Before the Curtains Fall there’s Something I Wanted to Share

I felt it would be poetic, to say the least, to share with you the deepest state of musical
and artistic being I have ever been graced by, but first…

Something about me

I've been creating art for some years now. I write a great deal, mostly a lot of poetry,
stories, philosophy, and psychological/metaphysical/spiritual theories. I am a musician
and feel passionately that our life experience is much like a great song and dance. And
those are just surface levels. Zooming back and looking at our life-ride from a distance,
life appears to be more of symphony-opera where there is a magical and deeply
passionate bond/connection between those on the stage, those before the stage, and the
happening taking place. I also enjoy b/w photography and work with motion film. Those
are big projects that are still in early development but as they are ready to be presented I
shall indeed present.

Questions with God

God: Happy Birthday.

David: Namaste.

God: Where is your life?

David: It appears to be happening and unraveling.

God: But, are you driven?

David: Yes.

God: How so?

David: Because I feel passionately that I have found some things worth communicating.

God: For example?

David: A different way to experience this life.

God: Why is that important?

David: Because there may exist less suffering and more quality/substance in being.
God: Say something for yourself.

David: I am data.

God: Why is that important?

David: Because the world is so sad and it's hurting itself. Consciousness is becoming
aware of itself, I am living proof. I am not alone. The Kundalini serpent is awakening the
minds of our collective race.

God: How do you know?

David: Because I have witnessed. I find more people each day who are awakening. It
appears as though it is all still in an early stage of rebirth but nevertheless it is a collective
phenomenon. People are awakening and outgrowing their quaintly conditioned
environment. The major world religions and ways of thinking are now becoming
irrelevant. Our world is combating this phenomenon with psychoactive medications. Fear
as become the great mind killer and undercurrent of our shared human experience. The
world needs new models, the world needs some truth.

God: What gift have I given you?

David: The ability to transcend language through art.

God: So you shall continue your path?

David: Yes.

God: But how can you be sure? It will take more dedication and sacrifice.

David: Because it rewards my heart.

God: And if you're wrong?

David: If I am wrong and I fall, then I shall fall following my intuition and bliss.

God: I love you.

David: I love all. I wanted to be here. Thank you.

 An artistic space

My deepest artistic experiences come through the creative process itself. It is a state of
creative artistic being where, when entered, the artist melts away and becomes the
witness of the benevolent happening. I have entered into three different levels.

There is the base level of nirvana which I usually enter when I create my visual work
and my poetry/writing. Each level is similar but offers me a deeper state of bliss.

The next and deeper level I experience is when I enter a specific state of being while
playing guitar and creating music. Just as I mentioned above, the level of the witness is
even greater. There are long hours where I am found simply observing the happening of
the music. I am not thinking about what I am playing in regards to my fingers/hands and
am I also not attempting to create a melody. There simply is no mind to it. What appears
to happen is that the very energy waves moving through me are the points of conscious
which only desire to express and be experienced. I was found in awe and the more I
enjoyed the deeper the experience became. As if consciousness is merely energy
experiencing itself. It feels to me as though the energy is just begging us to play and
experience it/ourselves. As though it were saying, "remember… remember…
remember… love… love… love…surrender… surrender… surrender… play… play…
play…"

The next level, the moment of the highest joy and deepest sate of magical experience as
an artist came when I was standing in the back of a room filled with close friends who
were watching one of my first filmed comedy show episodes. Their genuine laughter
mixed with the nature of the expression and experience were both simply overwhelming.
I found myself as just a point of consciousness, as a point of love connected in a dance
with my friends and family. I believe it was the magic that is manifested when a group of
people come together, share profound insight with comfort and compassion, and who are
enjoying life seemingly so perfectly. Not that my show was 'that" funny, but the nature of
what was being conveyed and what was being received, now that was just magical.

The essence of these experiences pours into my daily life. Up and down, round and
round. I'm not just an entertainer. I want the same things we all really want. I get knocked
down just like the rest of us. But with each passing year, I seem to be continuously
manifesting the art of getting back up.

Before the curtains fall

You've all been great. Thank you so much for the support and for existing as you do. And
thank you for the birthday wishes, they were all very sweet of you. You're beautiful.

-David Powers

February 25, 2010