Music, Sex and Poetry

The video shoot was awesome . We all arrived at a tiny motel way out in the Mojave desert in Pioneer Town on a Saturday evening . I meditated and hit the sack , I knew if I was going to look beautiful at four am , I wasn't exactly going to be dancing the night away at the cowboy bar next door with the rest of the crew. I slept good and Lilias , the producer woke me up as planned at 4 am .I said a quick prayer to great Creator and then I was off down to make-up. Natalie Miller who is a phenomenal make up artist was up and awake.
"Wanna grab an omelet before we start ?" she said . Yes sure enough there was a table full of delicious food being cooked outside in the dark desert morning. Then we began, the familiar dark smoky eyes which I love to have, reminiscent of Cleo/Bardot/ or any of the other sirens . She commented on how great I looked , how centered I seemed , which made me feel really happy . She said 'yeah you look even younger than the last time I saw you a year and a half a go'. I said , "It's all the yoga , meditation and having great people around me'.
Suddenly LIlias appeared and said 'Five minutes' . Natalie said "It's always like this they want you to look stunning and they want to give me five minutes to finish your make up , I've learnt to just take my time ".she said . I realized we would be partners in crime for the day. I felt great ,really centered and ready for my day which, Jim the director had said ,was 'going to be a work out .'The kind of work out I like, with my stratocaster !
We drove along a desert road , Robinson in the back seat ,he was on documenting the whole thing and me and my sister started explaining the vision behind "Planet Love".
It was great my idea of a brilliant day , early desert light, a bunch of thoroughly creative people all pulling together to create a piece of art that celebrates life. I felt like it was a great moment in time , a materialization of the truth that I had discovered . I felt like I was being initiated into a tribe of other artists who had also sort the truth and made happen there dreams .We drove along a desert road and there they all were , "The Crew". About fifteen of them and two lorries , cameras ready to shoot . Prop guys , art director ,Poodle,the DP (director of photography), Steve the stills photography , Kelly ,Lilias's assistant and in the middle of them all Director, Jim Wright , with his great groovy good vibes. I really like Jim he's thoroughly creative , he's also got this way lay back kind of feel which works for me, because there's nothing to get het up about. I knew he would frame me in the kind of iconoclastic shots he had done shooting the stills for my album cover .
The first shot was a wide shot with me walking , it was beautiful out there , first sun light , the sand glistened as I hiked along a desert road , all the cameras on me. I love being in front of the camera , I'm just totally happy and relaxed , it was kind of like what I was born to do . It's kind of like another form of poetry , body poetry . Shot after shot went real smooth , we covered three locations with a lunch break at "Pappy and Harriet's' famous cowboy restaurant . In the afternoon all the big action happened. I'm not going to tell you the story line because I want the video to be a big surprise for you guys ,we all worked real hard to bring you a piece of magic . It was a great treat for me to be filming my Planet Love video out in the desert where I wandered around bare foot and came up with the words. It was like life had come full circle and the universe was cheering me on.
Thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful memorable day.