Sun Dancing At LEAF

SOoOo I just floated back from LEAF a couple days ago...

LEAF stands for the Lake Eden Arts Festival which is held in the Spring and Fall of each year.

By far, LEAF is my most favorite festival series (just one above Floydfest)

I brought the iPad and got some media...
Here was my humble abode for the four days I stayed there...

Here is my medicine bundle with my flutes and the Shaman singing bowl (rumored to be made of clay from a near by sacred valley)



Here is a clip of community family encampment nestled among the golden trees in the sacred valley...



Here are some brave youth preforming the initial sacrificial descent into the frozen waters of the holy lake in order to call blessings upon the festival (it was 32 degrees the night before)...



Here is another shot of the holy placid lake as seen from Eden Hall...



And here's a short clip of me giving thanks for being alive, healthy and partaking in the most beautiful festival I have ever attended...

Find out more about LEAF here.

Peace, Love and Blessings

-R

Moving On...

So 26 years in my old house in Herndon was getting a bit stifling so I decided to move on out and get a place of my own.

My own Kitchen...

My own art studio...

My own living room...

My own cottage in the woods...

"...My own life is all I can hope to control
So let my life
Be lived for the good of my soul...

and let it bring peace...

sweet peace...

peace will come...

and let it begin with me..."

(exerpt) Peace Will Come -Tom Paxton

Floydfest X

You know how it goes for me at these things... I get all my camera cards cleared and ready to document every unforgettable moment...

Only to come back with a handful of boring pics.

Yup...
This is Floydfest X
5 days of camping on a mountain top
11 stages of local and global music
14,000 people
8 police officers

And No Judgment!

I have a special place in my heart for the free children of Appalachia, we share common roots.



(obligatory backstage access gloating)

I have a lot of artistic visions I picked up here, so I may return to this theme in the future.

Peace

Love

Freedom

Blessings

Forever

-r

24 hours...

I bought a VIP pass for Floydfest 10 back in December 2010.
Ever since then I have counted down the months, the weeks and the days...
up to this moment...

in about 24 hours, I will be in Floyd (Jah Willing).

Now if I can just make it through the day without getting fired for giving dirty looks to people who get between me and my journey, I'll be all set...

Birthday Parties, Kayaks and other Hippie games...

My buddy Jax had a Birthday last weekend so I made him a party shirt...

but I think he was more interested in the iPad...


After he settled down for the night, the grow-ups went for a little midnight Kayak ride (the iPad stayed in the car)

I got some memory shots the next morning... here's the tents

Here's the camp fire...

Here are the Kayaks by the river...



And here is my early morning music meditation...

Your Gonna Lively Up Yourself

iPad syncing in nature

LivelyCast "Sunday By The River"

LivelyCast "Friday After Work"

There is some livity to be had in the quiet corners of NOVA, during the quiet hours of the day. You just need to be in the right place at the right time...

LEAF 2011

Just got back from the Lake Eden Arts Festival...
..aka..

-LEAF-

http://www.theleaf.com/

It's essentially a music festival that uses it's proceeds to fund art and music programs for children in poverty stricken areas, both locally (North Carolina) and internationally.

^this description does not do this festival justice. Check out the link above for more info...

Peace, Love and Blessings to our brother and sister organizers at LEAF, they are worthy of abundant positive karma.

=UPDATE=


Director's Cut
06/08/11