01:02:34. This guitar music soundtrack was improvised and recorded
in the hotel lobby: of where H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar jgd, Art of Living founder, was staying.
I also had a room there. This recording took place in Washington DC, 2012.

This is down-to-earth Guru. I saw Him passing through a few times,
over the course of 2 days or so, as I was busy making these audio tracks.

You might say that it is an unconventional view, and perhaps, a dream state:
I was not practicing, I was creating something new.

This style of guitar sounds is self taught: it happened for the first time:
at the German Ashram, 2009, while playing at Satsangs for GuruDev jgd.
There was something very special about this experience.

In this video, GuruDev jgd appears briefly. His abstract image is
different than what you would see in photographs, or the social media.

Images of teachers and devotees are hidden beneath the layers of this abstract collage.

This creative notion represents the spiritual nature of perception in my mind.

The visuals move, and change (inside the computer screen), as they accompany the music.

This work is about many of the days I spent in Art of Living, in His presence.

It is all about intuition, spirituality, one's imagination, listening, and playing.

You can close your eyes, and create your own moving picture, if you want to.

I hope that you enjoy this abstract work.

With love,

dr.

jgd

10:18. Mountain Dulcimer:

I wanted to let go of my ambition, and sense of competition.

I set aside my guitar, and made musical sounds in some other way.

The mountain dulcimer was a new instrument for me, and I gave it a try.

It has Appalachian, Celtic, and Scottish roots.

I started to strum at it.

The idea is to make a sound that calms and relaxes.

I hope you like this recording.

jgd

VIDEO 03:

11:15. This fine artwork of guitars is the musical score and soundtrack for the video:
"Who is: Larry, AKA the Birdman?"

It was inspired by my meetings with Larry the Birdman in Washington Square Park,
Greenwich Village, NYC.

Larry spent his time there, surrounded by the birds. We somehow started conversing
about things, and so I created this A/V project.

I kept this idea in my mind: how can I utilize creativity, in its infinite nature,
and also with its boundaries?

I left all of my mistakes in it. All of it was played spontaneously. Note:
there are a few imperfections in the recording.

This sound art was recorded by: David Rapoport (Photart Vidmus): August, 2016.

VIDEO 04:

56:49. Complete Music Video:

We played into a digital tape recorder.

OSTODA 3: is Osamu Fukuzaki (piano), David Rapoport (guitar), and Toru Hoshino (bass).

We made sounds that were unplanned (improvisation).

The tones and colors are reminiscent of ancient Sanskrit Bhajans.

It is all improv, live, in the rehearsal room, and was recorded, 2016.

I hope that you enjoy this a/v work.

jgd

VIDEO 05:

04:16. Sanskrit Bhajan.

This is a spiritual bhajan.

I learned it from Brigitta, while playing and staying at the Art of Living
European Center, at Bad Antogast, Germany (2009).

I learned how to be myself. There was no need to act, like an actor.

This was the experience of my life.

It has acoustic notes and chords, and a moving drone sound of electric guitar
with compression.

I wanted this recording to sound like it was being played live, with all of the
musical sounds, and imperfections in it.

Thank you to GuruDev, and Art of Living. jgd.

CONCLUSION:

For me, art is all about: wisdom, wonder,

total fulfillment, and the beyond.

Devotion, Grace, and feelings connected within ones heart center.

What does the unknown contain?

Creativity and intuition exist in most unexpected places.

It is like seeing in an other light.

This is my experience.

I am very thankful.

Photart Vidmus (David Rapoport)

LINKS:

001 - Self-Promotion:

i am promoter:

002 - Museum Mile Contemporary: Online Exhibition:

Greenwich Village: Memories of the Past

003 - kg2ry.net: Art, Communications, and Technology:

kg2ry.net:

004 - Photart Vidmus: Complete Music Video Collection:

Photartvidmus.com:

005 - Email Address:

info@rapoport.com