John Paul Davis

My name is John Paul Davis. I write poetry, build things on the web with code, make music and visual art. I love making things. This website is mostly about the things I make and do.

  1. Trunks of several trees, each leaning a slightly different direction, creating the illusion of a fan
    Fan out
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  2. Close of up the blossoms on a hawthorne tree
    Just one more thing
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  3. Deeply personal lyrics & striking imagery matched by new vocabularies for the guitar all wrapped in songs expertly & hookily crafted to balance experimentation & accessibility.

    Listen to the album on YouTube

  4. The sun rising behind dense statocumulus clouds behind the treeline in Van Cortlandt Park
    Deluxe version
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  5. In a time of fear & sorrow, an album of joy. Ecstatic exultation, optimism & faith, weathered by decades of experience with doubt, grief & hard times.

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  6. White blossoms of a flowering cherry tree
    Cascade
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  7. Beguiling blood harmonies soulfully-delivered over minimalist cajón-grounded beats on a collection that explores & celebrates love, familial, spiritual & romantic.

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  8. Close-up of magnolia blooms
    Statement piece
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  9. Cinematic & imaginative music, exquisitely-crafted melodies sung with verve, wittily & abstrusely exploring nostalgia, disillusion, creativity & the tension between art & commerce.

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  10. A series of puddles on a gravel path in Van Cortlandt Park, with trees reflected in them.
    Stanzas
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  11. Glorious gorgeous collages of analog synths, live drums, funky guitars, catchy melodies. Reflections on the cycles & patterns of adult life: love, death, forgiveness, healing.

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  12. Trunks of trees leaning leftward in the foreground with cattails and clouds in the background
    Mood lighting
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  13. A feamle and male mallard standing on the bank of Van Cortlandt Lake
    These two beauties
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  14. Songs of financial & spiritual anxiety but also songs of restoration & return. Inviting, languid arrangements, eerie cinematic atmospheres, earnest lyrics.

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  15. A cluster of white daffodils
    Pay attention
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  16. Stunning & elegant compositions charged with tumultuous energy that pay homage to Mingus's influences without being derivative. Suave & bluesy solos abound. A masterpiece.

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  17. Melodic guitar leads, room-filling riffs, winding song structures, inventive effects make anthems of the angry, grieving, frustrated lyrics. One song is aptly titled "Big Riff."

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  18. Lydian broom spilling over and poking through a wrought iron fence atop a stone wall
    Eager
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  19. Introspection, yearning & spiritual ecstasy set against spacious, dreamlike but driving songs marked by daring, provocative melodies.

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  20. Three geese and two great blue herons standing on a log in Van Cortlandt Lake
    Quorum
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  21. Backed by the Metropole Orkest, Mvula performs inventively-arranged, transcendent, shimmering, magical versions of her songs. expansive & yet somehow also intimate.

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  22. Lush, expansive, ambitious arrangements & ascending, anthemic melodies paired with spiritual introspection & grand expressions of love & healing.

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  23. Tree limbs budding new flowers, seen from below
    More of a statement than a question
    Posted on in Photography
  24. A tree with buds on it, overlooking Van Cortlandt Lake, with the sun low in the sky to the left, & reflected in the water.
    First shout of green
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  25. The sun rising over cattails and trees in Van Cortlandt Park
    Light has its own opinions
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