Mayan Dream Musings

As I muse today, my candles are burning brightly and I am loving the warmth of my studio. Outside we are experiencing the traditional January Thaw. The sun is shining and it may get up to 45 degrees today. Mother Earth knows that we need a bit of warmth about this time of year. She is wise indeed!

Today is the day that I send the Emergence album to DiscMakers for duplication. How exciting is that! Wisdom has held it in her arms….waiting for the Spring of 2008.

The Emergence album is completely packaged for mailing. What is in this package? I thought you might enjoy a peek into the world of CD manifestation.

I have enclosed
…. the CD master of the Emergence music
….. the digital photos of the graphic design for the front 4 page insert, the back cover, and the disc label, and the digital photo of the Emergence artwork and of me
… hard copies of the front 4 page insert, the back cover, the disc label, and the photo of the Emergence artwork and of me
…..the signed quote from DiscMakers,
….the signed paper that says that all of my music is actually owned by me (that I have not violated copyright in any way),
…and a letter from me with directions for DiscMakers.

The creation of the music is a creative process of months. The creation of the artwork for the cover and of the graphic design is also a creative process of months. The creation of the mailing package for Discmakers is the process of bringing everything together so that an album can be duplicated and out into the world. It takes about a year for the wisdom process to bring all of this together to provide the musical album which can be nationally and internationally distributed.

I will send the Emergence package out today to Discmakers. Then I will begin the immediate journey of bringing Emergence into the world. The internet is my friend and portal to the world in this process. There are millions of unknown people who want the Emergence album. My journey is to find them and let them find me.

My website is the portal…..my soul is the wisdom…..my deepbody is the means through which wisdom acts in the world.

Adding to the joy of this day…Soul/Deepbody music of a friend is playing on my computer and I am deeply appreciating the beauty and energy of her music. I will be creating the Soul/Deepbody music update for 2008 for this friend tomorrow. Joy!

With Love to all.

January is flying by! As is most of the country, we are in intense cold today but the sunshine is equally intense. The sunshine reflects off of the snow and backdrops the artistry of black tree branches. I am always amazed at the purposefulness of the shapes of tree branches. Each type of tree has its own tree shape….formed in its purpose….each one extraordinarily beautiful.

My Indiana Sales Tax is due at the end of this month, so most of my time (when not painting my studio complex) has been focused on looking at all of last year’s sales…not only to make sure my sales tax is paid on time, but also to let the finances of 2007 teach me about this year 2008. Finances are a great and joyful teacher!

My new studio colors are just fabulous. As I began to paint the walls the earth greens and the trim in the soft browns I felt supported and calm. However, when I first began to paint the reds and oranges…..alarm!….against the former white of my studio walls the reds and oranges were crazy. Yikes! What had I done! My past experience with these kinds of colors kept me painting and when the walls were complete with no more white showing…..oh my!….the colors are absolutely incredible and super supportive to my journey through this next year. I love walking into my studio area now.

Indiana State taxes are still calling me…..so onward to more financial exploration and…with the Dance of Light music playing…..a playful, joyful day.

With much love.

It’s been over two weeks since the writing muse has struck. Yikes! I was awakened at 4:30 this morning to write. So, my cup of coffee is at my side… a necessary part of early morning writing…..and here we go.

This week is all about repainting my studio space and letting go of all old furniture in my studio to bring in the new. Ann came over and her magical expert eye helped me choose my colors for this newness. We have a color called “Burning Bush” on the wall which displays Ann’s 30 x 40″ artwork (Heart of Sky/Heart of Earth, and Emergence album covers), a color that is the orange/brown of the hair of the goddess Bridget in Ilene’s artwork (The Journey of Joy) on two other walls which display three of Ilene’s 30 x 40″ paintings, and the wall which is mostly window is painted in a earth green tone. The trim is a beautiful soft color which has greens and browns in its gentle, warm accent.

This entire year I will be supported by this warmth of color….supported as I write, play music, take care of business kinds of things, and teach. How cool is that! As for the furniture….only beautiful things are allowed in this studio.

Tasks like painting are zen-like for me. They bring me into a space of quiet. I am playing the music of Dance of Light over and over as I paint. The lightness, joy, humor, energy of this new music celebrating the winter solstice (check out Earth Essence link on this website for free download) is going to radiate from the walls of this studio all year.

Already from December of 2007 through today, I have recorded six Soul/Deepbody update albums for people. This music is emerging as “in the world” music for those who already have Soul/Deepbody music. Thanks to the trip to Guatemala/Honduras in late September of 07, the music comes more quickly and is unique to this space and time for an individual. One of my fears at the beginning of my journey with Soul/Deepbody music was that it would all begin to sound the same. Well…..as it turns out, SOUL does not work that way! The source of creativity is limitless and infinitely varied. My imprint is on all of my music just as every artist, every teacher, every writer has their own style.
But I have learned from this constant outpouring of music that each person is so unique in their journey that their music also is unique. Over the last year people have encouraged me to create CDs that include various compositions from different individual’s Soul/Deepbody music. I experimented with this idea by burning some playlists of compilations of different individuals music combined into a CD to see how the energy felt. The answer is NO. Each person’s Soul/Deepbody music has a unique vibration that belongs to their album only. Conrad has said that he cannot use most of his own Soul/Deepbody music in groups because it is so specific to his own journey. So much for my own limited perceptions and fears at the beginning of the year 2007 concerning the Soul/Deepbody music!

The Earth Essence music is just about complete. I will be adding the jaguar at the end of January and then all of you who take advantage of the free download will have an Earth Essence album which has nine different pieces….almost an hour of music celebrating the beautiful, wonderful, nurturing energy of Mother Earth. Don’t forget to download Dance of Light which was put up on the website on January 15.

Lightness….newness….beginner’s mind….the gentle touch of the embrace of the Earth….play….creativity…..fun…..intuitive spark….

all of this is the gift of 2008. Enjoy!

With all my love.

Well friends…..June marks two years of self-employment as a musician. 2007 also closed a 20 year cycle for Mayan Dream Productions, Int’l. A new and exciting 20 year cycle began in 2008.

I have written many Musings (150+) over the last years. Some were published as hard copy newsletters, and some were published as blogs in wordpress on this website.

To celebrate the new 20 year cycle that began in 2008 and is now going strong, I am bringing Musings to a new level. I am discontinuing writing new posts on wordpress and instead writing new posts on blogspot.com. Wordpress will be your link to the Musings archive….the place to go when you want to read my past writings.

Why have I switched to blogspot.com? This new site is easy for me to post photos anytime I want, to have a slideshow and other great features, and it is dynamic and colorful. Since 2008 is all about life and vitality and the spirit of the Heart of Everything and the soul of the Earth, blogspot works better for me now.

So, for my newest Musings, please go to http://mayandream.blogspot.com.