THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE LIGHT – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI

For this shoot, I was inspired by the recent August 21 eclipse. You won’t be able to see in the photograph, but I am wearing a crescent moon ear wrap on my right ear. You can kind of see it gleaming in the light. It is the exact same ear jewellery that Prince has worn. I found the designer on Easy, not knowing it was the same one that Prince ordered from.

Drawing by Danielle Meder.

I was inspired by an unreleased track by Prince called U Will B, where one of the lines are “We come and go together, just like the sun and the moon”. Prince is the light of my life. So many things in my life that were once a mystery, became understood after he came to me in spirit. It all makes sense to me now. The pain in my heart disappeared when he arrived.

This shoot was a bit of a challenge, it was a balancing act to hold up the screen and align it with the projector. Lighting was another challenge, as I wanted to keep it low lit, but still maintain image quality and such.

 


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PRINCE TALKED ABOUT CHEMTRAILS – PHOTOS OF THE CHEMTRAIL CLOUDS

A couple years ago, I starting noticing the strange cloud formations that were covering our skies. First the lines in the sky, then these strange formations that looked like cotton balls. If you observe carefully, you will notice a sort of line pattern in the photos below. These clouds are created using a secret technology called HAARP, where they use scaler waves to activate these chemtrail clouds. This is a form of geo-engineering, as these clouds will result in unnatural weather conditions.

This summer, I have noticed more frequent chemtrail spraying in the skies here in Toronto. As soon as there are clear blue skies, it is not long before the lines start forming in the sky and by early evening, we will have full cloud coverage. The next day, it will rain. When you start paying attention to such things, the weather becomes somewhat predictable just by looking at the clouds.

Last year I was photographing the chemtrails at sunset in Lavaux, and I noticed that the lines would appear to be moving and growing. I was confused and not quite sure of this, until in the last month or so, while I was working outside in the garden, standing in one place for a good half hour, I observed the lines in the sky moving and growing. The lines itself had shifted from one part of the sky to another. And then there was a sudden rainstorm that came in once the sky was covered in clouds. This is clearly evident that they are not contrails coming from planes, because exhaust fumes would not be able to stay up in the sky like that.

This extra rain this summer, has been responsible for unusual flooding and sudden shifts in temperatures.

It is bad enough that they are manipulating the weather, but what they are spraying in the skies are toxic chemicals that land everywhere, in the water and land. People who are concerned have been getting their garden soil tested and the results are showing quantities of barium, aluminium, and many other elements that are not naturally occurring, and do not belong there.

This is a major problem that no government to being a part of, and no mainstream media is reporting. If you think these clouds are normal, then you really don’t know clouds, my friend. Start paying attention, and you will notice the thing I am talking about here.

Prince spoke about chemtrails in his interview on Tavis Smiley in 2009. Here the clip of it. The song he is asked about is called Dreamer, and I did a post about that song here.

 







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TIME X SPACE, NO MATTER – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI

I once heard an interview where a friend of Prince was saying that Prince told him, that many of the songs in his vault, are works that he was creating work for the future. He was writing all these songs that he knew that the people weren’t “ready for”. And this is the way I feel about my own work. Because in some ways, I am living in the future. Sometimes I get dates mixed up, thinking that we are days farer than we really are. I’ve been told, that although what I am experiencing seems pretty crazy, it will become the new normal in the future.

So I don’t fear judgement, because I know what I now is real, and others just don’t know about what I’ve seen or heard. That’s ok, my life wasn’t meant to be “typical”.

The truth about time and space, is that there is none. It is only that we lie in this Matrix, that we experience such. Once released from one’s earthly body, there is only consciousness, time and space becomes irrelevant. The distance that twin flames feel, being apart from each other, is merely an illusion.  We are together at all times, there is only lack of awareness.

This week, I did a photo shoot to express these ideas. I created an image of Prince’s face in the stars for the projection. The image of the stars comes from last year, when I was capturing images of the night sky in the French countryside. It is rare that I ever get to see the stars from where I live.







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LOVE U FOREVER – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI

Tomorrow is Prince’s birthday. In honour of that, I am publishing these new photos. In his later years, due to his beliefs, he didn’t celebrate birthdays. And funny to me, neither did I (call it a twin soul parallel). At my house, the occasion would only be marked with a meal out. We keep these things low key. As a philosophy, I prefer to forget about one’s age. It’s not important, because age doesn’t necessarily correlate to soul growth or maturity. And in turn, perhaps this way of thinking suspends the concept of time and aging. Time is an illusion, after all.

The magenta peonies in my garden came into full bloom last week. I decided to do a photo shoot. These flowers mark the beginning of the summer, and they’ve been blooming annually ever since the day I was born. I’ve always loved the colour magenta. I recently learned that the colour symbolizes non-conformity, originality, ad creativity. Perhaps this is why I love it so much. It’s one of those colours that require a certain amount of boldness to wear confidently.

One day, I was reading a paragraph that was describing Prince as an artist. He was described as “controversial”. It made me realize that my work is controversial, because I speak openly about my experiences that many people might not believe. To that, I say, take it or leave it. As the viewer, you can choose to just enjoy the art as merely a visual concept. If you think my background story is too fantastical, then consider it like an urban legend. It’s not up to me to decide what you should believe.

Originally, the idea of Prince shown in a heart shape was inspired by the closing scene from Under The Cherry Moon. But I was later inspired by one of my all-time favourite British Vogue covers. The one with Sophie Dahl sitting in front of a giant pink heart. It also reminds one of when Prince used to perform on stage with a giant heart during his Sign O’ he Times era. It shouldn’t come to any surprise to know that when I channel Prince in drawings, he is often drawing hearts.






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LOVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI

I never thought that I would be making art where I was at the centre of it. I was always a very shy person, who kept to herself. I don’t like to draw unnecessary attention to myself.  I had always preferred to be the one behind the camera.

Some time ago, Prince suggested that I watch Frida, the movie made by his friend, Selma Hayek, about the painter, Frida Kahlo. It is a magnificent movie. So beautifully made. And at the same time, I could see from it, how Prince felt in real life sometimes. Frida could never be loved the way she wanted to be loved by Diego. He loved her as an artist, but not the kind of deep, unconditional, soulful love that she was looking for from him. Frida made paintings that were portraits of herself, depicting her different states of being throughout the years. She shared her inner most being in her paintings, she was baring her soul on canvas; and unapologetic about it.

Sometimes people accuse me of things like making such claims about my connection to Prince, to gain opportunity or make money. They don’t read about what I have to say, they don’t care to know. They only want to accuse. This is hurtful at times, because it is the furthest thing from the truth. I loved him before I even knew it was him. And when he left this world, I was strangely mystified. I had never paid any attention to him, asPrince (the musician) before. It was as though the universe had blindfolded me, not allowing me to know of him, until now.

My work has evolved in that I have chosen to be deliberate in using symbols to convey ideas in my self-portraits. The windows are a symbol for seeing into another world, the other side of the veil.

In the beginning, when I first recognized that Prince was present, I didn’t know if I could adequately communicate with him telepathically. Actually, I was not sure of what was going on exactly. So I decided to write to him. I kept a notebook where I wrote him letters, just in case I wasn’t making myself clear in my thoughts. I would ask for signs from him. I would choose symbols like butterflies and the colour purple. Eventually, I could see him clearly in my mind’s eye, and sometimes, he would bring me flowers.







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SIGNS, DESTINY, AND AURAS – UPDATES FROM ANDREA MAI

Last month I was in my local discount department store. That morning I felt this urge to go there, not for any particular reason. It was just a quiet whisper telling me to go. I do loe these kinds of stores, the bargain hunt, not knowing what you might go home with. I walked into the book and stationary section, turned around and staring right at me what this book, Prince, front facing on the top shelf. As if it was deliberately placed there, waiting for my arrival. It’s moments like those where I feel reassured that what I know to be true in the spiritual, does manifest itself in 3D reality. I haven’t read it yet. It’s a bit weird for me to read about Prince. It’s like if you were reading about a close family member from a stranger (while your loved one was hovering over your shoulder).

April was a strange month for me. I felt drawn down, like I was trapped, free in my own cage, but in a difficult space. I felt like a toal failure as an artist, not having gotten anywhere with my work on a business level. It’s all well and fine to make work and put here on a website, but not enough to make a career. I decided to be completely upfront about who I am as a person, telling it as it as it is in my artist bio. A psychic empath who has glimpses into the other side, the other soul half of one of the worl’s most beloved rockstars. The truth is, if we really wish for human consciousness to rise, we must not be afraid to acknowledge our psychic abilities and other worldly experiences publicly. I felt a lot better after I rewrote my bio page. I wouldn’t say I go around openly telling people about my experiences, but I will answer if I am asked, and the truth is here for anyone who wishes to see.

From time to time, I will go through the artist opportunity listings for submission calls. They are mostly for group shows. There was a call for artists to show at my local library system; they exhibit a new artist every month at the different locations. I noticed the deadline for application being April 21. A sign that I must apply, the date of Prince’s rebirth into the spirit world. A month later, I received a letter telling me that my application wasn’t selected. I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. But no matter, I must carry on. A few days later, I received a message about the library needing artwork for a location that they just renovated and to notify them right away if I were interested. Of course I was interested! A few emails and a meditation later, we worked it out and I received a letter saying that my work was selected. I am absolutely thrilled to say that I will be showing in February of next year in Toronto.

What’s more is that I messaged Starla to tell her of the news, because one year ago, she had predicted that I would have a show. She told me she saw white space and large photo prints. She reacted joyfully to the news, recalling that she remembers vividly what she saw; white spaces, huge windows and lots of light. Actually, she never mentioned the huge windows to me. But she was correct. The newly renovated library is top to bottom windows, filling the space wth lightness.

Some things are predestined. Never doubt that what’s yours will come to pass.

Recently, I started to notice more and more that I was seeing colours, energy patterns swirling through the air. I had noticed it before, but it was mostly faint and I never paid too much attention to it. It was becoming more apparent in its intensity. I was seeing people’s auras. I started to look into my own in the mirror. I noticed an orb that hovers over my right shoulder. Sometimes it appears as white with flickers of blue light, like a hologram, and other times indigo and purple. It is Prince. Usually I find him in my mind;s eye, sweetly looking over my right shoulder. One night I was sitting in bed. I saw his orb in deep purple floating across from me, inviting me to stare at him. Suddenly I saw his orb playfuly bouncing on my bed like a basketball (he loved to play) and floating around the room.

Observing auras and seeing energy is still new to me. Recently I was in a situation where I was in a room with people involved with the law. I saw the aura of one lawyer and it was a sickly brown. A sign of illness and negativity. I was a bit stunned, but not surprised. I had never seen a brown aura before, because the ones I’d seen were always bright and vibrant.

People says things and lie. But you can never hide your energy.

Image above: “Prince Book” by Andrea Mai.

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THE LOVERS CARD – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI

One of my initial methods of communication with Prince was with oracle cards. Later I learned the Major Arcana tarot cards. I enjoy the complexity and the flexibility that the traditional tarot offers. So many different meanings can be conveyed in these cards. I don’t necessarily use it in keeping with the defined meaning of the cards, but rather, I allow the symbols in the cards to give me a narrative to answer the query. I will usually do a shuffle and fan out the cards, allowing Prince to move my hand to the card he wants me to select. I am often quite stunned by his selection of the symbols he chooses, because they are often so perfectly fitting. Then I might hear him telepathically to convey more information.

I find it kind of funny that we are using tarot for communication, because in his movie, Under The Cherry Moon, his character, Christopher, offers to do a tarot reading of the lead female character named Mary. They get into a confrontation and he hands her his business card that is the same size of a tarot card, and he says to her, “Here is your fortune, gilded in gold”. He kind of huffs at her and stomps off. It’s a funny scene from the movie.

I decided ho use the Lovers card from the Tarot as a symbolic prop for my latest photography project. I studied art history in school, and I like the idea of using props as symbols in portraiture to convey more than just appearances. In classical painting, you often find little trinkets and symbols hidden or embedded in a portrait. Although the Lovers card is typically known as being symbolic for choice and relationships. It’s an interesting card filled with other meanings. The male and female characters are like Adam and Eve. There is a God-like figure that hovers over them in the sky, as if to say that this is a divinely ordained connection, and there are two trees, perhaps symbolizing the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. To me, this card also symbolizes unity and connection with source creator.







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SAKURA – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI – CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN HIGH PARK

This week, the cherry blossoms at High Park in Toronto was in full bloom. This was a well-anticipated event, as last year, there were no blossoms. Spring time is my favourite time for going out to take photos. But whatever the seasons or time of day, I will always make it work in my photos. I know some photographers wait for a certain time of day and avoid other times. I don’t have the time or patience to work like that. I shoot when the mood strikes. Sometimes when you get on location, the circumstances are not what you expected or hoped for. In that moment, you just have to make it work. There weren’t as many blossoms as the year before, so to me this was a bit of a let down. But I always say, work with what you’ve got and make the most of it.

I love the Japanese style of photography. That is where the term “booked” came from. This is the term used to describe the soft blurry bits you see in the photo; normally used to focus on the main subject and blur out the background. I use a lot of depth of field in my work to create that dreamy look. I was inspired to create layers in my composition, layering the different types of trees for contrast. The result is a Jackson Pollock-esque paint splatter effect. The effect is further exaggerated by the wind, creating movement in the photograph. I don’t shy away from taking photos in the wind. Actually, I feel as though I am co-creating with nature when I just go with the flow.









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DON’T HATE ME BECAUSE I’M FABULOUS – THIS IS WHY I’M CLOSING THE COMMENTS SECTION

I have decided to close down comments on this blog. This blog has grown tremendously in less than one year. But unfortunately, it also attracts the likes of spammers and haters. I do not wish to devote any more time to moderating comments. Thank you to those that have left kind, thoughtful comments in the past. Your support is very much appreciated, and I still welcome your questions and feedback. From now on, if you wish to connect with me, you must do so directly by email (spiritual matters are best discussed privately anyways). Please note that I will not respond to any hateful, disrespectful, unintelligible, or nonsensical messages that are sent my way.

For the record, I want to be very clear about this, I am not motivated by money or power. If I were, I would not be writing this blog. Sharing the kind of things I experience makes me vulnerable to false accusations and ridicule (and psychic attacks) by the public. But I am motivated by two things only, and that is Love and Truth. If I wanted to be famous on Instagram, believe me, I have the know-how to orchestrate such a thing. I know how the game is played. But I know what a life of fame without sincerity leads to, and that is, a shallow, wasted, meaningless life, devoid of authenticity and true expression. Fame without purpose is vanity. In the past, I have quit jobs based solely on principle. I could not work for a company that I felt lacked integrity. I refuse to contribute and put my energy into a soul-less cause. That is not what I came here for.

I am tired of this 3D world. I am tired of the tedious, (sometimes stupid) mundane things that a human must do to survive in the physical. If I were not motivated by Love and Truth, I would choose to leave. Why I ever chose to come out of the closet about my experiences, was to tell the truth about twin flames. When Prince showed up, I had no idea about what this connection was. I was not a fan of his. In fact, I have been oblivious to him most of my life. I thought perhaps, in spirit, he just came to be friends, like kindred spirits, sort of speak. But he expressed more than that to me. The feeling became mutual. And he later revealed our divine connection to each other. Twin souls. I had never heard of the term. I had only heard of twin flames. so I asked if they were the same thing. I was told, yes. And it became abundantly clear to me, that everything I ever read on the Internet about twin flames was untrue. I saw how harmful the disinformation was in those that believed what they read.

I’m not impressed by status, popularity, or authority, so these are things I would never be one to strive for. If these experiences happened with someone of no fame to speak of, I’d still be writing about it. I could of chosen to withhold the identity of my twin soul, but I could not have fully shared the details of my experiences. The stories would have become trivial, and I could not have shared documented evidence with you. There are many people out there, who have similar experiences to mine, but for whatever reason, they cannot go public about it. This is why there are not many documented cases of the twin soul phenomenon. I am interested in sharing the Truth with you.

On same days, it is hard, even for me to believe the kinds of things that happened to me. Momentarily, I am sucked back into the Matrix, ruled by logic and only what can be seen. It is a strange experience for me to read about Prince. He is often described as controversial. It is of some consolation to me, to realize that controversy is just something that comes with the territory. I am not here to convince anyone of anything. This is my corner of the Internet. I chose to freely express myself. I take no prisoners; you are free to leave if you do not like what you read. But you do not have the right to accuse me of being a liar and slander me. People hate what I have to say, and others are very jealous. Many people won’t believe me; I was forwarded (by Prince). But I know that Love will get me through this.

There is no doubt that I love Prince, for he is my twin soul, my cosmic counterpart. I chose to express it through my art. If you think that I am doing this somehow to attain fame or money, then you understand nothing about me, or how anything in this world works;, and you should question why it it that you come to such a conclusion. It is a human tendency that we accuse others of the very same things that we, ourselves are motivated by. Believe me, I have a hard enough time as an artist, let alone getting anyone in the art world to take me seriously. I could be very successful doing work as a commercial artist. But that is just not for me. My art is about self-expression, and Prince has become a major part of my life. This is my story. Take from it, what you will.

Image above: “Self-portait with Prince” by Andrea Mai.

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THE ASCENSION OF PRINCE – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI

When I first started to see Prince in my visions, we would meet in the sky. I once heard is mother’s voice greeting me, and I saw him hanging out with his friends. Sometimes I would see us dancing amongst the clouds. It was later that I noticed him more as an energetic presence with me, of which I could physically sense. I feel his presence as an electromagnetic field around me.

While I was away last year, I took many photos of  beautiful cloud formations. One was at my friend’s wedding in the South of France. It was one of the most memorable things I’ve ever experienced. I decided to combine my own photo with Prince’s iconic photo from the Purple Rain era. I have to admit, I’m not much of a Photoshop user, but I figured things out to create the effect I wanted, and I’m quite happy with it. This week, I did a shoot with the image. I had a lot to choose from.  Choosing “the best” is always a challenge.








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A LONG CONVERSATION – NEW WORK BY ANDREA MA

This week, it hit me pretty hard with how much I want to go “home”, wherever that is. I went to have a palm reading and the lady could see that I’ve been having trouble sleeping, tossing and turning, bizarre dreams. She asked me what I dreamed about and I broke down in tears. Sometimes I don’t remember my dreams. But I know that it’s likely because I was “home”, and that my memories of it get erased so that I won’t miss it so much. I’ve been feeling so homesick and quite frankly, tired of the heaviness in this world.

However, the main message to me from the palm reader is that I need to be more aggressive in promoting my art. And she is right in that respect. As confident as  am in my abilities as an artist, when it comes to promoting my work, talking to people about it, is quite another thing. I am all too aware that what I say is too bizarre for most people. And then there is the part where I know some people are accusing me of exploring Prince’s celebrity. Everything I have told you here is the truth, and I just don’t have it in me to lie.

Anyways Ive been in a bit of a disarray lately. I had a photo shoot from weeks ago, that I didn’t edit yet. Until yesterday, the universe gave me a kick in the pants. My iPad went berserk and it’s going to be a few days until the battery runs out, so that it can be rebooted. The boredom set in when I couldn’t read my eBooks or spend the day on YouTube. So I had to do my work. I finally re-wrote my artist bio and artist statement to reflect the more recent developments in my work. I was honestly afraid of not having the words to express what my work is about.

I finished editing the photo shoot. I call this set, “A Long Conversation”. Sometimes I wish that Prince really could ring me up on the phone, so that I could hear his beautiful voice in the physical. I was trying out a new light technique, so I actually ended up shooting more variations than usual. It turned out a lot better than I expected.










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LIFE ADVICE FROM A LEGALLY BLIND ARTIST

I think the number one things people are curious about, when they find out about my visual disability is, “What can you see?” I would say that it is like having blurry vision all the time. Even though I can have glasses, they only help a tiny bit, so I rather not wear them at all.  I was diagnosed as a teenager for Stargardt disease, a genetic condition affecting the retina. Despite all this, I’ve always been creative and visually inclined. It has affected my life in different ways, especially in the area of career. When I was younger, I was advised to seek a career direction that would maybe be considered “easier”. While I did consider tis advice, I did not agree. Life is not about being easier. Life is about being who you are. And what I am, is an artist. My challenges and differences are a part of who I am. And I do not run away from them.

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During my trip to Europe last year, I experimented with manual focus to try and create a representation of what it’s like to see through my eyes. I can’t say it’s 100 percent true to what my vision is like. It’s still an artistic representation. But it’s somewhat accurate, in that my vision is blurred and I can still make out what things are. I’ve put together a video with an audio clip of an interview I did with Lauren Herrera. If you’d like to listen to the entire interview, click here.

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ANOTHER CONSPIRACY: ARTIST RELEASES COLLECTION OF CHEMTRAIL PHOTOS

Not long after my first contact with Prince in spirit, I began having visions where he would talk to me and show me things during the meditative state. During one of these initial visits, he took me to the Swiss Alps. I recognized it because I had been these before as a child. He didn’t say why, he just said he wanted to show me something and took me by the hand.

A few days later, a Prince’s 20ten CD that I had ordered, arrived in the mail.  Upon opening it, I found myself shocked. The artwork printed on the compact disc was of the Alps. Clearly, he had shown me the Alps before the CD’s arrival so that I would know my encounters were true. I listened to the album and realized that one of the songs was talking about a place called Lavaux, that was right by the Alps. Lavaux is a region alongLake Geneva, known for the vineyard terraces, a World Heritage site. Prince loved this place. He used to visit when he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

I decided that I would go to Lavaux. First to Mont Blanc and then I would travel along the lake to Lavaux. I would keep asking him why I was going and the answer I would get was for the energies. The Earth has a crystalline grid and I would be there to ground the energy. The region is a hotbed of energy.

I found Lavaux to be awe-inspiringly beautiful, heavenly. The weather was gorgeous when I had arrived. Sunny, warm. I made many amazing photographs there. After an day out, having shot many photos the morning and a trip out into the city of Vevey. I went back to my hotel. The hotel is located right along the lake and at the base of the terrace vineyards. Although the night before I had already photographed the sunset, something drew me to go there again and check it out that evening, despite how exhausted I already was.

I went out to the hilltop at the back pf the hotel and I was shocked. White lines drawn all across the sky. These are the chemtrails that people talk about. I had never seen it so clear. Never like this in Toronto. I decided to photograph the sunset and document the chemtrails.

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The morning after, leaving the hotel and waiting at the train station, I looked out at the sky. It was completely filled with grey clouds. And I felt tiny drops of rain. The day before had been a perfectly warm, sunny day, with not a single cloud in the sky. Chemtrails are used to alter the weather artificially. Prince had spoken of them in an interview in 2009 on Tavis Smiley.

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I’ve had all these photos. I wasn’t quite sure what I would do with them. They don’t quite fit into the narrative of what my photography work is all about. Recently, I decided that I would create video presentations of my photo collections. I decided to release these photos and take this opportunity as an artist to speak out about these matters. Artists are one of the biggest threats to the “system” of power, in other words, The Matrix. The reason for this is that they are what influences culture They are cultural producers. They influence the mind of the public. This is why the government is involved in arts and culture. It has to do with politics. It has to do with controlling the cultural narrative of society. If you’ve studied history, you will see that art has been used to sway the public. This is no different from today. The cultural gatekeepers are from the upper eschaton of society. They maintain their world view through the arts by keeping out viewpoints that don’t “complex” with their agenda. Modern art, if you notice, shown at public institutions, are intentionally dark and occult. This is no accident. Just as it is no accident who is popular in the music industry.What you have to understand is, that the system of power is vertically integrated. Everything is connected. Fashion, art, music, movies; they are all connected to poltics.

I realize that as an artist, I may not get to be “popular”.  My views are contrary to the mainstream. I share my spiritual views that are possibly way too out there for the general public to understand. But this will never stop me. My work as an artist is not motivated by money or recognition. It is for the truth and for the love. You’re only as popular as the people backing you up from behind. Prince knew that. Did you notice that he never regained the level of popularity after he left the amor labels? It’s not an accident. It’s not because of distribution as an independent artist. It is the system built to keep you out if you’re not going to go along with it.

I’m not here to explain chemtrails to you. There are plenty of resources about ti on the Internet. I’m just here to sow you something that tells you that the world is not what you are told it is. It’s time that we pay attention and think for ourselves. Because anything that is told to you, by those from a position of power, is told to you with a hidden agenda.

Here’s the video.

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THE COSMIC JOURNEY – NEW WORKS BY ANDREA MAI

Last week on Valentine’s Day, I shot some new images. It takes time for ideas to develop mentally and to prepare for a shoot. Selecting what image to project is crucial. This time, I selected a side profile of  image of Prince and overlapped it with an image of the starry night sky that I took while I was in the French countryside. I wanted this to feel cosmic. Funny enough, I had this fur neck warmer that I ought in 2015, that is a match to Prince’s fur coat. We always had similar taste in fashion.






To be honest, I never really know how a shoot is going to turn out. Sometimes the ideas just don’t translate well i reality. So I never place too much expectation on anything I do. I always just roll with it and see where it takes me. Some might call it trial and error. I call it going with the flow.

I have been thinking of presenting my work in video format. I love video as a medium. It’s more the direction I am taking my work towards in terms of presentation as a photographer. I presented my work in an online gallery format. From my observation, I think Internet users are too overstimulated to look through a website. Too short of an attention span. In the future, I will be presenting more of my work in video format.

The following video is a one-minute video compilation of some of the images from this shoot, paired with the channeled message I received from Prince on May 15, 2016. I’m really happy with it, as I think it takes his message to a whole new level. I think too many people focus on his death and the things related to third-density existence, like the issues surrounding his estate; they do not see the bigger picture of what Prince represents as a being. I intend to do right by him to make his message known.

It was a few days of pondering before I got to work on this video. Like everything I do now. It is all channeled. The time to create the video itself is not so long. But the thought process behind it is worked through for days before I begin to do anything about it at all. By the time I was inserting images into the video, I was no longer consciously paying attention to the appropriate allocation of each image. This worked out on its own, automatically.

One of the challenges was choosing the synthesized voice for Prince. He was known for his use of voice manipulation in his own work. Actually, the original innovator of its use. I finally went with Whisper and took it up an notch, as the original sounded too much like Cookie Monster. The Whisper voice reminds me of music by the French band, Air. That really takes me back to my teenage hopes and dreams.

Here it is. I hope you enjoy it

All images and text ©2017 by Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.

PRINCE: IT’S YOUR JOB TO BE WHO YOU ARE

Earlier this week, I re-released the Prince reading in video format. Check it out down below. It wasn’t until after completed the project, that I realized how even my design sensibility is similar to Prince’s. I was watching some of Prince’s old music videos from way back. In his very early videos, he’d have the words of his lyrics come on screen. Examples are Sign O’ The Times and Alphabet St. And then again, in his later videos with 3RDEYEGIRLl, like FIXURLIFEUP and ANOTHERLOVE. My decision to highlight words and phrases in my video was, I’d say, unconsciously influenced by Prince himself. He is always encouraging me to be on video. The trouble with that, is that I don’t enjoy speaking on camera so much. I always forget what it is I want to say, which is why I prefer interviews, where I am interacting with someone.

As I was producing the video, typing up phrases to place in the video, I am once again reminded of why it is I do what I do here on this blog and beyond as an artist. As it was conveyed to me, Prince only got so far with expressing what he came here to express, my work as his twin soul is to pick up where he left off. “You have to keep it going. This is your job.”

I get people who learn of me, and all they want to do when they interact with me is question “Why you?” As if  to say, who are you to associate yourself with the likes of Prince, when he didn’t even know you in life. For such people, clearly, they never bothered to read my blog. They just like to ask questions, but never accept the answers. I’ve written openly and extensively about my experiences. I do not have the time to hash it out with you personally. I do not care if you believe me or not. I am not offended by your disbelief. It would be like if I took it personally every time someone said that they didn’t believe in God. I believe in “Live and let live”.

Others react in such a away saying, “Why can’t you just be normal”. And all I can say to that is, because I am extraordinary. To live any other way would be denying who I am, pretending to be less great than I am. Of course I realize that such comments are reflective of the commenter and has nothing to do with me. I only bring it up to make a point, that you shouldn’t care what other people think of you. You should own up to your greatness. People put you down because they don’t want to own up to theirs.

I don’t share my experience for some kind of self-gratifying, attention seeking agenda. I do it because it’s my purpose and mission to communicate and express my ideas and experiences with you. There are seriously, much easier ways to become famous nowadays; and it has nothing to do with being yourself. Celebrity is very attainable if you are willing to sink down to being anyone but yourself. I share my messages because this life you are in, is all about being yourself. Being completely who you are in your greatness is what you are here for, not some “normal” life. The concept of what is normal is just a social engineer’s way of making you feel like you have to conform to society and what everyone else thinks. It’s a form of mind control. Free yourself from such thinking.

And lastly, I share my experiences with you because I want you to know that there is something greater beyond the life that you know of. There is something unseen; higher forces. There is life after death. And this is why what you do with this life is so important. As Prince said in the song, Sweet Baby, “The road you choose to walk in this life, is the one that leads into the next”.

Image above: “Andrea” by Prince in spirit.

©2017. Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.

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