I have a pretty consistent experience when I look in the mirror.  It tends to really crack me up. That's who people think I am?  That is seriously funny to me.  The world inside me I'm looking out from is immeasurable.  That guy with nostrils, eye sockets and armpits aint it.

That's likely a curious way to introduce myself.  Ya think?  I'm choosing to say it that way though because I have been hyper aware of being a huge spirit encased in a tiny body since I started this life.  There is no one left out of that challenge here on earth, but for me it has been an absolutely direct motivation in what I have chosen to express and seek to inspire in others. 

Expressing and inspiring through ART got discovered early on. HALLELUJAH!!  Art suggested the possibility of revealing in a language surpassing words my intimate interior experience.  Same story though.  Straining to make art that could even slightly touch what I knew inside was equally daunting.    

I got better and better at it with decades of intense focus for sure.  Then an unexpected (among many actually) side effect occurred.   All that eyeball frying focus had turned on my vision to such a degree that one day I announced to myself  "I'm in a Masterpiece". I was seeing so much I would have to close my eyes to make it stop.  

Jump ahead a few years and it occured to me that rather than exclusively pursuing the elusive masterpiece with art, what if I helped people to see through the amplified eyes of an artist.  There is JOY in that and breaking down the belief that artists somehow have the exclusive rights to that opens lots of inner doors.  

Now that is COOL but let's pump in the grander result.  We are a unified whole of all our attributes. Unless we are blind or very visually impaired we have had the ability to see our whole lives.  Rapidly increasing our capacity to see much more in a short time can make us see our other attributes as dynamically malleable.  In other words we can SEE that we are creators and how we have seen ourselves has been the ceiling we have imposed on our experience.  

That vision connects the dots.  If we keep turning up the volume on how we are creating ourselves we learn that loving ourselves delivers and that that automatically spreads to others and the world until "I'm in a Masterpiece" is the state we live in.  We turn the inside out.  

My experience of being compacted from spirit into human has blessed me with precious gifts I now have means to share.  Thanks for reading all of that.  Nice to meet you.

Ray McDaniel

If you would like to see a ton of my art please visit.

https://www.raymcdaniel.com and. https://www.portablemurals.com 

and one more for my workshop.  https://www.portablemurals.com/master-piece-seeing-game

Paul, after experiencing profound personal loss, embarked on a transformative journey into the world of sound healing. With training in the science and art of sound therapy, Paul has integrated this powerful modality, helping himself and others tap into their inner healing potential through the resonance of sound.  With a compassionate and intentional approach, Paul guides clients into physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

Sound healing is informed by the principle that everything in the universe is in a constant state of vibration, including the human body. Research in vibrational medicine shows that every cell, organ, and tissue has its own natural frequency. When these frequencies become out of harmony—due to stress, illness, or emotional trauma—sound can be used as a tool to restore balance and stimulate the body’s innate healing abilities. The sound journey will include various instruments including gongs, alchemy singing bowls, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, drums, rattle, chimes and voice, to create vibrations that help to realign and harmonize the body’s frequencies. These vibrations penetrate the body on a cellular level, promoting relaxation, reducing stress, and calming the nervous system.

My earliest cooking experiences came at a young age making pancakes and cookies with my grandma. 

I got my start in professional cooking at The Velvet Lips Lounge in 2009. There, I did lunch and dinner services as a grill line cook. On occasion, the restaurant would host parties or gatherings that we would cater to. From there, I went to a couple of other restaurants where I did very similar services and in between were a couple of short stays working in a sports bar kitchen. I wrapped up my cooking career in an office building kitchen. There, I prepared food for in-house buffet services and also delivered and serviced a daily lunch buffet at an outside office. 

What I enjoy most about cooking for others is providing them a delicious meal that they can enjoy.

I chose to say yes to catering this event because it sounded like a fun and different challenge for me to take on.