[asseda]

Hello, guys!

We appreciate and cherish everything you do… it’s very significant to us, it resonates within our hearts and minds, so it does not go for nothing, that’s for sure.

To us you’re not simply a favorite band, whose music and ideas we’re keen on… you’re much more – you’ve become our folks, our congenial souls, our intimate friends… those with whom we want to share our deep emotions, our world. We’d like to talk to you about love, friendship, values. It may seem a bit pushy )))… but it’s for great love… ) Here are our questions:


* There is a well-known dictum of an art theorist Friedrich Schelling - "Architecture is frozen music". So, considering music from this point of view, could you tell which architectural structure, ever known to mankind, you would compare to your music, and why?


* Do you agree with the opinion that you should start creating when you don't know what will turn out in the end, but the creative process should be finished when you don’t know what you’ve created.


* What's your attitude towards Oscar Wilde and his following statements?

- "Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything."

- "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst; the last is a real tragedy!"


* There is a judgment that an artist should be poor. What do you think on that score?


* If you were drawing a jocular cartoon of yourselves, how would you depict it?


* Imagine that you happened to lay your hands on magic paintbrushes. What colors would you add to the world? =)


* "Differences between people cause envy. It gives rise to a lot of feelings and emotions – from admiration to hatred. Everything in the world is driven by envy – it’s the engine of history."

Do you agree with this idea?


* There are two viewpoints on attitude to others:

- Trust people until they prove themselves not trustworthy.
- Don't trust anyone until they prove they are trustworthy.
Which one do you prefer?


* What virtues do you esteem most highly and what vice are you least tolerant towards?


* Somerset Maugham once said: "The greatest tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."

Don’t you think that modern society aggravates this tendency?


* Chanakya said: "A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode."

To you what is the difference between loneliness and freedom? Do people determine for themselves whether they’re free or lonely, or are there any criteria? What is loneliness... is it a side effect of freedom, the inevitable consequent, or some kind of a fault?


* Is it necessary to be always on top? Should ambition be the dominant trait of a successful person?


* How much money is needed to comprehend that money can’t buy happiness?


* Which great person of human history would you like to be contemporary with?


* If you had an opportunity to put 3 questions to any person regardless of time, boundaries and countries, what would you ask and whom?


* Jared, suppose you have learned the Russian language. =))) How would you use this competence at first? If reading, what exactly? If watching, what movie? Or maybe you'd like to write or say something?

Love,
friends. =)

[Atman]

Hello, guys!

It’s been such a lively time in our Martian world!

Thank you so much for sharing the moments of this magic creative process with us all, while writing another page in our common history as a family. It’s hard to put into words how grateful we are, how much we appreciate your attention and dedication. It would be great to share some impression with you as well. There is an excellent and inspiring Russian cartoon, that was created in 1974. But such a thought-provoking piece of art is surely topical to this day and can resonate with anyone who maintains their self-belief and tenacity and keeps their mindset strong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yk1mz23YFA

And let us complete the message with a movie image that needs no foreword here
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8098/thx1138.jpg

Jared, the pictures on Kyte are really beautiful and atmospheric! Thanks for sharing them as well.
Good luck! We love you, guys! =)

P.S. Our best regards to Flood and all the people that have been helping you to follow this challenging and creative path. Oh, almost forgot))... and to the raccoons too.)))

Love,
friends.

[Atman]

Hello again! =))

C'est la vie. To say it in less sophisticated manner - sh*t happens. All in all, it's the same old story.
You probably know the brilliant parable about a man and a scorpion. It shows things as they are.
"There was this Hindu who saw a scorpion floundering around in the water. He decided to save it by stretching out his finger, but the scorpion stung him. The man still tried to get the scorpion out of the water, but the scorpion stung him again.
A man nearby told him to stop saving the scorpion that kept stinging him.

But the Hindu said: "It is the nature of the scorpion to sting. It is my nature to love. Why should I give up my nature to love just because it is the nature of the scorpion to sting?"

Don't give up loving.
Don't give up your goodness.
Even if people around you sting."

So, please, don't get frustrated no matter what some "scorpions" say. Indeed, growing in one’s nature a small spiteful scorpion is quite a pitiable choice if they're born a human being. Such a miserable way to go - failing to be who you're meant to be and not willing to take some thought and effort to reach the right stage of evolution.
But power of kindness, love and reason prevails anyway, as we know - "If there was so little good in the world, as they say, malice wouldn't be so conspicuous".

Needless to say, you know ALL the things that were said just now. Just wanna cheer you up a little… as you remember we adore everything you are and everything you do, it all means a lot to us! =) And it's VERY enjoyable to hear from you every single time. Thank you so, so much! =)
Happy recording time!

LOOOOOOVE,
friends