The joy is in the journey. You’ve probably heard that before. What does that really mean? Especially when parts of the journey are challenging or just plain dreadful? Something within me seems so unquenchably hungry to arrive somewhere, as if I’m incessantly hunting for a place of rest, of peace … a place where I
Recently, I attended the “Lightning in a Bottle” (LIB) festival in southern California. LIB is kind of a “Burning Man” Festival warm-up weekend, though in the same way you go to Kindergarten to warm-up for a Ph.D. program. While I was there, I had a conversation with a brilliant artist friend that completely blew open
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRE63-tNQLM ABOVE IS THE actual June 12-released FULL LENGTH MUSIC VIDEO BELOW IS THE June 1 POST ANNOUNCING IT’S PREVIEW Crazy excited!!!! Just 10 more days till we release Ash’s “Burn (One Love)” Music Video, directed by Elevate Films. You know, I rarely give myself props for what I do. I work hard, I give
♦◊♦ I’ve never tried to pull a caterpillar out of its cocoon, hoping to catch an early glimpse of the butterfly. I don’t recall ever ripping open the closed bud of a spring flower, desperate to experience its full bloom glory. I do, however, sometimes eat raw cookie dough before I bake the cookie. But
“I literally just got home from producing the festival of my life and now my girlfriend is telling me to change the kitty litter.” ~ Fabian Alsultany, co-founder of Tadasana Festival Co-founder Fabian Alsultany gets painted at Tadasana as teachers Hemalayaa and Parashakti supervise Fabian and I looked at each other and laughed hysterically after
“We can hear God speak to us when it is silent.”~ Movie Quote (“I Am Legend”) I’m driving to Death Valley tonight with my music artist, Ash Ruiz, for a desert sunrise photo shoot at 430am. Driving to Death Valley is powerfully symbolic for me as I’m in the chaotic throws of a deep transformational
On Monday, I gave a live video interview about how I came to the Transformational Entertainment world, sharing my personal spiritual challenges as a Captain in the US Air Force, my life leading up to “Managing The Magic” with conscious music band Here II Here, working with the brilliant teacher/artist/songwriter/performer/laugher-extraordinaire, Ash Ruiz, joining GATE (Global
This blog is an ongoing discovery into how authentic I’m truly ready to be with you. Or not ready. What am I truly willing to confess publicly … forever? I’m certainly discovering there is no such thing as an “objective truth” to share, anyway. For all my experiences, there are seemingly infinite filters through which
There are days on this magical adventure when I feel that everything is going so wondrously right. I have a few special meetings with incredible people or a series of phone calls where pieces of the grand puzzle fall miraculously into place; maybe we make powerful progress one day on conceptualizing the first music video
This past Tuesday, we met in Ojai with Elevate Films’ Founder and Film Director Mikki Willis, along with Patty Yu(niverse), the star of that viral video “Shit New Age Girls Say”, and her boyfriend , Elevate film director, J Quest. Mikki is directing our first music video, which at first we decided was going to