My talk is about the value of doing art free as a monk with the intent to gift it to the community only, egolessly and how that changes the creations. Running a nonprofit I have seen many types of reactions to this. I have seen people realign with their true aspirations and inspirations. I have further tales of what it is to bring mentorship into collaborations under this Art Monk premise. Finally, I have found the marriage of art and science compartmentalized as tragically as most of the arts and the loss from this compartmentalization. Art can uplift, inspire and spiritually alter when held in a pure un-commoditized manner. When not compartmentalization and held to “professional” commercialized myopic choke-holds. Artists will need to make money and should…but the also must hold a place in themselves and others that do not follow any commerce practices and only are called from the fires of inspirations.
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- 10 Simple Ways for Better Coffee (aka. you are probably brewing coffee all wrong...) — Troy Gardner
- A Real Man — Jason Bowers
- A Shamanic Nexus for Cancer Treatment — Paul A. Spiegel
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More on Arts & Media
- Breaking My Silence: Artistic Activism — Jodie Ortega ▶ video
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- Citizen Journalism — Andrew McGregor ▶ video
