Pura Vida

Terence Shigg discusses goal-setting techniques, emphasizing measurable, meaningful, and actionable goals. He references James Clear's "Atomic Habits" and Tim Ferriss's experimental approach. Shigg's elite coaching program aims to enhance clarity, motivation, and purpose. He outlines three rules: make goals measurable, meaningful, and actionable. Minos Azajares, a Cuban American artist in Costa Rica, shares his journey from Cuba to Spain to the US, and Costa Rica, detailing his entrepreneurial ventures and the Blue Gaia project, which aims to create a supportive community for children and pregnant women, integrating art and spirituality.

To view Minos' art go to www.Minosart.net

Transcript

Terence Shigg: 0:21

Welcome back to legacy by design. This is episode three. I am pleased to announce that on this episode at the end, please stand by. We're going to have an interview with Minos azajaris, a artist, philosopher, businessman, entrepreneur and all around genius, in my opinion, good man, we need more people like him. Hopefully you'll enjoy the interview as much as I did. But before we get to that, I wanted to do with this New Year's coming up, I wanted to do a quick idea for you, a brief technique or tool that you can use for goal setting. Many of you have probably heard my theory. I don't believe in resolutions. I think that resolutions are a statement that we can put down, but we it gives it no significance. For us, it's very easy to ignore a resolution. If you put down a goal, it's more of a commitment. And then if you build a system to back up that goal, it's even better. And I liken that to a phrase by James clear. He wrote a book called atomic habits, and in that book, he says, You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your system. Now read that one more time. You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems. My elite coaching program is a system. It's a system designed to maximize your clarity, your motivation and your purpose, to use all of the things that make you who you are, to make it better and easier and more efficient for you to do the things you were called to do. And I'll get into that more and how that system came about in future episodes. But for today, let's just talk about goals. Everybody around this time starts to set goals and resolutions, and we have very high aspirations with that. We tend to start out, start out strong, and then kind of wean down throughout the year. Here's an idea, or here's a way that you can use for goals throughout the year, no matter what time it is, because it's never too late for a new goal. I love that quote, it's never too late for a new goal. So here are my three simple steps, simple rules, whichever you want to use for goal setting. Rule number one is, make it measurable, so treat it just like it's an experiment. Tim Ferriss is one of my favorite authors, and he wrote a book called The Four Hour Body. And one of the things i i really love to model after Timothy Ferris is the fact that when he does things, he gathers data, he researches it, he experiments on himself. He uses himself as a guinea pig to optimize performance, as he says. In that vein, make it measurable, so that you can gather data about how you're doing, whether you're being successful, so you know what you're looking for. And better yet, even when I say make it measurable, use very clear language in what your goal is. For example, if your goal is to lose weight, be specific about the amount of weight. Even better yet, be specific about where you want to be on that weight journey. What do I mean by that? I mean, instead of saying I want to lose 20 pounds, say I want to be 200 pounds. The difference is, your brain will do and give you reasons to accept the minimum, if that's what you tell it, you can lose 20 pounds, and gain it back and still have accomplished that goal, but not have accomplished the intent behind that goal, which was to be healthier, to be lighter, to be more agile. Maybe think about that. Be clear on the wording that you use, if it's Lu. Losing weight, give yourself a specific weight you want to be at. First rule is, make it measurable. Second rule after make it measurable is make it meaningful. And meaningful is an individual thing. If being healthier I mentioned before, if that target weight that you want to be at is so that you could be healthier, so that you can not be out of breath, so that you could have more time, more energy to spend with your family and your kids, to play more games with them, to be more fun, and to not have any of the medical issues that you have to feel as though you were 10 years younger. Those are meaningful things. Those are meaningful reasons to assign to that goal. And the more meaningful the goal is, the more likely that you will attain that goal. And that comes with everything, if your goal is to write more, why is that meaningful? If that's your purpose, if you're a writer and you have these stories inside you that you want to share with the world, so that they can feel how you felt when you created these characters, and they can learn things and they can grow, that's meaningful. You're much more likely to write those 10 pages or 3000 words if that's the meaning behind it. And the third simple rule is, make a move. Make a move means do something. Make a plan and work the plan back to our example of losing 20 pounds. If we know that exercise is one of the things that we like to use, if that's one of our vehicles, then we plan to exercise during our lunch hour. We'll take a walk for 10 minutes, 15 minutes after work, we'll go to the gym for 30 minutes, 45 minutes. And I'm even good if you break that goal down into smaller chunks. One of my favorite sayings when I get overwhelmed or people get overwhelmed is, how do you eat an elephant? You one bite at a time. Instead of looking at this enormous goal of writing a book or starting a budget, buying a house, make it small and manageable. Let's make it small. Go to the gym three days a week and move around for a half an hour. Give yourself successes. Set yourself up to win. Because nowhere in that goal does it say you actually have to exercise. You just have to go to the gym. Now, if you exercise during that phase of this plan, that's a bonus. The next step to that might be go to the gym. Be at the gym for 30 minutes. Exercise for 10 minutes. Now you've upped it to another level. You're going to go to the gym. You exercise for 10 minutes, you're going to be there for 30 minutes. You might exercise for 15 minutes, figuring I'm going to be here another 20 minutes. Another 20 minutes. Anyway, it's a win. Break your goals down to measurable, smaller pieces, and then build up to the final one, three simple rules for setting goals. Make it measurable, gather the data so that you can use it later, make it meaningful. Why is this even a goal for you? Why? Why is it important? And then make a move do something that will get you moving towards that goal. Those are my three simple rules. I just wanted to give you a little bonus right here before New Year's, and I'm gonna go right into the interview, because the interview was with really well, we got to talking. And, you know, how old friends are? You get to talking, and next thing you know, it's been 30 minutes. We're going to go into that. I'll let you hear about Mr. Azaharis. Let him talk to you and talk about his travels, and I hope that it's as inspiring to you as it was to me. Thank you for being here. Stand by after this break. We'll be right back with our interview. To start off. Can you introduce yourself? Just tell everybody who you are, what you do, and then we'll get to where you are, because I think that's a cool part of the story, too.

Minos Azares: 10:15

Okay, okay, yeah. My name is Minos saharas. I'm an artist, painter, and, you know, I'm a Cuban American, and I live in Costa Rica now. So, yeah, this is my fourth country when I live already.

Terence Shigg: 10:31

So can you tell, can you tell us a little bit about how you got to Costa Rica? Because that is from Cuba to the US to Costa Rica. Those are kind of big jumps.

Minos Azares: 10:45

Yeah, well, first I jumped from Cuba to Spain. Yeah, I jumped first from Cuba to Spain, and then from Spain to the US, from the US to Costa Rica. So you know, my wife and I so have, like, last 18 years thinking about a move here, the project we are working on it right now, and in Costa Rica for blue Gaia, you know, so you've been here, was the whole idea about all this, you know, taking 18 years, you know, to come and finally move here cost a lot of money. And, you know, yeah, you know, this take a long decision. We back and forth a lot of time here. But you know, Costa Rica is not a cheap country, so we, you know, had to do a lot of things before, you know, we can move, you know. And so, yeah, but what's good?

Terence Shigg: 12:18

So now, have you always been an artist, or is that just been fashion?

Unknown: 12:23

And yeah? Was Yeah? Was I have my art, they are.

Minos Azares: 12:32

Was with me from was a child, so I take a little classes, not too much when I was, you know, and I don't know when I was, like, a six or seven years old with my teacher. And, you know, from there, I always have it with me, but I don't do like, you know, professional for long time because I had to do other things, you know what I mean. So worry about money. You know, in my case, like, I was, like, a little bit hard. Because, you know, you in Cuba, finding things for doing what you want is really difficult. So, you know, so, yeah,

Terence Shigg: 13:11

so and so managed to keep doing it, even from Cuba to Spain to the US. Now, you said you had to do some other things. What are the other things you did?

Minos Azares: 13:23

Where did my brother? So I always make a business, okay, that's, that's one of the things, because I remember when I was a child, so I have, like, 11 or 12 years old. I'm making my first business. I was in school. My parents, they don't have enough money to do anything, you know. I mean, so I discovered at that time I had to take care of myself, you know. I mean, so I learned. And so I remember, there is some kids coming from Africa, the international students, and they take, they are in Cuba and the college. And I go to the college, I buy Wallace at that time. From then, I remember this. I have a lot of colors, you know, and I sell it to my friend in school. So from there, I started to make it so morning. So from there to now, I never stopped to make a business, you know, I mean, so always, you know, working hard to try to learn something,

Terence Shigg: 14:28

yeah, all right, so, always been an entrepreneur, yeah,

Unknown: 14:37

always started a

Terence Shigg: 14:39

business in Cuba. You had a business in Spain. Had in Spain,

Minos Azares: 14:44

the US, yes. And the US, yeah. So yeah, because you know, there is something happened to one of you. You know, you want to, I don't know, make a business, whatever. So the first time you try, if he come in from yourself, you know, you're not gonna stop it again. It's difficult, you know, some people stop, but in my case, because I learned so early, or like, 12 years old, you know what? I mean, I had no choice. I had to do, yeah, and I got a lot of lessons for that, you know? I mean, so right now, my prospect for, you know, 51 or years old, I have already so I learned a lot. And I'm sure you know, what's my best decision to do business, you know? I mean, because you learn a lot, you know, not just in the business, in the life, because you always needed to be, you know, trying to find some. Thing to learn, you know? I mean, so you have to be active all the time, you know? I mean, yeah,

Terence Shigg: 15:45

and learned as you go, how to do it and what businesses that would allow you to take care of your family. So how did you keep yourself motivated to keep doing that? Was it just didn't have a choice. Had to do it or, yeah.

Minos Azares: 16:04

Well, one of the best things I learned, you know, in Cuba, for example, okay, the problem we have, for example, in the United States, on the on Europe, this kind of countries, so you have a lot of choices for making business. So you can get a restaurant you can have, you know, so I don't know whatever kind of company you want, because have freedom in Cuba that is really difficult. So the only way I discover I can be successful in Cuba is because I have the business I made at that time. So I, you know, I have a lot, a lot, a lot to fail. You can imagine, you know, because you can have a problem, you know, like a police with the government, with the inspector with it's so crazy, you know, so but if you keep going, I learned that if you keep going, sometimes you can make it, you know, I mean, because, like, they are tired, but you know, you can, you can retire, you know, you had to do what you had to do, and that that kicked me out to Spain, you know, I made The thanks to that business so I can grow up. I get out from Cuba to Spain, you know, and then so was a little bit different, yeah, yeah,

Terence Shigg: 17:30

no, I'm saying you learn as you go. I

Minos Azares: 17:33

try to read books. I try to, you know. And for me, I remember from when I was a child, I, like, for example, learn about spirituality. My mom, she was really good, and that she teach me a lot of things in that. And for me, was really good get out from Cuba, because I can find things you don't want to find in Cuba. You know, books, information. And and when I moved through United States, was better, even better, because in the United States there is more book in than in Europe or in Spain. This case, that spirituality coming is, was with me all the time, you know. I mean, so I all the time try to discover, you know, new books, new information, you know. And for me, was the best thing I can do. Because I'm, I know, I never been in the church in Cuba. There is no like a culture for that. You know, the woman almost taken out all that you've inspired spirituality. You had to, I don't know, you had to trade yourself, you know? I mean, so we have in Cuba, like Orishas, which is Afro Cuban, you know, religion. So it's something makes it so weird, you know. And, you know, black magic, something like that. I never liked that, you know? I mean, so I my, my mom always told me there is a God there, so he can see everything you do. Just try to do your best always. And, you know, I learned that, and I always try to apply in my business, in my life, in my with my kids, you know, I mean, so now I'm so happy because, you know, like I'm learning so fast right now, you know, I think it's because I have more time, or my I don't know, maybe because I'm little bit more or maybe or I'm more focused, but yeah, you know that sometimes you can open you you mind and information coming through you with All, you know, filter, or whatever it is, yeah, yeah.

Terence Shigg: 19:43

And so all of those experiences you continue to learn as you went. And now it's kind of like now you can use all of that information in your your new projects, in your art and business projects. And those coming together as you got older.

Minos Azares: 20:05

Yeah, of course, yeah. Because just look so I just foretell you a little bit. I make a person for in Cuba. My first business after I, you know, get off from the college, I started to, you know, selling product from the, you know, Farmer product, you know, I mean, fruit, you know, vegetable, those kind of things. So I learned a lot that's make, you know, that's helped me to make a lot of money and get out from there, you know, being in my house, those kind of thing in Cuba. So when I get out, so I moved to Spain. I opened, I opened their construction company. So I've been there for, I don't know, until 2008 when it come in the crash from, you know, from the real estate business, you remember. So at that time I was in Spain. So I have a lot of debt with business, because, you know, at that time, everything was with check and credit. So, you know, the bank don't pay me. I know it was so crazy, but I learned a lot. And finally, you know, I pay everything, and everything was dude, but it was good, but I, you know, I just closed the company, and I started other business at that time. I made my wife and we started at that time, 2008 we opened another business was, you know, clothing business. You have a lot of experience in business, clothing business with her dad, and we started there too. So I moved with this business to Los Angeles. We've been in downtown LA for two, three years. You know, spend a lot of money in rent, crazy learning in English a little bit. You know, what's good? You know, after that, I opened a business for truck drivers. So I buy a truck. I buy a trailer. You know, running around the US was really crazy, but all the time I was, you know, back and forth with my art, always painting when I have a time, you know, I mean, but nothing professional at that time, because was difficult for me. I had no time. I had my kids, so I had to, you know, provide money for the house, you know. So, yeah, so you had to do what you had to do. So, but if at the end of the day, you know, all that, you know, appear in my life with really good background, you know, I can do whatever I want. I had no problem to do anything, sure, whatever I decide to do, I don't have I don't have to call nobody, you know, rumor, electricity dry a truck, you know, I don't know it's crazy, right? Yeah. So what's good? Yeah. So you never imagined this kind of happened. Because, you know, right now thinking in God prospected you think it's okay, my goodness, what I had to do all those kind of things so, but I learned right now, he preparing me for now. You know, I mean everything I do before I did before he prepared me for now. So which is, for me now is perfect, because I have a lot of experience, you know? I know. I don't know even, for example, all the things regarding to one of you export product from one country to the other country. But we, we made a clothing at that time in Italy, and we send it to United States. We will, we sell this italic clothing. So we made Italy, so we send it to United States. So, you know, you learn a lot from cheap the container. Yeah, you know what I mean. So I learned a lot. So what's good? Because in all those things, sorry, I interviewed you, because all those things, you know, coming through me, in all those times my wife was with me, all these times she's my partner, and all those things he come in with me, supporting me, you know? So we finally, when we decide move here. I told her, we good. We are ready. Let's go. You know what I mean? Because we, I think, if he will, if at that time she I moved from Cuba to Costa Rica directly, which it was possible. But for me, I don't want to do at that time. I can do, I can be like I am right now. You know what I mean? So, so ready, yeah. So, yeah.

Terence Shigg: 24:46

And I think that's that's amazing, the transition from all the different jobs, from, you know, the selling the wallets to getting a trucking company to being the construction guy and all those things. You think, Well, you are. You're doing it because you have to. But now you get to Costa Rica, and it's like, oh, okay, I can use all of those things now, and now I can use them for me and my projects, and the things that I want to to leave to my kids and for generations to come. Yeah, which, that's a pretty powerful thing.

Minos Azares: 25:26

Yeah, it's really good because it's not a possible you can see it before, you know. I mean, you're thinking, you know that the good thing about this is, when you see the all the movement, you. Make it, or the, you know, back and forth, up and down. So you don't want to see at that time. But, you know, some people say it is God is now breaking you. Is is preparation? He prepared you, right?

Terence Shigg: 25:57

So Exactly, yeah, and I, and just speaking from experience and from the time that I got to meet you and on your land, the energy and the the love you have for that land and that project is evident in just seeing the seeing the glow on your face when you're walking around and talking about this part and that part, and that is the goal, I think, that all of us want to get to at some point, is seeing all of our work come to a place where now it makes sense, okay, now I can see going forward that all that stuff in The back was for Yeah, and that's a beautiful thing.

Minos Azares: 26:43

Yeah, it is, you know, is, is just a little bit, I don't know a story about my wife. When I met her, she said, because she coming from the background? She and firmer, I don't remember her name is.

Terence Shigg: 27:06

They'll translate it, yeah.

Minos Azares: 27:07

And firmer. She was in the infer meta for the and, okay, oh yeah. So she want to do that, because she, at that time, she want to, you know, open, like hospital for kids, those kind of things, she said. She wrote a letter before she made me, she wrote a letter. She said, I want a person like this, like this, like this, like this. She make a letter and send it to God. I appear in her life. She told me, you the guy, okay, if you say so. So it's crazy, because, you know, all we did on in this time, you can put it together. And you can see, right now, and say, oh my goodness, crazy, how everything is can be connected, you know what? I mean? Yeah, amazing, yeah, amazing, as

Terence Shigg: 28:05

they say, God is good all the time. He knows what he's doing,

Minos Azares: 28:09

always, always, the hard part is for us to understand, you know, yeah, I just covered just a few days ago, how, you know, because in the church, in the books, God is love is, you know, is, I don't know, he don't put it, he don't like you. It's just love. You know, it's hard for the people sometimes to understand, you know, what is mean, what it means, you know, I discovered a few days ago, let me tell you, because, yeah, I had, I read a lot of book, and always they said, Oh, sometimes they said, so when something bad happened to you, God is preparing you just keep positive mind, you know, and doing good things. Because what if you continue that way, it can give you something better than that, that you want before, right? But normally, when you have some problem or condition in your life, you know, thinking like that, how you put and die it's gonna be good for you, you know. I mean, so

Terence Shigg: 29:26

you're thinking, why is this happening to me? What did

Minos Azares: 29:29

I Yeah, yeah, so. And then it's, you know, I take a time for me, a long time, to learn that and and try to discover, and then one day it's like the Oh, my goodness, that's crazy, because you can, even, you know, manipulate the, I don't know, the matter, in order to you feel better, or something, what you want coming through you, you know me. I don't know if it's crazy. I don't know my wife. You know, my wife told me sometimes you little bit crazy and say, Okay, leave me alone. I have a long time practicing this. You know,

Terence Shigg: 30:12

you're an artist. We as artists, we got to be a little bit crazy, right?

Minos Azares: 30:17

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, I've been in LA, I think it was, yeah, was this year, and have a la art show. And I, you know, I present my collection for, I call it Pura Vida, your life, constantly. Okay, yeah, so, like a 15 years ago, I think in the for me, and, you know, the universe is like barcode. So I have that idea. Tell me why. You know what? I think the universe is like a barcode. Everything is information. So every bars is means a number with information. You know, I been with that for, yeah, last, last 15 years, so I don't find how integrate that in my art. So last year, when I was when I moved first time to Costa Rica. So I discovered, like a few years ago, some lab they they find that everything alive have a chromosomes, like we have chromosomes. So yeah, but I know we have chromosomes, but not everything, plants, animal, fruit, everything. So so does have some numbers. You know, as you have the for the human beings, you have 24 chromosomes. Okay, so at that time, I discovered I can integrate toss number in my my barcode. And for me, was like a crazy because, say, my goodness, I was alright. So that's the way I can connect to this, you know, because everything that is, I have a long list about chromosomes, plants, animals,

Terence Shigg: 32:15

fruit, and you incorporated that into your artwork,

Minos Azares: 32:19

yeah, because the idea for that was the genetic manipulation, or the the, you know, we have in the fruit, vegetable, those kind of things. So back in four when I was in LA this year, so the people asking, Hey, what is the number? What is what is it mean this number, what is for? I explained and, oh, it's chromosome. They told me, You are scientists or something like that. No, I'm just a crazy guy that normal people, they don't worry about this, you know, in my case, is very important, because, you know, I'm so worried about all those things around me, you know. I mean, for me, it's really important to understand everything I don't know, you know, I need to be, you know, go deep in, you know, to try to discover something. You know, I try to investigate more so I can all the time, because I feel it's like I never stopped to try to, you know, learn something.

Terence Shigg: 33:24

It's that curiosity, and I think that curiosity is not only what makes you a good entrepreneur, but it's what makes you a good artist and a good human being. Because that level of curiosity, that wanting to know always leads to the inevitable part that we're all connected, which is the part that always gets, gets forgotten. And not only are we connected, but we're connected to everything else too. So everything, yeah, and that allows a whole different perspective on things and makes makes what you do even more important, because, just like they asked you the question about the DNA or the genetics of manipulated vegetables or fruits, now that opens the discussion to go, Okay, what impact is it having on us if we're manipulating fruits and then we're consuming it and putting into our bodies and and that is a whole another level of awareness that you're providing to people that you wouldn't even think of of

Minos Azares: 34:33

going to even, yeah, of course not. And even right now, from what I know, all bodies have vibration. So I discovered like, you know, finding like, I want to you have a do Aha, you know, I mean that moment, so I have it my aha moment, yeah, so, so I discovered I was right, because if you manipulate some kind of fruit or or whatever you eat you put in your body. So debiliration you have in your body is not a saying, you know, so and you go really deeper level. So, you know, you had to be really conscious about how you throw it, you know you you treat, I don't know the food you're gonna eat. Yeah, you know, I mean, so because, you know those kind of things, because it's vibration coming through your body you wanted you eat in it with bad things. Bad decision about is affecting your body and it's affecting your life,

Terence Shigg: 35:37

right? It matters. Yeah.

Minos Azares: 35:40

Yeah, so it's, you know,

Terence Shigg: 35:42

that is that's amazing. And one of the things I also wanted to have you talk about a little bit is, if you want just kind of share your, I don't know if it's the project, but your your purpose, your idea of what you want to do, not just with the land, but with in general, going forward, because I know you're very passionate about it, yeah? And tell your wife. I said hi, by the way.

Minos Azares: 36:10

Yeah, she's around. Yeah. So we, you know, because we saw this kind of problem we have in our society, you know, in the US, in Europe too. That's one of the reason, because, at the beginning, we my wife, want to put it a place, but she love, you know, bring kids to the alive or the, you know, pregnant woman, those kind of things. So, so, but then, so we decided, so, okay, we, when we buy the land, we see, okay, we have enough space. We can do the what we want together here we have can do it at school. We because she was like, you know, I said before therapies for kids with autism. So, yeah, so to say, Okay, if we had we want to do some things good, we had to not just put it a place for the mom can bring the kids this war just they can they. They needed good school for and they can learn from the air, interact with, not to, you know, thinking better things you you don't learn in a normal school. You know, school is just two, two plus two, and that's, you know, I mean, so, no, no, this kind of thing you want to learn. So, and we said, okay, yeah, this very, really good idea, if we get all the things we can create, like a bubble where, you know, the new generation can burn and live and stay, you know. And that's align everything you know with with us. You know what? I mean. It's so amazing because you know. And for example, in my art, it's not everybody can understand. You know, I know that, but I don't care. You know, it's none of my brother. I do what I had to do because God told me at some time you had to do this. It's coming through my mind. And let me tell you this, I can do anything different that I can so I can put a combine from in front of me, I had no choice to painting something with the messages. For me, it's really important have a message always. So I told my wife, you know what? So that is my art, and the blue Gaia community is everything is the same. You know what I mean. So, no, yeah. So had to be, you know, it's like a book with everything inside, you know what I mean? So for me, it was, is just perfect, just

Terence Shigg: 38:52

and I loved the time that I had to interact with you guys and to learn about your your goal and your mission, because it is something that's it's one of those things that's obvious, but nobody does. You know, it's like, yeah, it makes sense. And I think your wife told the story once, and I it always sticks with me that she was talking about how we teach kids, but we don't listen to the kids, and sometimes they have very good questions. She was saying that, I think it was one of your kids that asked her after you guys were taking them to the school and, you know, show them which teacher they had. And he said, Well, how come I can't pick my teacher? That's a great question. When we have our school, guess what? You'll get to pick your teacher, and to me, yeah, it's one of those things that you're like, you know what? That's a good point. Why don't they get to find somebody who they sync with, they connect with that teach, to teach it to their style. That should be part of it. Okay?

Minos Azares: 40:02

We, for example, in my case, I remember my school was disaster at that time. You know, I remember when there was a child, I had no kind experience, like a good experience with my teacher. Maybe it's one or two, maybe in all the time. But I remember one teacher who teach me about art at that time, I was six or seven years old. At that time, I I connected with him like two years ago. I find that his phone. I find a guy. I put in his name to see you. I find him Facebook. And I was crazy because his son. On. He living in Texas, in Dallas, Texas, he have and having his same name to his father, and I connect with him, say, I looking for a guy with you same name. He said, No, it's my dad. I said, Yeah, because I've always remind him, you know, I mean, was really good teacher. He's teaching me a lot of good thing, a lot so, so just imagine if you have a teacher like that in the school. How can change the life of the kids? You know what I mean? So it's crazy, because they don't want to forget at any time, because they want to love go to school. Those are those kind of teacher. You want to see him every single day, because, you know is they can tell you a lot of experience. You can imagine this school, and that's the idea we have, you know, we had to be different.

Terence Shigg: 41:35

I applaud you guys, and I think that's a that is something that's going to be very powerful, not if it happens, but when it happens. Because I'm believing these things are going to these things are going to happen. It's just,

Minos Azares: 41:49

yeah, it's a matter of time. It's just a time. You know, one of the things talking about God, because I like it, talking about God, even when I be in the church. So I did cover something. So, you know, like, explain you before in Cuba, we have the practice normally the people uses is for Cuban religion, okay, so, so when the people have a problem, they go to see somebody who have a does, kind of, you know, experience. They do whatever they do, okay, so, but everything, if he, you know, what I discovered was so, everything is about spirituality, whatever you do in your life before coming in a thought in your brain, so and then as you execute so in prospecting, about our projects right now, for me, is already these, you know I mean, is in the, in the universe, already done, you know what I mean? So it's just taking time to come into, you know, collapse with the

Terence Shigg: 43:00

with this to coincide with our time right now? Yeah, oh, no, I like that. Yes, I agree with that 100%

Minos Azares: 43:08

Yeah, of course. You know, that's because we want it's because it is because it's beautiful, you know? I mean, it's something we need in this world today,

Terence Shigg: 43:19

yeah, and it was, it was already, it'll come to pass, because it was already, it's meant to be alright. Well, thanks for sitting down with me, for giving me some insight on your project and your life. And one of the things I want to make sure is tell people where they can find your artwork, because I'm sure they they're curious of how to appreciate I think it's awesome. I've seen several of your your paintings and your artwork, and I love it.

Minos Azares: 43:49

Yeah, I do, and I didn't. I just went and started, I don't know, maybe tomorrow with the matter is huge. Combat is, like, I don't know, three or four square meter for like, a two and a half, it's huge from the ground to the floor. And it's huge because that is, yeah, that is the, one of the things I can connect, you know, my my life right now, like I feel that I need it so, and nobody know before paying the matters. So they say, Okay, this is my time right now. I had to do that, you know? I mean, because for me, it's like, it's bringing me, bring me to the moment I live in. You know, the artist, normally they paint in basins. I don't know everybody, but, but then they painted based in the feeling they have, the moment they have in their life. If you see the whole perspective for a painter, you can see the different moment he has in his life, because all the time reflect Him. You know what I mean? Yeah, so that's happened to me, you know. So I'm going like a little bit crazy now, right now, for the season, but I love it. You know what? I mean,

Terence Shigg: 45:03

that's, that's awesome, that's, that is an artist, that's an artist journey, and I love it. That's the way it's supposed to be.

Minos Azares: 45:10

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I appreciate it. So, yeah, man. So you know, we here. So thank you for your time, for you the opportunity to show, you know, allow me to show in you, you know and do I don't know, and you channel with you, conversation with your friends. I love you know. You. You.