Hey y’all, 2dreamagain here.

I am the curator and organizer of this collaborative art project. As I learn and grow as a person and as an artist, I allow the changes I see in myself and my life to contribute directly to Between2Clouds. I have always made sure this space was my best guess of what I could do to bring folks together in beautiful ways. That guess has changed many times over the years

I have curated and organized well over 300 events in the Between2Clouds world with various amounts of success. I once had two folks show up to a poorly organized stand up comedy show in an obscure venue in Raleigh, North Carolina, and then later, just around the corner, had over 500 folks show up and buy a ticket for a 3 stage dance party with only local artists. I have put on events that dimmed my spirit, and others where I fell in love with life. I have pursued hundreds of creative ideas, involved hundreds of other creatives, brought together thousands of different people, and took major risks, triumphed, failed, stopped, started, everything.. and more

I could have never imagined where pursuing these ideas would take me, what kind of people I would be so fortunate to meet, and how it would give me a space to grow into a beautiful person that I love and respect. I become emotionally overwhelmed anytime I pause and consider how many doors and homes have been opened up to me because of my pursuit of this idea and staying true to myself

For that, I am grateful to you and everyone else who has enjoyed any bit of this with me. Without you to share it with, I would not do any of this

There have been multiple major transitions occurring, mostly quietly, both in my life as well as with Between2Clouds. The events I used to put together are no longer something that excites me like they once did. I relied on this excitement to work relentlessly to make my ideas work. These previous ideas and ways do not fill my cup or represent the kind of impact and environment that I hope to contribute to anymore. In general, most of what is available for festivals and dance parties are pretty distant from the spaces I feel the most vibrant and alive in too. And in addition to this, I have been dealing with multiple medical and health struggles (which led to financial struggles) that are often debilitating, limiting my energy and how much I can do significantly. I am having to learn what the new normal is, and how to be more efficient with my efforts. Prioritizing myself and my health is also a new venture, as I always put the project first before

With overwhelming gratitude, over the past 3-4 months I have had a myriad of enriching and enlightening experiences both personally and creatively.
These bundle of moments made it clear that a firm shift was overdue

During those experiences, it felt like the water was flowing downstream for the first time in years. It seemed that the deeper reason of why I have put so much of my time and energy into Between2Clouds now had something to look at and to explore

It was also clear that my ideas, intentions, and impact were abundant and potent in these environments and situations, not just for me, but for everybody there

For moments of time, I felt like I was at home within myself as an artist, and as a human. These experiences did not rely on fancy sound systems, a ton of marketing, typical venues, scale, working with way too many people, or much else of what limited what is possible. Gorgeous, deep music, delicate natural environments, interesting and sweet people, genuine and well-intended ideas, and a collective priority of being together beautifully over everything

As I explore, stumble, fall, rise, try, risk, and discover what is possible for us in this upcoming chapter,

I humbly ask for your genuine support and enthusiasm. If you have a desire for my efforts to continue to build and explore this “happier, dancier place”, and pursue the ideas that are my best guesses of what I can contribute to our collective beauty, be an active participant. This is only possible together. Share the content, ideas, stories, moments, or whatever else bring you joy or intrigue. Be a voice in the crowd that there is an artist, a person, pursuing their own path of life, in their own way, that you enjoy and believe in. Be a person of passion, exclaim that there are a plethora of ideas still yet to explore, that people are more than ever capable of discovering beauty and being beautiful, that there are artists far outside of the heavily commercialized, performative, and attention driven popular narratives, that are discovering new light in the darkness and share it openly. Support financially if that feels right, and you are in a position to be generous and feel good about it. Provide me the space and freedom to figure this out by being open minded, being curious, trusting that I may be on to something beautiful far from the beaten path, and that my intention is to share it with people that could enjoy these explorations deeply

As I continue to move forward, and by extension, Between2Clouds,

these ideas will satisfy a casual relationship less and less

and for those that want more, these ideas may satisfy more

With all of this,

if you are still reading, you are here, and this bundle of words written by an ordinary, flawed human does something for you

if a person hurting, trying, loving, making mistakes, growing, striving, hoping, wanting, doing, falling, standing, thriving, and living for something more, something substantial brings you some sense of significance

if the idea of experimenting with this great mystery with me, that my ideas and being may provide you moments of inspiration, of beauty, of more,

Let’s explore.

With love, flaws, wisdom, pains, many stories, regrets, intrigue, insecurities, growth, uncertainty, excitement, ignorance, joy, depression, friendship, grieving, gratitude, music, art, words, ideas, fashion, movement, moments, more,

and limited time left,

- 2dreamagain, Matthew