soul to soul...

I remember walking into a record store....when I was in high school....when visiting my Dad who lived in Washington D.C....

and hearing...

for the first time.....the music of Soul II Soul....it shaped my whole year after that... it just...was one of those albums....that you hear at the right time....and it molds you...like water over stone....and shapes your soul a little bit at a time...

it flows through you and fills the grooves of growing up and trying to figure out who you are at that awkward part in your life where....your whole life is in front of you....

and well, it just really is an awesome album.

and in high school, I painted the album cover....because I loved it so much...which brings me to another thing...

there are things that mold you so much... one being...high school.   I had an awesome high school experience....I had friends....friends who felt like family... and so that....if I took a Friday night to be a painting recluse....I knew that I'd still have friends post-creative time.  I didn't have to jump at every friend gathering to show my presence to be accepted...and there were a lot of us to hang out with....my friend pool....was big....and awesome...and supportive....and really quite remarkable and I'm blessed to have been surrounded with such awesome people.....people I still know and love today.

I left that high school situation with the confidence that I didn't need to jump at or grasp at friendships that didn't work.

you speak to the ones you speak to you.....heart to heart...and soul to soul.  :)

anima ad animam....

and that is what I carry with me....

I'm ok alone....I'm ok in groups.



Keep On Moving, Soul II Soul,

Keep on movin'
Don't stop like the hands of time
Click clock, find your own way to stay
The time will come one day

Why do people
Choose to live their lives this way?

Keep on movin', don't stop, no
Keep on movin'

Keep on movin'
Keep on movin', don't stop no
Keep on movin'

It's our time, time today
The right time is here to stay
Stay in my life, my life always
Yellow is the color of sun rays

I hide myself from no one
I know the time will surely come when
You'll be in my life, my life always
Yellow is the color of sun rays   (Soul II Soul, 1989) 

and finding people who speak to your heart...having a common language.....

is pretty spectacular.

you know who speaks my language?   Jason Mraz.   Oh...man.  Jason Mraz...if you are listening....can I come hang out with you at your Avocado farm?  OMG.  and maybe we can play guitar together?

if you are reading this.... Mr. Jason Mraz....

I can paint avocados.....

it could be like....Charlie and the Chocolate Factory..... just think about it. 

you can find me at:  16 Cheetahs Studio.....