Life is a mysterious, wonderful, juicy place.

Why do we have so little tolerance for mystery and wonder?

Standing on a whale, fishing for minnows

Paul Sparks Head of Innovation, Social Experience ArchitectPaul Sparks Head of Innovation, Social Experience Architect

THE ART OF LIVING CONTAGIOUSLY

FIRST, MY SUCCESS STORY

I am addicted to

ARTART

The purpose of art is the gradual lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. -Glen Gould

The new opportunity of artists:• To merge the traditions of cultural myths and storytelling • to create heart-opening, earth-shattering experiences• wrapped in the medium of film• spreading virally through the peer-to-peer connections on the social web.

The new opportunity of artists:• To merge the traditions of cultural myths and storytelling • to create heart-opening, earth-shattering experiences• wrapped in the medium of film• spreading virally through the peer-to-peer connections on the social web.

To challenge the status quo,violate expectations,

& leave people questioning their assumptions

To challenge the status quo,violate expectations,

& leave people questioning their assumptions

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-Pre-Med Degree

-Started College Notes Business to

get through college

-Licensed Massage Therapist with

Private Practice

- Bartender @ Ritz Carlton

- Organic Raw Food Chef Business

- Web/ Graphic Design

- Creative/ Art Director

- Writer, Poet, Culture Curator

-Pre-Med Degree

-Started College Notes Business to

get through college

-Licensed Massage Therapist with

Private Practice

- Bartender @ Ritz Carlton

- Organic Raw Food Chef Business

- Web/ Graphic Design

- Creative/ Art Director

- Writer, Poet, Culture Curator

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If you want to speak to humanity...

get in touch with your own humanity

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Gary V : Get Eyeballs by Curating what you’re passionate aboutGary V : Get Eyeballs by Curating what you’re passionate about

The question is not:

How do I influence society?

but instead:

How do I become an influential human being?

The question is not:

How do I influence society?

but instead:

How do I become an influential human being?

Answer:

Pursue Your Passion.

Answer:

Pursue Your Passion.

Rumi:

That One Thing...Rumi:

That One Thing...

One Person's Awakening Can Elevate the Consciousness of the Planet.

One Person's Awakening Can Elevate the Consciousness of the Planet.

Be yourself.Everyone else is already taken

-Oscar Wilde

Be yourself.Everyone else is already taken

-Oscar Wilde

What do you mean you can't afford to live your passion?!

You can't afford NOT TO !

The greatest risk is taking no risk at all.

Better to die trying!

What do you mean you can't afford to live your passion?!

You can't afford NOT TO !

The greatest risk is taking no risk at all.

Better to die trying!

The equation is simple.

If you don’t do whatever it takes to live on purpose,

then you’ll live a purposeless life!

The equation is simple.

If you don’t do whatever it takes to live on purpose,

then you’ll live a purposeless life!

Let what you love be what you do,

because what you love is the very thing that you are best at... it

is the thing that you were designed for.

What you came to this earth to do!

Everything else in your life is worth risking in order to uncover

and express your gifts and passions!

Let what you love be what you do,

because what you love is the very thing that you are best at... it

is the thing that you were designed for.

What you came to this earth to do!

Everything else in your life is worth risking in order to uncover

and express your gifts and passions!

People have the notion of saving the world by shifting things around, changing the rules, and who’s on top, and so forth. No, no! Any world is a valid world if it’s alive. The thing to do is to bring life to it, and the only way to do that is to find in your own case where the life is and become alive yourself.~Joseph Campbell

If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and ...don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. ~Joseph campbell

There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life's solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring to create their own life and art, daring to listen to the voice within their deepest, original nature, and deeper still, the voice within the earth.-Stephen Nachmanovitch

"We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes." — Joseph Campbell (Sukhavati)

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. (Patanjali)

People have the notion of saving the world by shifting things around, changing the rules, and who’s on top, and so forth. No, no! Any world is a valid world if it’s alive. The thing to do is to bring life to it, and the only way to do that is to find in your own case where the life is and become alive yourself.~Joseph Campbell

If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and ...don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. ~Joseph campbell

There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life's solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring to create their own life and art, daring to listen to the voice within their deepest, original nature, and deeper still, the voice within the earth.-Stephen Nachmanovitch

"We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes." — Joseph Campbell (Sukhavati)

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. (Patanjali)

When the heart weeps for what it has lost,the spirit laughs for what it has gained.

-Sufi Saying

If you want to spread a message

Make it human

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How can I make these types of experiences?

Impactful art can only be created by an impactful person

You know it will rock other people’s heartsbecause it’s rocking your own.

MORE THOUGHTSMORE THOUGHTS

Stories are the vehicle that moves metaphor and image into experience. Like metaphor and images, stories communicate  what is

generally invisible and ultimately inexpressible. In  seeking to understand these realities through time, stories  provide a perspective

that touches on the divine, allowing us  to see reality in full context, as part of its larger whole.

Stories invite a kind of vision that gives shape and form even to the

invisible, making the images move, clothing the metaphors, throwing

color into the shadows. Of all the devices available to us, stories are

the surest way of touching the human spirit.  -- The Spirituality of Imperfection

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Okay, so I want to apply this to my own life.

How will I know if I’m on the right track?

GUIDING PRINCIPLE:

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some

extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your

mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in

every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and

wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become

alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far

than you ever dreamed yourself to be. (Patanjali)

Our job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.Mark Twain

Our job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.Mark Twain

The best of any story or communication is not the

thought which it contains, but the thought which it

suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in

the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

- John Whittier

It’s about the human connection.

Where are we heading?

"There's good news and there's bad news.

The bad news: Civilization, as we know it is about to end.

Now, the good news: civilization, as we know it, is about to end." (Swami Beyondananda)

•So, my fellow creators.

•If we are in charge of making a New Earth

•Where do we begin?

•What stories do we want at the heart of our experiments?

•So, my fellow creators.

•If we are in charge of making a New Earth

•Where do we begin?

•What stories do we want at the heart of our experiments?

Have you caused a disruption today?