Art Life | Andrea Mai

THE MYSTERY OF THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS – EVP May 24, 2018

Lat year, I did my first trip where I recored EVP on location during my trip. I have a wristwatch that records audio, and I would just leave it on while I’m walking around. When I was in Brighton, I did some recordings at the Royal Pavilion while I was taking photographs.

I lived in Brighton during my mid-twenties. I loved that Brighton had the feeling of smallness, but at the same time it was an exciting place to be in. You could walk from one side of town to the other within a half hour. From where I used to live, I could get to the seashore within a ten minute walk. I wanted to go back and see how it was like now.

Unfortunately, my trip was adversely affected by the pouring rain on the one full-day that I had there. I only went to places near my hotel. I got out in the morning and took photographs of the Royal Pavilion. I had the recorder on, of course.

It turned out that I didn’t get a lot of great clips that morning. Being outdoors, the recorder picked up a lot of the wind from the bad weather. I could hear conversations occurring between P and other spirits, but they were only whispers.

However, I did get this one amazing clip that has, to this day, caused me much curiosity. I was outside of the Royal Pavilion, along the front garden, taking photographs, it was starting to rain. No one was near me. A man’s voice called out, “Why are you running, princess!”. (The clip is repeated on loop)

Who could have this person been talking about? Was it a real princess that they were referring to? Why was she running? I found this totally intriguing, so I looked up the history of the royal family who resided in the Royal Pavilion.

The Royal Pavilion was a holiday summer house, the building design took inspiration from India and China. King George only had one child, Princess Charlotte of Wales. She would have spent some time at the Royal Pavilion and the Brighton seaside. According to what I read, Charlotte was a feisty, candid personality, she had a mind of her own. When Charlotte was of marrying age, her father was keen to arrange her marriage to someone that she was not fond of. When talks of the marriage contract could not be agreed upon by Charlotte, she broke off the engagement. When she heard that her father had intended to respond to her braking off the engagement by confining her in isolation, she ran out of her Warwick House (in London) residence onto the streets. A man, who saw from his window, saw the distressed princess and helped her get a hackney cab to get away.

Eventually, Charlotte married someone that she did love, but she died at age 21, after giving birth to a stillborn.

Could it be that this voice was calling out to Princess Charlotte? I wonder why she was running!

This clip was recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on May 24, 2018.

Image above: “Brighton” by Andrea Mai. Print available here.

ANGEL IN A HIGH-RISE – EVP November 14, 2018

I reviewed an EVP recording that I did back in November of last year. I was with my mother visiting our relatives overseas. I didn’t do much recording while I was there. They live in a condo building, and. I can only imagine the multitude of spirits hanging around in high density buildings I did a recording while I was finishing packing my bags on the last day of our visit.

I was alone when I caught these two clips. Relatives were in the family room while I was in the bedroom by myself.

As usual, I always recommend headphones for a better listening experience. But depending on what device you are using, you many be able to hear it even without. They are repeated on loop.

P said, “That’s an… angel”. I don’t know who he was talking to. But I did hear other spirits around.

Whoever he was talking to, responded, “Guard the two of you”. And then someone said hello in Mandarin, “Nee heow”.

This occurred near the end of the recording, so I don’t know what else was said. But I am sure glad to know we have angels with us. Every night I pray to God for angels to protect us. I don’t know with certainty if everyone has them, like a guardian angel, because based on my observations of the way spirits react when they see angels, they often remark with, “What are they doing here?”. If angels were with us all the time, on an everyday basis, such a question should seem rhetorical. One thought is, maybe everyone has them, but because they don’t explicitly ask for them, they are only on standby. In today’s day and age, people seldom pray, let alone have any awareness of angels.

May God bless you with his angels.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on November 14, 2018.

Image above: “I am” by Andrea Mai.

SPIRITS ABOARD A BOAT ON THE YANGTZE RIVER – EVP November 3, 2018

Last year, I travelled to China, and took a cruise along the Yangtze River. The scenery was exotic and primal in feeling. It reminded me of the illustrations from the children’s book, Where The Wild Things Are.

I recorded EVP while I was on the boat. I wandered around the observation deck taking photos and watched the scenery go by in the dining area. I wasn’t sure how these EVPs were going to turn out, as there is a lot of noise coming from the boat’s motors. But as it turned out, I did get some very loud and clear EVP. Reviewing the EVPs that I did in China, it was was easy to spot EVP, because everyone there is speaking Mandarin. Most of these, you will be able to hear without headphones, but of course, it will enhance your listening experience if you do use headphones. These clips are repeated on loop.

I was on the top deck when I recored these clips. It appears that P was enjoying some fancy food spread while I was busy taking photos. Here is a clip him saying, “Cheese“.

Someone said to P, “Have champagne”. These spirits were really living it up!

Mia (the dog) was with us, P said, “Mia”. and someone said, “You little, Prince”.

Someone said, “Dog biscuit”. I think they were offering a treat to Mia.

Someone said, “Let’s get off, grab it!”. It sounds to me that some spirits wanted to jump off the boat and get onto one of these beaches.

I headed back to the dining area to take my seat and wait for the meal service. The meal was like airplane food. Really basic. I had to wait a long time before it was served. As I was sitting there, P said, “I have sushi”.

If you ever wondered if they enjoy food over there on the other side, then here is the evidence to suggest that they do. Sometimes spirits offer food to each other. I find that really nice! Makes my heart melt, how nice they can be. And sometimes there are these spirits who prepare food like a chef, and offer it to others. I guess some spirits like to play restaurant in the afterlife.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on November 3, 2018.

Image above: “River” Andrea Mai.

A LOVE SONG FROM THE OTHER SIDE – EVP July 15, 2019

This morning I did a quick recording of my guitar playing, and I caught P singing along! I even heard him snapping his fingers! I have my guitar set at 432 tuning, which is what gives it that dreamy feel.

With musical EVP, I find it make s a huge difference to listen to it with headphones. There are some subtle frequencies that get lost on regular speakers. You still might hear it without headphones, but it will be more subtle, the words are less defined.

Here is the entire song uncut.

I couldn’t make out all the words that he was singing. Here some parts that were clear enough to make out, that I thought were worth clipping. They’re repeated on loop.

“Look how far we’ve come” ( You can hear a finger snap)

“You’re that girl in my dreams at night, fade into the morning light”

“I got you now”

“Thank God you’re mine”

“You play guitar”

I ain’t gonna brag, but you can imagine how he makes me feel.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on July 15, 2019.

Image above: “My guitar” by Andrea Mai.

SPIRITS COMMENT ON MY ART DISPLAY – EVP June 10, 2019

Last year, I applied to do an art exhibition with the Toronto Public Library. I was thrilled when I got an invitation to show at the Don Mills branch for the month of June. June happens to be Prince’s birthday month, but Don Mills is also near to where Prince used to live in Toronto.

Unfortunately, the library was undergoing renovation during the month of May and it spilled over onto the first week of June, and I could only show for the remaining three weeks of June.

I decided to record EVP during the artwork installation, just to see what kinds of thing the spirits might say. Most of these clips are quite clear, but I still recommend headphones. Sound quality can vary depending on what device you use. I use Beats headphones when I review audio, so if you want to hear what I hear, use headphones. Subtle sound frequencies can be lost on a regular speaker. The clips are repeated on loop.

Prince’s presence seemed to get the attention of nearby spirits.They come over and chatted with him. I think they were a little stunned that he was there. One spirit said to herself, “I talked to Prince”. The tone of her voice sounded like she couldn’t believe it. You can hear me unwrapping the bubblewrap on artwork. This clip is quite remarkably clear!

I guess once they spoke to Prince, they went and told their friends about it. Here is someone saying “Prince spoke to me”.

Someone said, “You meet celebrity”, and then someone replied in a squeal, “Yes!”.

Someone remarked, “New ghost”.

Here, someone said, “Prince one with her”.

They started asking questions about me. Prince explained to them about the twin soul thing, and that after his death,“God take me, wake up next to her”. Prince does tend to speak quietly, so this clip is a bit harder to hear.

They asked him, “Do you love her”.

He replied to them, “Adore her”.

In this clip, someone asked, “Why do you do this”. P replied, “I love her”.

As I was hanging the art, P was commenting, “That’s it”, to tell me it looked ok. Someone said, “It’s beautiful“.

Here someone said, “I’m gonna go see your art”.

I had some photographs of Mont Blanc. Here someone said, “Mountains”.

Someone said, “Great art”.

I had a series of photos that were in circles. Someone said, “They are circle, like it”.

Another one also commented, “They are circle”.

After we were done hanging up the pictures, we drove through Prince’s old neighbourhood, but we didn’t go on his street. As we drove, it started to rain. It had been raining that morning, but luckily it stopped when I was unloading the art at the library. While in the car, P said, “Now it rain”. And right after that, you can hear my mom say in Cantonese, “Rain again”.

P said to me, “In your dreams”. Which then reminded me of a dream I had, on the morning that I was supposed to originally install the art show. In the dream, I got into a car with P, but I sat in the back seat, because there were boxes loaded in the front passenger side. P was driving. He was asking me to hand him an umbrella, even though he had a big purple one next to him. He wanted a different one. He had an umbrella on each side of the backseats. He had peeped his car with enough umbrellas for each passenger seat. It was raining, and we drove through a park. In the dream, we were driving to Paisley Park. In the EVP, we were driving past, Irving Paisley Park, which is near his old Toronto house. How funny, right?

I am really stunned by some of the sound quality on these clips. It’s nuts going through the recordings and hearing their conversations on the other side. Despite how unreal my experiences may seem, these recordings affirm just how real it all is.

If you happen to like any of my artwork, you can purchase it from my shop here.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on June 10, 2019.

Image above: “Picture frame” by Andrea Mai.

I WAS TAKING PHOTOS, AND SO WAS HE – EVP May 11, 2019

I’ve found that location environment can really affect the quality of EVP recordings. Places with good acoustics can really amplify the EVP. I also think the type of place will affect what kind of spirits are attracted to be there, therefore affecting the overall content of the recordings. A while ago, I was at the park during Mother’s Day weekend. Lots of families were there to see the cherry blossoms and greenhouse conservatory. I have to say, I was stunned by the things I heard.

Most of these clips are amazingly clear. However what device you are using to listen from will affect the sound quality. I review my audio using Beats headphones, so if you want to hear what I’m hearing, you might want to use headphones to get the full experience of these clips. They are repeated on loop.

As I walked to the park by myself, I sensed that P had brought Mia with him. Turns out to be right! I found this clip of him saying, “Mia, where you going”.

My main objective for being there was to photograph the cherry blossoms. Listening to the recording, it turned out that P was also busy taking photos for other spirits! Here someone says, “Great shot”, and another replies, “Prince took it”.

Here someone says, “Prince take our picture”.

Here someone says, “Prince take my photograph”.

Here someone says, “Take a photograph”.

Here someone comments, “Wow, Prince”, and another says, “Great photographer”.

Here someone says to him, “You make postcard”. I guess they thought he should make postcards of his photos! I find this really funny because that is what I do with some of my photos. I sell them in my shop.

If you didn’t know, P was known among his friends as having a really good eye for photography. He had a Nikon, but in the later years, I saw him switch to a Canon. It’s so amazing to know that we are doing the same stuff together even though we are “apart”.

Here is someone laughing, “Hahahaha”.

I found this clip where a girl voice said, “Dear Diary”. And spoken on top someone saying, “Prince right there, look at that”. Was the girl writing in her diary?

Sometimes the spirits talk crazy fast. Here is what I could make out, someone said, “I wonder what…”. Another says, “This is centre”. Maybe they were wondering where we were?

This clip is stunning. A girly voice says, “Prince, we’re all in here”. It sounds so magical.

Amongst a crowd, someone said, “Prince will be in here”. It sounds like they were looking for him in one of the greenhouse rooms.

After I was done with being in the greenhouse, I went outside to get some more shots. I heard a kid voice ask to try on Prince’s gloves. He agreed to it and said, “My glove”.

Another kid came over and said, “I wanna see them”.

Then the kid said, “They’re giant though”.

I heard P say on the recording that his mother came to join us. Here a kid asks, “Who is this”. And P responds, “My mother”. As I was leaving the greenhouse, I was wondering if his mother was going to come see him for Mother’s Day. And she did!

Someone said, “It’s so beautiful”.

It was a beautiful day out. It makes me so happy to know he is doing things too. Getting to hear a glimpse of it is incredible. I found that in my experience, (some, not all) spirits can be incredibly kind to each other over there. They help each other out. They can be really generous. It’s really touching.

P/S I’ve opened up an online shop where you can get my photography prints. Decorate your home, or give them as gifts!

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on May 11, 2019.

Image above: “Cherry Blossoms” by Andrea Mai.

EVIDENCE OF THE SEPARATE-BUT-PARALLEL LIVES OF TWIN SOULS

I’ve talked about twin souls having parallels in older pasts; twin souls living separate but parallel lives, showing evidence for their psychic connectivity. I’m about to show you how deep the parallel goes.

I went to school for fashion design and graduated in 2004. At the end of 2007, I moved to England to take a knitwear design course in the town of Brighton. Meanwhile, Prince had completed his 21 Nights in London concert series, just months before I got there.That whole year I was planning and dreaming of being in London.

During the course, we had to design knitwear prototypes for sweater designs as we learned the machine knitting techniques. We would learn a technique and apply it to a design prototype for each week o the course. Above is an example of a design with inspirational images. This design was inspired by Surrealism and exaggerated ribbon bows.

There was one week where we used intarsia to create graphic designs on knits. I was creating a kind of uniform look. I was thinking of what a baton twirler in a parade might wear.

Now have a look at what Prince is wearing in this photo.Look how similar his coat design is to my design. They look like they belong together, like a his and hers version. Prince wore this in 2004.

Here is a design I did when we were experimenting with stripes. I saw in my mind, a vision of organic, fluid looking stripes, almost like zebra stripes.

I also designed this.

But what I really had in mind turned out to be exactly what Prince is wearing in this photo. I couldn’t quite achieve what I was thinking in knitwear. I saw this fluid line design in my mind very clearly. I even bought some white silk and black fabric paint to create it, but I never got around to it, because I didn’t have some good brushes to work with. Now so long after, I see this photo of Prince wearing this exact thing I saw in my head. Prince was wearing this for his appearance for at Webby Awards in 2006.

Here is a design I did on my own, not having to do with the course. I hand knitted it. I designed it in 2007. I was obsessed with this kind of cutting to make the front drape over the body like this.

Now see what Prince is wearing in 2014 on stage. Look at the similar cut of his knitwear piece.

There are the more obvious examples of ideas that I had floating in my mind, where I later discovered that Prince had these similar ideas and had applied them to his wardrobe or art direction for his marketing. It was really strange for me to start to notice Prince only after his death and then to see all these similarities. I had really little idea of who Prince was prior to the twin soul discovery experience. This goes to show how twin souls can be connecting, but have no idea that they are connecting with another actual person that they never met in real life.

It was during the two years that I stayed in England that I was having these dreams of a man that I felt very similar to, almost like a brother, but he was shorter than me. I would wake up feeling very confused. My brother in real life is actually taller than me. So this didn’t make any sense. It was also around the time when I bought these black framed glasses in 2008, and it turned out P was wearing these similar glasses on his tv appearances in 2009. I forgot about these dreams. But it would come about again in a strange incident in 2013, of an energetic visitation. Again, the same man, shorter than me. But I had forgotten about the dreams, so I didn’t put two and two together yet. I even had the strange idea that I supposed to be with a prince. Of course, later after Prince’s passing and meeting his spirit presence, I would realize it was him all along.

Image above: “Designs” by Andrea Mai.