MOOD: Know God 🌱🎱 

“Never knew love till I knew self, 
never knew self till I knew God (kinda odd)"
- Truth of Mother Nature, DMN

Never knew God could exist so boldly in friendships until I met Mother Nature & The Gr8 Thinkaz on that faithful day back in 2021. 

Peace, First name / movemaker and the most blessed MAJORMOOD Monday to you. Today's mood discusses topics surrounding faith, friendship, nature's process, and most importantly, two of the most impressive MC's (and souls) birthed on planet earth – meet Truth & Klevah of MOTHER NATURE. 

Stay planted for a little story bout how my life got flipped, turned upside-down after welcoming some of natures most beautiful creations into my life.

 

A Brief Backstory on Today's Mood
The beauty of “WE”
 

One of my favorite podcast hosts, HINDZ, has a saying… “Your credentials are in your spirit.” This sentiment couldn't ring more true for Mother Nature and crew. They probably don't know this, or I may have said it to them in passing over the years – but the first night I met them, was the first night I had ever curated a show completely solo after quite literally losing every. single. one. of my “closest friends” and “business partners” in the matter of a year. Take those quotation marks in the most literal sense – and you'll catch my drift. 

Needless to say, I had been betrayed badly –– and that betrayal (by the grace of God – who had become a close friend of mine during this time) led my soul directly into perseverance. I had just rolled out my creative agency, MAJORMOVES, and like clockwork, Mother Nature's managers, the lovely, Cat Sanchez & Day Thrash, called-in for support on an NYC activation. I picked up and I did what I knew I could do (and had done, time and time again), but this time, alone. I remember Cat and Day laughing when I locked in the venue in real-time during our first zoom call – comically saying, “are we making MAJORMOVES right now??”

WE were.
(In more ways than I could even imagine)

It was the night of the Gr8 Cypher and I was setting up the venue before Mother Nature & the rest of TheGr8Thinkaz arrived. I remember feeling painstakingly alone. It was my first time throwing an event at this location, and even though I was in my neighborhood with my apartment just a few blocks away – nothing felt like home.

The Thinkaz pulled up in a sprinter van, no lie, atleast 12 deep (including Klevah's mother who had joined them on the tour – which I thought was utterly adorable). The minute they walked through the door, I witnessed something I had never seen before. A true, chosen family. All of them jumped right to it – setting up, supporting eachother, loving eachother, and the most powerful part of it all – praying together before the show started. 

I noticed that I immediately felt very safe around them, very seen, but at the same time I was conflicted trying to balance that familiarness with the unfamiliar feeling of having never experienced such a powerful energy coming from people who were seemingly strangers at this point.

A picture says a thousand words. Well here's 11.

The cypher was GR8 (to say the least), but the residuals – were holy. Before that night, I had only witnessed prayer in my solitude, but never in community. I realized then that a relationship with God doesn't have to solely be between you and your higher power; It can be an earthly experience as well. One that extends far beyond the confines of my alter and into my external environment as well; Creating something that's both inside and outside of me.

The Thinkaz showed me more love and reciprocity that night than I had received in quite a while. They were truly gr8ful for the curation, and I was truly gr8ful for their existence. It was through them that I had realized my experience of God had been limited. By experiencing the Gr8 Thinkaz, I was also experiencing nature's process in real-time. I was growing closer to self.

“Never knew love till I knew self, never knew self till I knew God"
- Truth, DMN

After all this talk of God, I almost forgot to speak on the reason why I was initially drawn to these Goddesses… THEIR MUSIC. Similar to everything else that exudes from their souls… it's holy, it's raw, it's authentic, it's genuine, and in 2024 when 99.9% of the music you hear sounds recycled, trust me when I say,
IT'S FRESH.

I planted some seeds for yall below with my official Mother Nature MUST-HAVES hitlist.

In Essence…
Through this journey, I've learned that self-love, self-discovery, and faith in God are all deeply interconnected. Meeting Mother Nature and The Gr8 Thinkaz reminded me that God's presence can be found in the most unexpected places (and people) and that the most high is always on divine timing, showing up exactly when you need it most. The Gr8 Thinkaz taught me the power of community, prayer, authenticity, and the importance of having a strong set of standards and values for the people you surround yourself with. 

As we continue to navigate our own unique paths, let us remind each other to stay open to the beauty of these unexpected connections, communications from source, as well as the growth that comes along with it. After all, God works in mysterious ways.