Joseph Labrecque

Fractured Vision Media is pleased to present A Prison of Oneself, the new collection of recordings from studio recording artist An early morning letter, displaced. The recordings on ‘Prison’ span almost four years of wavering activity and countless personal setbacks.

“A Prison of Oneself” is a dense collection of work recorded over the course of four years. Dark and crushing. Ambient textures interlaced with swelling, almost violent extremes. Edgy soundscapes filled with hope, despair, and a persistent, uneasy current reflective of the mind’s inner hell.

This is probably very obvious to a lot of people… but really the best way to take vacation is to refrain from any work. Just recently getting back from 12 days of Christmas vacation has made me realize this oh-so-startling fact.

It’s very difficult for me to actually put everything down for an extended period of time. Sometimes this is my own fault and other times out of necessity. Unfortunately, I know that 9 times out of 10- the fault lies squarely with me and my work-habits.

Last year while on parental leave, I spent a good amount of time each day working. I would say that, in that instance, necessity did play a role. We were swamped and had a number of looming deadlines. I will state now though, that I fully intend to cut myself off from work, if possible, during all future “vacations” :)

Over the past few months, I’ve been attempting to sort through a lot of things in my life to discover what is necessary and what is really just nonsense to be thrown aside. In this process, I’ve been removing a lot of items from my schedule to see what sort of difference the absence of this or that will make in my overall feeling of contentment. One of the first things to go was this website along with a few others I’ve been caring for over time.

What I’ve learned in this process is that I am taking on too much work and do not have enough time for myself and my personal projects. I’m scaling back my Fractured Vision Media efforts to become more of a venue for the production and distribution of my personal endeavors. That is not to say that I will not take on any client-based design or development work, I will just be a lot more selective in this area.

I’ve recently been given the opportunity to do more teaching and will be shifting my extra-daily work activities to that area. The teaching is becoming much more regular and it is something I enjoy. Not having to be scrambling for project details, client wishes, and all the rest that comes with freelance work is also something very nice about a regularized teaching contract.

Now that some time has gone by, I believe this project, In Flagrante Delicto!, still holds quite a bit of value, not only for myself but also as a contribution to the greater pool of information. I’ve removed a lot of the less technical, more personal, posts and plan to post less often but with greater relevance.

In bringing things back online, I’ve chosen to use the Sandbox theme as a base. There may be a few things to patch up, here and there, as I re-form the website and apply my own design stylings to the structure. So… please excuse the mess.