit about one of my favourite paintings
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Quite a way to go

A view from my studio here on Fair Isle last night. Very dark here after sundown. Shot with my phone as my old Canon is unusable. #FairIsle #composer #photography

Ik vraag het voor een vriend

Daar gaan we weer met "Onze traditie en cultuur". Ik weet nooit wat ze daarmee bedoelen. Onze drugscultuur? Zwarte Piet? De Unox nieuwjaarsduik? Urk?

Joe Farrell!

Met een zwart randje

wonderful

Good morning from Fair Isle. Today: wind! Hoping to reach the end of scene III today.
#composing #opera #photography

Mijn woorden zijn al heel lang op, en die ik nog heb houd ik toch maar voor me

Good morning from Fair Isle. This was yesterday when it was cold and gloomy. Today looks much better. On with composing
#photography

A people without wisdom will surely perish. How very careless has America been with its willful neglect.
(Sun Ra)

Backtracking

Good morning from cold and windy Fair Isle. Good thing I didn’t come here for the weather. Let’s write some music