One of the greatest gifts of constantly traveling (aside from the obvious lol), is that while waiting for trains and planes I get lots of time to listen to amazing music, and to contemplate lots of amazing ideas. Digging back into Wassily Kandinsky and connecting with some of his ideas surrounding art and spirituality. Octavia Butler said “All that you touch. You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.”. I am always willing to be changed; transformed by powerful ideas and concepts and to be used as a vessel for that force that some call God. Others call it Love, or Divine Intelligence. I am a servant willing to use the tools of music that I have been given to inspire, uplift, and heal the planet and all life on it. Maestro Pablo Casals said “I am a man first and an artist second. As an artist, my job is to defend human dignity which I will do through music”. Maestra Niña Simone said “How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it?”. Baba John Coltrane said “I want to be a force for real good”. This is what it’s about for me!
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