I just returned from a 30 day solo retreat in the mountains. My time there was deliciously tranquil. I removed batteries from ticking clocks. Refused internet service. Kept my phone in a drawer. I woke up twice to deep snowfall slathered across the entire landscape, fresh, romping coyote tracks circling my cabin. I went hiking
Facebook is now cited as a contributing factor in 1 out of every 3 divorces. Most people hear this and frame Facebook as a disrupting force, something that has come into our lives and suddenly made relationships even more challenging and complicated. Facebook even gives us the option of listing our relationship status as “It’s
I read Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth a few years ago. I was so moved by reading this book which seemed to describe everything one ever needed to know about being alive, clear, AND happy, that I quickly decided I never needed to read another book again. Time went by and Tolle’s insights that so
I just finished luxuriating for 30 days on a solo-retreat to Idyllwild nestled cozy atop a snow-blanketed mountain in southeastern California. I wrote 90% of my new book’s first draft (“Tell The Truth, Let The Peace Fall Where It May”), I took yummy photos (see below), ate no sugar, and decided to launch a new
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that 2012 has been a year of deep transformation for me … the kind that unapologetically and completely devours you, offering no assurances for your survival. One thing blessedly (finally!) emerging from this challenging time is my first book, Tell The Truth and Let The Peace Fall Where
It’s been one year since I’ve moved full time to Los Angeles; one year since my main project, music band Here II Here, called it quits. In this past year, I’ve worked hard to launch Here II Here singer/songwriter Ash Ruiz’s solo project, including producing one of the best music videos I’ve ever seen and
[Dust-storm Self-Portrait at Burning Man] join me on instagram @ bryancito I’m back.T’was an epic 1400-mile, 8-day journey to the remote northern Nevada desert, where more than 60,000 of humanity’s most imaginative, creative, inspired beings gathered for the great experiment that is Burning Man: radical inclusion, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, participation, gifting, civic responsibility …
Have you ever experienced a white-out dust storm in the desert??How about in your Life? (c) Scott Williams – Website photo by “Jay” – His Album In a few days, I’m headed off to Burning Man Festival, the massive annual festival where the human imagination (the lighter side) is set loose upon a 400 sq-mile
“You are permanently employed by the Universe.” ~ Marianne Williamson I heard Marianne say that a few weeks ago at one of her brilliant weekly lectures in Beverly Hills. At the time, I was sitting in the midst of uncomfortable professional stagnancy as a transformational artist manager. My various projects appeared to me either stalled
“The point of life is not to have the perfect family or get the right job or sell millions of albums … the point is simply to wake up.” ~ Ash Ruiz “We gotta work through our shit; we can’t just overpower it.” ~ Me These blogs are adventures in vulnerability for me. I have