Really....how do we get there?

Life in the the day to day seems to get bogged down or shall I say
bogs people down.

Not all the time, but there sure is something to be said about getting too consumed with the go-go bustle of typical work days.

The way that many cope with this is through their dreams.
The future they see for themselves that makes them smile.
These dreams are what we feel is important.

When I think of my future, I see things relatively clearly.
I want to write and perform music.
That is my base, my foundation, my rock.
There is much more to it than that but it all stems from this
root.

Personally I need to perform in a summer festival tour of some sort
before my days are numbered. That is the ultimate! That is where I will be
the freest, happiest, Zenest me I can be! Those moments that I have playing in my head so vividly, of being on stage in front of thousands of people singing along to our music and jumping and running around in pure bliss. A community. A rock show is a community. When a great band interacts with the crowd through their music, a bond is formed and a community is born. Through each lyric sung together the band and audience become one living thing of absoluteness. Nothing but energy, happiness and sweat!!

Once I reach these goals with my music, I do see myself hunkering down and trying to build or help a community through the arts.

I envision a space that we would call our home. A place that can hold all of our ideas at once! A place where the people I want to be around will BE around most of the time! I want everyone to feel welcome. This place will be comfortable. It will be lively and fresh. It will be bubbling with creativity. I want to see painting happening while guests and friends are eating healthy meals or sipping tea and coffee, while a musician is serenading us with lovely tunes. I see a warehouse amount of space that has art studios, music studios, yoga studios etc. I see classes happening. Lots of things. Gardens. Growing. Making for a better life.
Creating a peaceful and sustainable life through our work is what I see and want. Make life better as we move forward toward the dreams we have.

What can we do to get to this fabulous place?
Welp... The final vision is pretty grandiose, so it all comes down to preperation.
The steps we can take, I can take, are basic.
I need to teach guitar lessons. Starting small by having one or two students for now, but this is part of the community I envision...having art and music available for all who want to be a part of it. So if I start teaching my art to others now, I am already better preparing for our future endeavors that will without a doubt involve teaching to those willing to learn.

I also need to keep getting further involved in the community that already exists at New Alliance. This is where Zip-Tie practices along with soo many other great bands. This is also where we and countless others have recorded albums and had them mastered. So many interesting people pass in and out of this place and I am lucky enough to be around it a few times a week. This is the perfect place to understand the way different artistic minds weave together to form a great community. It may even be a good place to showcase our talents or test our ideas....

The band and I have talked about even selling sandwiches in the building because we know bands want to eat. So that is another thing that could easily happen in the short term and would give us some small experience with some business venture of sorts..

thoughts. thoughts....

oh the thoughts.

the sun is not done yet.

but may be soon.

Dreaming....the ways we get there

Echo. Echoing thoughts that we have.
Making sure that they are materialized in some form.
Not lost in the abyss of consciousness
that streams so ever constantly.

That's what we are supposed to do.