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Free & Open Mind Gaining Traction
The Free and Open Mind v-cast with Hardy and Miss Michelle is gaining traction. If you'd like to see a sample, please go to freeandopenmind.com, where we talk about living your true self and your true passion. We've already had the FINancial Sharktress as a special...
read moreHow the Republican Party Betrays Its Own Supporters
The GOP nominated a religious zealot, Amy Cone Barrett, to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she was even buried. Now Barrett may be confirmed before the November 3 election. Thinking back to when Obama and Clinton and other past Democratic presidents tried...
read moreChanging the Facts to Suit Yourself
I was going to originally write a nice fluffy story of how people are using art to get through the pandemic. But my mind has dramatically shifted based on events that have unfolded around the world in the past two weeks, and especially in the US. As far as the...
read moreNew Dating Kinky Webinars Coming Up September 13 & 14
Hardy got such great feedback on the Free and Open Mind interview with The FINancial Sharktress, where we talked about helping you work around consent and money, that she will be this month's Dating Kinky webinar guest, on Monday, September 14, at 8:00 p.m. Register...
read moreHardy Swims with The Sharktress
Hardy Brooklyn was a guest of Galit Tsadik, the FINancial Sharktress, on her weekly Facebook Live. He had a great time chatting with Galit and discovering how she really helps people with their relationship with money—it’s a lot like how Hardy helps folks with life...
read moreFree & Open Mind Vcast with Hardy & Michelle Posts New Episodes
Five new episodes of The Free & Open Mind Vcast with Hardy Brooklyn and Michelle Wild are now available for viewing. Be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel and check out the past ones as we get better and better! The Free & Open Mind is all about change...
read moreConstraint & Creativity: Working at Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic
For the last ten weeks or more during the Covid-19 pandemic and following the "stay at home" safety guidelines, I have been making art at home on a small table, with a minimal amount of art supplies. Working this way has led to a restrained (refined and confined?)...
read moreHardy Guesting on “Money Monday” Live with the FINancial Sharktress” July 6
Hardy will be the guest of FINancial Sharktress Galit Tsadik on her weekly "Money Monday" Facebook Live conversation this coming Monday. Hardy and Galit share a love of SCUBA diving and helping people become fearless about living their authentic lives. They’ll talk...
read moreWe Need to Tell New Kinds of Stories
As we (hopefully) evolve, as a species, to be more inclusive and diverse, we will (definitely) need, as a society, to fundamentally change art and media. For decades, stories told in and by media – whether in books, TV shows, movies, and the Internet – have often...
read moreHardy’s “Boudoir” Photo Session with Maria Moreno
Hardy had a private boudoir portrait session with photographer Maria Moreno Nossa. He arrived at a fancy midtown hotel on a freezing day, looking forward to the warm room. Not! There was no heat and the wind was blowing. But no worries—Hardy was getting used to photo...
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