Speaker 1: Dear wonderful, beautiful listeners. It's me Janet, Hello from the
Speaker 1: Palisades here in Los Angeles where the fires happened. I
Speaker 1: got an airbnb here because I'm having a writing camp,
Speaker 1: my first writing camp of the year, for my new
Speaker 1: music that's coming out. And we chose this place because
Speaker 1: not only is it in my hometown in LA but
Speaker 1: because it's near the ocean. But most importantly, I chose
Speaker 1: this location because we want to make beauty out of ashes,
Speaker 1: a place that suffered so much loss, so much, through
Speaker 1: so much pain, so many tears. We want to be
Speaker 1: able to bring joy into this space and into this location,
Speaker 1: into this area, raise a freakqu andcy and bring beauty
Speaker 1: here and bring healing and community and know that even
Speaker 1: in the midst of darkness, something beautiful can come out
Speaker 1: of the situation, kind of like the rose that grew
Speaker 1: through the concrete sort of thing. Kind of like that.
Speaker 1: Driving up here was very heavy because I did see
Speaker 1: homes that were lost completely and I can't even begin
Speaker 1: to imagine, which prompted me to pray and to pray
Speaker 1: for people that I don't even know. But I am
Speaker 1: happy to be here. I'm happy to be surrounded by
Speaker 1: amazing writers. I'll probably walk in right now into the
Speaker 1: house so you guys can say hello, or they can
Speaker 1: say hello to you. Guys. It's a beautiful day. The
Speaker 1: birds are chirping. The wind feels so nice right now,
Speaker 1: blowing through my hair. It feels caressing my cheeks. I'm
Speaker 1: wearing a leopard print bandana because I didn't wash my
Speaker 1: hair today. I washed my hair every four days. And
Speaker 1: I'm wearing a jersey that's yellow and green and it
Speaker 1: has a big sun in the front of it and
Speaker 1: a horse. Actually it's not a horse, it's a unicorn.
Speaker 1: And then my shirt, my shirt says, what does my
Speaker 1: shirt say? Babe? What does my shirt say? I forgot
Speaker 1: say true to your north Star? Oh okay, thank you,
Speaker 1: stay true to your north star. Thank you. That's our
Speaker 1: amazing chef. She's at Athena and she's cooking up a
Speaker 1: storm here for all of us. I said, you know what,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna treat these people good. I want them to
Speaker 1: feel appreciated and loved. And we're creating, guys, we're creating
Speaker 1: new music for you. And I just wanted to say
Speaker 1: hello and tell you what I was thinking and feeling
Speaker 1: and just to remind you that I know we all
Speaker 1: go through tough moments, dark moments, moments of pain and
Speaker 1: grief and loss. But I always tell you, guys, we
Speaker 1: have to keep our eye on the prize, keep our
Speaker 1: eye on the light at the end of the tunnel
Speaker 1: because it's there because there is hope, and hope is
Speaker 1: hold on pain And Okay, guys, I love you, have
Speaker 1: a beautiful day. Go on, continue with your beautiful day.
Speaker 1: Make sure to say a prayer, hydrate, wear your seatbelt
Speaker 1: and that's all. Sincerely, Jinnee