As Above, So Below

Time is running out to sign up for our Oracular Solstice Event happening this Saturday December 10th @giverisestudio Take part in an experience that is a first of its kind. This interactive experience combines oracular invocation, an art show created by your intentions, ceremonial cacao, vibro-acoustic chromatic light experience, and sound bath meditation. This evening gathering is meant to inspire the transformations you wish to manifest in the coming year. The evening will include: Oracular Art Show Do you have a burning question you wish to ask of the universe or an intention you want solidify for the new year? Using your question, intention, or ritual request and a process that includes meditation, artificial intelligence and digital art, Brian will blend his unique artistry skills to create and print a custom piece that will be displayed at the event. This 11”x17” archival print paper and ink, is included in the ticket price and is yours to take home at the end of the event (This alone is a $90 value). Cacao Ceremony Open up your hearts and minds with a ceremonial grade drinking chocolate. Customize your experience with herbal extracts to tap into your innate ability to bring about change in your life. Bring your own special mug! Cacao will be made individually to accommodate your individually dietary needs. Somatic Activation Vibro-Acoustic Chromatic Light Experience Bring universal love into your being during this zero-gravity Vibro-acoustic Chromatic light experience module. While relaxing in a reclining zero gravity chair you will be transported into a spacetime of pure love and acceptance using somatic attuned sound and vibration with colored light experience. (Be advised if you are sensitive to flashing lights please let us know and we can remove the light portion of the experience). Mandala Rock Painting Relax with you Cacao and sit in community as you paint mandala stones to meditate and manifest. Sound Bath Meditation The evening will conclude with a sound meditation, let go of what is no longer serving you, invite in the winds of change and solidify your intention! #aioracle #midjourney #soundbath #cacaoceremony (at Give Rise Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1jYCLpcV5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Are you prepared to visit the oracle and accept what is foretold? Head to our website @fruitstotheroots (link in my bio too) for the announcement of all the details about our Oracular Solstice Gathering event on December 10 at Give Rise Studio. Come out for a magical evening as we set our intentions for the coming new year. @giverisestudio (at Give Rise Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClUBVegJIhN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

As I sat there thinking about what I had read, I started to have a vision. All the stories and adventures I had ever read began swirling around me. I began to hear the most exquisite birdsong and then it changed, it was still birdsong but it was inside me and I could understand the secret language of the birds. They told me not to be afraid. The world melted away and it changed, and I changed. I was no longer separate but connected. Connected to everything and every one. I could see it all! The past and future ceased to exist and the infinite now spread before me and I began to weep. #visionarystorytelling #midjourneyvisions #secretlanguageofthebirds https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHC7ebJiU6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

…and when she approached the table and began to sing the songs of the book, a tree began to form in front of her. The drumming continued and and everyone sang in praise of the gifts that were given. https://www.instagram.com/p/ClCggz_JQF7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren’t go a-hunting For fear of little men! This one was a true collaboration. One human and three different AIs (Midjourney, GFPGAN_inference, DallE 2). It includes both hand painted and generated elements. #aicollaboration #aiart #faefolk https://www.instagram.com/p/CioH9j4JnEb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m not sure what to make of it…. I was recently awarded beta access to the Dall.E AI image generation system. This particular image came up from one of my prompts. It is indeed odd that it looks a little like me, I did not give it inputs based on my image. My hope is that I can use this system to develop concepts which I can then reproduce in traditional media (ie a painting or sculpture). That way it will truly be a collaboration. Man and Machine taking another step towards integration of Mind. It’s an exciting and strange time to be alive. #aigeneratedart #dalleaiart #integration #braincomputerinterface https://www.instagram.com/p/CghSmBSuegc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Got to meat genius sculptor @tomkuebler, talk shop, and meet his epic new creation the gentle giant Goliath Greeley. Was such an honor to spend some time with him and learn some of his tricks. One of his creations asked to come home with us and we couldn’t refuse her request. Oh yeah and Gary Busey graces the lobby. #imaginativerealism #siliconesculpture #smoothon https://www.instagram.com/p/CVYrJClJBPe/?utm_medium=tumblr

No Sympathy! For those of you out there who are fans of @patrickrothfuss and the Kingkiller Chronicles books - you’ll get this sign I made. For the rest of you muggles, this doesn’t mean I’m not sympathetic, it means we don’t allow sympathetic magic in our establishment. Hope to make more of these anyone need one? https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXjavnLCKO/?utm_medium=tumblr

Cast, paint, patina, repeat. #lionpauldron #marylandrenaissancefestival https://www.instagram.com/p/CSINfkEpajD/?utm_medium=tumblr

Next step in the lion headed Pauldron journey complete. My fist rotocast or slush cast with smooth on 65D. Then trimmed up the piece. Now I can prep for paint. And of course start casting more. This was a new experience and definitely not perfect but we are over the first time hurdle. Big shout out to @punishedprops and @smoothon for their YouTube tutorials which gave me the confidence to do this. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQMSI4YJzi4/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wouldn’t it be nice to know the name of the wind and be able to follow it on its journey? https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6JctVJqxo/?utm_medium=tumblr

Very special thank you to Luke from @thesweetfarmmd for showing me the ropes on the saw mill. We had to take a few beautiful black walnut trees down on our property but I was not about to let those beautiful trees go to waste. Thanks to Luke they won’t! Stay tuned, in a few years hopefully I can turn some of this lumber into beautiful heirloom furniture. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtirIgJPXu/?utm_medium=tumblr

Silicone mold process for lion headed shoulder Pauldron. Can’t wait to cast the final pieces and see them with a doublet from @wolfstonekilt. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPl-aOOpBAO/?utm_medium=tumblr

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour” -Blake. #macrophotography #macroeye #williamblakequote https://www.instagram.com/p/CLmwvr2je0-/?igshid=nueyxtqcc2da

The new addition to the pandemic cabin fever models: the mysterious aviator mechanical dragonfly. This was so much fun to build. #mechanicalmodel #biomimicry #dragonfly https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCSgKZDAKS/?igshid=1bwqvfq4a7okf

Trickle trickle https://www.instagram.com/p/CKCeqcpD-Ea/?igshid=1sdtpyul5jsf6

Light Therapy forever!! I built this budget photobiomodulation set up to help us with general aches and pains, cellular regeneration, and rehabilitation. It consists of two large area panels and a focused spot light. The wavelengths are a mixture of 850nm near infra-red and 605nm deep red light. We are just beginning to understand the importance and power of light as a therapeutic tool, for cell regeneration, pain relief and much more. The exact mechanism is still being researched but the prevailing theory is “that the photons dissociate inhibitory nitric oxide from the enzyme, leading to an increase in electron transport, mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP production.” This action happens in one of the most important cellular chromophores which is cytochrome c oxidase (COX). COX contains both heme and copper centers and absorbs light into the near-infra-red region. I have so much more to say on the subject including how pulsed light in this spectrum at specific frequencies on the head is being studied as a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases and may actually potentiate neurogenesis (new neurons being formed). All I can say is it helps me. Stay Red. #photobiomodulation #photobiomodulationtherapy #nir #nearinfraredtherapy #diy #neurogenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CIYn03DDmnj/?igshid=19ujculrnx834