The most disciplined thing I have done creatively, to finish a book. I started in 2016, the pandemic set me back a bit but I persevered. Looking forward to how people will react to this one and eager for any feedback.
This meditation has been curated to deeply understand the concerns and intentions of creatives and where our process can strengthen in the future. What if there were twelve jewels, tailored to creatives?
This started as a letter to my unborn children. As I was wrapping up the tail end of my meditation, I forgot who I was, and I came back to these drafts of my thoughts to remember who we all strive to become. I am no better than whoever is reading these meditations. Essentially these are all our meditations – a way to come back to our true selves. I too get lost on the road, I helped build. These are notes for us when we need them the most, a friend in time of need.
AFTERWORD
This meditation has been curated to deeply understand the concerns and intentions of creatives and where our process can strengthen in the future. I needed to articulate my inner thoughts, as much as I needed to express them to others. The main intention is companionship. After losing an artist I knew to suicide and one of my best friends to suicide, only a few years apart, I knew there needed to be a space for these kinds of conversations. It also inspired me to get back to scriptwriting, and I reprised an idea for a story titled Nine Ways to Hide a Spirit. Though initially scrapped, I kept thinking what if someone saw this film and it helped them feel more understood in the world? There is a plethora of concepts we can meditate on, but these concepts felt like the best foundation to lay our pillars. We can start by having a conscious look at the way we use the physical and mental space around us; our vision enhances in the way we perceive our craft and our place in the world. When we master space and perception, we take gradual steps to improve the way we experience time. Intently navigating people and spaces, helps us meditate on a new form of wealth using opportunity, exchange, and pliancy to navigate in creative environments and build our own money tree. A self-created dojo, through a God-given conscience, brings out the best in our distribution of energy, habit, and balance. An ambience. The greatest struggle is moving through a perceived moment of limbo, seeing no future, and having to build from the strengths of our past (nostalgia) in order to create a future foundation using pillars to build our legacy. My original problem identifier for this project, what if there were twelve jewels, more tailored to creatives?
- MCMXX