Saturday, May 12, 2007

mantra as a mnemonic devise

Over the course of 35 years the person who recorded this mantra has added different phrases that were relevant to him at the time. The mantra marks his life and serves as a mnemonic devise. He told me that every once in a while it will pop into his head and each phrase brings him back to a different time in his life. The first phrase JULIE ANDREWS SLEEPS NAKED began the mantra when he was just a kid.

Monday, April 30, 2007

first post submitted through the website!

LET GO LET GOD LET ME is the first post submitted through the website. I know there are more mantras out there. Record yours and submit it in an mp3 format by email. Thanks JB from Raleigh, NC.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

i hardly have any time

A perfect but not very helpful tax day mantra...

Sunday, April 15, 2007

yestoday! send me your mantra

Although solicited from a friend, this is the first mantra sent to me by email. Record yourself chanting your mantra and send it to me - yes today - in mp3 format.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

my budget mantra - you got to go through it to get to it

This week I've been working on a proposal for the Southern Documentary Fund for fiscal sponsorship. Which means I'm asking them to be my non-profit fiscal sponsor so I can apply for funding from private foundations. Having a fiscal sponsor allows individuals to take a tax deduction for contributions they make to the project.

So I've been working on a budget and a fundraising plan for the Mantra Trailer. What a lot of work! I kept thinking of my friend Ann's mantra - YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH IT TO GET TO IT. She is the director of a local arts organization called the Scrap Exchange. I have a greater appreciation for her mantra and the work that she does to keep the Scrap alive and well. Ann also coined the mantra CULTURE ISN'T FREE.

Well here's the budget grand total - remember it includes everything - the car, the trailer, the recording equipment, the interior, the exterior, technical assistance, web design and maintenance, travel per diem for 6 months and my time - $63,250.00! That's right. CULTURE ISN'T FREE.

Here are the budget details. I hope you will give!

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

traditional spiritual mantra

I need help identifying this traditional spiritual mantra. It was recorded in Durham, NC at a party celebrating the winter solstice in 2006. If anyone is familiar with the tradition, meaning and use of this mantra please make a post. Thanks.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

it all dissolves said the man who shit in the sink

DET LOSER SIT SA HAN SOM SKET I VASKEN is today's mantra. Some of the mantras people carry with them are gems of wisdom passed through the generations. This is the saying that, my friend's Swedish grandmother liked to repeat when live got messy and seemingly complicated.