THE STORY

Luminous came to me on a stormy morning, scuba diving in New Zealand’s Northland after a long time away from the underwater world. Suspended effortlessly beneath the waves, gazing into the blue, I felt I could just as easily have been floating in a sea of stars. I felt connected to the mysterious, the numinous, to a greatness inside myself…and in that moment I heard music.

Luminous is a call to fill life with activities and people that inspire unbridled joy. For me scuba diving lives up to that call, but when the music of Luminous came to me I had been too long away from the water. You could say I’d been caught up in the busy-ness that makes up everyday life, an overwhelming tidal wave of “shoulds” and obligations that I realized had been keeping me from those things and people that truly bring me great joy.

It’s a reminder for me to be more luminous in and about my everyday life, or at least the parts I can choose and control. I hope it might inspire you to do the same.

Luminous is the second single released in advance of my second album Encounters of the Beautiful Kind, which released on June 1. You can learn more about the album here.