music
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Stoking Our Creative Fires
I have been having a lot of fun lately playing with new ways to stoke my creative fires. For we are all creative beings, although for many of us this joy of creating something can get a bit dampened in the day-to-day challenges of modern-day life. Now creativity I am talking about is not Continue reading
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Being Light
As we enter this period of increasing darkness in the annual cycle, I have been contemplating what it truly means to hold the light within the darkness. And how we can strive to be lighter, in the truest sense of the world. A Brazilian song I recently rediscovered has given me a fresh perspective on Continue reading
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Honoring the Mountain, Honoring the Water

Imagine partying non-stop for a month, as a sacred act. That’s what goes on throughout much of the Ecuadorian Andes starting on the summer solstice. In a tradition that extends back to long before the Inca in this part of the globe, communities and villages celebrate Inti Raymi, or the sun festival long and hard. Continue reading

