Inside Kai's World
Emergence
Published: 01/26/2012 07:29 PM
"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly"
-Buckminster Fuller
These are the first official images from 'Dreams of The Last Butterflies,' a film by Zina Brown & Thousand Names Productions that I will have the honor of writing the musical score, and performing in this summer. I will join 7 other 'Butterfly Queens' to tell the tale of the loss of butterflies in our world, and why they are disappearing in this mini-epic, live-action “Dark Faerie Tale” with a unique vision, full of wonder, dreams, and otherworldly performers that will be shot in 3D. Check out the blog Thousand Names has started abut the film to see sketches, pictures, and track the progress as we count down to the release later this year.
As winter winds away, parts of my spirit are emerging from deep within the cocoon of time as well. As I take time away from parties, shows, and promotion, the music of my heart is being born out of long moments of solitude and surrender. I am at the half way point in the writing of my first full length album, and have been blessed by the muse as I go deep down into myself to bring back jewels from the depths. You can read about my journey here on my new Tumblr blog called 'Night Vision.' It is an online 'dream journal' where I will chronicle my experience of writing, and also a place for images, and past journal entries from blank books that I have been filling since I was a young girl. I hope you will join me in this other little innerspace portal to swirl around inside my dreams with me.
Long dark nights. . .
Published: 12/26/2011 04:25 PM
"Winter has arrived. The long nights unwind beneath my fingertips, and the songs sing out. I call upon the wisdom of oak & birch, and whisper rhymes on the midnight air. This is what it is to let go of the outer world. This is how it feels to turn down shows, parties, and New York City's constant advances. I am free, flying, flown. No tethers, no obligation to the world but to play my guitar, shake my rattle, and record where they take me. I rhyme out incantations of gratitude, passion, joy, and love, but there is more-- for I am writing during the deep, dark dream of winter, and during Earth days that test the spirit, and stretch the soul. I am diving down into the darkest parts of the swirling, singing waters to bring back charms & treasures, tales & testimonies of the things that I find there. And so tonight I sit by the light of a single candle with half of an album written, and the other half skittering along the edges of my world like a half-remembered-yet-to-be-dream. In the shadows I can see the lights of other worlds, and hear the voice of inspiration, and creatures of the night. I surrender to the winter, and the tale she tells." **Coming Soon**
Tumblr blog documenting Kai's personal thoughts & photos of her journey as she creates her first full length album due out in 2012.
Flames
Published: 11/27/2011 05:15 PM
It has been just over a week since my fire initiation with Flambeaux Fire LLC at the Gowanus Ballroom. After 2 grueling & inspired weeks of production, 'The Calling' came to life in a whirl music, dance, and transformational flames. In a show complete with a flaming horse, a fire faerie, and Medusa, I stepped into the land of imagination and dreams. . .
While working on the show I was inspired by the words of my friend, and prolific artist Katelan Foisy in her recent blog entitled 'Fire Muse':
"I’m soft again and using the fire muse for light rather than cleansing. The fire muse helps those in darkness move forward. Fire is passion and creativity, it is language and education, light and life. I’m preparing myself to make magic. To go into the depths of my paintings again. Time becomes a blur once more.
To the practicing alchemist fire is a catalyst. It initiates and completes metaphysical evidence while signifying progression passageways to the higher self, and goals to attain solar embodiment (in both literal and philosophical senses). By accepting and becoming intertwined with fire is to be transformed, cleansed, consumed and elevated out of limitation. By working with fire, we become the Phoenix."
photos by RoMo
Calling of the Fire Spirits
Published: 10/25/2011 09:26 PM
I am still pinching myself to be in production with Flambeaux Fire, on what seems to have turned into a bit of a fire musical. In less than 2 weeks The Gowanus Ballroom will host 'The Calling,' a Flambeaux Fire show with all the trimmings set to my music. In a mythical landscape where fantasy meets faith, we will tell an ancient tale with fire and song. The space is deep, dark, and cavernous, and the talent of the fire performers who will be making magick to my music is off the charts. Expect a show filled with breathtaking flame effects, tribal fusion bellydance, and ritual shows that will leave you wondering if you have walked into a dream. . .
****ONE NIGHT ONLY******
****ALL AGES SHOW!!! TICKETS ON SALE HERE. ****
With ritual shows by:
LADY C
SERAFINA
FAYZAH FIRE
ALI LUMINESCENT
MASAE
FLAMBEAUX
Tribal Bellydance by: Angelys & Serena Spears
Doumbek by Natalia Perlaza
. . . and a cast of witches
Featuring the sculpture art of ADRIAN LANDON
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 2011: 9 PM
Gowanus Ballroom
55 9th St at 2nd Ave, Brooklyn
