by Greg M | Oct 16, 2026 | Adventures in Living
My latest visit to the Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, outside of Bloomington IN, turned out to be even more chill than anticipated. Rather than working on any project of mine, I just recharged by relishing others’ great artistry. As one does… A few trees...
by Greg M | Oct 17, 2025 | Adventures in Living, The Creative Life
Thankfully, my visits to the Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, IN have settled into an annual pattern. Daci and I just spent a pleasant week there. To prepare for the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday celebrations this past summer, the center’s...
by Greg M | Jan 1, 2025 | Adventures in Living, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
2024 began in the afterglow of the release of my first longform piece, Tears For a Numinous Realm, on New Year’s Eve ’23. The elephant in the Projects Room, so to speak, remains the Carving in Shadows album, which passed the 12th anniversary of its inception. It did...
by Greg M | Oct 25, 2024 | Adventures in Living, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
I recently got to return to a favorite retreat place, the Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, outside of Bloomington IN, some 18 months after my last visit. The theme of this visit was Light, Light and More Light, as determined by the wonderfully sunny and...
by Greg M | Apr 20, 2022 | Adventures in Living
Finally! After over eight years, I was able to return to a favorite old relaxing ground, the Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, near Bloomington, Indiana. My prior visit was the last week of October 2013. An exquisite laziness prevailed, the priority being to...
by Greg M | Jan 26, 2022 | Adventures in Living, News, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
Finalizing the 12-String part for Vision Opening just before recording, Jan. 15/22. Photo by Daci. 2021 continued the strong momentum in composition from 2020, but with much more time for recording. That’s because Carving in Shadows, the vision-quest album in...