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This coming Saturday, May 7 from 1 pm to 4 pm, we’ll be at Whole Foods Cedar Center (in University Heights, OH), showcasing our multimedia products.

The store now carries our brand new CD, “Pianoflow.” Music from the CD will be playing throughout the store and we’ll be present with a multimedia display across from the deli. We’ll also give away a limited number of multimedia samplers.

The event is called, “Whole Lotta Love for Moms,” and will feature demonstrations and samples from Whole Body vendors along with coffee, tea and cookies.

Give Mom the gift of relaxation with any of our products. We hope to see you there!

If you read the Studio Blog, you’re already well aware of our love for Banff, Alberta in Canada. Imagine how excited we were when we discovered that the Banff Mountain Film Festival makes a stop in Cleveland!

We attended the festival last year for the first time and we were instantly hooked. It’s a wonderful array of adventure films and video essays about people’s connection to the outdoors. We appreciate On the Edge Films for bringing this great event to Cleveland!

This year, GC Creative Studio will be exhibiting at the event. We will have our music (including the just released, Pianoflow CD) and our brand new Water Films DVD on hand!

Here are the details…

Journey to exotic locations, paddle the wildest waters and climb the highest peaks! The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will exhilarate you with amazing big-screen stories when it comes to the Masonic Temple and Auditorium for an exclusive Northern Ohio showing on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16, 2011.

The 35th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival travels to over 285 communities and 30 countries around the world. From an exploration of remote landscapes and mountain cultures to adrenaline-fueled action sports, this year’s films are sure to captivate.

The two-night extravaganza in Cleveland showcases different films each evening. Fridayʼs Opening Night Reception features beer, appetizers and dessert. Appetizers and dessert will also be served Saturday. Complimentary Caribou Coffee and Red Bull are on hand both nights along with prizes, raffles, samples and exhibits for outdoor enthusiasts from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

The films begin at 7:30 p.m.

Advance tickets to the BMFF are $35 for Friday and $30 for Saturday and can be purchased at Geigerʼs in Lakewood and Chagrin Falls, Century Cycles in Rocky River, Peninsula and Medina, or on-line at www.theedgefilms.com. Ticket prices increase $5 on 4/8/11. For additional information, go to www.theedgefilms.com or email info@theedgefilms.com. “Like” them on Facebook for updates at On the Edge Films.

So, last week I had no speaking voice for about three days. It happened quite suddenly as I went from baritone, to bass to whisper — within a matter of hours, actually.

For the last three months, I’ve been thinking about instituting an hour of silence into each day. Little did I realize that I would get the opportunity to try silence for 6-7 hours, two days in a row!

I must tell you, it was amazing. Have you ever tried it?

My thinking became so clear during the time that I wasn’t talking. I also had a ton of creative ideas that seemed to come from a totally new place within me.

Candice and I practice meditation every day, but this was different. Being quiet in the middle of the waking day presents new ways to look at your world. Most of us probably know this already, but to actually experience it is quite a different matter.

If you’re feeling stressed about world events, having a creativity block or needing to get a new perspective, try silence for just a few hours and see what comes to you.

I plan on putting silence into my daily routine because it’s so refreshing.

I leave you with two items today.

First of all, our friend, Dianne Little wrote a really nice tribute about us on her blog at HawaiianLife.com in honor of my birthday this week. We are very appreciative of her kind words!

In addition, here’s a photo from the incredible “Purple Reign” orchid show at the Cleveland Botanical Garden.

More photos of the orchid show are on our Facebook page: GC Creative Studio

All of us can experience beauty inside and out . . .

with yourself

with others

with your environment

When you look for beauty within, it becomes easier to spot all around you.

It can be done anytime, anywhere. Yes, even in the middle of February up north — inside and out.

Photos:
upper left – Holden Arboretum
upper right – Red-billed Fire Finch from inside the Cleveland Botanical Garden
lower left – sunset through the bare trees in Cleveland Heights
lower right – our orchid that we named “Sid”

One of the many things to appreciate about the holiday season is the spirit of giving and interconnectedness. Candice and I visited a place that embodies that spirit throughout the year.

The Gathering Place is an amazing place, located in a business park on the east side of Cleveland (they also have a west-side location in Westlake). Their mission is to support, educate and empower individuals and families touched by cancer through programs and services provided free of charge.

It is most certainly “a community of sharing and support that promotes healing and wellness.”

From the moment you enter, you are met with peace. As you walk into the foyer, you see an artistic slate of inspirational quotations and are soon greeted by a warm and welcoming staff. A tranquil waiting room (called the “living room”) contains artwork, a fountain, peaceful background music and contemplative books. The pace of life really slows down when you enter this caring space.

We were given a tour of the facilities and impressed by the number of services that are offered, and all of it for FREE. There is art therapy, massage, yoga, a gym, nutrition and cooking classes, performances, an extensive library and even a garden — an amazing natural oasis in the middle of “9 to 5 paced” Commerce Park in Beachwood.

In addition to our appreciation for such a place, we were struck by two things. First, we noticed artwork on the walls by participants in the art therapy program and even by local artists who had their work displayed. Images of nature were everywhere.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to us because we are always on a quest to commune with nature and share those experiences, but we were pleased to see so many natural images in the artwork that further enhances this healing and supportive environment.

The second thing that entered our thoughts was that The Gathering Place gives people who are touched by cancer the opportunity to experience the best things in life. I kept thinking, “who wouldn’t want this?” All of us could benefit from embodying this kind of positive, supportive and healing energy. Imagine a world in which this lifestyle is our paradigm.

The Gathering Place has further inspired us to create that kind of life for ourselves as we inspire others to give themselves that gift as well.

Click on this link if you’re interested in discovering ways to support this fantastic place.

There are so many great natural places to discover! We visited the overlook at Virginia Kendall Ledges in the Cuyahoga Valley just in time to catch a beautiful sunset.

Every April, Candice and I head down to Richfield, Ohio to check out the Furnace Run Daffodil Trail.

The bloom quality depends on the weather each year and 2010 has turned out to be one of the best.

Check out this new video of the trail. I also wrote a brand new jazz tune that came to me while looking at the photos of the experience.

If you like the music, called “Furnace Run,” and you wish to download it, click here.

Our YouTube channel (GCCreativeVideos) now has a new Playlist called, Nature Portraits. This video is the first one in the series.

Enjoy!

The last two weeks of October have been incredibly beautiful with the trees showing off their colors. Inspired by images of fall, I present to you a new relaxing Water Film, “Autumn Spirit.”

This short film features images from right outside my front door to the Metroparks around Cleveland to the Cuyahoga River Valley. The visual treat is accompanied by my brand new recording of Debussy’s piano Prelude, “Danseuses de Delphes.”

You can watch this new movie here:

Watch it in HD on the full screen on Youtube!

Or you can go to our Water Films website.

If you like the brand new recording of Debussy’s piano music, “Danseuses de Delphes,” you can download it here.

Kick back and relax!