“The more you unplug yourself from the matrix of everybody’s expectations and caring what other people think you open up an incredible capacity to create. Generally creators are the first people to create an idea. All the great minds, all the Elon Musk’s of the world had an idea and everyone said they were crazy. Defying what everyone else… Read More

“I met Alan just over two years ago at both of our first burning man which is the most magical of places. In the beginning of the week I didn’t know anyone there besides my roommate Wang Wang. So I went out adventuring to check out all the art deep playa – I found this beautiful aztec style wood pyramid… Read More

On the surface, Dijon is a talented street photographer who has told thousands of people’s stories. But anyone who has stood in front of his lens or who has gazed deeply into one of his photographs can tell you that there’s something bigger going on. IGNITION: Souls Of San Francisco is the story of a movement that’s caught fire in San Francisco and has started… Read More

Live at The Center SF in San Francisco, CA www.leahsong.com… Read More

“I’ve been traveling the world the last 6 months. It’s a crazy story actually…I was in Brazil living there for 2 years and took a trip to South Africa and met two very important people in the world, one Nelson Mandela and two President Obama, and after that I had to ask myself ‘What does this mean?’ because I… Read More

“When I was a 15 I was coming out of a period of a lot of personal stress. I had just discovered the internet, and after school I would just go home and explore. I learned how to pick locks, I learned how to turn off cable lines and phone systems, I learned how to hack. I learned that… Read More

“My mom named me Victor for Victory. She said everyone was competing for what my name should be…so she started meditating and decided she wanted me to be able to conquer any obstacle that life would throw. Life has thrown many obstacles. I have something that is probably the result of polio. It made my muscles weak and I… Read More

“I’ve been exploring my passion for artistic creation since I was young, bouncing from one medium to another, but never feeling truly connected. Now I’m creating work from a place that’s genuine and authentic. I’m not trying to fit into any certain mould, I’m creating a whole new one on my own.” “What’s the biggest challenge of… Read More

“I’ve been doing a lot of improv lately and I’ve learned so much. Just say yes is the number one principle of improv. You learn to always make your partner look good by saying ‘yes and’. Maybe you want to take the conversation in a totally different direction but you don’t just say ‘no’ and shut down the other person’s energy.”… Read More

For more Makana music: http://makanamusic.com/ Outro music by http://www.gabrielgoldmusic.com/… Read More

“I moved out here from Boston in 2002 because I had this epiphany that life could be different. There were all these people carving their own path, doing lots of healing work for themselves and other people.” “Had you visited before you moved?” “I visited a friend in Berkeley and I had this experience in… Read More

Watch the T Sisters sing an impromptu song on a stoop in SF… Read More

Vintage Performance – Crashing Hotels playing live on a San Francisco rooftop.  … Read More

What an amazing message to wake up to <3 This helped me to cry for the first time in a long time… From Allison Nov 20th, 6:48am Dear Dijon, we never met but I look and share your photography and stories because I believe you are really making a difference with souls of society. Enabling strangers to relate and communicate with one… Read More

“I work as a tour guide. I have a tour called The Lost City of SF. It’s like a one man show on the go, part historical, part satirical, part comedy, part social commentary and a whole lot of fun. The idea of the Lost City refers to an archeological notion–like we’re coming from the future and exploring the city as though the… Read More

“I’ve been here 30 years, about 5 years ago when things start getting gentrified crime went up. People are smashing windows in broad daylight but people are calling the cops on me because I’m not wearing any clothes! They’re willing to take cops away from things that are more important to mess with the naked guy!”… Read More

“I’m a filmmaker. I like the writing side. I joined one of the largest screenplay contests in Japan and wrote a teenage love story. I don’t usually write love stories, but I got some ideas…” “Was it from life experience?” “It was from social networks services like Facebook. People care so much about the number of likes, or number of friends,… Read More

“What’s your dream for your life?” “To take this car wash company to the next level and show the human being we waste too much. We spray a solution on the car that’s made of carnoba wax and clay bar, in order to wash cars without water. We should take advantage of what we have and not take what we have for granted. Read More

“What kind of difference do you want to make in the world?” “Make people happy.” “How you gonna do that?” “I don’t know, still figuring it out.” “How do you make yourself happy?” “Spending time with people I love…and food…and travel.” “What’s one of your favorite things about yourself?” “I like that I have a positive outlook on life.”… Read More

“What one of your proudest accomplishments?” “Growing up happy. I moved from place to place since I was very small. I was born in Japan but went to New York for 4 years, back to Japan, then to West Germany, and now in Cupertino with my family.” “What’d you learn about life living in all those different cultures?” “People are the… Read More