DEVI’S FLAGSHIP SONG. THE SONG THAT IGNITED SOUND IN HER HEART AND PUT HER ON THIS MUSICAL PATH. TLC Magazine: “Devi, what solidified the knowing that this was something substantial? Something that could go beyond hobby?” Devi: It was never a hobby. I never had a single thought of being a musician in any sense of the word….well, actually- I have wanted to create dance versions of Sanskrit mantras but that thought was brief and inconsistent…and I never tried. it was never in the front of my mind. This happened completely out of control. It was a sudden urge of the moment- at 3 or 4 a.m after being awake for 3 consecutive nights. I grabbed the RUMI love poems book off my bookshelf, picked a cool beat, opened to a completely random page and recorded myself reading the poem for the first time so I would get footage of myself falling in love with it as I went- capture ,y surprise, my vulnerability of the moment. And it had potential. I replayed it and was struck by something bigger than myself- because for the first time in my life- I enjoyed an artistic expression, genuinely, of my own creation. After that song, I kept recording, rapping, dancing- I couldn’t stop creating. I was under a spell of ecstasy and just did what felt right in the moment. Looking back at my notes weeks later, I had no recollection of much it. So much of it didn’t sound anything like me. At all. I was flowing information from another source, for sure. But at the same time, it was extremely healing. I had stuff unwind from my mind and body I didn’t know were there. The feeling of joy and freedom you get after these things is unbelievable. This expression alone contains so many ideas and avenues for other modalities that I can’t see myself doing anything else in my life”