Thank you for purchasing, finding, or otherwise acquiring my zine, Clouds Love Life! This is the eighth in an ongoing series of these zines. It’s an absolute thrill to low-key publish in this way!
I have been hacking away at this one for an incredibly long time. It’s been over two years since the last one! There was so much I wanted to capture here, and in a way I was trying to write about lessons I had not yet learned, if that makes sense. I am still learning some of this stuff about myself but I finally came to realize that I could write about being where I was in life, even if it didn’t feel like a conclusion. See? This whole sentence right there is an example of the crazy sentences on sentences I found myself writing. Thank goodness for having an editor on board! Speaking of….
The zine you are holding in your hand was designed and edited by luke kurtis, a dear friend and frequent collaborator. Most notably he inspired and designed my books The Animal Book and Tentative Armor, and the zines I mentioned above. So much of my work now is about these publications, and it was luke who inspired me in this way. The first Clouds Love Life zines were hand folded and bound with needle and thread by me in a limited edition of 20. Each one was signed, numbered, and made available to my Patreon community for a limited time. It’s a really beautiful feeling to create these objects by hand and send them out into the world to people who so fully believe in my work.
The track is my take on the song “Both Sides Now” which inspired the essay within the zine. I am especially enamored with the orchestration on Joni Mitchell’s 2000 recording. I drew a lot of inspiration from it for this cover version.
Thanks for checking this out and for taking the time to find this page. You can download the track and the zine in various formats using the links below.
Love,
Michael
Clouds Love Life (pdf)
Clouds Love Life (epub)
Both Sides Now (mp3)
Both Sides Now (wav)