Drifting into the sublime

Greetings… this is the very first post on my new blog which will feature the process of writing and recording my next instrumental release on Wind & Wheat Music… presently titled, “Reflection.”

You may be wondering about the title of this blog? I took it from a song I am working on… one that I chose to call “Drifting into the sublime.”

I am of Eskimo decent… on my mom’s side of the family. Of course “Verheecke” isn’t eskimo… it’s Belgian, which is my dad’s side of the family. Anyway… from what I understand, my Mother’s childhood was pretty tragic. So tragic that she often avoided talking about that time in her life. It was too painful! As a result… I’ve never known much about that side of my family. My mother passed away on September 30th, 1993. Losing her has been one of the most difficult things I have ever had to deal with. I miss her dearly! Interestingly a couple weeks before she past away… she started to share about Alaska. She noted that she lived in several places in Alaska and her favorite was Sitka. She shared that it is the most beautiful place in all the world!

Through the years that has stuck with me…

Recently I began to day-dream of taking a kayak from Seattle to Sitka… drifting through the inland passageway to this place that my mom said was the most beautiful place in all the world.

It’s highly unlikely that I’ll ever make it to Sitka on a kayak… but I can dream and use my imagination. Along with my imagination… I started to compose an impressionistic piece on my acoustic guitar. It’s pretty simple… not technically challenging, but… whenever I play it, I can hear to soft and consistent pulse of the ocean beating along the shoreline of the inland passageway. Through the mist of the early morning hours… I drift into the sublime.