The Love Story presents: “Forgive to Live”
Date: Wednesday Evening, June 14, 6:30-9:30pm
Location: Gibson Showroom, 9350 Civic Center Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Sponsors: Gibson, Inertiart, Brit Bratt Productions, Kombucha Dog, and Peiwei
#PaintoPassion #ArtistInspired #TheLoveStoryOrg
“Forgive to Live” Break Open Showcase is about discovering the power of forgiveness–What it is, what it isn’t. We also explore the process of anger, resentment, and grudges as well as our process letting go of the emotions that no longer serve our higher purpose. This showcase is about transforming those emotions into artistic expression.
Executive Producer:
Mingjie Zhai
Associate Producers:
Skyler Shelley & Madilyn Lee
About The Positive Results Corporation:
To increases awareness and reduce violence and abuse in youth and young adults of Color, it’s impact on them and their community, promote healthy relationships and build good community citizens.
Featuring:
Open Mic
Andrew Tyree on Deepest Pain
“If you’ve ever been in love, somebody say ‘hell yeah’ [hell yeah]. If you’ve had your heartbroken, somebody say, ‘Hell Yeah.’ [Hell yeah] And if you got over that shit real quick ’cause you realize that sorry motherfucker didn’t know what they was missing, say ‘Hell Yeah’ [Hell Yeah!]” -Andrew Tyree
About Andrew Tyree:
Andrew is a Tony award winning poet, comedian and actor, NAACP Image award nominee, and who has opened for Jill Scott on her national tour.
You can find more of Andrew at:
IG & FB Andrew Clinkscale
Andrew Tyree on Carnivore
Andrew Tyree, “Carnivore”
“How to fix a sink, not how to mend a marriage. There are no ‘I Love You’s’ passed down in the midst of power tools instructions.” -Andrew Tyree
Madilyn Lee on Not Me
“This shit ain’t me. You don’t even look at me, and more importantly, you don’t see me…you love what I represent, you love what I do for you, you love the idea of me.” -Madilyn Lee
Madilyn Lee is a journalist and a creative writer.
Skyler Shelley on To My Father: The Son and His Holy Ghost
Skyler Shelley, “To My Father: The Son & His Holy Ghost”
“This dirty mind is enriched with the soil so that I may keep planting the rose bushes that make the world beautiful. Yes, roses have thorns but it doesn’t prevent people for picking them and spilling their blood on the leaves that keep us breathing.” -Skyler Shelley
Mingjie "MJ" Zhai on Woman with the Phoenix Tattoo
https://youtu.be/8RBVTjoZKVg
Mingjie “MJ” Zhai, “Woman with the Phoenix Tattoo”
“For the helpless, where are the words? To express what needs to be expressed, to feel what needs to be felt, and to reveal what needs to be healed.” -Mingjie Zhai
Mingjie is the founder and producer of The Love Story. You can find more of Mingjie Zhai’s creative work at:
www.MingjieZhai.com
Karen Sotomeyer on Nothing But All
“The The silence you wanted me to fill, and I did not. What’s wrong with me? The sex you wanted me to fake, and I did not. What’s wrong with me? The bed you wanted me to destroy, and I did not. What’s wrong with me?”
-Karen Sotomeyer
Karen is a poet and singer.
Featured Artists
Samuel J with All Your Heart
Samuel J, “All Your Heart”
Cornish born Samuel J, is an innovative singer song writer, healer and conservationist. His unique music and soulful performances have helped him to establish a strong reputation with an ever-growing global fan base.
Some of his career highlights include, being selected to perform for his holiness the Dalai Lama as part of the Dalai Lamas 70th birthday celebration and performing at the Olympic and Paralympic games in London.
Samuel, has toured and shared the stage with the likes of Ben Harper, Michael Franti, Jack Johnson, Donovan Frankenreiter, Zero 7, Alice Russell, Jurassic 5 and an array of the leading musicians in Brazil where he was based for many years, including Marcelo D2, Maria Gadu, Gabriel O Pensador and many others.
More on Samuel J –> Samuel J Music
Larisa Gosla's Listen to Your Heart and Follow
Larisa Rose, “Listen to Your Heart and Follow”
“Listen to the sound of the heart. This is the place where it starts…
Don’t ever be led astray wherever you go. Listen to your heart & follow.” -Larisa Rose
Larisa Gosla's Crystal Bowl Sound Healing
Larisa Rose, Crystal Bowl Sound Healing
“Sound healing is using sound as a therapeutic application to align the mental, emotional, spiritual physical bodies, and anything that manifests on a physical level starts on energetic, emotional, physical, spiritual level first.” -Larisa Rose
Bryan Reeves on Self-Forgiveness
Bryan Reeves on Self-Forgiveness
“True forgiveness begins with forgiving yourself. I was in an abusive relationship once. And when I say, ‘abusive’, I mean that we have abused each other—verbally, emotionally, and eventually physically.” Bryan Reeves
About Bryan Reeves:
A former US Air Force Captain turned Author / Coach / Speaker, Bryan Reeves has triumphed through multiple dark nights of the soul after hurling himself into the transformational fires of intimate relationship over and over again. He’s worked on various projects featuring world-wide luminaries such as Eckhart Tolle, Michael Beckwith, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Don Miguel Ruiz and many others. With a Masters Degree in Human Relations, Bryan now coaches men, women and couples in creating thriving lives and relationships. He’s the author of the viral blog, “Choose Her Every Day or Leave Her” and two books, including his latest ”Tell The Truth, Let The Peace Fall Where It May.”
You can find more of Bryan Reeves at:
www.BryanReeves.com
Indy Rishi on Laughter Healing
“Who takes themselves too seriously? …can you all let go?” -Indy Rishi
Call to action: Partake in this exercise with us at your own space.
Indy Rishi Singh is a wellbeing engineer, integrating Eastern and Western modalities of health and science to learn the secrets of long life, happiness and personal evolution. He has studied with accomplished psychiatrists, yogis, scientists, Gurus, academic researchers, shamans, and renowned storytellers.
You can find more of Indy Rishi’s Creativity at:
www.iLivingGuru.com
Borderline Delusion
Borderline Delusion, “Society”
“This is our first show ever…this first song is called “Society” and it is about the danger of people thinking they are superior to other people.” -Lauren Rhodes
About Borderline Delusion: Danny Brook and Lauren Rhodes met during recovery and bonded through music. Their dream three years ago was to speak out about their experience with the stigma of mental health. Over the years, through persistence and a commitment to transform their pain into passion, they attracted Phil on the piano, Justin, Binky Womack on the guitars, and Dan on the drums, and became the band now known as Borderline Delusion. Their songs center around the themes of mental health, family loss, and love, expressing real struggles.
You can find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Borderline-Delusion-291735614614133/
Borderline Delusion
Borderline Delusion, “Morning Wings”
“This song is written for my mom who passed away from cancer and it’s the first time it’s ever been played in front of anybody. It’s called ‘Morning Wings’ and it was taken from…psalms 139.” -Danny Brook
You can find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Borderline-Delusion-291735614614133/