Flying Lotus

Layer 3

"Flying Lotus 'Layer 3' - A Red Bull Music Academy Film from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo

Our new mini-documentary peeks behind the scenes of Flying Lotus’s new live audiovisual extravaganza, 'Layer 3' – which the Academy was proud to assist with developing in support of the 'Until The Quiet Comes' tour. Made with the help of visual artists Strangeloop and Timeboy, the trio have devised a method of transporting FlyLo into outer dimensions using two transparent scrims and interactive front and rear projectors, conjuring nothing short of the acid-fried Space Odyssey "Stargate" scene."

via Brainfeeder

It's pretty neat how FlyLo described himself as a homebody, but now that he feels he has purpose he needs to go out and share that purpose with the world.  I think we're all in search of that happy place and its an accomplishment that Flying Lotus has finally come to his or at least that that first level of higher satisfaction.  

It's fun to think about our own pursuits, if we have found something important to us, and where they will take us.  It's not that difficult to step back and analyze our lives to see if we're going in the right way, we just need to do it.  I spoke with Jeff Svoboda of First Floor Surfboards and I could tell that, though he's busy as shit, he's doing his thing and really vibin' his situation.  It shows in the quality and uniqueness of his surfboards.  Refreshingly enough as bumping into a friend like Jeff is, it seems like many people I meet and know are just floating through life.   A tough thing to discover for yourself is a purpose and that's right in the ballpark of other existential things like the question, "who am I?"

Without any substantial life goals or feeling as if you don't have any reason for being around, the void of not looking forward to anything will take a shit on your brain and how you feel.  To not fall into a rut or to quickly bounce back from getting fucked by the world, set some goals for yourself so you can always have something to look forward to.  Society, specifically corporations in pursuit of profits, will prey on primordial "achievement instincts" to get people fiending for more and to grab our attention for as long as possible.  But we can control and channel that thing in our brain that wants that instant gratification, we just have to be conscious of it and want to master it.  I've started eating healthier and trying to optimize my body with the fuel in needs to run on and I feel physically and mentally better.  Better able to deal with the stresses of an incredibly stressful world that isn't going to get any easier.  Take care of your body and your mind will thank you (and vice versa).

enough.

I had to get a little deep right there for second.  Feels good to do it sometimes.  I love music and posting daily is one of my personal goals (albeit a smaller one in the grander scheme of things).  Well, Happy Halloweiner, kiddos.

-gonz