Mystical Music and Art

09/30/2026

09/28/2026

Open this wall for me.

Or maybe…
show me how to climb it, go use it, from a new perspective.

Sometimes the obstacle isn’t asking to be removed.

Sometimes it’s inviting us to playfully discover what we’re capable of when we allow it to be as it is. 🪨🌱

09/25/2026

Sometimes the breakthrough you need is just getting the laundry done.

Not perfectly.

Not washing everything in the house.

Not suddenly becoming the person who has their entire life together. 😂

Just starting with one single load.

One small thing that needed to get done.

Sometimes that’s enough to create a little momentum. 😂🧺

09/17/2026

He went from basketball shoes to soccer cleats.

When I was younger, I was the same way.

One year it was tennis. The next, basketball. Baseball one season, roller hockey the next.

That’s the tradition here.

We play all types of sports because we need to move, explore, and get to know our bodies.

Not for a trophy. Not because we have to be on the winning team.

Because we enjoy being outside. Because we enjoy running our long legs. Because there’s something about movement, fresh air, and discovering what your body can do.

That’s the tradition here, and I’m grateful to be able to pass it along in my hometown.

The sun doesn’t shine forever around here, so we’ve got to soak it up when it does. ☀️

And I wonder what changes will come next.

What new interests, new adventures, new places, and new versions of ourselves are waiting around the corner?

As we continue growing…

…and growing into new shoes. 👟 🏀 ⚽

I’m here for the journey.

09/16/2026

Now that the season is shifting it reminds me to begin moving my body again. Being with my young man keeps me active while he excitedly shares the Maculele Capoeira song and dance.

09/15/2026

I think it’s time I start getting back into this family vision board I created long ago.

A rough year (or even a rough stretch of time) can easily happen when you don’t have your vision in front of you, embedded with your principles, values, aspirations, and gratitude for everything you’ve already been given as you continue to grow.

But sometimes it’s also good to take off the training wheels.
To go on the journey for a while without all the added support. To wander. To experience. To figure some things out for yourself.

Because life and growth are a spiral, not a straight line.

There will be times when it feels like we’re reverting, repeating old patterns, or moving backward.
But maybe we aren’t going backward.
Maybe we’re simply coming back around to heal something we’ve already experienced. Only this time as a wiser, more experienced version of ourselves.

The vision board can remind us where we’re going.
The journey teaches us who we are.

And sometimes we need both.

May you continue to refine your vision, honor your journey, and remain grateful for everything unfolding along the way. 🙏🏿✨

09/09/2026

I seriously don’t know what I’m doing.

Sometimes I feel completely in alignment. Like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be, meeting who I’m supposed to meet, saying what I’m supposed to say. Like life is flowing through me and I’m just paying attention.

And then another part of me says, Well, if you’re flowing so well and you know so much, why can’t you get your own simple framework and routines in life together?

I sometimes think that if I could do that, I’d be even more enabled to help others during those moments when life isn’t so structured and I’m simply moving with the flow.

But then, after long stretches of routine, structure, and managing everything, I eventually realize that my stuff still isn’t completely together anyway.

And the person in me who wants to flow, change, explore, experience new sides of myself (and maybe even meet new characters who challenge or enhance my existence) comes forward again.

Then my routines and stability become vulnerable to confusion, unknowns, and a little bit of chaos.

And I honestly don’t know how to navigate that.

Which version of me is “right”?

The structured one who wants to figure everything out and build a stable life? ::Virgo::

Or the spontaneous one who wants to wander into the unknown and see what happens? :: Pisces::

Maybe I’m slowly realizing that I need both.

Because the greatest example of that balance is my life with my son.

We have structure. We have routines. We have familiar places, familiar times, familiar rhythms.

But within all of that, we’re still willing to explore the unknown.

We can make an adventure out of the most mundane thing simply because we’re together.

And maybe that’s the lesson.

Maybe structure isn’t supposed to keep us from flowing.

Maybe structure is supposed to give us somewhere safe to return to after we’ve gone exploring.

This picture reminds me of that.

Maybe we’re here to learn how to move between the known and the unknown and appreciate the people we meet along the way. 🕉️

09/08/2026

Does it feel like just yesterday?

In some ways, yes. And in some ways, no.

It feels like yesterday because with every year of growing together, I’ve been able to build a new and brighter relationship with this young being who, at one point, couldn’t even speak.

And yet, we were always close, whatever stage he was in. So in a way, it really does feel like just yesterday that we were vibing together at this stage of our lives.

But it also feels like forever ago.

I’ve grown through so many trials and tribulations since then that being able to simply sit back and hold my baby (shiii, hold any baby) sometimes feels like eons ago.

Every year, I’ve had to learn how to relate to a child at a different stage of his growth. And at the same time, I’ve had to relate to my own inner child as to remember who I was, how I was growing, and what I needed at those different stages of my own life.

Having a life geared toward the development of other human beings has been one hell of a trip.

Fatherhood. Teaching. Parenting. Growing. Healing.

Somehow, I’ve been doing all of it at the same time.

I don’t know what I’m ready for next.

But I’m pretty sure it’s coming.

It just doesn’t end. ❤️

09/03/2026

Lost inside of the scroll