2015 or ?????????

Welcome to 2015

This morning I went to the market to buy a tomato and a potato.  Not quite the same kind of chore as Jack did when he took the cow to market and ended up with those beans that made everybody hallucinate, but we all have our own journeys.....don’t we?  

I simply have one question. 

 

WHY ARE TOMATOES SO EXPENSIVE?

I can grow tomatoes on my porch.  I can’t grow a potato because I don’t have a field or a tractor.

Tomatoes are $2.99 a pound.

Potatoes are .99 cents a pound.

IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.

So many things that are happening financially on this planet  

are BAFFLING.

 

The price of tomatoes might not be the most important financial issue confronting us but since I love tomatoes I’m making it number one on my list.

 

What’s number one on your list?

The price of oil might be the most confusing to people because……

what changed since last year? 

Did China and India stop buying oil? 

Did Japan discover their own oil?

 

We’ve been told for five years that the cost of gasoline was due to the increased demand of the emerging middle classes in both China and India.

 

The biggest crock is the explanation that it’s bad for the economy if oil stays below $60 a barrel.

 

THE CONSUMER BENEFITS FROM LOW OIL PRICES…..period!

CHEVRON AND EXXON DON’T BENEFIT FROM LOWER OIL PRICES AND THAT MEANS THE TRICKLE DOWN BULLSHIT WON’T BE WORKING PROPERLY.

 

THE TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMIC PLATFORM, PUT INTO PLAY BY RONALD REAGAN, IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST CROCK OF BULLSHIT EVER DEVELOPED….AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT IT…..HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.

 

IT INCREASES PROFIT MARGINS FOR THE LARGE CORPORATIONS AND THUS INCREASES THE WEALTH OF THE INFAMOUS 1%.

 

My New Year’s Resolution

 

Attempt to help wake up the American public TO CERTAIN FACTS….and sell more artwork.

 

FACTS:

The people that don’t vote…..need to vote....and buy my artwork.

The people who don’t pay attention…..need to pay attention…to everything.

People who think racism isn’t alive and well in America need to wake up.

People need to understand that racism is a learned behavior.

The people who think THE 1% give a rat’s ass about the rest of us need to understand what’s happening.

The people who claim a higher minimum wage will just increase prices need to see that prices are increasing and will increase ANYWAY.

Chickens not trapped in tiny tiny cages will produce better eggs.

Climate Change is an issue to be discussed not shunned.

Religious differences are not differences settled by any type of physical harm to another human being.

 

TOMATOES need to be under a dollar per pound.

 

FURNITURE Manufacturing AND Service (call centers) jobs need to be brought back into the American industrial complex.

THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL AMERICAN COMPLEX.

American Car Manufactures need to build 50% of their products capable of getting 75 miles per gallon.

Doctors have to stop being partners with

Pharmaceutical companies.....and they need to buy my art work.

George Clooney should run for President.

By the way.......

You should buy a piece of my art work…or trade me those tomatoes that are growing in your yard.

 

WHATEVER!!

JUST GET MORE INTERESTED IN

EVERYTHING

IN

2015

Happy New Year

 

But then again, always keep in  mind one important question…………what year is this really?

 

13,595,876,237 or 13,595,876,238?

I know one thing…..it’s definitely the year of the Tomato.

 

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Dear Santa,

This is the first letter I’ve written to you since kindergarten.  You might have answered that letter but of course I probably asked for a Mr. Potato Head and or a Davey Crocket cap or maybe a set of Pick-Up-Sticks…so my requests weren’t over the top gifts for you to find, locate and then deliver.  I’m pretty sure I wasn’t thinking large like a bicycle or a pony at that stage of my career…..and I would wager that all my requests were under the tree in 1951.

In 1952 at the ripe old age of 6, me and my brother Jerry, who was 10 at the time, and my sister Gigi who was 6 months old, did indeed receive a real life horse.  Her name was Nancy and she was a Palomino-Paint of some unknown breed.  My step-father rode this beautiful lady down the driveway with red ribbons in her mane and tail.  We had moved from Hollywood the previous summer and that Christmas was quite memorable…..and basically was the beginning of our 4 H experience.  I obviously remember working and playing with many other animals that we raised on our small “ranch” in Sylmar California….but that moment on Christmas day 1952 jumps out when I recall my childhood Christmas memories. At the time Sylmar was similar to Montana but of course on a much smaller scale.  Our “ranch” was about 5 acres and contained almost every form of farm animal that one can imagine except of course Mr. Pig or Mr. Cow.   We had no Swine after Pearls but we had tons of four and two legged creatures.

The only reason I’m telling you this Santa is because I want to remind you that impossible things can still happen if you put your mind to the task at hand.

I’m writing this letter to ask for a few specific things.

First I need an agent. 

Second I need a Public Relations person. 

Thirdly I need a publicist  (slightly different than PR)

Fourthly I need an art patron.

I’d ask for more but I’ve never used the fifthly word in a sentence.

The order of the four requests is not important but each of those entities is extremely important for the next stage of my personal evolution.

I’m was extremely pleased with my various 2014 exposures, but knowing that I’m just getting started in the exposure arena one must understand that the moments I had, being able to share my “stuff,” were just whistle wetter’s….teasers….and hints of what I might accomplish.

Santa, since you are the main fictional secular character in the life of so many young people on this planet…..I thought maybe that including an older artist on your to do list might not be such a bad idea.

Think about the extra publicity if you grant these four little things.  Now, I realize that some won’t regard these “things” as little, but for a person with your show biz connections I feel secure in saying….”this should be an OMG no problem dude done deal” for you….after all, you are the man.

 You are the dream maker and  right now I imagine there are at least 20 to 40 million very young people writing letters to you and getting ready to mail them out.

 

So what’s one more?

 

And the fact that I’m writing my letter on Google’s BlogSpot site simply means I’m saving paper and for that I should be rewarded…..right?

 

I know you are busy and I realize this is the home stretch but if you vet my entire practice schedule and see how I’ve stuck to the plan you will agree that it’s now time for the BIGGER PICTURE to unfold.

 

Those four things I need, will help make it happen.  Of course if the Art Patron comes through first, I might be able to figure out how to do the other three things on my own.

 

I don’t want to…..but I would if that’s the only gift you can find in that very large bag of tricks that  must filled up and delivered by the 25^th.

 

If you need any extra help….don’t hesitate to call.

 

I’m listed in the phone book.

 

Thanks BIG MAN

 

Michael Timothy McAlevey

This is IT

12-8-2014

It’s so obvious that I’m doing something extremely wrong
And it can’t be blamed on writing a silly poem or a really stupid song
It’s got to be something that hides behind the façade of my core
I keep pushing the edges of artistic and scientific reality
but I need to do more

 

If I think and concentrate on what I’ve failed to achieve
Than I start to question what I’m supposed to believe
And then it hits me in an area where I just don’t care
Smack dab in the wallet and the large empty air

 

I mean it’s really empty and void of things that I need
A quantum void that thinks my protons should bleed
Something is missing in the program I’ve selected
And it makes me wonder what exactly I’ve neglected

 

I can look at my work and see what I’ve done
But simply doing the work doesn’t create much fun
IF
I can’t even afford to pay my rent
The direction I travel just makes me wonder where I went

 

I came here from there and then moved over to another road
And then I remember what I haven’t been told
Of course one needs coin for the basic supplies
But it can’t be the goal when seeking the spiritual wise

 

Seriously…it’s obvious that I’m doing something wrong
And I wish I could blame it on this stupid poem or song
But it’s bigger
And
it’s stronger
And beats me down every time
There is no money in a white man’s rhyme

 

I hear other’s tell me that I’ve got so much going on
And then I hear those same people say
I hate that song
You are doing something wrong
Please make it short
I’ve got to move along
 

I’ve gotten help from family and friends many times before
But that one big patron
Just hides
Behind an unseen door

 

 And it must be my fault that I can’t find the key

I’d hate to think
That’s its
just
Me
Being
Me

 

That’s not good for keeping a positive point of view

So I always turn it around
And
Blame it on
You

 

Why should you take an interest in what I’m trying to achieve

When you aren’t even sure in what I believe

 

I’m the one not making it perfectly clear

So I’m the one who creates the fear
While asking others to stand and cheer
And that emotional devotional hodgepodge of random semi awareness
Results
In a personal cosmic unfairness

I blame others for not seeing who I am

And who I am
Might not be who I thought I was
And that might be based on
Just
Because

There is no simple answer to the questions I seek

So I dance behind the curtain of the poor and the bleak
I don’t over spend and I don’t throw it away
But when it comes to making money
It’s a game I can’t play

 

I rationalize the poverty by saying look what I’ve done

But after everything is accounted for
It’s not really fun

 

I make beautiful designs with extreme color and flow

and some of them even have a unique type of glow
To ask others to help pay my way is really not my goal
But it keeps playing out that way and it’s hurting my soul

 

If what I make doesn’t pay the rent

Then it’s time to look down the road from where I have went
And stop and question the very nature of my being
Which when one does that it’s to the past one must cling

 

I don’t like the thought of looking back to see where I’ve been

I’d rather go forward and create a new trend
Something that is different in style and design
A unique way of maneuvering between the walls of mind

 

BUT WTF

 

It’s so obvious that I’m doing something wrong
And it can’t be blamed on writing a silly poem or a stupid song
It’s got to be something that hides behind the façade of my basic core

I keep pushing the edges of a not so obvious reality
but it’s perfectly and wonderfully clear
that
I
need

to

do

more

2014 almost finished

As far as personal responses to what I do,  I've probably never had a more satisfying year.  At the same time, as I observe planetary issues, I've probably never seen more goofy or cruel indications of human stupidity. 

Ignoring Climate Change might be stupidest thing we do....because it affects the future of the human race.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth%27s_atmosphere

But of course behavior as a result of our religious belief systems causes immediate stress.

Obviously the situation in Syria IS off the charts for WTF behavior.  The differences one has with one's behavior in how to honor the Creator is always going to cause angst....but when details can't even be discussed then another entire level of insanity develops.

It seems that talking to a radical Islamic follower about their issues just ends up with God is Great and infidels must perish.  I have not read the Koran but it would seem that instructions in the 7th Century might be archaic and slightly outdated....especially when it comes to violent action.

Just like stories from the Bible, which have been altered to suit the corporate growth of Christianity
and the mystic of Judaism, need to be read with an enjoyment of story telling, not the only words of GOD.

The treatment of women in the Islamic faith and the role they play really makes no sense.

The treatment of women in the Catholic faith and the role they are allowed to play really makes no sense.

The Pope could actually start to effect an overall change by simply making a few changes. First and foremost Priest should be allowed to marry and woman should be allowed to be ordained.

Those simple two issues would solve a lot of problems in the Catholic Church.

When I read about human trafficking I just get really pissed off. 
Why would any law enforcement agency in the world allow this to take place? 
If they combined resources and then used snipers to eliminate the assholes in charge of taking human beings from the families...then fairly quickly, that problem would be greatly reduced. 

The church, Malibu United Methodist, where I just had my latest The Other God Particles show,
started an organization called The Freedom Road Project to help bring awareness to the Malibu community regarding this matter.  Every church in the world should have a similar organization that talks about this issue during every single service....and doesn't stop talking until the issue becomes a non-issue.

And don't try to tell me that something like human trafficking will always exist as long as assholes have power and money.  Most of those assholes have families of their own.  I know for sure they had mothers and fathers at some point in their life and most likely those parents didn't do a very good job when it came to the category of morality instruction.

Unless of course the assholes took over a family business and expanded the revenue stream.

Remember one thing....people stealing people (and that's truly not a Streisand song) and transporting people for sex and slavery is done for one reason and one reason only......MONEY.

IT HAS TO STOP!

Now if it turns out that some parents are selling their children then we have an entirely different issue.

Those people are bigger assholes than the other assholes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking

ESTIMATED OVER $30 BILLION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRADE IN 2010.....and that number has probably increased dramatically as the price of everything else rises.

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Regarding the Ferguson situation in Missouri.........only thing I can say......the guy who died appears to have been an asshole (film of him stealing cigars from the shop and pushing that little man)) but assholes who steal things should just be TASERED until their dicks fall off.....not shot to death.

And using a TASER seems to be a departmental issue......I'm just thinking that every police officer in the country should have one or two on their belt. 

Maybe St. Louis hasn't put it on their budget.

They should...and they should do it now.....and then go out and taser a few assholes just to show that they don't have to kill everyone.

Riots and burning buildings usually turns out to be an unemployment issue and a fast way to get some things needed around the house. A really stupid fast way, because now there's no place to shop........except for Wal-Mart, which I noticed never seems to be involved...either because they don't have a store anywhere near that part of town or they don't have a lot of windows.  Costco uses that same design concept.  Not a lot of window shopping in the big box retailer era.

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On the bright side of human behavior.....Taylor Swift got the Dick Clark lifetime achievement award at the age of 24 from the AMA....just pause for a sec and think about that.  If Taylor and the Catholic Church got together they could change the world.

She needs to buy some of my artwork....does anybody have her cell phone number?

_________________________


Michael Timothy McAlevey

Showing in a church can be rather dual-quad

It's a honor to be the first artist to have an art show in the Malibu United Methodist Church and the only thing I'm absolutely sure about is.....this isn't a gallery.

I think I can stretch the boundaries a wee bit but I have to be respectful.

ART
SCIENCE
SOUL AWARENESS 
blending to create a visual, written and verbal experience that could be entertaining
but
could
also
be
??????

I'm working on something different and different can be daunting.

I'll try to present a sneak preview next week.

If you are in town....would love to see your reaction.

THE POT LUCK DINNER part was someone else's idea....but hey, we've all got to eat....right?

Garlic bread anyone?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Ebola and Islamic State have me back in the game

I've been busy being one of the other mes, visual artist, over the last few months and ignored Mind Jazz to a certain extent.  It turns out that there are about five other mes hanging out inside this physical entity also known as my body....or more specific....my awareness.  I seem to know for sure that I have a body but my awareness goes a bit deeper than physical reality. 

The art of illusion is so damn wonderful.

I'm not sure I've ever used the term mes so I don't know if it's spelled mes or me's....all I know is that there are more than one and lest than 7 so I put the number at five for now.

And before you start thinking about split personality issues please keep in mind that an artist doesn't need to be diagnosed with a split personality disorder....it's just part of what makes the whole picture complete.  Of course it could all be building toward something completely different than what I envision but being a renaissance human being just suits the issue.  By the way.....I've met a few more lately and the term truly does explain a certain modern day artistic personality.

Renaissance terminology always adds a bit of flavor to the description and until someone creates a better understanding of multi-faceted talent and interests, than renaissance will have to do.

Being a renaissance human being is not a time frame reference but that's what labels have been able to do. Labels place people in categories and categories place people in boxes and boxes place people on shelves and shelves place people in closets and closets place people behind doors and doors can be locked and keys can be hidden and pretty soon no one knows what was even in that box....or if that box ever existed.  Eventually someone will find the key, open the door, go in the closet, take out the box and discover something.  Is that something worthwhile or not?  Is it pretty or not?  Is it thought provoking or not?

And thus the critic is born.

So many closets and so many boxes and so many levels of talent.   I'm just now learning about what I truly can offer in order to help make this planet a better place to live. 

Why would I care about that?

Why don't you care about that?

And that brings us down to the issue of having many interests and many ways to unfold those interests into a physical solid pieces of work.

Multi-tasking seems to be a new description for people that are able to do more than one thing at the same time but I doubt very much if that term could be adequately applied to DaVinci's wide range of interests.

TODAY I AM INTERESTED IN THE HEADLINE I SAW YESTERDAY IN THE LA TIMES....PAGE 3

ISLAMIC STATE PRAISES SEX SLAVERY.

THE ARTICLES GOES ON TO SAY......THAT RAPING WOMEN AND ENSLAVING THEM IS A
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ASPECT OF

SHARIA.....OR ISLAMIC LAW

FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ASPECT
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ASPECT
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ASPECT

SO....let's get this straight.....in the year 2014 a religious organization is saying that it is an
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ASPECT of their belief system

that WOMAN ARE ALLOWED TO BE RAPED AND ENSLAVED

FORGET THE REASON

THERE IS NO REASON

NO

REASON

NONE

Reading the article it says that criticizing the sexual slavery practiced by the militant Islamic goofballs would be to deny the actual verses in the KORAN that say it's ok to do this to women.

DOES IT ACTUALLY SAY THAT IN THE KORAN?

I'm not sure because I've never read the KORAN.....but I can tell you that IF it does say that then
someone
somewhere
somehow
needs to alter the wording or re-interpret the interpretation because if it says that
whoever wrote the original wasn't
sane.

Do I hear F-22 Raptors answering that article in the paper?

AND THEN THERE'S THE EBOLA STORY

Seems pretty simple......

Quarantine.

Maybe complete quarantine until a vaccine can be created.

I just read where Mark Zukerberg gave 25 million to the CDC Foundation to help fight EBOLA.
I'm thinking that a billion might get some results.....but 25 mill doesn't even get you a great left handed pitcher anymore.

25 mill sure ain't what it used to be....

And now that I come to think about it.......nothing is what it used to be.

WE NEED

NEW


and once more

we need

a

COUNCIL OF FAITH

please refer to posting on 7/27/14

In the meantime....no flights from anywhere EBOLA might be.

And anyone who rapes or enslaves a woman will be arrested or.......

GUESS THAT MEANS THE GROUND TROUPS ARE BACK IN ACTION......

While we are waiting for the COUNCIL OF FAITH to convene it appears that the army, the navy and the marines need to make some immediate arrests........

See how strange things have gotten because of the Islamic Rule of Law?

An anti-war....no-war.....peace-freak....is calling for the military.

ISLAMIC STATE PRAISES SEX SLAVERY

THAT'S THE HEADLINE THAT BROKE THE STRAW ON THE CAMEL'S BACK OR WHATEVER THAT SILLY EXPRESSION IS.......

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Michael Timothy McAlevey

First month I've ever missed

When one looks back through the archives of Mind Jazz , and eventually that will be all that is left, it will be interesting to note that September of 2014 has ZERO posts.

I think my excuse is fairly adequate for the non-posting month.

One thing I just noticed is the amount of increased views on my stat sheet.  Overall increase is rather interesting.....and I'm not sure what that's attributed to.  It's almost like more people are looking when I'm not posting on a regular basis.  Which means if I never post again, within two years I should have about 1 million readers.

Oh, to live and operate within the land of fantasy....

I do envision having quite a few more readers but a million would seem rather impossible..... but once again I marvel at the mysteries within which the Universe plays with me.

I know the Universe plays with everyone but I feel like I experience an abnormal amount of interaction that seems to have jovial combined with heartwrenching elements.

But that's just me you see.......

"The Other God Particles" is the main reason for missing September and although it only ran 11 days....it totally consumed 100% of my time and energy.  It started on the 6th and ended on the 16th......of course it took six months (and 35 years) to complete the project.

The next excuse is explained in the photo below.

This event happened on September 20th and was shortly followed by that stoic couple becoming themselves again....I think it took about two hours to answer the water call.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Stoker or Mr. and Mrs. Rachel Roberts or Mr. and Mrs. RayPat StokerRoberts or Mr. and Mrs. Cy's Owner's or Mr. and Mrs. LetTheGoodTimesRoll couple of the year.

It was a very special day and evening and I'm was quite proud to be part of it.

NOW let's get back to ME. 

I was going to do a complete summary of the show but since the 11 day run turned out to be "Previews" for the next show and for the show after the next show....I've decided to leave out the gory details.  And as my friend Norton Wisdom said two weeks before the show....."Art show openings are a train wreck."   I don't think my show was a train wreck but there sure were some derailings that took place in the time leading up to....during...and immediately after the actual event.  And the main culprit didn't turn out to be yours truly but instead that title rested on the shoulders of the gallery owner.

Everyone says the same thing about him....."He's a really nice guy."

It actually might be true but his business and marketing sense is pretty much non-existent....except of course when it comes to his own artwork.

And one consistently hears this quote about him...."well, he is an artist, after all."

Very few artist have ever been able to run a successful art gallery so that's one explanation regarding his shortcomings.

I realize that it's not entirely his fault, but operating a business within a dead paradigm is just not a good idea if one wants to stay in this particular type of business.

The INTERNET has totally changed the dynamic on how living artist can present their work.
Of course it's nice to have a good location with walls to show your work but if the gallery in question doesn't have an established collector base (and it need not be a large base) then what actual good benefits an artist being in said gallery?

By the way...a collector base is a certain number of people that trust and rely on the gallery owner to present them with artwork, and artists, that might prove to be worth collecting.   The worth part becomes illusionairy because whereas the work might prove socially important, that doesn't necessarily translate to increased financial value.....and generally collectors are quite interested in that aspect of collecting........DUH!

I was totally responsible for 99% of the 300 people who attended my opening.  Had I not done the marketing work I would have been standing in a gallery with the owner and his single paid employee listening to him say for the 15th time......"see I told you no one would buy anything."

He claimed to have a 3000 e-mail invite list....and yet there weren't 10 people who came because of his invitations.

I said I wasn't going to summarize the entire ordeal but the fact of the matter is....the owner of the gallery tried quite hard to make sure I didn't have a successful show.

Little did he realize that I was in "Previews" and just being able to present the show for the first time was all I really wanted to do. 

The fact that I did sell some work just made the experience that much sweeter....but truthfully the only reason sales are important is because it allows one to buy more supplies.

For the last two weeks I have been cleaning up my "Studio" so that I can get busy for the next presentation.  Since January I have been inside a massive mini cylinder of chaos trying to create the vision that I had banging around inside my little brain.

The Order that resulted from the Chaos came out looking pretty damn good.......and I can say that because I heard it over and over and over and over....and one doesn't tire of hearing nice things about something that has dominated every waking moment for the last 9 months.

The last photo shows the picture windows covered in 1/2 foam core......of course next time I will have something painted on the foam core.....like maybe a knock off Bansky piece. My friend Patrick had to put up and take down the foam core three times during the night so that I could present my SHOW in its best LIGHT.   Ambient light reduces the effect of protons colliding at almost the speed of light............and I need to have A GLOWING LIGHT within a dark room........if you get my drift.

When a room full of people, in an Art Gallery,  start clapping and cheering you know you've done something right.

Now I've just got to get back to work and make sure the next show is even more RIGHT.  And for a guy who is always leaning to the LEFT.....that's not really easy to do.

I feel confident that by the time I hit Broadway I will have THE SHOW honed to a tee.

HONED TO A TEE........never used that expression before.....is it actually honed to a T?

I'm consistently confused about certain things in the Universe.....but once again I say

THAT'S JUST ME YOU SEE.


Michael Timothy McAlevey

Normally not a diary type blogger BUT WTH.

I know it's dated Friday....but I didn't finish until 11:30 Saturday night because I have a few million other things on my mind besides this.  Started on Friday.

Now that it is only eight days away I think I should take a few minutes from my project and bring my many readers up to date.  I'll wait a sec until you stop laughing. 

Ok, got that out of your system? 

Let's pretend that you are my only MIND JAZZ reader.

.........

Good morning,

First off I hope everything is going well for you and that all your hard work and energy pays off in ways that not even you can imagine.

On Saturday night September the 6th I'm having my first solo art show.  I know you already know that but it's just fun to write it out one more time.....in fact one more time

I'm having my first solo art show on September 6 2014....at the Hamilton Galleries in Santa Monica.  This is the press release and then the official invite card.   I truly would be extremely disappointed if you didn't show up

Invite card

It's a fairly big deal in my life and I've only been thinking about something like this since I was 6......so the old adage, better late than never, really applies in this case.  I was in galleries in the early 90's but never a solo dealio.

But that's not all the great news that is happening.

 

 

Those five beautiful girls are all McAlevey girl's.  Two of them, so far, have changed their last names and I simply can't explain why anyone would want to stop using MACALVY, McALVERY, MACALEVY, McLevy, Mcaleaveeay, or McWhat......just doesn't make any sense to me.

But that's just me you see.

The babe on the far right is being carried around by the beautiful Vanessa Carkonen.  There's a baby in there stupid.

The chick third from the right is now a Naylor...and the fact that Mike did just that doesn't surprise anyone who knows Victoria.

The other two hotties on the left, Alexandra and Elizabeth,  are still on the market but I don't think Evan and Gerald would appreciate that comment....but listen here boys......you guys have the inside track so don't blow it.

Now.....the second sweetface from the right....is Lily May Montana McAlevey and she is my daughter.  What has happened to her in the last month is the best career news a father can receive.
My daughter is a highly gifted dancer and artist.  She is just learning about her art abilities but her dancing abilities are known by anyone who knows her.

She now works for a dance studio in Malibu teaching little kids how to dance.
It is a perfect job for her....and it's a job that can easily become a career.  After 12 years of ballet training and dancing for free at different clubs and party venues...she now is getting paid to do what she loves.

MY HEART IS BURSTING WITH PRIDE....because she is career happy for the first time.

Lily being happy is all I want for her.  Well, I'd like her to meet a wonderful socially conscious man who knows how fabulous she is and worships the ground she walks on, but that's an issue which cannot be rushed.

The other great news is that I've begun a soft friendship with the most gifted artist that I've ever personally encountered and his beautiful wife Carla.  I say soft because this man has so many people who admire what he has done and what he represents that to say anything but soft would almost seem like an intrusion on his space.

http://leighmccloskey.com/
                                                       

Simply go to his site and then e-mail his wife at carlamccloskey@aol.com and you will be invited to events that give you an opportunity to see a modern day version of the Sistine Chapel.   And if you think that is an exaggeration......I promise to refund the cost of your time.  Oh I forgot you are quite successful so I can't afford your time....but I'll give you a free painting if you don't agree with me.

Now remember you are my only MIND JAZZ reader so I know who you are.

One of the other amazing things happening is the golf game of my older brother Jerry.  I think back 5 years ago when he started playing consistently and my dad quietly said to me...."he ain't EVER going to be able to play this game....and nobody improves once they get past 60."

SO WRONG DAD....SO VERY VERY WRONG.  He now beats everyone of the regulars he plays with including yours truly.

Ok...so now let us get back to me.  Right now it's all about ME.  Of course that will change on the morning after my show.  Then everything will revert to being all about YOU.

The Universe is having a good time with me right now. The small nuances that keep flowing through my daily existence are often times quite funny and then at other times they are quite staggeringly stressful.

Here's a funny one.  Every morning I wake up around 6 and take Ollie out for his walk.  Being a Yorkshire Terrier his bladder is the size of a golf ball so he's a 3 time a day pisser.  I walk two blocks to the market and get the LA Times and say hi to my DP's.  (Daily peoples)  Then I come home and do my morning food recycling while reading the paper.  I start with the Calender section because show biz is a big part of my life, having been born in Hollywood.  I read the entire section and then I read my horoscope. Then I read the Pearls Before Swine comic strip by Steven Pastis.  It's consistently funny and I've only been reading it for about six months thanks to my friend Dr. Francis Joseph Conlan, better known as Butch, from Northern California.  I used to read only Doonesbury but his strip during the week has been repeats for the last four months and I don't do repeats.  I appreciate that his Sunday strip is current and that's better than nothing.

Yesterday morning I woke up slightly bummed.  The night before I had done a Q & A in front of 45 people at the above mentioned artist's house regarding my art show and the Particle Fever movie.  I semi-bombed the event and felt horrible about my 15 minute presentation.  I did my regular routine and when I got to the horoscope I read the following words.

"Put the word out. Hire a PR person or become your own.  Hold nothing back. What you share will multiply your good fortunes and the good fortune of others."

It really pumped me up and I don't even believe in Astrology but I read the nonsense because....because......I'm an idiot...and contradictions along with illusion play a big part in my persona.

But most of all I know The Universe is having some fun with me and that makes me feel connected.

I enjoy the thought of being connected even if it's not true.

Keep in mind that all theories regarding NPR are abstract by their very nature....and besides that.......they are theories.  When it comes to finding truth about non-physical reality those of us who wish to appear as Theoretical mystical thinkers  do not have Experimental mystical doers to prove them right or wrong.

Experimental Physicists are fundamentally important to Theoretical Physicists......but the arena I play in has no such participants.

Neo-Illumination # 25

The string theory has been adopted by Quantum minds
and there are opportunities to truly understand
the mysteries of Creation

But keep in mind Neo-Illumination #12
Sometimes the soul of an artist can know for sure what the mind of a scientist will never understand.

Kind of cocky , huh?

Please remember...not only is Michael Timothy McAlevey coming out of the hidden art closet but I'm bring Neo-Illumination with me and the dance should prove rather interesting.

The last song on my play list for the show will be this piece by the guy who makes me dance the best....and probably the most. It's hard to sit still when Johnny does his thing.

I might be dancing all by myself.....but it will be at the end of the show and there's a good chance that I will be the only one there.

I plan on playing that song until someone comes back and checks up on me.

Well since you are my only reader I've got to thank you personally for getting to the end of this and now I've got to get back to work.

ONE WEEK AWAY

Tomorrow I'll post the brochure that I will hand out at the show, just in case you can't make it, so you will have some idea of what has brought me to this exact point.....which is approximately 13.9 billion years since The Creator gave us The Universe.

And oh by the way......Thanks.

Bless you...and be sure not to tell your friends about the show because then they might want to start reading Mind Jazz and you won't feel as special as you do....right now.

Michael Timothy McAlevey
 

















                                     

Press Release

www.hamiltongalleries.com

26 days and only 25 more things on the to do list

This isn't the invite card...just the front of my Tri-fold.....but in case you are wondering about the address......
1431 Ocean Ave
Santa Monica, California
www.hamiltongalleries.com

and for me...this song is so spot on for what I want to accomplish at the show

and in the remaining days of my life.

No nothing's wrong....just being realistic as a guy in his 60's should be.......

More show information to follow

Michael Timothy McAlevey