“From Eden” Dance Film: Exploring Creativity & Duality

Tell me about the “From Eden” dance film. What inspired you to create this project? JULIE ASRIYAN: Well, I am an actor but my first introduction to the creative and performing arts was through music and dance. My parents are both musicians and my mom a dancer in her younger years so they passed on their …

ARIST of Venice Beach: Artist & Philosopher

I made some WONDERFUL friends last October upon my magical visit to Venice Beach, California. Upon wandering the boardwalk, you can find a plethora of them: Passionate People deeply inspired by their life journeys to offer the world something a little more substantial that just another status quo social role. Arist (like Aristotle) was just …

With Everything Incorporated

Before I left for Colombia I was working on a painting that I really loved. In the midst of trying to squeeze in a few more hours before my flight, I was working on one of the last parts of it only to entirely fuck it up. I drew way outside the lines of my …

So You Say You’re Not Creative

I love creative people. Because creative people make good shoes. Creative people build great cities. Creative people roll good joints. Creative people think colorfully, not plainly. Creative people philosophize and write down their ideas. Creative people make great music, music that makes you rock steady. Creative people build the world. They work through flaws and …

I stumbeled upon Abdul Mati Klarwein at The Summer of Love

It was 2007 when I was riding the subway and an interesting advertisement had caught my eye. Too afraid to venture through Manhattan on my own accord, I had sought after friends to join me on the journey. But despite begging, nobody could “find” the time and there I was, left to make the decision …