Posted: July 25th, 2010 | Author: Xorin Balbes | Filed under: Beauty, Ke Ao Lanihuli, SoulSpace, TempleHome, Xorin Balbes, Xorin8 | Tags: Ke Ao Lanihuli, Maui, SoulSpace, TempleHome, Xorin Balbes, XorinBalbes | 3 Comments »
courtesy of Timothy Dahl at CharlesAndHudson.com
Our development project in Maui is well underway. My team and I have approached every facet of it through the filter of the SoulSpace process; deeply and energetically understanding what has been there, clearing out what no longer serves the space and those who will occupy it, and leaving a blank canvas from which to dream about what it can be and put those dreams into action.
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Posted: June 27th, 2010 | Author: Xorin Balbes | Filed under: Beauty, Ke Ao Lanihuli, SoulSpace, TempleHome, Xorin Balbes, Xorin8, XorinBalbes | Tags: Beauty, Ke Ao Lanihuli, Maui, SoulSpace, TempleHome, Xorin Balbes, XorinBalbes | No Comments »
I’ve been going back and forth to Maui and have just returned. Each time I’m there I think about a concept that’s so fundamental to our very existence but we don’t discuss enough.
Beauty.
Both what we’re creating in Maui at the Ke-Ao Lanihuli ranch and my home in Los Feliz remind me how beauty settles the soul and mind – and reminds me that everything is OK in my world. Although I’ve lived in my home for going on 8 years now, I wake up every day with a grateful spirit, thankful for the beauty that I live in and am surrounded by.
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