M.K. Hancock

I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

Creative People, Please Trust Your Gut About Your Friends aka Why Other People’s Limits Aren’t Your Business as a Creative Person

Have you ever shared a piece of your creative self with a friend and walked away feeling smaller, foggier, and unsure of what just happened?

My first Substack post, and it's for anyone who has ever been told they are too much:

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“It says here on your astrological chart, libra sun, virgo moon, cancer rising, and the horse from Gumby?
“Pokey, yeah. That’s me.”

YouTube video by DuaSalehVEVO Dua Saleh - want | Live from Vevo Studios

youtu.be/aiqbv-A9JKY?... obsessed

11 Questions with David Thomas Jones: Indie Musician, Producer, Creative Thinker - M.K. Hancock Indie musician and producer David Thomas Jones shares his creative philosophy on songwriting, music production, and embracing imperfection.

Have a deep dive into creativity with experienced artists, music producers, writers and more with the 11 Questions Interview series I’m running on my blog. Free, no sign up required to read and there’s a new one each month. This month is @dtj.bsky.social:

mkhancock.com/2025/02/28/1...

YouTube video by JudasPriestVEVO Judas Priest - Breaking The Law (Official Music Video)

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11 Questions with David Thomas Jones: Indie Musician, Producer, Creative Thinker - M.K. Hancock Indie musician and producer David Thomas Jones shares his creative philosophy on songwriting, music production, and embracing imperfection.

Have a deep dive into creativity with experienced artists, music producers, writers and more with the 11 Questions Interview series I’m running on my blog. Free, no sign up required to read and there’s a new one each month. This month is @dtj.bsky.social:

mkhancock.com/2025/02/28/1...

YouTube video by CircoLoco Records Prospa - This Rhythm (feat. RAHH)

youtu.be/6ayiOciWuto?... 💃

A middle aged man helplessly holds an alligator’s tail as it steals his hat

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

Strength is not about defending comfort,denying history,context,or obvious manipulation. It’s about embracing growth even when it challenges us. Avoiding challenges is stagnation.

Silence, politeness, and unwillingness to challenge power enable exploitation and harm.

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“Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.”

-Steven Wright

I just want to point out that Spice Melange is not vegan.

Stay calm, stay collected, and call it as you see it. There will always be those who cling to excuses.

It’s both wasteful and exhausting to give your time and trust to those who endorse harmful behavior or play mindgames, whether that’s personal or political.

“The Gravity of Yearning” By M.K. Hancock Night, a steadfast show of the cosmic unknown Dark air and emptiness yet Space for things to shine The moon itself glows From seeing the sun Shine so brightly Mystical untouchable Celestial bodies rotating and Revolutioning in cycles Romancing Earth’s fields and tides in turns Waves licking the horizon The gravity of Earth’s yearning Soft fractal clouds Find lost water new forms in Dew on wheat, mist on wind Which greets the world Reborn again alive Anew yet ancient

A wee bit of poetry for the romantic and space inclined among us

YouTube video by Ryan Bloomquist Patti LaBelle- Where My Background Singers?

youtu.be/z84QdJlPpHE?... Happy holiday season folks. This performance did not go as planned at all, but it’s a great example of professionalism, improvisation, as well as honesty.

YouTube video by Tyler, The Creator - Topic Sticky

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Remarkable sunset seen at gas station

Shades of blue and fiery orange in a sunset seen at a gas station

I caught one of those life-affirmingly beautiful sunsets at a gas station parking lot

YouTube video by BlankTV Heels - "Dread" (Acoustic) Altercation Records - A BlankTV World Premiere!

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Regarding an inferior hotel pillow, my husband says, “it’s so shitty, they wouldn’t put it in a casket.”

Did you hear why they closed the red tape factory?

Turns out they never got approval to open

Gonna start a vegan restaurant called The Male Graze.

The maître d' will be your gym coach from high school who says “Be a man” instead of seating you.

Nothing is seasoned thoughtfully, but every dish is yelled at, and you get yelled at when it’s handed to you.

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

Anaïs Nin

YouTube video by Brodka Brodka - Game Change (Official Video)

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YouTube video by WillieNelsonVEVO Willie Nelson - Do You Realize??

youtu.be/_RTAbAjfTes?... Willie Nelson did a Flaming Lips cover

it’s sad reading like 14th century Christian theologians who spent an inordinate amount of time writing “OK there are exactly 3,892 demons and these are their names and these are their powers”… man, you would have loved Dragonball Z

Provided to YouTube by RCA/LegacyBeyond the Blue Horizon · Michael Nesmith · The First National BandMagnetic South (Expanded Edition)℗ 1970 RCA Records, a di... Beyond the Blue Horizon

If you need a little pick me up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcIB...

What are some books you like? Looking to start a good book recommendations thread.

When it comes to design, there's the "Keep It Simple, Stupid" KISS method, and then there's the less popular KISS method of just lighting lots of pyrotechnics and sticking your tongue out a lot.

It is good to be alive, living inside one’s skeleton

Coffee-toned cyanotype