Art and music can foster a spiritual awakening in oneself. It can teach you how to be open to giving and receiving love. I remember clearly listening intently as a child, and later as a teenager, to the finer nuances in the “feel” of a record and how it spoke to me on an emotional level. Those are the references I drew from later as I became a songwriter and recording artist with no formal training in the art of singing or songwriting. It was a matter of instinct in how to convey love to my audience, and that what you sing you must live by, it’s your truth.

Art communicates the positive values of freedom, expression, and connectivity to others. Yet, art is relative, and it depends on what the artist is submitting in the work. Just as there are positive values there are negatives as such is the yin and yang of life.

I have learned to always be a student of life and its many surprises. I’m open to the constant movements and shifts of life and love. I’ve learned through my art and music that nothing is stagnant and everything is constantly in motion. Having a creative life allows one to experiment and gives license to how you view the world, and how you wish to be viewed. Art gives voice to who you are. Although, personally I don’t think I’ve ever undergone a huge shift or transformation in values because my belief system has remained the same. I have spoken to many who have said certain songs of mine have changed their lives. They found themselves or were empowered in some magnificent way.