Losing my voice, building my home, and learning to trust the process of life

(in full anml style)

For whatever reason, today is the day I decided to reach through the ether, and send an update… whatever it takes to resemble something that might sound like me finding my voice again. As someone who has identified in large part to being ‘an artist’, it’s difficult to feel absent from the scene of social creation.

It has been an odd few months and years for me… my identify thrashed like a rag-doll and stripped of all attachments.

I’ve been fully occupied doing what needs to be done to finish building our Tiny home. I sold my camper van, and am now in the final throws of this build.

I think my favorite part about this tiny home now is the fantastically aged metal that was bestowed upon me for reclaiming. That was the work of this week. Last weekend I was at Home Depot and held in my hands a 12 foot panel of sheetmetal. I did not love it. It did not match the rust-livened material I had purchased and used on the front of the house. And so I decided not to buy a whopping load of it. I figured something else would turn up.

Low and behold, my buddy Sven, a profoundly generous man who has become one of my greatest friends, as well as my summer-camping host, introduced me to a hidden and abandoned gold-mine of metal on his property, in need of reclaiming. The dwelling had burnt down in the 92’ Malibu fire, and has been sitting since. To have my problem meet such a solution that day was special to me, and made the world feel a bit magical. The material I needed was delivered. As well as the opportunity for me to get more exercise carrying this metal out of the bush, flattening it out, and putting it up for the siding of my home.

Brooke and I have also made some exciting connections with incredible people to move the Behere mission forward. As I’ve stated before, we see a need to rethink everything, and we’re focusing on what’s most foundational for us—  how we engage and enrich our children in community, — and how we can also have the time we need away from them.

I’m longing to find my stride — and my voice — again. I anticipate having a home to live in could be a big boon for that. 🙏

I look forward to introducing you to the guides we are partnering with to provide our first enrichment programs starting this October! We’ll dive more into it later… with the official announcement soon.. but I would just love to give you a peak at ConnectedKind. Laura Belevica has birthed an incredible movement to heal through art during ‘covid’. Laura is a Latvian artist and SHADOW STORYTELLER
— a force of nature, now living in our community here in Westlake Village. We will be partnering with Laura to make ConnectedKind art and storytelling a primary pillar of our enrichment offering, and are incubating solutions for connecting ‘the future of work’ with ‘the future of education’. Laura and I both have more than a hunch that a great digital experience to guide students through creating NFTs with their work will be needed.

I could see that re-kindling some Anml Style NFTs as well. 🙏⚡️.

Be well, everybody. Thanks for taking the time to read and connect.