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    Prayer and Meditation: The Self-Care Advantage for Artists & Creatives.
    • May 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Prayer and Meditation: The Self-Care Advantage for Artists & Creatives.

    In the weeks following the roll-out of shelter-in-place mandates toward flattening the curve against COVID-19, the practice of self-care...
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    Unconditioned Creativity.
    • Jun 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    Unconditioned Creativity.

    The life of an artist and creative can easily become overwrought and inhibited by worry and anxiety that if left unattended, can...
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    Working the Weight of Circumstance.
    • May 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Working the Weight of Circumstance.

    Jazz master and saxophonist, Wayne Shorter once stated: “Your humanity is your instrument.” In parallel, an artist’s body could be...
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    Traveling Light Through the Work of Self-Love
    • Jan 13, 2019
    • 4 min

    Traveling Light Through the Work of Self-Love

    Romantic love can become complex and weighted, when diluted with fear, dysfunction and self-serving motives--causing a considerable...
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    Self-Care During the Holidays: Eliminating the Need for Escapism.
    • Dec 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    Self-Care During the Holidays: Eliminating the Need for Escapism.

    Saxophonist Wayne Shorter once stated: “Your humanity is your instrument.” For artists, that metaphor can be extended to the care of the...
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    Prayerful Composition.
    • Dec 16, 2018
    • 2 min

    Prayerful Composition.

    Prayer and meditation are both an effective means of navigating worry and negativity in the face of personal challenges and trials on a...
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    Answered Prayer: The Invitation to Act.
    • Dec 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Answered Prayer: The Invitation to Act.

    In a Cyber-Monday world where almost anything can be ordered and delivered according to expectation via express shipping, it is a wonder...
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    A Festivus Perspective: The Power of Words.
    • Nov 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    A Festivus Perspective: The Power of Words.

    I have always loved the concept of the Festivus holiday for its candid catharsis and bizarrely comedic properties. The holiday, as...
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    Self-Love & Fourth-Quarter Forgiveness.
    • Nov 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Self-Love & Fourth-Quarter Forgiveness.

    The last months of the year are typically accompanied by a time of self-reflection, where the facts of our lives serve as headline copy...
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    The Backflip: The Laws of Physics and Self-Care.
    • Oct 7, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Backflip: The Laws of Physics and Self-Care.

    Hip-hop artist and recent Pulitzer Prize honoree, Kendrick Lamar posted a series of vintage, on-the-road video vignettes on Instagram...
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    The Courage to Let Go.
    • Sep 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Courage to Let Go.

    Courage is a trait that is mostly associated with the confrontation of fear, injustice and immediate physical danger. But there is a...
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    Mastering the Change of Modulation.
    • Aug 26, 2018
    • 4 min

    Mastering the Change of Modulation.

    A couple of weeks ago, while visiting family in New Orleans, I had an opportunity to visit The Presbytère, a former monastery residence,...
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    Environmental Protections: How to Survive the Toxicity of Your Environment Throughout Your Career
    • Aug 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Environmental Protections: How to Survive the Toxicity of Your Environment Throughout Your Career

    Environment is generally defined as the elements and surrounding space in which one lives. Your principle power as an artist lies in the...
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    Finding Your Identity Through Purpose.
    • Jul 21, 2018
    • 4 min

    Finding Your Identity Through Purpose.

    Most artists self-identify by what they do well. For most of my life—if not my entire life, my identity was cemented in my talent as a...
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    Remembering Whitney.
    • Jul 14, 2018
    • 4 min

    Remembering Whitney.

    I have so many thoughts about the Whitney Houston documentary and so much anger about the circumstances of her life. The film revealed...
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    Faith x Mindset... Plus One.
    • Jun 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    Faith x Mindset... Plus One.

    About seven years ago, I found myself falling further into a depression that originated from a growing anger and frustration with a...
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    The Finer Things
    • Jun 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Finer Things

    I was house-sitting in Burbank for a friend back in 2006 and was charged with watering the front and back lawns and the backyard floral...
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    Under the Influence: Thoughts on Depression
    • Jun 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Under the Influence: Thoughts on Depression

    I was thinking this morning about what to blog about and the topic of depression came to mind. It is something I've struggled with and...
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    Thank You For Being a... Confidant.
    • May 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Thank You For Being a... Confidant.

    Some days you just need someone to listen without judgment. In some instances, a good sermon can be just as helpful, when you're...
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