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The Nature of RelationshipsEvery morning lately,I walk the same greenbelt trail.Backwards first (of course),then forward...
31/07/2025

The Nature of Relationships

Every morning lately,
I walk the same greenbelt trail.
Backwards first (of course),
then forward through the trees.

There’s one tree —
out of hundreds —
whose branch I brushed one day.
Maybe it brushed me.
We started something.

Now, each morning,
I say hello with a soft touch.
No one notices.
But I do.
So does the tree.

This morning,
pre-sunrise,
I turned back —
just to be with it a moment longer.

And I saw new growth —
baby branches growing up and out
Just below where the city had cut a large limb.

It was healing.
It was expressing.
It was balancing itself.
It was being Nature.

Just like us.

We’re growing from where we’ve been cut.
We’re reaching out.
Seeking balance.
Longing for wholeness.

A relationship with a tree,
a pattern,
a breath,
a self.

It’s all the same thread.

Projects and talent are always developed in layers. Mastery doesn’t arrive all at once.Long Form Projects are Cre...
13/07/2025

Projects and talent are always developed in layers. Mastery doesn’t arrive all at once.
Long Form Projects are Created in Layers.

I know - me too - I mean - we all love the fantasy of the “one weekend script.”

You know the legend: someone goes into a cabin, emerges 72 hours later with a perfect screenplay, sells it Monday, wins awards by spring.

Sure, maybe that happened once. Somewhere.

But the script you see onscreen?

The final, edited, color-corrected, scored with heartstring-tugging music - that one?
That came in layers.
Layers of writing.
Layers of complexity.
Layers of awareness.

I taught myself how to juggle three balls. Then, I added the roller bolo — you know, that circus plank-on-cylinder contraption.

Juggling alone: hard.
Bolo alone: harder.
Together: chaos.

But here’s the magic — when I practiced with both and then went back to just juggling?
My juggling was better.

Complexity sharpens simplicity.

The same goes for storytelling, acting, living.

You add a new layer of awareness, a new physical skill, a new level of emotional depth — and suddenly, what used to be difficult becomes smooth. Integrated. Embodied.

Here’s is the take-away:

To build those layers, you have to slow down.
Reactivity — whether in a heated conversation or a missed throw — is fast.
But real growth? That’s slow. That’s breath-filled.
And this is why I do so much breathing.

I am secretly training my nervous system to say, “I got this. You, don’t have to panic.”

As artists, we need to have MORE range than the characters we write or play.
We can’t be caught in their reactivity — we have to witness it, shape it, shepherd it through the narrative.

So don’t rush the layers.

Welcome them.

Trust that the time it takes... is the time it needs.
Both of you are in development. You and Your project. Both need time and attention and articulation of what is next. And when both come together - shall I say - “Brilliance will ensue.”

:)
TS. “Where creativity comes to Breathe”

You ever notice… in the creative life — and, frankly, in daily life too — you’re always operating in one of two modes: #...
12/07/2025

You ever notice… in the creative life — and, frankly, in daily life too — you’re always operating in one of two modes:
#1 Intention
&
#2. Anything Other Than Intention
There’s the Intention or the signal — that clear transmission, that pulse of purpose, that gut-level yes of that which we are choosing to create. That’s when you’re either receiving meaningful intel… or sending it out into the world. You are on task - filled with passion about your INTENT.
And then, there’s the noise — the distortion, distraction, doubt, doomscroll, detour, and drama.
Now, I know this might sound a little binary. But sometimes clarity is binary — especially when you’re trying to create something real.
One moment you’re with your pure intent - your hot signal. Next thing you know, you’re tangled in someone else’s WiFi of worry or despair. Or worse yet - the culture drift that happens when we enter into the Fear D’ Jour
It helps to remember:
Even 100 years ago, people considered that new thing called - electricity and streetcars were distractions. Now we’re contending with 1,000 time more inputs — and a whole lot more invisible static is right behind it,
So today, as you navigate your scene, your script, your studio, your soul — ask:
Am I with my signal?
Or am I in the noise of the day - pretending to be productive in someone else’s game?

It was just past dawn. 5:44 AM.It’s one of those early mornings when the air is crisp enough to remind you - you are ali...
10/07/2025

It was just past dawn. 5:44 AM.
It’s one of those early mornings when the air is crisp enough to remind you - you are alive and still quiet enough to hear yourself think. I’m just finishing up my morning run, pushing through that final stretch, lungs open, senses alive. And as I come around the bend of this small green park right by the fountain, I see it.
A wheelchair.
Abandoned. Still. Slightly turned toward the curb, like someone just stood up and walked away.
Or perhaps the occupant was taken away by some kind of social service program. Either way - an abandoned wheelchair was there to greet me as the sun rose in LA today.
Now, here’s the thing—that wheelchair didn’t say a word, didn’t make a sound. But to me, it spoke volumes. Why? Because I gave it meaning.
You see, my father spent over 27 years in a wheelchair. So, that object isn’t neutral for me. My body reacts. My breath shifts. My heart remembers.
But to someone else? That same wheelchair might just be .,.. for the rest of the blog post, please go to the site/resources/blog postings. It is vitally important to know the power of images and how to work with them as a creative as a storyteller. But it’s also important to know that objects in of themselves have no meaning other than the meaning we give it. And it’s the same with words. It’s the same with everything. The entire universe is nothing but neutrality in motion. And we give it meaning. We are meaning making machines. And some of us are lucky enough to be able to create art or stories or books or images or music or or or. .

Create release relax. This is the holy Trinity of all creative processes. Every day is so important to keep this in your...
07/07/2025

Create release relax. This is the holy Trinity of all creative processes. Every day is so important to keep this in your awareness. Today I create something today I released something today I relax staying in that natural nature based rhythm will keep us going for the long-term

The infrastructure of the entertainment industry is interwoven to the Fabric of Angeles like no other. It is so deep it ...
19/06/2025

The infrastructure of the entertainment industry is interwoven to the Fabric of Angeles like no other. It is so deep it is so rich. It is so present… After a while, you don’t even notice it. But once you see it. You see it. This is all withintwo block radius of Beverly Hills. This is just the signage. This is just one company.

Midas. Touch. ;))
12/05/2025

Midas. Touch. ;))

We begin in less than 45 minutes. 5:30 PM PST.
18/04/2025

We begin in less than 45 minutes. 5:30 PM PST.

Tonight. Friday. At 5:33 PM PST I will be going live to do some breathing talk about the creator process and all other t...
18/04/2025

Tonight. Friday. At 5:33 PM PST I will be going live to do some breathing talk about the creator process and all other things related to upward spiraling nature based creative work.

Come breathe with me, is more than an online class. It is an energetic reset and approach to your whole creative proces...
16/04/2025

Come breathe with me, is more than an online class. It is an energetic reset and approach to your whole creative process. Yes we start with breathing, we continue with deep mental and physical relaxation and then we work with integration tools. If you have questions, you can set up a meeting with me.

The ability to enter and to exit freely within any creative process is one of the most liberating skills to acquire. And...
05/04/2025

The ability to enter and to exit freely within any creative process is one of the most liberating skills to acquire. And yes, it is a skill. And yes, you can acquire it. It’s primarily achieve through mental and physical relaxation and actually encouraging the, “relaxation response.”. One of the underlying techniques for this is learning proper breath work. Day-to-day breathing. A simple as that.

Breathing. We only remember it when we’re not. Breathing. Happens automatically and because of that, we tend to not give...
05/04/2025

Breathing. We only remember it when we’re not. Breathing. Happens automatically and because of that, we tend to not give it the attention it’s so deserves. Breathing. An act we need to do as if our life depended on it. Because… It does. The quality of the breath is also aligned with the quality of the creative state of being

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