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Live And In-Person For Life

At some point on his journey, Matteo Milleri decided he wanted to start producing music. Which began as experimentation and eventually graduated to profession. Throughout that time, in addition to working incredibly hard to build a unique sound… he decided to start expanding and reimagining the visual landscape for his live performances as well—resulting in increasingly breath-taking, awe inspiring artistic expressions with each successive show. And so set the stage for Anyma.

Because just as he was out in front, pushing the boundaries of live audio-visual performances, the completion of the world’s largest and highest resolution interior and exterior LED screen was coming to a completion—The Sphere in Las Vegas. And breath-taking, awe inspiring audiovisual performances were high in demand. And who better to book than the person who was out in front… taking risks… taking initiative… elevating the bar of the industry as a whole and giving the art their all…? This is how The End of Genesys at The Sphere was born.

…And damn, what a breath-taking, awe-inspiring audiovisual masterpiece of a live and in-person experience it was. One that simply can’t be explained in words or paper-sized pictures or videos (here’s my puny attempt).

…As it should be, my fellow life traveler.

…As it should be.


Inner Work Prompt: What live and in-person experiences will you prioritize this year?

Optimize Your Signal For 2025

There are messages all around us.

More being broadcasted, pinged, and pushed than ever before.

Like a radio, we need to tune into the signal we most want to hear and quiet the rest of the noise.

Don’t get it twisted, the messages shouldn’t be what’s in question…

How you’re building and programming your radio should be.


Inner Work Prompt: What signal(s) are you tuned into on your social media accounts? What about via TV shows? What about via conversation? …And how can you upgrade these signals you’re tuned into?

Maybe Finish Lines Aren’t Helping…

When you think about goals as finish lines… you line up on a start line and prepare to race.

…Because that’s what we’re wired to do when there are finish lines involved.

But when you think about your goals as the construction of masterpieces… suddenly racing gets removed from the equation altogether.

…Because taking our time, pouring from our soul, and demanding from its construction our best is what we’re wired to do when “masterpiece” is involved.


P.s. Just lay the next brick.

Hate Is A Virus

Here’s the thing: with each decision, we’re either contributing to the problem or contributing to the solution.

When dealing with the virus that is hate, we need to remember that not only is it easily transmittable (especially in today’s world) from others to you… but it’s just as easily transmittable from you to others.

See a lot of people think to themselves, I’m only one person… what can I do? And this is the transmittability of the virus speaking. Because if it can infect you, it knows it’ll infect many others.

But if you can take on the role of the white blood cell and stand up to hate… be an example of overflowing love… and let the transmittability of the cure do the speaking… you’re not just protecting yourself from the sickness that is hate… you’re doing it for the countless others who won’t get exposed from you, too.


P.s. Stop the hate.

Reserved. Quiet. Observant.

When I’m around people I don’t know and in an environment I’m unfamiliar with, my default setting is to be reserved, quiet, and observant.

And once I recognized this in myself… I recognized there needed to be a conscious and deliberate effort in intentionality if I wanted to be social, outgoing, or take chances on meeting people.

You can’t grow from the problem you haven’t first recognized.


P.s. Love yourself.

Love And Time

“How do you know when you’re in love?” She asked.

When the desire for pleasure is gone… And yet… They’re still able to halt time.