In Dreams Awake

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."

-Henry David Thoreau

Art Is Everywhere

"Great art is a doorway to the divine. Art, in this context-both its creation and contemplation-is a vehicle for discovering our full potential, the divinity within us."

-Romio Shrestha

Refuse To Fall Down

“Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven-only you. It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good came of this is not yet listening.”

-Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Only With Absolute Fearlessness

“Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.”

-George Lois

Perfect Miracle

"Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle."

- Walt Whitman

Focus On Your Gifts and Vision

"We must let go of the old in order to birth the new. Focus on your gifts and vision, not your fears and failings. Stay in the present moment. Release whatever is not aligned with your heart and soul. Trust that whatever us falling apart and falling away is making for something better"

-Stephanie Austin

Let's Make A Big Fiesta!

"Let's make a big fiesta. Let's make jamming things between our cultures. I had that feeling that one of these days I would jam with heavy weights and my dreams came true," says Jimenez.

Beginning in the mid 70s, Jimenez jammed with the heaviest musicians of every kind and style of music. The heaviest ones were the Rolling Stones. Jimenez ended up recording one cut on "Voodoo Lounge" called "Sweethearts Together."

"Sometimes you don't expect what's going to happen," says Jimenez. "I was on tour in San Francisco with my own band. I had a day off and producer Don Was tracked me down. I received a message and it said: this is my number. I'm Don Was. Are you interested in your day off to record with the Rolling Stones?

"I thought somebody was joking with me. In the morning, I called that number and it was Don Was. The Rolling Stones were recording in Hollywood. They picked me up and I didn't know what the hell I was going to record.

"When I got to the studio, Keith and Mick were there. It was straight to the recording booth. Mick said: check out the song and we'll give you a few passes.

"I heard the song. It was simple. It wasn't that hard rock thing these crazy guys do. After one pass, I told Jagger to play it again so I could get the feeling of the song. He told me to simply play along. I tried to blend what the song was about. Then I got secure as to what I was going to do. I told Mick I was set to go. He says: why? It had been a dry run for me but that sneaky guy had punched me in and the track was already recorded. I said to myself: thank God its over. There were no takes at all.

"When I got home, I had a delayed reaction. I closed the door to my home studio and started screaming: The Rolling Stones! I did it"!

-Flaco Jimenez

The Dew Of Little Things

“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”


-Kahlil Gibran