Here it is: the final version of my collaboration project with Hiroko Saito:
Blessed be my sister, for her intuitive knowledge on how to work with the art I presented to her...
Blessed be Jon Anderson, not just for his inspiring way with music, words and Earth-Loving philosophy, but also especially for one of the most beautiful and joyous celebrations of Cosmic Love: his song "How It Hits You." (And like I've always contended...if you wanna know PRECISELY how Cosmic Love can hit you, listen to and watch Jon!)
And most importantly...
Blessed be the Mother-Father-Source for sending Jon and all other Way-Showers of Light and Love here to Earth, for they are the ones who keep the Cosmic Love flowing everywhere, letting people know they are not alone in this world.
And it's this very feeling I have when I listen to Jon that I want to do and be the same thing...I can't not do it...
But until I manage to finally master the guitar and get back onto keyboard work, making art for the song "How It Hits You" and asking Hiroko to help with the video editing was one of the best ways I knew how to help Jon spread that Cosmic Love around everywhere, especially as the new Aquarian energies flow in!
Happy Solstice/Christmas and Have a Happy, Creative New Year!
Much Love,
Kat ^.^
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Time, Words and Art
Much has happened in the last few months.
Including the creation of some art for a video that I and my Divine-Spirit-Sister Hiroko wanted to do...
We both love Jon Anderson (originally of Yes), and his song "How It Hits You" from his holiday album "3 Ships" is a mutual favorite. No one else on YouTube had posted much of anything so we took on the idea...and inspired as I am by Jon himself, I came up with 8 pieces of art to go with the lyrics that "hit me" the most. :)
Because the art turned out so well, AND I am wanting to eventually get my own music out there, too, I think it is time perhaps to turn this blog into something even semi-professional, somehow...
And so far, my whole life has pretty much been about change and transformation--with a LOT of inspired musical help from Jon and his many collaborative peeps, among which are Vangelis, Kitaro, Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream..and most recently, Rick Wakeman, also originally of Yes, with whom Jon has created one of the most beautiful albums ever, the review of which I will give at some point in the future.
So...keep your eyes peeled for less random yakkity-yak and more focused items of note regarding where I go with my art and music...
Blessings,
Kat ^.^
Including the creation of some art for a video that I and my Divine-Spirit-Sister Hiroko wanted to do...
We both love Jon Anderson (originally of Yes), and his song "How It Hits You" from his holiday album "3 Ships" is a mutual favorite. No one else on YouTube had posted much of anything so we took on the idea...and inspired as I am by Jon himself, I came up with 8 pieces of art to go with the lyrics that "hit me" the most. :)
Because the art turned out so well, AND I am wanting to eventually get my own music out there, too, I think it is time perhaps to turn this blog into something even semi-professional, somehow...
And so far, my whole life has pretty much been about change and transformation--with a LOT of inspired musical help from Jon and his many collaborative peeps, among which are Vangelis, Kitaro, Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream..and most recently, Rick Wakeman, also originally of Yes, with whom Jon has created one of the most beautiful albums ever, the review of which I will give at some point in the future.
So...keep your eyes peeled for less random yakkity-yak and more focused items of note regarding where I go with my art and music...
Blessings,
Kat ^.^
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Re-Investigating the PRS, Dreams and Creativity...
Since I've been working a steady job with crazy hours that do not allow me to really catch "Paranormal State" or Chip Coffey's new show "Psychic Kids," I've had to google the Paranormal Research Society at Penn State which was originally begun by director Ryan Buell, whose career as a paranormal investigator is really taking off! I've bookmarked his blog, and would have bookmarked Chip's but Mssr. Coffey has not updated his blog in, like, a year!
I would really love TiVo, but it's beyond my budget...so I'm hoping Ryan, Sergey and their PRS buddies will think about putting "Paranormal State" on DVD.
I REALLY loved the episode where they went out west to investigate heavy UFO phenomena...that was last year--sometime before I got hired at Meskwaki. It got a UFO dream sequence started again later that night, thanks also to a favorite Jon Anderson song running through my head while the "Paranormal State" episode was showing.
So far, I have not experienced too many UFO dreams since that night last year, which is sadly disappointing because when I do have them, they are always a bit fun, if somewhat frightening at first because they sometimes come unbidden. Granted, I do choose to try to induce and influence such dreams, usually, to see what happens. Because ultimately, I am usually not super-terrified.
And hang it all, I LOVE having those sorts of weird dreams, if only in order to reconfirm to myself that dreams need not always be about work, school, my beloveds (friends, families, etc). Though I did rather have a hybrid dream the other night...I was in a small room with a time-clock, hanging out with my Hispanic friends Carmen and Miguel, who work in Bingo-Concessions. This room was darkly lit, and the scene had something of a "sepia" tone to it, like an old "tin-type" photograph from two centuries ago. But what caught my eye was a library cart filled with vinyl LPs...and there was a copy of my favorite musician's 1976 masterwork "Olias of Sunhillow." I could tell what it was by the gold and green cover, with Jon Anderson's famous "Moorglade" logo on the back...and my heart just filled with all levels of heavenly joy to see it in my dreams...a manifestation of high-level creative work...
In my mind, right now, all I can think is that by choosing to pick up the LP and hug it to my heart and dance around with it, not wanting to let it go--instead of hanging with Carmen and Miguel before punching in to work---tells me that on a deep soul level I have truly chosen a creative life and that nothing is going to keep me away from the life I truly wish to live.
And so I close with a favorite Jon Anderson quote, one that's spoken very clearly to me over the last year or three:
"Never underestimate the power that's given to you!"
And heed these words I shall, for always...
Blessed Be,
Rev. Kat ^.^
I would really love TiVo, but it's beyond my budget...so I'm hoping Ryan, Sergey and their PRS buddies will think about putting "Paranormal State" on DVD.
I REALLY loved the episode where they went out west to investigate heavy UFO phenomena...that was last year--sometime before I got hired at Meskwaki. It got a UFO dream sequence started again later that night, thanks also to a favorite Jon Anderson song running through my head while the "Paranormal State" episode was showing.
So far, I have not experienced too many UFO dreams since that night last year, which is sadly disappointing because when I do have them, they are always a bit fun, if somewhat frightening at first because they sometimes come unbidden. Granted, I do choose to try to induce and influence such dreams, usually, to see what happens. Because ultimately, I am usually not super-terrified.
And hang it all, I LOVE having those sorts of weird dreams, if only in order to reconfirm to myself that dreams need not always be about work, school, my beloveds (friends, families, etc). Though I did rather have a hybrid dream the other night...I was in a small room with a time-clock, hanging out with my Hispanic friends Carmen and Miguel, who work in Bingo-Concessions. This room was darkly lit, and the scene had something of a "sepia" tone to it, like an old "tin-type" photograph from two centuries ago. But what caught my eye was a library cart filled with vinyl LPs...and there was a copy of my favorite musician's 1976 masterwork "Olias of Sunhillow." I could tell what it was by the gold and green cover, with Jon Anderson's famous "Moorglade" logo on the back...and my heart just filled with all levels of heavenly joy to see it in my dreams...a manifestation of high-level creative work...
In my mind, right now, all I can think is that by choosing to pick up the LP and hug it to my heart and dance around with it, not wanting to let it go--instead of hanging with Carmen and Miguel before punching in to work---tells me that on a deep soul level I have truly chosen a creative life and that nothing is going to keep me away from the life I truly wish to live.
And so I close with a favorite Jon Anderson quote, one that's spoken very clearly to me over the last year or three:
"Never underestimate the power that's given to you!"
And heed these words I shall, for always...
Blessed Be,
Rev. Kat ^.^
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Forgiveness
What a loaded word, "forgiveness," eh?
But it seems to be the lesson I'm working on right now.
Two things are weighing the most on my mind. One is my grandmother, and her incessantly cruel, unfeeling words and actions towards her family, immediate and extended. That is tough enough to deal with, especially now that she's deceased, since the pain still lingers like Frodo Baggins' Weathertop wound.
The other weighty topic is how Chris Squire, bassist and holder of the band-name copyright for Yes, has recently been a complete douchebag towards Jon Anderson, their frontman, these last 18 months by going behind Jon's back and hiring a replacement singer from a Yes tribute band based in Quebec...and then reannouncing the 2008 tour without even consulting Jon, who is more or less considered by most to be a cofounder of the group.
Considering my views of simply treating people with respect, I have found it very difficult to forgive Chris. He's made the future of the REAL Yes--the one with JON at the helm--very tenuous at best...even though Jon says he's more than ready, physically, to come back and sing. (I have proof of this via Jon's Facebook page, btw.)
Why have I found it difficult to think of Chris without either extreme anger or sadness?
Because, plain and simple, I, and thousands (if not millions) adore Jon. We see his Light and we just can't quite wrap our heads around why Chris would be so blind to that beautiful Energy-That-Is-Jon as to be totally disrespectful.
Here's the thing that sort of mollifies me, though: this would not be the first time the rest of the Yes-lads have lost sight of the real reasons they chose to make music together: spreading the ideals of Love, Peace and Harmony that united them for so many years. And of course, Jon has ever remained at the core of those ideals, embodying them so beautifully with his lyrics, compositions, his Sun-God voice, whether or not he is singing for Yes.
So I do still have some vestigial hope that Jon will raise his voice once more with his Yes-brothers...and it's that hope that prompts me to work at forgiving Chris...after all, there is that axiom of "hate the sin, not the sinner." I don't necessarily believe in "sin," but I do believe in karma, which is simply "cause and consequence." Chris decided to listen only to his ego, and to be disrespectful of Jon--and by extension, those who would not listen to Yes without Jon--and so Chris has caused a lot of suffering, which has naturally manifested as feelings of betrayal and deep disappointment, to say the least.
My first question about forgiving Chris for his actions was: "What would Jon do?" He's already answered that question for me by showing that he's allowing himself to be enveloped in the love that his wife Jane, and his kids, Deborah, Damion and Jade provide, and simply engrossing himself in his other creative endeavors, whether it's more music, his paintings (which I absolutely adore, they are SO gorgeous!), or sharing his spiritual insights. Not that he does not feel disappointed about the recent events surrounding him and Yes, for he loves making music with Chris, Steve, and Alan (Rick has left the band for health reasons and his son, Oliver, has replaced him on keyboards). But he's truly being a Mensch about it all...
And that right there humbles me, making me feel ashamed of my anger at Chris, even though my ire has been on Jon's behalf all this time. But every beautiful, positive thing Jon posts on Facebook keeps wearing away at my stubbornness, and all I can do is say, "I have to forgive Chris, for he knows not what he does." All I can do is humbly walk in my Muse's loving footsteps...for the love he shows to humanity through his music is a very earnest attempt at showing Cosmic Love itself via Krishna, Gautama Buddha, Yeshua, Quan Yin and any other Ascended Master one cares to name off.
Because of these feelings, recently, I wonder if there truly is such a thing as "righteous anger."
But that's a topic for another time.
Blessed Be,
Rev. Kat ^.^
But it seems to be the lesson I'm working on right now.
Two things are weighing the most on my mind. One is my grandmother, and her incessantly cruel, unfeeling words and actions towards her family, immediate and extended. That is tough enough to deal with, especially now that she's deceased, since the pain still lingers like Frodo Baggins' Weathertop wound.
The other weighty topic is how Chris Squire, bassist and holder of the band-name copyright for Yes, has recently been a complete douchebag towards Jon Anderson, their frontman, these last 18 months by going behind Jon's back and hiring a replacement singer from a Yes tribute band based in Quebec...and then reannouncing the 2008 tour without even consulting Jon, who is more or less considered by most to be a cofounder of the group.
Considering my views of simply treating people with respect, I have found it very difficult to forgive Chris. He's made the future of the REAL Yes--the one with JON at the helm--very tenuous at best...even though Jon says he's more than ready, physically, to come back and sing. (I have proof of this via Jon's Facebook page, btw.)
Why have I found it difficult to think of Chris without either extreme anger or sadness?
Because, plain and simple, I, and thousands (if not millions) adore Jon. We see his Light and we just can't quite wrap our heads around why Chris would be so blind to that beautiful Energy-That-Is-Jon as to be totally disrespectful.
Here's the thing that sort of mollifies me, though: this would not be the first time the rest of the Yes-lads have lost sight of the real reasons they chose to make music together: spreading the ideals of Love, Peace and Harmony that united them for so many years. And of course, Jon has ever remained at the core of those ideals, embodying them so beautifully with his lyrics, compositions, his Sun-God voice, whether or not he is singing for Yes.
So I do still have some vestigial hope that Jon will raise his voice once more with his Yes-brothers...and it's that hope that prompts me to work at forgiving Chris...after all, there is that axiom of "hate the sin, not the sinner." I don't necessarily believe in "sin," but I do believe in karma, which is simply "cause and consequence." Chris decided to listen only to his ego, and to be disrespectful of Jon--and by extension, those who would not listen to Yes without Jon--and so Chris has caused a lot of suffering, which has naturally manifested as feelings of betrayal and deep disappointment, to say the least.
My first question about forgiving Chris for his actions was: "What would Jon do?" He's already answered that question for me by showing that he's allowing himself to be enveloped in the love that his wife Jane, and his kids, Deborah, Damion and Jade provide, and simply engrossing himself in his other creative endeavors, whether it's more music, his paintings (which I absolutely adore, they are SO gorgeous!), or sharing his spiritual insights. Not that he does not feel disappointed about the recent events surrounding him and Yes, for he loves making music with Chris, Steve, and Alan (Rick has left the band for health reasons and his son, Oliver, has replaced him on keyboards). But he's truly being a Mensch about it all...
And that right there humbles me, making me feel ashamed of my anger at Chris, even though my ire has been on Jon's behalf all this time. But every beautiful, positive thing Jon posts on Facebook keeps wearing away at my stubbornness, and all I can do is say, "I have to forgive Chris, for he knows not what he does." All I can do is humbly walk in my Muse's loving footsteps...for the love he shows to humanity through his music is a very earnest attempt at showing Cosmic Love itself via Krishna, Gautama Buddha, Yeshua, Quan Yin and any other Ascended Master one cares to name off.
Because of these feelings, recently, I wonder if there truly is such a thing as "righteous anger."
But that's a topic for another time.
Blessed Be,
Rev. Kat ^.^
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