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Tamara Wellons
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Tamara Falls in Love (again)
I have fallen in love many times. I fell in love with sunsets, and books, netflix lol, and many times, with being a loner. I have fallen in love with craziness, like heath bar crunch ice cream, and more books, and then it was his facial expression. I fell in love with the movement of his tongue as he said, “Take the 36 to Marble Arch” and “The London Eye.” haha. Oh and packin…I seem to fall in love with packing up- being on the run. Today I fell in love with Trinity, as I dropped her off to her new school where she is fully immersed in a new language. What a brave girl. Today I also fell in love with the magic of “keeping on”. For the past couple of days, I felt stagnant in many ways. I call it the mud. But here’s when reflecting and keeping video footage helps me remember what really makes me smile big.
Tamara Wellons Sessions for ….Janie Project
In the Studio with Federico Pena for Ah God
Every time I start to panic about not finishing, not completing, not having enough, I go back to take a look at how far I have come. Here is a clip from an early summer month recording at the Sweet Spot Studios with Federico Pena and Nico Laget…I have had many days of ecstasy in the studio. So through moments of uncertainty, I remember my sessions and purpose filled work. Take a look in…
Overdue London blog entry 1:
I left July 2 for London to sing at the Jazz Café. It was one of the many amazingly divine trips of my life. I traveled with a few extra days in my itinerary to allow time for writing and visiting Paris. I was scheduled for interviews, a show, and a recording session. Many thanks to Derek Sivers for introducing me to AirBnB, which is where I met an awesome new fan and my roomy even came to support me in Camden.
Before I left, I had been trying to contact Adele and Amy to let them know I’d be there. I wanted Amy to be my fan. I had recently been playing her Frank album for the last four months after I wore out Back to Black which became an inspiration for “Ah God”, a song on my new album. I was in London during the ITunes festival, and I just knew we’d cross paths. I will miss her so much. She was like an old friend. I cannot tell you how that album spoke for me many times.
It is hard to begin my blogging here and now after the trip happened a month ago, but I took notes. Please stay tuned for a blessed log of my adventure.
Here is a picture of me and my airbnb roomy in Camden’s Jazz Cafe. She represents my day 1.
"A Night in Camden"
Process
Wow. So much has been happening in the last month or so. Being in it feels like forever, but stepping out of it to look at everything really gives me perspective.
Last week I was in the studio with Federico Pena working out the final touches of a few tunes on my Songs for Janie album. It was a great week. The songs are really coming together as I envisioned them and better.
I have been challenged with the idea of PROCESS lately. I get anxious at times thinking “time” is going somewhere when there is an abundance of it just as there is money. 
The process of divorce, the process of healing, the process of recording, the process of parenting …you can get all the coaches in the world but the process will still have to take place. The pain and hurt will have to be dealt with, the schedule conflicts will push everything back, the ball will drop when there is no money….Life.
I say it all with a smile.
Videos, music, merchandise, tour, camps, and workshops are all in the pipes and I will be happy to share this process.
Picasso and New Inspiration: Wisdom :)
Yesterday, I traveled with one of my best friends to the Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts to “get away” and visited Picasso’s art. What was intended to be a short adventure turned into a life changing experience. The vibrations were so extraordinarily high in the place; I really feel changed and priviledged to have experienced it. I will attribute some of this connectedness to art to TM, which I recently started practicing and my Wisdom course. Well we arrived ten minutes before the musuem closed and were the only two in the musuem with all the guards and no pressure to hurry through. For a Friday night, they were so welcoming, I must say. We stayed for two hours. My friend says, “This only happens with you Tami.” Picasso, breaking all the rules, yet symbolizing peace, being a creator, all this inspired me. His art gave me a deep love, “a rumbling joy“.
Check it out The Picasso Exhibit for yourself if you are on the east coast http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Exhibitions/At_The_Museum/At_the_Museum.aspx
