Sweetness of Being

Another amazing night of music, drumming, dancing, sweating the stress out of the bones of my being! This medicine of community music is, for me, far more than anything else can give me. It's real, it's tangible, it's hands moving, eyes seeing, feet pounding, body shaking, soul resurrecting truth beyond anything else.

And the amazingness of REAL people, not hpyed up on a stage, not separated by the over amplification of electronics, but sharing the floor together, all at the same level of being. Witnessing, and being witnessed. Singing and BEING the song, dancing and BEING the dance, Praying and BEING the prayer.

The sweetness of being, such a deep and profound truth of human experience that we, with our modern culture, dj's and over amplified sounds have forgotten as a mass.

I give thanks to those who are keeping this way of being alive. Those who still play music together for the love of community and sharing, for the experience of depth that it offers and the undeniable bond that it forms between us as humans on this swirling planet earth. Compassion for our stumblings, for our untrained voices more beautiful than any trained one to my ears often, for our unique ways of moving and grooving.

I give thanks to you, Musers of Life, for continuing this journey of truth and prayerful celebration on Planet Earth thru music, dance and song. Thank you!

My Open Opened Heart

I can't help it, late at night after this medicine of Music Making, my heart is just so open and full with love and inspiration, my body is tired and full, and I want to share it, spread it around and ignite passion in the hearts of others to PLAY TOGETHER in this healthy and positive way.

Generations of beings, from 60-10 years old are sharing space together, praying around candles and sharing the depths of the human experience thru this practice. Voices carrying, real human voices, not altered, reverbed and fixed up to sound "perfect" but real true voices of all facets of human expression: sadness, fear, exhaustion, stress, joy, goofiness, play, prayer.. it's all showing up every week in the practice of The Muse...

And I am so honored to have been asked this coming weekend to participate in an event @ CU that is promoting awareness of community sharings, talking circles, music making and the arts as an alternative to our youth to bars, fights and street violence. I am so touched...

And I am so tired.. sleep comes to me so much easier after a night like this when my heart is just wide open with love and compassion and the experience of witnessing and being witnessed in a creative, unique, shamanistic way with other beings of profound love...

Thank you to those who participate in this practice of mindfullness, this mediation of the soul, and this way of being together that goes beyond any other experience I've ever known in this life... the most real, tangible and profound sharings I've ever known..

Thank you.. from the bottom of my heart.

Sacred Sharing

Amazing heart sharings of songs created in the moment by ordinary real people given permission to explore and play

Super trancey, deep sharings of the soul come effortlessly when we are given permission to be real with our humanness

I know this as medicine, as food that keeps me sane and balanced in a world that seems determined to desensitize, disconnect and distract

When I think about the options for a night out: a loud DJ scene, get numbed out @ bars or with TV, try to talk (or avoid) to drunk people, another dinner at a restaurant, a class that directs my energy for me, telling me what to do when and how, a movie, surfing the net, checking email, going to sleep out of total over sensationalized exhaustion from doing, going, talking, working all day and feeling a little empty...

OR
being where I was tonite: in a sacred space, creating music in the moment with other people, feeling and knowing myself as part of something REAL, tangible and clear that isn't a show but a full merging of spirit, and form with other beings who are open enough to be exposed, witnessed and support others in that same space..going to bed feeling inspired, lifted, grateful and totally amazed by witnessing other beings... wow..like I am now, and EVERY WEEK after th Muse session..

There is no contemplation on which is a more rewarding option for me: it's like saying do you want Intimacy and truth OR Sensationalism and Illusion... do you want to be Blasted by music that is unhealthily loud OR Embraced and softened by Ineractive Sensitivity...where the musicians will ACTUALLY RESPOND TO YOU, WITH YOU & FOR YOU? Do I want to watch the show or BE the EXPERIENCE ITSELF.. Hmm... ???

No brainer for me... Obviously that's why I keep showing up to do this Magical Mystical Muse Experience, & hold the space week after week...

Don't get me wrong.. all things have their place.. techno, DJ's and bars included.. and I'm not putting them down: Once in a while I even like to go to those places/events myself... I'm only suggesting that thru the obsession and exclusiveness of that "way" we are losing touch with some integral and powerful part of the human experience that is really the foundation for all of it.. Before electronica, and nightclubs was music circles, fire circles, drumming, dancing... they are the total root of where we are now, it's always been music that's brought people together.. only now most of what we are hearing isn't really live, there's no direct and real interaction between the musicians and the dancers.. (obviously I'm talking about electronica here, not bands). Music has become more of a spectator sport than a participatory community experience that connects people and empowers people to sing, and be part of the creation...

Well..for those of you in Boulder.. you may not know what you miss every Wednesday night from 9-11 PM, so you may not even miss it.. but I can tell you there is some really sweet and powerful magic happening, totally different every week... There is a beautiful and intimate community forming that is creating something very unique in these times where people have, for the most part, forgotten that making music, telling stories and being humans together is a NATURAL EXPERIENCE...

If you haven't made it yet, or have been away for a while... come play with us.. you might just find something you didn't know how much you were missing... YOUR SELF... and a transcendental experience of the human beingness that goes beyond words...

Consider this a formal invitation.. if you're not in Boulder, find a space and invite people to come play in it with you, get funky, get creative, get OPEN, pray, dance, sing, tell your stories, and turn off the stereo and the super loud stuff and listen to the sweet still space between the beats and between the moments, hear the breath of each other, the sounds of the night breathing with you, the songs you never knew were in you... the ancient voices, the future prophesies...

Do it.. it's the oldest most ancient art form and it's being lost and forgotten to techno and bars...

It's worth considering: Once in a while, give yourself the chance to experience the natural essence of music, acoustic, and co-created in community... this is the roots of all of it... truly... don't forget..and teach the children..

See ya in the Dreamtime..

Boulder: Wednesday nights 8:45 PM-10:30: The Magical Mystical Muse Experience: Sacred Improv Jam space for everyone