In the film IMPERFECT, a professional company of actors with disabilities defies expectations by taking center stage in a rendition of Chicago the musical. Capturing the raw, honest stories of the actors inside the production process and outside the theatre in their everyday lives, IMPERFECT reveals a rare behind-the-scenes look at talented artists who push to succeed as professional performers, no matter the obstacles. Brilliantly directed by Regan Linton and Brian Malone, this is a needed, must-see film for our times.

Featured in: 'The Clean Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Disability, Theater, Inclusion, Humanity

Featuring: Regon Linton, Brian Malone

Interviewed by: Allié McGuire

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Artist and designer Jim Evans, aka TAZ, learned his trade in the San Francisco underground rock scene. He has illustrated comics, album covers, rock and film posters, as well as advertising and magazine illustrations. Evans is the founder of the TAZ collaboration, which is responsible for hundreds of gig posters, album covers, and rock ephemera. TAZ has turned out numerous posters for bands like the Foo Fighters, U2, Oasis, Porno For Pyros, Green Day, Pearl Jam, The Beastie Boys, L7, Ramones, Rage Against The Machine, Wu Tang Clan, Metallica, and Nine Inch Nails. It’s time to get raw and real about life according to TAZ.

Featured in: 'The Clean Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Art, Poster Art, Rock Poster

Featuring: Jim Evans

Interviewed by: Eddie Donaldson

Produced by: Awareness Ties

While a ‘duel’ can be defined as a formal fight between two opponents, Dave Navarro and PADHiA are two like souls fighting the stigma of mental health issues through artistry and advocacy. Rewriting and reframing mental health as ‘aspects of the human experience’, they work to write a new narrative for mental health and addiction.

Featured in: 'The Clean Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Mental Health, Art, Street Art

Featuring: Dave Navarro, PADHiA

Interviewed by: Allié McGuire

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Let me set the scene. We have all been given the gift of Free Will. Dr Wayne Dyer beautifully said that “Life’s great paradox is that we are all doomed to make choices.” A choice means that we are going to get things wrong, on average, at least half of the time. We live in a universe of cause and effect. Despite the gift of being free to make our own decisions, wrongdoings will always remain an unavoidable consequence and natural byproduct of being human.

Featured in: ‘The Rights Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Rights, Human Rights, Humanity, Kindness

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written & Narrated by: Paul S. Rogers

Finding good mourning… in a world of grinding grief is one of the greatest challenges in the world today. Mourning is a very universal human response. We must find ways to mourn our lost loved ones even  when  we find ourselves in a world of people dealing with various stages of grief.

Featured in: ‘The Rights Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Grief, Mourning, Loss, Humanity

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written & Narrated by: Kathy Kiss

“Let’s just build one school…” According to the 17 Global Goals of the United Nations, quality education will contribute to ending world poverty and hunger, increasing health and well-being, and protecting the deterioration of the planet. Yet, as reported by Village Impact, there are still 258 million children around the world who are not provided an education— more than half of these reside in sub-Saharan Africa.

Featured in: ‘The Origin Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Education, Parenting

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written & Narrated by: Sonja Montiel

What started with a sticker has become a global empire of iconic expression through the artistry of Shepard Fairey, as he uses his platform, Obey Giant, to make public statements with passion and purpose. As we explore ‘the writing of wrongs’ in this edition of AwareNow, Eddie Donaldson (aka GuerillaOne) speaks with Shepard about his work.

Featured in: 'The Rights Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Art, Street Art, Graffiti

Featuring: Shepard Fairey

Interviewed by: Eddie Donaldson

Produced by: Awareness Ties

It’s homework night. What, aren’t you excited?! Whether you are the parent trying to get your kid to understand Algebra before dinner, or you remember being that struggling kid, memories of “homework night” usually end with dread, fear and frustration. No one is smiling at the end of the night, and the dinner got cold.

Featured in: ‘The Origin Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Education, Parenting

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written & Narrated by: Sonja Montiel

What lies beyond this life is something that has haunted humanity from the beginning.  We have all come from “No thing” to “Now here” to return to “No thing.” Allow me to share my story with you, and what I can remember from my NDE (Near Death Experience) of what lies beyond.

Featured in: ‘The Origin Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Spirituality, Humanity, Death, Life

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written & Narrated by: Paul S. Rogers

When a Shaman who as a boy was told he would marry the Princess of Norway, one day meets the Princess of Norway who has given up her dream of finding the love of her life and her hope of truly being seen, this is when Shaman Durek and Princess Märtha met. The rest is history (in the making). With an unwavering commitment to social change and an unbreakable bond tested and proven, Durek and Märtha not only talk the talk, but walk it with pride and passion. The story of a Shaman and a Princess isn’t one you hear everyday - especially when it’s this Shaman and this Princess. This is a story we are honored to share and proud to support.

Featured in: ‘The Origin Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Spirituality, Humanity

Produced by: Awareness Ties & KNEKT TV

Featuring: Shaman Durek & Princess Märtha

Interviewed by: Allié McGuire