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Do you write out your vision? Or never...but want Do you write out your vision? Or never...but want to? Badu always drops the wisdom💙. Swipe to see simple ways you can write it out, and seriously watch s**t get real... @erykahbadu . . . . . #erykahbadu #writingyourvision #spiritualwellnessforcreatives #thereisanotherway #truerebels #rebelsage #thenewup #makeartnotwar #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation#femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#originalmusic #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #album #albumrelease #discovernewmusic #alternativerock #musicsaves⁠ #womeninmusic #femalemusicians #indiemusician
"If you are going to play, play with your whole so "If you are going to play, play with your whole soul. You have no understudy. Sometimes losing beats winning." We honor Billie Holiday in our Rebel Sage Series. And might I add as well...she is my favorite singer. I thank my grandma Jenni for turning me on to her at such a very young age. So it felt very energetically fitting that I chose her today in my Music Oracles Deck. I consult my deck on a daily basis with massive thanks to @golee for this amazing gift. "Billie Holiday was a dazzling talent - a jazz singer who introduced a new sense of intimacy and virtuosity to the art form. She was blessed with a voice that struck listeners like lightning and a gift for probing beneath the surface of a song to penetrate its hidden meanings. The popular image of Holiday as all-purpose victim and romantic martyr - her early life blighted by poverty, her years of celebrity scarred by addiction, tragedy, institutionalized racism and squandered opportunities - has tended to overshadow her sublime artistry, but her legacy is secure. Billie Holiday was an indisputably great artist, not because of the suffering her lifestyle brought her, but in spite of it." What IS a Rebel Sage? A Rebel/Sage Archetype 💠⁠ Rebelling from:⁠ ~the status quo⁠ ~limiting beliefs⁠ ~political oppression⁠ ~subconscious conditioning…⁠ freeing ourselves to be the highest version of ourselves (which inherently lives within us)⁠ ⁠while:⁠ ~ living a life in full possibility⁠ ~on a quest for inner freedom⁠ ~connecting with our truths that are not tied to any fears… discovering the Inner Sage. Thank you, Billie, for your legacy, your artistry, and singing like NO ONE ELSE. Your bravery in speaking and singing your truth, despite systemic and cultural racism, reminded us that art can truly aid the revolution. . . . . . #rebelsage #thenewup #billieholiday #ladysingstheblues #legend #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation #myfavoritesingerbillieholiday #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#indie #indiemusic #indierock #originalmusic #trueartist #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #musicband #album #albumrelease #discoveroldmusic
To be honest, I've always felt a bit "off" when it To be honest, I've always felt a bit "off" when it comes to Thanksgiving. I live for being thankful and eating delicious food and spending time with loved ones, but the "story" always felt like that exactly... a story that we learned about in school to appease the white narrative of the violence, disease, and genocide that took place. Until I took a day off in 10th grade and went to my sister's class at Loyola University on Native American History, I inherently knew there was more to the story, but had always been fed the white textbook narrative. After going to that class and continously having several discussions with my sister, my mind was absolutely blown away. For Native Americans, Thanksgiving is the Day of Mourning because it was the start of their land, their culture, their families, and their lives being ripped away from them. And this is still an epidemic today. Celebrating a tradition blindly is part of perpetuating racist and oppressive behavior. It's up to each one of us to no longer ignore the truth of our past. Swipe to see some ways that you can be more conscious of this "celebration" and what it's true origin is. These are ways we can heal from ancestral trauma and support indigenous people in equality, equity, environmental justice, and acknowledge them as part of our human family. Art by @soni_artist @smusocialchange @_notprisons @jointhelucha
"Hope is your superpower. Don't let anybody or any "Hope is your superpower. Don't let anybody or anything make you hopeless. Hope is the enemy of injustice." -Bryan Stevenson #JusticeforAhmaudArbery
A woman that I follow and respect greatly said thi A woman that I follow and respect greatly said this and it hit me like a ton of bricks. "In my estimation, two of the most harmful concepts to humanity are these: some lives are more valuable than others and that Source/Creator is separate from creation." I SO resonate with this☝🏽. My values and my motivation in this life are to support absolute equality on all levels and knowing, loving, trusting YOUR inner being... YOU are your own guru. YOU are the divine light. When we "learn" that there is some hierarchy to human beings, it ironically pulls us further from our Selves and our connection to Source (Source as defined as a massive Universal energy that connects us all). And it creates MAJOR harm. I can still surrender to the Universe and trust that I'm supported (which is difficult for me to do still) without absolutely relinquishing my inner trust and knowing, my Self guidance, and my own divine light. It's not a zero sum game. It's a collaboration Co creation An energetic relationship This is why my DRIVE for equality and justice for marginalized humans ultimately comes from: My inner work The relationship I have with myself The deep and spiritual practice of feeling and knowing that we are one Human Family... (but our 3 Dimensional systems were NOT created with that in mind...and we see how this plays out, or don't see🙈, every day). My path to authentic freedom lies in radical self responsibility. My connection to "God" is connecting to my own inner light. My movement to living in a equitable and just world is to unpack my own conditioning and connect to my authentic inner being. What if we were our own guru? What if we looked to our Selves FIRST? Everything you need is inside of you. 💙 Quote at beginning from Irma Kaye
and this includes: being an ally for the anti-raci and this includes: being an ally for the anti-racist movement, being an artist that creates from an authentic place, being a mother, a life partner, a sister, calling in abundance into my life, healing my inner being, knowing myself, standing with and for marginalized people, being the best effing version of my Self so I can bring forth love, connection, kindness, laughter, peace, wisdom, and creativity to this world. Imagine if we tended to our inner world as much as we give energy to our outer world? The literal world would be an entirely different place. It starts with each one of us. . . . . #spiritualwellnessforcreatives #thereisanotherway #truerebels #rebelsage #thenewup #makeartnotwar #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation#femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#originalmusic #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #album #albumrelease #discovernewmusic #alternativerock #musicsaves⁠ #womeninmusic #femalemusicians #indiemusician #musicianslife
🎶"We're all in this mess together, so we may as 🎶"We're all in this mess together, so we may as well make some noise. Don't become your own tribute band. You can't buy Teen Spirit."🎶 We honor Kurt Cobain in our Rebel Sage Series. I chose her today in my Music Oracles Deck that I consult now on a daily basis. Thanks @golee for this amazing gift. "One of the last authentic rock stars, Kurt Cobain was the antithesis of all the pampered and posturing demigods who preceded him a star who loathed fame and was driven by a determination to detonate the pedestal upon which he had been placed; a star who served as a vocal advocate for feminism and gay rights (and people of color) as well as old school punk integrity. His band, Nirvana, was a delinquent troika of blue-collar outsiders who channelled the rage, angst and pent-up frustrations of a disaffected, rootless generation, inflicting serious structural damage upon the traditional music business and polluting the mainstream with raw power, naked emotion and outsider chic. Few groups have blazed so brightly and burned out so fast." What's a Rebel Sage? A Rebel/Sage Archetype 💠⁠ Rebelling from:⁠ ~status quo⁠ ~limiting beliefs⁠ ~political oppression⁠ ~subconscious conditioning…⁠ freeing ourselves to be the highest version of ourselves (which inherently lives within us)⁠ ⁠while:⁠ ~ living a life in full possibility⁠ ~on a quest for inner freedom⁠ ~connecting with our truths that are not tied to any fears… ⁠ discovering the Inner Sage. Thank you, Kurt, for your legacy, your integrity and taking a stand for marginalized people by using your voice and platform to do good. . . . . . #rebelsage #thenewup #kurtcobain #nirvana #legend #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation #nirvanatheband #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#indie #indiemusic #indierock #originalmusic #trueartist #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #musicband #album #albumrelease #discoveroldmusic
Flashback when we were touring on the East Coast w Flashback when we were touring on the East Coast with a little one... No one else in the band has kids, but each of them were always the best with her on the road. Art put an "ie" on the end of all of our names (if we didn't have one already)... Wait for our daughter, Vela"ie"...it's too much. That tour was hard, but we always managed to laugh our asses off... and being able to play music is always a gift. . . . . . #rebelsage #thenewup #ontheroad #creativespirits #beyourownguru #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation #femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#indie #indiemusic #indierock #originalmusic #trueartist #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #musicband #album #albumrelease #discoveroldmusic #musicsaves
Even if you find love, you can never "set it and f Even if you find love, you can never "set it and forget it". Many times, I found myself taking it for granted... thinking it will always be there. Like anything, it needs nurturing for it to be healthy. Plants need water and sunlight and nutrients, or they'll become weak and wither away. Relationships need attention, communication, honesty, trust, love, radical listening, holding, appreciation... And I truly discovered, when I would neglect myself, I would neglect the relationship. When I was not loving myself, I couldn't give love in the relationship. When I was escaping, I wasn't present in the relationship. When I wasn't being honest with myself, I wasn't communicating in the relationship. And you can clearly see how EASY it is for things to become unhealthy. Essentially, I COMMITTED to the relationship I have with myself... 🔹Knowing myself 🔹Doing the inner work (even when it's "easier" to escape) 🔹Taking radical self responsibility Then I can naturally tend to the relationship, because I'm doing so from a tapped in, turned on, full, and loving cup. It isn't going to grow without you. 📷@lizzie.tilles . . . . . . #spiritualwellnessforcreatives #thereisanotherway #truerebels #rebelsage #thenewup #makeartnotwar #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation#femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#originalmusic #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #album #albumrelease #discovernewmusic #alternativerock #musicsaves⁠ #womeninmusic #femalemusicians #indiemusician #musicianslife
This is one of the reasons I love writing songs, b This is one of the reasons I love writing songs, being creative, dancing it out, and making art... because we can share our stories and express the shadow parts of our selves so they don't eat us up alive. Inadvertantly, we give permission for others to relieve their Selves of shame...and know that they are not alone. The damage manifests internally to our Selves and externally to others if we allow shame to hide in the darkness without ever bringing it into the light. . . . . . #spiritualwellnessforcreatives #thereisanotherway #truerebels #rebelsage #thenewup #makeartnotwar #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation#femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#originalmusic #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #album #albumrelease #discovernewmusic #alternativerock #musicsaves⁠ #womeninmusic #femalemusicians #indiemusician #musicianslife
We honor Mauri Luisa Skinfill in our Rebel Sage Se We honor Mauri Luisa Skinfill in our Rebel Sage Series. She passed last week after a short 8 month battle with cancer. We only met once in passing at our mutual recording engineer's place. But I was already familiar with her as I loved her band, The Blacks, which she started in San Francisco (where she used to live). She relocated to New York City with her husband who is also an artist and started her new project @richgirlstheband. We followed each other on social media and she was one of those women that had so much raw talent and originality. I loved her fast guitar playing drenched in reverb while having these sultry garage rock vocals grinding above... She was so in love with her husband and he being an artist as well was something I could really relate to. She was a modern day rock and roller and her unapologetic energy was so refreshing. Go listen to The Blacks or Rich Girls @richgirlstheband (on Tricycle Records)...a perfect example of where notoriety does not equal your talent. My heart aches for her husband... What's a Rebel Sage? A Rebel/Sage Archetype 💠⁠ Rebelling from:⁠ ~status quo⁠ ~limiting beliefs⁠ ~political oppression⁠ ~subconscious conditioning…⁠ freeing ourselves to be the highest version of ourselves (which inherently lives within us)⁠ ⁠while:⁠ ~ living a life in full possibility⁠ ~on a quest for inner freedom⁠ ~connecting with our truths that are not tied to any fears… ⁠ discovering the Inner Sage. Thank you, Mauri, for your incredible voice, warm and jagged guitar playing and for your untethered, raw energy. May your music live on in the ears of more and more people. R.I.P. and gone way too soon.😥 . . . . . #mauriskinfill #luisablack #rebelsage #thenewup #legend #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation #femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#indie #indiemusic #indierock #originalmusic
I was honored to do an interview (Noah was there i I was honored to do an interview (Noah was there in spirit 😉) with David Fairhead at Kettle Whistle Radio Podcast... lots of laughs, love, and getting deep on this thing we call life. . . . . . #kettlewhistleradio #iheartradio #rebelsage #thenewup #creativespirits #beyourownguru #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation #femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#indie #indiemusic #indierock #originalmusic #trueartist #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #musicband #album #albumrelease #discoveroldmusic #musicsaves
SO grateful for the love we share Being my fave p SO grateful for the love we share Being my fave person to hang with Our musical tastes change and evolve in the exact.same.way. I will always see music and make music with you It's all a gift in this life Thank goodness for weekly date nights💙 . . . . . #spiritualwellnessforcreatives #thereisanotherway #truerebels #rebelsage #thenewup #makeartnotwar #musicistheuniversallanguage #meditation#femalemusician #altelectrorock #freedomisinyourmind #visceralaltelectrorock #visceralaltelectropop ⁠#originalmusic #recordingartist #indieartist #newmusic #electro #album #albumrelease #discovernewmusic #alternativerock #musicsaves⁠ #womeninmusic #femalemusicians #indiemusician #musicianslife
I used to think gratitude for who I am now meant c I used to think gratitude for who I am now meant complacency... and I also learned that in order to grow, I had to be hard on myself to do so. Gratitude for who you are NOW is what brings forth transformation and change. We humans need some love and appreciation, and holy s**t can we thrive. Don't wait for someone else... give it to yourself. Everything you need is inside of you.💙
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