Wild Fire

Culture Collective has been receiving about 500 visits per day! Keep spreading the word, and the excitement. The enthusiasm and response has been more than I could have ever expected. Blog posts will start becoming more regular now that the initial phases of launching the site are behind me. New videos are in the works.

At the beginning of April we raised the funds, along with a grant from 9 Gates Mystery School, and Kenosis, to send a Hopi teen and his father to Peru for sacred ceremony with The Q'ero. They return tomorrow after being there for 2 weeks. You can learn more by watching the "Hopi Seminole Wisdom" video under the "indigenous wisdom" link on the site, or you can visit their blog at: www.waterclan.blogspot.com

I've had a few people ask me about the video with Palden Gyatso titled, "Forgiveness" under the "Indigenous Wisdom" link. Yes, we did bring Palden to Hopi to speak with elders. It was quite amazing, though we were asked not to film. There are a number of words in Hopi that are the same in Tibetan, after a lengthy discussion (through 2 translators, 1 Tibetan, and 1 Hopi) it was decided that Tibetans and Hopi are indeed ancient relatives. There is more to come on this topic later.

Living Folklore hits the road here shortly, and we will be following those colorful clowns to music festivals in Colorado and California, and promoting Culture Collective along the way.

Independent Film-Makers, if you have, or are creating content that would fit under the Culture Collective Mission, stay tuned. I was in Sedona this past week spending time with Ronald James of The Sedona World Channel, a new online station in the Red Rocks of Sedona. It looks as though there will be many opportunities for collaboration, as they have a wonderful HD studio for filming. This will open up doors for programs shot in front of a studio audience with multiple cameras. It looks as though Culture Collective will be switching to a high band-width server to handle uploads from individuals around the world who share a similar vision of using media to inspire, enlighten, and educate about culture, environment, art, and health. There will be a jury process in the near future for interested film-makers.

Slip-Not into Oblivion,
Jacob