Chandra's first retreat

Got out to the Artist Sanctuary in Kaupo today
I am deeply inspired and truly ignited
The Sanctuary is coming together and is a laboratory for creation and connection. It's fertile ground and I'm sincerely honored to be part of it

Today was a magical day of synchronicity and creation
I completed the song "SIREN" with my music producer Jason Brown
I'm juiced and stoked for this upcoming week of creativity
I'm going to put the song to the new images I've almost completed with photographer Michael Gingerich and make a slideshow with music

The most profound message I left with was...

"It's great to be in appreciation of what we have and all that but it's more important to translate it into an offering to the world at large"

As I was driving back home from Kaupo this morning, I read "YIELD" so many times! So... I'm taking it in... I'm Yielding...

♥ Blessings
Chandra

A Positive Vortex

This morning i woke up to a double rainbow,

What a spectacle, early morning sunlight, mist on the east and a clear blue sky on the west

To breath in the air and realize the importance of our lives as the fortunate artists that can absorb beauty and expand the possibility of its presence in less fortunate places.

This voyage, now on the fourth day of the 76 days is already creating a  positive vortex,  thank you all for being part of this expansion.

New Moon: Ashana & Chandra - Day 2

 This day begins 

 With a fragile knowing that all my love affairs are temporary, 

 This passionate dance between sun, moon, my heart, mind

 Singing revives me, adorning the intangible 

 Maybe the only clothes I've ever been truly comfortable in

 Singing my first song of the day,

 I'm dressed.

 - Ashana sophia morrow

Letting go of what is not in service to my bliss, joy and sense of thrivival It is difficult sense the loss what is comfortable and familiar I dissolve - an act or instance of moving gradually from one picture to another The new picture is designing itself Trusting, surrender to the artist - also known as the great creator Loosing my identity I strive for freedom - the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without Is it possible in this realm or must we find the entrance to another?

Chandra Krown

Michael Ryals

Tending the Creative Space - Lauren Harris

This morning I dreamt that we were working at Villa Tamarinda, cleaning , clearing, and then....you turned the spigot to flood fresh taro patches in the center of the property

Tonight I sit, with a moment of stillness etched into the darkness.

The kettle stirs, calling me to come closer to the fire, and I notice the tea leaves in a mystical dance.

Tonight I write, as the pen flows from me.

I watch, and the nameless casts it's intricate design across the page.

This shadow, becomes a brush stroke, becomes a word, and soon white paper is cloaked in a dust of charcoal.

Tell me, when you look at the page, do you see tea leaves?

If you do, you have caught a glimpse of my heart.

It is stirring in the wakefulness of a drawing.

It is stirring to the memory of you, in the fire, wrought in the rapture of this creating moment.

Tonight, I give in to the scent of the muse.... 

- Lauren Harris

Day 1 - Welcome Peter, Chandra & Danielle

Welcome to the very beginning of the "76 days, Visions and Revolutions'' September 7, first new moon after the Autumn Equinox.  This is the first day of this project. It is a new moon and the beginning of this inner navigation. The Kaupo Art Sanctuary is  an experimental gathering of artists of all disciplines with the intention of observing what happens when we all pour our individual creativity into a greater collective 'whole'. I'm so curious to explore myself on the journey and learn more about the process and vision that is coming together here.

My perception is that this experiment can affect my creativity, productivity and ability to share my creative self with others. As a community of artists, we can inspire and touch each other's crafts while we weave a gorgeous tapestry for our magical communal carpet ride...

Here are some drops from the creative fountain:

  

a sun is setting and i am stunned by this day

a new moon will rise reminding us to empty

we are light, we are dark

we are dark, we are light

color full spectrum

empty

pause

empty

awaken

pause

brilliant inner being, you are so bright

- Chandra Krown (aerial dancer/ choreographer)

Thank you so much for including me in your creative vision and dream.   Sounds like a wonderful synergy to be a part of.   I'm excited. I recorded a little piece in response to the painting you sent me today to acknowledge the beginning of this 76 day cycle and our group exploration. 

- Peter Keter - (composer/pianist)

PRESS PLAY TO EXPERIENCE PIERO & PETERS' DISCOURSE

A moment arises, I allow myself to listen...wind, a gecko chirps, rain on a tin roof, ocean, a piano note, Simran's laugh, all the sounds that fill my life.  Inspired to capture the sounds that I live and breathe, the words that are and have been waiting, bursting to come out.  The opportunity to say 'the time is now'.  The music that pulses through my veins will become tangible.      

A Host, Piero Resta. A Sanctuary, Kaupo.  An exchange of thoughts, dreams, sounds, colors, visions.  We come together in this life to inspire and be.  It is with great honor and a humble heart, I accept the invitation to be apart of this artist exploration. To 76 days...

- Danielle Delaunay (singer/songwriter/actress/dancer/muse)

Visions & Revolutions

We are only a breath away from the official beginning of the Voyage
The interest is mounting at a great speed, and we will continually monitor our progress and growth of the original idea.
The number of artist will grow daily until the 36th.
Please send your condensed vision of your understanding about the Event at the Kaupo Art Sanctuary, focusing on your perception of the importance that the experiment can have first to your self, then to the larger community of artists.
We have created this journal to share the intimacy of our Laboratory, the way we create and what we create, 
Our tools are language, images, stills, short film clips, sound bites, etc.
Imagine the viewer to be able to participate in the life style of the artist


We will need to constantly remember to contribute to this blog, our tool of communication.


So welcome, dear Celestial Navigators!
Make your contribution to the blog a priority and you will flourish from it..


Much love


Piero