Travel Diary | Andrea Mai

ART UPDATE: PRINTING WITH LIGHT ACTIVATED DYES

I’ve been experimenting with light activated dyes for a couple of weeks. It’s been an interesting experience. The dyes react with UV light, and so different printing techniques can be applied. It’s an interesting medium for me to work with, as both a photographer and a textile artist, I get to print on both paper and fabric. Here are some of the results from my experiments.

I painted the dye onto silk. I created folds and placed it under some lace and exposed it to light. It created this interesting mosaic effect.
I printed on some silk satin and dyed it a light lilac color.
I made it into a hair scrunchie and it’s for sale in my Etsy store.
The UV printing has given me an opportunity to revisit my photo catalog and reimagine them in a new way. When working with photographs, a negative has to be created by inverting the image and printing it on acetate or translucent paper. I’ve been printing on tracing paper with a laser printer to try it out, as it is more economical. This is my Prince Sun photo that I sell in my shop as a print. It is a photo of Prince’s gate from his former Toronto home.
I made a print on paper, and fabric (seen on the bottom right). There is a color variation that occurs depending on what material you are printing on. I like painting the dye in an irregular shape. I find that it gives it a dream like effect.
I made a photogram on cotton fabric using lace and my Prince necklace.
I used the fabric to make a face mask.

The Solar Fast dyes come in different colors. Depending on the material used as the substrate, the colors will turn out differently. The same purple dye used on silk looks very different on cotton. Results can be unpredictable, which can keep things exciting, but difficult to replicate, so every print is one of a kind.

Image above: “Mont Blanc in blue” by Andrea Mai.

THE SPIRIT SAID “GOD SPOKE TO ME” – EVP January 15, 2020

During the trip to Niagara Falls, we stayed at the Seneca Resort and Casino. Normally I would not choose to stay in a hotel that has a casino, but I was using loyalty points to pay for it, and it was a great deal. It turned out that they offered free buffet tickets to its hotel guests.

It was very noisy in the buffet a lunch time, but at the same time, I got some really loud and clear EVP. That’s the thing about EVP, it’s a bit tricky to predict how well an EVP will turn out, because just the right amount of noise will actually make the recordings better to hear. But too much will ruin it. I tested these clips on my laptop speakers, and many of these are excellent. They are repeated on loop.

In the elevator, right before the door opened, P said, “We go out”.

As I was getting food at the buffet, there was a man with a service dog with him. In my head, I kept hearing this joke, “Do dogs eat for free?”. You know, ’cause sometimes kids get to eat for free at these places. I wanted to say it out loud, because I thought it was funny, but I stayed quiet. It turns out that a spirit was saying it!

P also had his dog with him. someone commented, “That’s the doggie”. You can hear a bark in the background.

Wherever we go, there is always going to be spirits asking P about why he’s with me, and if he can talk to me. P will usually tell them about my psychic abilities, even though I chose not to engage in it much. I’m assuming someone was saying this to me, “Can you hear us”. As you can see in the above example with the dog joke, yes I can!

Here is someone saying, “Hungry”.

I think that because spirits are using their thoughts to speak, they tend to blurt out things that we would consider rude to say out loud. People were saying hi to P. This one said, “You’re tiny”. “Nice to meet you”.

Here is P saying, “Sit with me”, You can hear someone calling back, “Coming”.

Here is someone saying, “You want milk?”. “Sure”.

Someone commented, “Angels in there”.

I heard P ask them, “Why do you guys stay here?”. They said, “We don’t know”.

P told them, “Pray to God”.

Someone responded, “I’ll try it now”.

Then something cool must have happened over there. Someone said, “Now it’s raining”. “Look, Prince”. “Wow”. I wonder if the rain was purple…?

They aid, “Prince you were right”.

Someone said, “God spoke to me”.

It’s incredible. These spirits finally get to know God. And we got to witness it. What a blessing!

There are so many supposed mediums out there that will tell you that the spirits say the God doesn’t exist, or that God is just some “non-personal cosmic force in the universe”, or some similar type of ting. Then they offer all kinds of nonsense spiritual guidance. This goes to show you that we should not regard everything said by spirits equally. Either they lie, or they just don’t know about God. So be careful what you listen to.

God is just a prayer away.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on January 15, 202020.

Image above: “Pink Bar” by Andrea Mai

THEY MOVED THE CLOUDS FOR ME – EVP January 15, 2020

Our hotel was walking distance from Niagara Falls, so we walked to Prospect Point, the only spot where you can see both the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls at the same time. It was cloudy, windy, and very cold. I recorded EVP as I took photos.

I got some good clips, but you can hear the wind and the water in the background. I tested the clips on my laptop speakers, they are audible, but some are better with headphones. The clips are repeated on loop.

As we walked along the river towards the falls, it was very cold, and I wondered if P was cold. I imagined for him, a black sateen bomber-style jacket with black rhinestone crystals encrusted on the back that formed his symbol. Though I’ve heard that one can give gifts to spirits by thought, I never really knew if it works. P said, “Andrea, a new coat“.

He then said, “I got it, thank you”.

It was very windy, P said, “Windy”.

Then he said, “Lost my hat”. Fortunately, after that I heard someone found his hat. It must have blown away.

There seemed to be talk about P’s new coat with with the spirits nearby. Someone asked him what the symbol was, probably referring to the symbol on the coat. He said, “Love sign”.

P said, “Nice and warm”.

Someone said, “Hey Prince”.

As I was taking photos, someone said, “Like this”, and another said, “That’s pretty”.

The sun was starting to come out and there was a small strip of light appearing halfway along the horizon. It was beautiful, but I said that I wished the rest of the clouds would move so that the light could fill up the horizon. As we waite for someone to return from the washroom, I noticed that the clouds had moved and the whole horizon was beaming with light!

I heard them on the EVP, saying, “Move it away”.

It was stunning, I knew someone was helping us with the weather. After we left the park, the entire sky cleared up and it was bright and sunny. I felt really blessed to see such beauty.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on January 15, 2020.

Image above:“View of Niagara Falls” by Andrea Mai.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A TALKING SWAN – EVP September 29, 2019

On the morning of the last day in Reykjavik, my mother and I decided to take a walk in the nearby area around the hotel, have lunch, and then head to the airport with the group. We walked to the city hall, and ran into two people from our group. Somehow during the walk, I lost track of my mother, as I was busy taking photos. She was busy in conversation with the other people. Behind the city hall, there is a small lake with ducks and swans. There were walking paths along each side of thehe lake. I couldn’t see her, so I kept walking along the lake towards city hall.

There was still plenty of time, so I was not worried. I recorded EVP on my walk back to the hotel. I tested these clips on my laptop speakers The sound quality is quite good, but I would recommend headphones for a better listening experience. The clips are repeated on loop.

I walking along the lake, and someone said, “Welcome to Iceland“. It sounds like the swans were talking, but as I have explained in past posts, voices from the other side can take on the quality of sounds from our reality, as though it is being filtered through.

I heard P in conversation with someone, and he mentioned about knowing that I am his twin soul, because God showed him. This person replied that God was, “Angry with me”. And P replied, “God is love”.

She asked, “How do you know”. P said, “I pray to God”.

P explained to her about praying to God. He said, “You try to pray to God“.

She asked, “What do you do?”

P told her an example, “Dear God, can you help me”.

Presumably, something must have happened after she prayed, but it is not clear what exactly. I have heard spirits comment that they see a light glowing from people when they pray. Perhaps in spirit, it is easier to sense God in prayer, as they seem to notice something incredible after they pray. In this clip, someone said to her “God loves you”. And she said, “Thank you so much”.

I had walked to this nearby church to photograph it from the outside. Standing outside its door, someone said, “Come have a seat”. Someone replied, “Thank you”.

Spirits were noticing P, and someone said, “It’s him, look”.

P said to me, “We gotta go, hotel”.

Someone said, “Did you met him”. And another said, “That is Prince”.

Prince called out, “Angel” to ask about where my mother was.

I returned to the hotel, but my mother had not arrived yet. I waited in the lobby. I went outside to redo a quick photo of a scene that I had accidentally deleted from my camera, and when I came back, she was there.

I have heard so many times about spirits finally surrounding their resistance to God. I can no longer have any doubts about God’s existence. I know that my prayers get heard and answered. It is the most wonderful feeling to know God’s love.

May God bless you.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on September 29, 2019.

Image above: “Swans” by Andrea Mai.

SPIRITS REACT TO PRINCE ON THE AIRPLANE – EVP September 29, 2019

On my previous trips, I have observed through EVP, that spirits do travel by airplane. Spirits are everywhere, and airports are no exception. The spirit world exists as a layer overlaying our reality. There are occurrences where the spirit world bleeds through into ours. That is when we get to see ghostly phenomenon, but this is just a small fraction of what is going on over thee on the other side. Spirits are just like us, they desire to travel and see new places, perhaps places they never got to visit when they were “alive”.

On the way back from Iceland, I recorded EVP while boarding the airplane. I was assigned a sear in the first row, right beside the door.

I got some very clear and loud EVP. I wasn’t expecting to, as usually very noisy places can be a hinderance to getting good recordings. I have tested these clips on my laptop speakers, and they are very audible. But if you want to hear even better, use headphones. The clips are repeated on loop.

While we were lining up at the gates, I guess they saw P, you can hear someone shouting, “It is Prince”. And someone must have asked who was with me. P replied, “Andrea’s mom“. Both are speaking simultaneously in the clip.

Someone said, “Do you like Prince music. Prince right there”.

Because I am sitting in the first row, I could not put on backpack under the seat in front of me, so I had to put it in the overhead bin. P said, “Put away“.

Here is a really cute sounding clip, I heard someone say, “Uhh, can you pass the phone? Thank you”.

Someone said, “Huh, huh, you say hi to Prince“.

Someone said, “Hi, he’s at the door”. We were sitting next to the airplane’s door in first row.

Someone said, “Prince sitting with her”.

Someone asked, “Prince, can I talk with you”. I didn’t catch what he wanted to talk about after that.

Someone asked P, “Where is your home?”.

From what I have observed, we have angels that look after us. They travel with us. On the plane, someone noticed them and said, “Wow, angels”. I assume that by their reaction, that they don’t see the all the time.I pray every night for protection, and I believe that this is the result of it. That is why I tell people that they should pray. We cannot see what is going on in the spirit world, but we can have the protection of God to defend us from evil.

By my observation, the spirit world seems to be a lot more crowded than ours. I could be walking along an empty street all by myself, but there is actually tons of spirits wandering around. I wonder if it is possibly because so many people in our modern age, don’t believe in God, and when they pass over, they remain here instead of going to be with God in heaven. P often talks to these lost souls who have no where to go, and he tells them about God and prayer. They often refuse to pray because they are afraid. But he encourages them to pray, and they do. They come back telling P that he was right about having to pray and find God.

I feel very sad for these “homeless” souls. They seem to sleep anywhere that they can find as shelter, such as empty cars and shopping malls. I pray that people come to know God before leaving this earthly plane. I feel like so man people are missing out on what it’s like to know that there is something so wonderful, and greater than what we know.

May God bless you all out there.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on September 29, 2019.

Image above: “Passport” by Andrea Mai.

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I WAS SCARED, AND SPIRITS HELPED ME – EVP September 25, 2019

During a day trip to the South Coast in Iceland, they took us to Seljalandsfoss Waterfall. This is a waterfall that you can go behind the water, because it was a cavern. I was prepared that I would get wet, but what I was not prepared for, was the level of physical exertion. There is a staircase that leads up to the cavern;s opening, but from there on, there are rocks to climb. Going down was ok, but the exit was a steep climb up some wet, slippery rocks. I was by myself, as my group didn’t want to come with me. It is slightly dangerous. I was somewhat panicked by the prospect of the climb. I was unsure what rock to climb onto first. I felt directed to get onto one of the rocks on the side and make my way to the staircase. I got mud and slime all over my shoes, but luckily I was wearing a waterproof cover over them. My hands were muddied too.

I was recording EVP during all this. And here’s what I found out. Some clips are pretty clear and loud, but you may hear the waterfall in the background. I recommend headphones, but I tested it without and it can still be heard. The clips are repeated on loop.

At the very moment when I had to decide how I was going to climb the rocks, P said, “That way”.

This clip is better heard with headphones. When I got back to the tour bus, the tour guide flagged me down for a quick chat. There were two buses of the same colour, but I didn’t remember what the design on the side of the bus looked like. I walked towards the entrance of one, but the guide chased after me and said it was the other one. On the recording, it turned out that P was saying, “Not this one”. And another voice said, “I’ll tell him… Hey”. If you ever wondered if there was “something” looking out for you, this tells us there really may be.

On the tour bus, I caught this clip. It sounds like gibberish, and I’m not sure, but it sounds like “Prince, what did you do”. It sounds so cute.

Earlier, Prince spoke with some spirits at the waterfall, they noticed angels, and P told them, “Angels follow me”.

Someone told Prince, “Bless you”.

And then I don’t know what exactly they were talking about, but P told them, “Go to her website”. I find it totally funny when spirits are talking about internet and technology. Do they have that over there?

I feel truly blessed knowing thatI am helped, even when it seems that I am “alone”. Knowing that there is God, and that there are angels, what a gift! How glorious! I hope that everyone gets to know this truth for themselves.

May God bless you.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on September 25, 2019.

Image above: “Seljalandsfoss Waterfall” by Andrea Mai.

SPIRITS REACT TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS – EVP September 27, 2019

As I had mentioned in my previous post, I got to see the Northern Lights in Iceland on the first night of my trip. I decided to book an additional tour just for seeing the lights. I had heard from tour guides that Thursday night was going to be really good.

That night, they took us to two spots, until we finally settled in at a spot at Blue Mountain. I could see the lights from the bus window. When we got off the bus, the lights were so huge. It was right on top of us. You could see the lights from almost every angle you turned. It was so big that I couldn’t contain it all in the frames of my camera. It was just too big. Once the light started to dissipate, and people started to settle down a bit. I started to get to work on the photos. Though the lights had become less visible to the naked eye. it was very visible on camera. The camera can see a wider spectrum of light that the eye cannot.

During this time, I was recording EVP as well. I wondered what the reactions of spirits would be, if they were there.

Some of these clips are a bit quieter. I’ve tested them on just my laptop speakers, and while I could still hear most of them, I still recommend headphones.They are repeated on loop.

Getting off the bus, I heard P saying, “I’m gonna take pictures”. Someone then said, “Good for you”. I am both pleased and amused that P can continue his hobby doing photography from where he is. But at the same time, I wonder, is he taking pics of me unaware? I wondered if photography still existed on the other side. But I don’t see why not. As I have dreams about being with my camera and taking photos.

Some spirits noticed the presence of angels, they said, “There’s an angel. Three angels here”. I had said in previous post, that I had been praying to see the Northern Lights. I was quite certain that angels were assisting us. We had seen the lights so unclose, right on top of us, it was like we were being bathed in it. It was truly the most spectacular sight.

P explained to them about the angels, “They travel with me”. This, I’m pleased to know, that my prayers get answered, that we are protected.

Prince’s mother, in spirit, had joined us on the trip. I knew she was coming, as I had told him, she was welcome to, after I heard her say to P about wanting to travel, after seeing one of my photos of Month Blanc. Here, P says, “That’s my mom”.

Here is a clip when we were watching the Northern Lights. Someone said, “Wow”.

They said, “Look out there. Wowwwww”.

Another voice said, “It’s big”.

They commented, “Angels help”.

Someone said, “You see, there’s angels there”. This one might be hard to hear without headphones.

Someone said, “Wow, Prince here”.

This clip just sounds really cute. I don’t know what they are saying, it sounds like hooting, and then there is a high-pitched “Wow” coming from a girly voice.

The night ended, and we got back on the bus. I was still recording, but I forgot. I caught this voice saying, “I’m coming, getting food”.

Someone asked, “Where does the bus go?”. From what I have observed, spirits will travel using means of transportation from our reality. Sounded like some spirits followed us onto the bus to hitch a ride from the field in the middle of nowhere along the highway.

Someone replied, “To Reykjavik”.

P ws talking to other spirits on the bus. He said, “God is so good”.

On the rest of the recording, I heard P talking to these other souls about God. I’m not going to post these clips, because they are too quiet. Someone had said that she was worried about where she was going to go for the night. P told them, “You can always go home. Don’t worry.” But her response was “They don’t want me”. P assured her, that God loved her, and that all she had to do was pray to find out. They prayed together. Very soon after that, something happened, I do not know what exactly. But I presume that she was taken home, because after that, someone else said, “I want to go home, like her”, and another said, “I want to be with God”.

To be honest, when I hear conversations like these, it makes me cry, knowing that these souls had suffered the unknowing of Gd’s love for them. I am so glad that P wants to help them. Yet I am still saddened, knowing that it seems even harder in our reality, that many will not see this, will resist the message, will reject it and fight you on it. I feel like it is even harder here. It seems that the spirits can realize it more easily if they are given a push. Here it seems, materiality gets in the way.

I nearly forgot to mention. After the immense display of the Northern Lights floating over us, another tor bus pulled up to join us, but they had already missed the grand show we had just witnessed. We were, in the right place, in the right time. I swear, it must have been angels guiding the tour bus I was on.

I feel so blessed after this experience, especially to know that God does hear us. I wish everyone would have the chance to feel this.

May God bless you.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on September 27, 2019.

Image above: “Northern Lights” by Andrea Mai.

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