My priority in life is my whanau, followed by my work as an artist, which has blessed me with the ability to provide opportunities working with others to advance the well-being of Maori.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love having the laid-back, easy-going, family-priority nature of New Zealand, but I'm certainly enjoying the States in terms of the career opportunities and the enthusiasm I get to find work.
I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.
I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.
My work and my family are very important to me.
My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today, gone later today.
Because I feel 'Thor' is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!
Sometimes I think, 'Why should I care about doing well in New Zealand?'
My unrealized ambition is to tend my vines, produce wine, and work like an artisan. I dream of rediscovering the old traditions and customs of wine growing, not necessarily to deny the technology which we have today, but to harness it and work in harmony with nature.
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.