May Day – a few definitions

From Wikipedia:

1) May 1 is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures.

As Europe became Christianized the…

This is a song about relationships.

About the fact that – when we find truth in ourselves, we find it reflected in everything around us. We can only have authenticity if we ourselves are authentic. We will only see love and vulnerability when we allow the same in ourselves.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

- Martin…

This song was written after watching the documentary film, Last Call At The Oasis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lq5yy0pYoQ

I was asked to write a song for the Chinese release of the film for the singer Sarah Li. So what you’re hearing is the “demo” for her. As it stands now, we may be singing it together for the end credits of the film. If so, you’ll catch all the action in a future vlog.

This…

This is a song about safety.

From the moment we’re born we rely on someone else… for our very survival.

I believe that safety is the most elemental component in a relationship. It’s what we needed first – and what continues to be necessary in order to grow into who we are.

Safety gives us a bed to sleep in at night – and animates us during the day. Allowing us to live with our hearts open.

And it comes in many forms.

From knowing we’re going to eat (at…

“How I got here doesn’t tell me who I am”

– Open Hearted Hand

What do you believe and why do you believe it?

We have been living out of stories that we’re told. Stories we tell ourselves about ourselves… stories history books tell us… the newspapers tell us…. our parents tell us…

We decide whether we believe in these stories or not. And build quite complex cases to justify our position.

But where did these stories begin?

If you look deep enough, every…