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Category: Ari’s Diary

Category: Ari’s Diary

Modern Technology Powers Music

In which I announce the impending release of my original music catalog to streaming and ponder how today is the best time to be alive for musicians.

May 4, 2020 May 7, 2020 Ari's Diary  distrokid / Japan / YouTube
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Rock n Roll Is an Ideal

In which I explain what rock n roll means to me. Rock n roll is is a state where you’re so full of life that it overflows.

May 1, 2020 May 1, 2020 Ari's Diary  rock n roll
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On Being an “Artist”

In which I share my thoughts on what I call “artist” — a particular kind of creative who has a strong and constant urge to create new things.

April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020 Ari's Diary  artist / Kurt Cobain / Van Gogh
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Emotions Are Like Muscles

If you watched the movie Inside Out you’d notice that of the basic emotions inside your psyche, there was always one emotion that seemed to be the leader. I learned that this is based on real studies. Each of us has our most dominant, or favorite, emotion.

April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 Ari's Diary  emotions / Inside Out
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Core Values: Here Are Mine, What Are Yours?

A few years ago I worked with a personal transformation coach for those who want to start a business, Tom Volkar.  In one of the exercises he read a long list of descriptive words, and picked out the ones that resonated with me. Then I wrote them down in small …

April 28, 2020 April 28, 2020 Ari's Diary  compassion / values / visionary
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