Back in November of last year my dad suddenly passed away. Just before he died I began taking sitar lessons and shortly after he passed bought my own hand made Ravi Shankar
style sitar. Then in July my maternal grandfather who raised me died and that was followed in September by my paternal grandmother passing at age 100. It's been a crazy year. I just returned from
Italy where we buried my grandmother along with my fathers ashes. What's got me through all of this is my faith, my wife and my love of
music. The sitar lessons have been an escape that I look forward to each week. These lessons inspired a series of photos I call "The Inner Light" (after the Beatles song by George Harrison). All the photos are taken at my guru Chris Hale's house and garden. The surroundings are conducive to creativity and inner
peace. I
hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoy being there...