The Dream of 2013
Excerpt from Kai's Dream Journal on Tumblr:
The Dream of 2013:
It is a few hours before midnight 2013. I give thanks for blessings
of creativity, love, and connection with tribe and family. So many
things happened, that when I write them out here it feels strange. Like
a dream, memory is wavy and slippery, so I will recount it here like
dreaming…
Winter of last year: I team up with legendary genre bending bass explorers Dave Sharma and Dhruva Ganesan of SubSwara to produce a song for the forthcoming film Dreams of The Last Butterflies.
After recording one song, synergy and timing allow us to roll into the
process of recording a full length album that is dream come true to
create. I post about the incredible process here throughout the year.
Spring in the air, and my circus family at House of
Yes draws me onto the stage to write, perform & manifest one of my
greatest dreams: a dark circus musical re-telling of Peter Pan. Summer
brings otherworldly creations with my creative tribe at Figment, PEX
Summerfest, Burning Man, and a few glittering gatherings in between. Fall, and
the beautiful fruition of fire, recording, and pre-production of album
art. I am whisked away on a day of goddess creation with megawatt
photographer Sequoia Emmanuell, who captures the divine in digital. The autumn winds bring the return to Flambeaux Fire’s immersive fire faeire-tale The Calling. Backed
by a successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign, we step into a world
of fire and song to tell tales from between the worlds. The final event
of the season comes in November with the 4th Annual Mermaid Lagoon ocean
benefit where we raise over $2,000 for the ocean and orcas in
captivity. My heart is filled with hope by what happens when art and
compassion meet.
All the while, I am deep in new mediation practice coupled with
shamanic journeying and dreamwork. I attend shamanic dream gatherings
by world renowned author and dream teacher Robert Moss, and
learn to bring my experiences from non-ordinary reality to my creations
and connections, and carrying back gifts from the otherworld. For the
first time in my life I feel truly connected and grounded by practice
through awareness, breath, dreaming, movement and song.
The dream memory wavers, and I remember my tribe and loved ones…to
all of you who reach out to brush paths with me across the physical and
Innerspace of connectivity. Your triumphs of bravery, victory,
strength, and devotion to inner spirit, creativity, and love. I thank
you for filling me with inspiration, hope, courage, and wonder every
day. I am so proud to be a part of this world with you. Thank you for
being a part of my everything. May you be blessed in the coming year,
and all years after this. May your best dreams come true in 2014.
