What is an "Andiverse"?

Music and Art

This lucky fella had piano lessons at age 6 paid for by my mother doing housework for the teacher, meanwhile my dad is out in the shed helping the teacher's husband build a brutalist concrete-block house on the northern outskirts of Ngaruawahia. Dad used the man's shed to make some wooden unit blocks, to become a favorite toy of mine that was later augmented by many christmas parcels from the UK containing rudimental Lego sets.

Forty years later after much more music and adventures assembling things from the parts found in the world, I find myself here in a place quite exceptional (for me). My life now consists of the complexities of working, raising kids, keeping a wife happy - all while keeping a strong connection with my chosen purpose:

create spaces in hearts for joy to unfold

MMM, making "joy unfold" with industrial-influenced electronica, how does THAT work? DOES it even work? I am not entirely sure myself, but go find Andiverse on soundcloud and answer this for yourself if you are curious. The important thing is that I am trying while holding the ideal in my mind that I could be making people happy, that is contentment, very satisfying, and, hopefully useful to somebody else's happiness.

Visual Art has a purpose serving music and my inclination to invent stuff, illustrating ideas and designing branding and marketing stuff. I did so want to be a photographer, but my eyesight is pretty shit. Crap eyes also ruling out VR and enjoying gaming - but I CAN make 3D objects and play with ideas in CAD environments, edit video and animations and program.

create spaces in hearts for joy to unfold

One of the spaces is a planet called Earth, a place I hold dear to my heart. I took action a decade ago by surrendering my personal private motor vehicle habit for the inclusiveness of public transport and health benefits of walking and cycling. More recently getting involved in the organics movement, working in both practical horticulture and in certification of producers. I am a lucky fella to also work for a Steiner-based organization that is also actively loving Earth and Humanity.

Peace