Since I create music as a part of the creative process via my alter ego, dj ClifMahn, I got to thinking this morning about what does a creative pattern experience when listening to music that evokes a certain sense of previsualization when brainstorming project ideas.

Although I am older in years than I look, I also feel younger in spirit as well and find myself attracted to music that is typically listened to by people 10-15 years my junior.

The sophistication of Downtempo, Jazz, and Deep House music is what I’m attracted to - and in a sense, it creates a certain sense of positive creative energy within my being (a term expressed by Eckart Tolle’ in The Power Of Now”).  Many would say that there is no complexity or structure to these forms of music.  What I have found is that they bring a sense of stillness, or maybe a sense of pattern that allows  for me a creative sense of well being.   Whatever it is, I have been drawn to these forms of music basically my whole life - those of having an essence of soul, of rhythm, of almost having a life energy of their own.

Whatever it is, it allows me to let loose of the negative energy that permeates the world these days and invokes in me a sense of positive outlook on this life - and it allows me the space to think of ways to bring a positive message to the work I shoot as a Solo Video Journalist.