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REMEMBER WHAT YOU LIVE FOR. In this case, I purchased a symbol of my vision when it appeared before my eyes on a road trip through Big Sur, California over 2 years ago - then en route and in transition to my current life in Bali, Indonesia - where I’m now just finally beginning to remember and understand who I am - and what I am here to accomplish on this planet called Earth. And wow, it’s quite a thing…
20 YEARS LATER…and I still have my first and original home-made thermal ink print of this portrait I took of my dear cousin - in another time and in another land. But the vibe remains the same. And this image is my reminder. 🙏🧡✌️
THE SECRET TO INFINITE ABUNDANCE… involves stopping to smell the flowers. Or in our case, to harvest and eat the flowers. So here is todays fresh harvest from the EarthBorn garden - the prized Butterfly Pea flower - scientifically known as “Clitoria” - for apparent reasons - offered for free by Mother Nature - but only for those who have they eyes to see and the inclination to partake.
IT’S ALWAYS A CHOICE. AWAITING ACTION.
WELCOME TO THE EARTHBORN COMMUNITY BOTANICAL APOTHECARY & PRIVATE DINING LOUNGE… now serving select guests by invitation and reservation. The dream is finally coming to fruition! 🙏🧡✨
THE ONLY THING MISSING IS YOU! And you know who you are. I’m awaiting your arrival.
MY STRATEGY FOR MANIFESTING ABUNDANCE IN LIFE? Find some really awesome neighbors to live next to with great taste in design and open hearts and minds - then treat them like dear friends and family - and then become like dear friends and family. Voila. It’s really not all that complicated. Pro Tip: Always bring some food and flowers and a big smile and you’re golden.
PARADISE IN PROGRESS… so if you’re looking for something unique and whimsical and worthy of a feature spread in Architectural Digest, I’ve know a few interesting options to consider - hidden within the magical secret nooks of Bali. Because all the money in the world can not buy what it does not know exists.
PROJECTS FOR THE DAY…
WELCOME TO VILLAGE LIFE… here’s what my morning yoga practice looks like at Eco-Art Village. It’s a paradise in progress - and a world apart.
WAKING UP IN LIFE. It’s the most important thing one can do. And now this is what I am waking up to these days, quite literally here at - Bali’s ultimate Eco-Art Village and private event destination.
MORNINGS BE LOOKING LIKE… Oso the bear showing up as my mirror in life. 🙃
HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M DOING IT RIGHT? Always a fair question in life: In the case of humans, I’m never really sure - but in the case of plants it’s both simple and obvious - they grow. And along the way they generate fruit and flowers and seeds - specifically for humans to enjoy and prosper from. It’s natures way. It’s generous and abundant and dependable always - but only when cared for properly. So this plant creature arrived to me broken and smashed after traveling 3 hours across Bali to get here - but 1 week later, with some proper care, Mother Nature is back doing her thing - as I carry on doing mine - taking care of and loving all the livings critters and creatures that I can manage. In this case just a little care and voila - we’re back to infinite abundance.
THE DREAM IS MANIFESTING! Not many people know how long I’ve spent fantasy dreaming about spending my days inhabiting a bamboo cathedral culinary kitchen in Bali - producing the world’s most beautiful, sustainable and nutritious superfoods for my friends, family and loved ones. And now here I am at the majestic eco-art community - with my dream of EarthBorn Evolutionary Superfoods & Botanical Apothecary finally coming to life! I’m humbled and honored by the journey that is unfolding. 🙏🧡✨
WHERE ARE WE NOW??? Oso waking up in a post-party haze after entertaining over 150 guests in our first night’s private event - which finally wound down at 2am with some after-hours balloon fights and fine tea served in the Romper Room Play House - aka my EarthBorn Co-Shared Community Eco-Home concept in progress . It’s a canvas waiting to be painted!
A NEW HOME AWAY FROM HOME! Even Oso the adventure bear is slightly disoriented this morning as we awake in our newest crash pad on planet earth - this one in Ubud, Bali. And I realize, after having lived nomadic for many years, that this “shared community kingdom” concept is starting to make sense - and so I welcome this opportunity to inhabit this beautiful and sacred space at the majestic Eco-Art Community. Fortunately I brought some rope lights, plants and incense with me for the housewarming party. 😉 Proving that sometimes life is stranger than fiction.
GREAT HUMANS. GREAT FOODS. GREAT VIBES. It’s the EarthBorn Way. Making magic in a bottle and always on display. Thank you for making the magic this fine day for our private invite guests. 🙏🧡✨ Food & Photography by
THE DREAM IS BECOMING REAL… and holy moly welcome home! 🙏🧡☀️ Introducing my new part-time residence in Ubud, Bali - and the private community hydroponic and permaculture eco-garden I hope to be spending much of my time in.
BRAND UNDER CONSTRUCTION…
LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER PROFESSIONAL GROOMING… and my little monster is covered in soil. As usual. That’s the bear. Being dirty and ridiculous - for most his life. And I truly love him for it. 🧡🐶🤪
SECRET BREAKS AT SECRET PLACES… exploring the options at a new friend’s beachfront oasis that’s way off the beaten path - and right on the positive vibes.
KING OF THE CASTLE. Oso the bear presiding over the days activities here in Amed - happy to be home after a few weeks on the road. 🙏🐶🧡
EARTHBORN COMES TO LIFE! Here inhabiting a new kitchen for the first time to explore the possibilities for next-level collaborations in for 2024 and beyond. Thank you to for providing this beautiful canvas to create with - and to culinary artist for designing and photographing this high-vibe display and making beautiful Earthborn foods. Namaste. 🙏🧡✨
WELCOME TO VILLAGE LIFE. Welcome to Naya Veda Vastu eco-art villages and community. It’s a different dimension of reality - operating on its own unique frequency - and needless to say, I love it.
PARADISE IN PROGRESS… and a taste of what’s to come - majestic bamboo and eco-earth living structures that push the limits of modern architecture and concepts of a home. This hand-built custom-design one-of-kind masterpiece is only available eco-art village - so come check out a glimpse of the future!
THE DREAM IS MANIFESTING! For the past months I have been intentionally meditating and visualizing the reality I want to create - which is a life overflowing with abundance and a surplus to share - cultivated within a lush Garden of Eden paradise filled with fruit and flowers, dragonflies and butterflies, songbirds and honey bees, and happy healthy humans living and learning together in harmony and community. And now my vision is being birthed into reality at the majestic eco-art village where Earthborn will come to life in service and love. Namaste and thank you to all the beautiful souls who are supporting this vision and endeavor - you know who you are and know that I love you. 🙏🧡✨
JUST ANOTHER AWESOME HAIR DAY… in the life of the world’s funniest and least well-groomed dog - Oso the Buddha bear here reporting for duty - sporting a retro-classic bed-head look accented with fresh dirt from the garden. That’s my boy. 🐶🧡🤷🏻
DID I MENTION WE HAVE A COSMIC SOUND DOME? Indeed the community offers one of the most unique and sonically interesting live music performance and recording spaces in all of Indonesia - because what matters most is always a matter of harmonics, frequency and resonance. This is our vortex and playground to create new harmonies - in both music and in life.
PARADISE IN PROGRESS… did I mention the newly manifested EarthBorn Superfoods Test Kitchen & Culinary Academy comes with a commercial scale permaculture and aqua-culture farm on-site and currently available for cultivation. Game on!!!
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This is the best natural art showroom in all of Bali!!! Amori offers the most competitive prices around and many items are totally unique that I’ve never seen elsewhere in Bali like their collection of obsidian volcanic glass. Raw slabs of teak wood used for tables and crafted teak furniture and kitchenwares are quite common at shops across Ubud, but only Amori offers its own unique style of hand crafted teak and wood sculptures that are designed by their own team of master artisans - much more beautiful and unlike any style I’ve ever seen in another shop. Amori feels more like a modern fine art gallery that belongs in New York or London compared to the warehouse style shops nearby - and their prices are often less expensive for items like petrified wood. I trust Amori for all of my purchases in artisanal natural wood products - and you should too!
BEAUTY IS ALWAYS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT... and I’m going to prove it real soon. EarthBorn Art, Objects, & Artifacts for holistic health project - now underway!
COSMIC ART PARTY VIBES… channeling my inner film making nerd. 🤓
IN SEARCH OF RAD NEIGHBORS… to join me in the creating of our own micro-verse of awesomeness in paradise - converting these antique reclaimed wood shacks into private miniature health spa themed tiny homes - each with a custom designed and hand built personal sauna, soaking tub, massage table, yoga/fitness area - not to mention access to the estate’s private and expansive Indonesian art and antique collection that you may get to co-share in your home on a rotating curated basis. A place where spa and wellness lifestyle meets art and cultural lifestyle 24/7 in one location - with amazing plant-based farm fresh cuisine, our own shared private chef and shared private pool - there will be no need to wander very far…although those options are rich as well. #bemyneighbor #estatelife #sharedprivateeverything
CAST MARBLE BATH TUB? Check. Private patio with pool access? Check. Jungle river waterfall? Check. Antique Balinese artifacts, art, handwoven fabrics and custom furniture? Coming up next…
WILL THIS LITTLE SHACK WORK FOR US? Trying to sell Oso on the tiny home dream - with a heavy Balinese in-home spa experience twist - outdoor garden shower, therapeutic soaking tub, private massage table, yoga floor, home gym, meditation nook, mini-dog pool, etc. #extremehousehunting #doggiestyle
PLACES TO GO AND PEOPLE TO CHARM…is the mindset Oso is learning to adopt for his new life mission here in Bali - beginning with our 6am daily sunrise walk. #dawnpatrol ☀️🐶🧡
PLACES TO GO AND PEOPLE TO CHARM…is the mindset Oso is learning to adopt for his new life mission here in Bali - beginning with our 6am daily sunrise walk. #dawnpatrol ☀️🐶🧡
PLACES TO GO AND PEOPLE TO CHARM…is the mindset Oso is learning to adopt for his new life mission here in Bali - beginning with our 6am daily sunrise walk. #dawnpatrol ☀️🐶🧡
PLACES TO GO AND PEOPLE TO CHARM…is the mindset Oso is learning to adopt for his new life mission here in Bali - beginning with our 6am daily sunrise walk. #dawnpatrol ☀️🐶🧡
COCONUTS FOR CASH? Yes please. That’s what I moved here for. Coconuts. A boatload of fresh coconuts. In my life. Forever after. #spalife
I WANT TO BUY ONE OF THESE AND HAVE IT FOREVER… indeed I’m already looking into the costs of owning and operating a perpetual bounce house to offer FREE for all the kids - and grown up kids - in the neighborhood. I mean, how much could it possibly cost? And can I afford it? Probably not all that much - and definitely yes I can, so…. #bouncehouse2022 #goepic #philanthropistontheloose
I WANT TO BUY ONE OF THESE AND HAVE IT FOREVER… indeed I’m already looking into the costs of owning and operating a perpetual bounce house to offer FREE for all the kids - and grown up kids - in the neighborhood. I mean, how much could it possibly cost? And can I afford it? Probably not all that much - and definitely yes I can, so…. #bouncehouse2022
PROPERTY HUNTING WITH OSO THE DOG? Indeed I am trusting my dog’s innate canine instincts to guide us to our next home sweet home for the next however long we decide - right now it’s all about evaluating options - going with the flow - and seeing where the waterfalls lead… #puppypropertyhunters
PLEASE DON’T BITE MY FACE OFF! The Oso bears finally reunited with me after 14 days in quarantine - and seeing his new home in Bali for the very first time - so he is understandably excited - which means he kisses me like a piranha.
NOT EVERYTHING AROUND HERE IS YOUR FRIEND! Attempting to teach Oso one of the new hazards of living in paradise - the monitor lizard that happily occupies the jungle creek running through our property. Fortunately Oso and I have survived in the past living with black bears, Bald Eagles, and sly foxes sharing our front yard - so I’m accustomed to keeping a close eye on this furball but holy yikes…I wasn’t really expecting this to be on my radar! #coexist #howdyneighbor
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE BABY… introducing Oso to his new daily walk. Not in any park. Nor on any leash. And nowhere near America. Like I’ve always dreamed… #homeofthefree #americanexpatriates
JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST? The Oso bear and I will be here - at the @ubudsari health resort l- awaiting your arrival.
KINDA LOOSING MY MIND HERE… is how many of my stories begin - but in this case, attempting to narrow down the infinite possibilities for new home decor unfolding before of me…
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