I recently had the pleasure of sitting in on some tapings of Jonathan Fields’ Good Life Project TV. During these interviews with entrepreneurs and authors, I captured the conversation on paper.
I’ll be sharing them with you as the shows go live. You can watch all episodes of the Good Life Project here.
This week’s interview is with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
Capturing the wow
It was our first interview of the day. I had no idea who we were going to meet. I was just along to push the button on the second camera. When we drove up and were escorted into a mansion by men in suits, I began to suspect something extraordinary was about to happen.
Turns out Jonathan was interviewing the head of the Shambhala lineage, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.There’s a lot I could say about that experience but I won’t here and now. I will say that the Rinpoche signs his books with a Visconti pen.
Check out the interview between Jonathan Fields and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
About the capture: I was sitting directly behind the Rinpoche. I captured the conversation in ink, then painted it later. I was experimenting with my new Peerless Water Color Paints . I confess that I had little or no control over the colors. The page turned out way, way brighter than I expected.
Perhaps it’s not an accident, but a reflection of the energy in the room. I like how the heads of the people speaking are not painted. Their conversation swirls around them in words and color.
My favorite part: the quote: “We’re living this life together, all of us.”
Check out the interview and come back to tell me how it moved you.
I’m going to work my way through these interviews. So thoughtful and inspiring. Just what I was looking for. Thank you.
Need to update as I’ve been marathoning through these videos as I gesso and glue. Jonathon is such a good interviewer. These people are having a calming, centering effect on me because they’ve all done so many things and not just one straight path. That’s what I’ve always done but in a culture that preferred corporate and only one job/industry allowed. Years ago I even had one acquaintance say to me she didn’t know if she could be friends with someone who was out of work. Jeez. I wasn’t out of work, I was between shows. And the idea that of course you don’t know where you’re headed is how I have felt many times but people ask what you’re doing with your latest efforts. People need titles/labels so they can peg you. This binge is so much healthier than Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream!