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Matthew Hess

@acousticheilen

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I AM🤍
Pantam-Handpan Artist🛸
Warrior in a Garden💪🏽
Dark Night Slayer🧬
Flame Keeper 🔥
Here to hold a 🪞 till we innerstand we are all one🙏🏽💚

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All I Can Say Is….

That was DOPE and FUN to make!!

This birthed from a song on my G2 Harmonic Minor Handpan🛸

Do things that share your soul and light your fire please🙏🏽

Thank You 🛸🧬
#monalisa #express #music #spirituality by @acousticheilen

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3 months ago

We got this family 💚
Big Energy these next few weeks.
Prayer is a powerful tool.
Use it!
Pray over your food
Your water
There has never been a time in my
Life where being in tune with my surroundings
And using prayer to guide me
Has felt more important✨

Sending you all LOVE💚🛸🧬

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F# lowPygmy by @maginstruments
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#love #handpan #pantam #passion by @acousticheilen

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For most of my life, I’ve admired people who could sit down and create beautiful music. Music has always moved me deeply.
From The Man from Snowy River & Dances With Wolves when I was a kid, to Blink 182 & Greenday in my adolescence, & now @nadayanamusic & @maltemarten as the Pantam Handpan & I have reunited in my adulthood.

Now it’s my turn to look in the mirror🪞

Today I’m adding something different.

This isn’t a performance series.
This isn’t a highlight reel (although it will be labeled that in IG)
This isn’t polished content.

🧬This is Authenticity🧬

I’m sharing my handpan journey exactly as it happens;
mistakes, missed notes, awkward moments, breakthroughs, frustrations, discoveries, and everything in between.

No retakes.
No editing.
No hiding the messy parts.

Just one human remembering my choice to experience separation & finding my way back to all that is ONE.

In a world where we often see the finished masterpiece, I feel called to share the process & emphasize the beauty that is our humanness.

Because growth isn’t “perfect”,
Learning isn’t linear, (nothing in nature is)
And the most beautiful part of the journey is simply having the courage to begin and be seen through the process regardless of perceived support.
Because we only ever truly have ourselves in this human experience so why not share our progression for ourselves to see, and make ourselves proud of ourselves.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn something new, create something meaningful, or step outside your comfort zone, then my prayer is that you find value from what moves through me & I invite you to walk this path with me. Not just as a consumer but as a creator of your own shared authenticity.
Balance will always maintain; so why not just be it🙏🏽

Let’s discover what happens when we choose authenticity over perfection.

Welcome to the Authenticity journey🛸✨

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F# LowPygmy21 by @maginstruments
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#Authenticity #HandpanJourney #RealAndRaw #handpan by @acousticheilen

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4 months ago

Early mornings in the gym are a commitment to myself.
A daily expression of self love through discipline, dedication, and keeping my word when nobody is watching. I’ve been committed since my divorce in 2012 without wavering.

Recovering from my recent spine injury has given that commitment a deeper meaning. Showing up sometimes means pushing forward, and sometimes it means respecting my recovery and having the patience to rebuild. Whatever the circumstances, I refuse to abandon myself!
I am training my body, mind, and spirit to carry responsibility with strength all while keeping my heart open through adversity.
There is a saying: “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.”
We have a responsibility to break that cycle by teaching and practicing strength even when life is comfortable!

As weak men lead us toward destruction, balanced, righteous men must stand up and lead with courage, humility, self control, and love.
Start with yourself.
Be present for your family.
Serve your community.
Stand firm in your convictions.
Keep your heart open.
&
Lead through the life you live💚

I love You All🫶🏽 by @acousticheilen

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12 hours ago

A heartfelt salute to @mudrahandpan for the care and craftsmanship you put into your handpans. I finally got my hands on a D Kurd Extended 18 you built, and it’s beautiful. What a gift to make music on an instrument crafted with so much heart.

Thank you for the love you put into your work. 🙏🛸🎶 by @acousticheilen

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There is something beautiful about seeing young people recognize and honor what touches their hearts. @tyler.vb.tebbe & Sabrina came over with such genuine gratitude for the music and what it brought to the space. Their generosity carried a spiritual intelligence that deserves to be celebrated: the awareness to notice how something makes you feel, the openness to receive it, and the kindness to let someone know it mattered.
Sharing the tongue drum with them afterward was such a sweet way to return that kindness.
These young hearts have soo much beauty inside them and soo much to offer this world. 🤍

What a blessed day 🙏🏽

E Amara 20 by @elysian_instruments taken in Festival Park ... Castle Rock by @acousticheilen

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Staying awake to what is happening in the world takes discernment, especially when so much of what is available to consume leaves us anxious, angry, or waiting for the next crisis.
Ask yourself… Is what I’m taking in making me more capable, or just more afraid?
Let awareness move you toward something useful!
-learning a skill
-preparing your home
-strengthening your relationships
-help someone in your neighborhood

Then give yourself permission to put the phone down, laugh with your children, hold the person you love, and appreciate the life in front of you.
Joy is not ignorance, and peace does not require looking away. You can face difficult truths with clear eyes and still keep your heart open.
Your family needs your presence, and the future deserves the best of you without consuming all of you today.

I Love You All 💚 by @acousticheilen

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2 days ago

Men, it is time to become deliberate about our strength.
Train your body
Master your mind
&
Anchor your spirit

If you are able, push yourself beyond comfort and awaken the sacred warrior within, the man whose courage is guided by love, whose strength serves his family, and whose discipline holds steady under pressure.
Lift..
move..
build endurance.. and stop giving destructive habits control over your life.
Eat clean, drink clean water, reduce harmful exposures, and make recovery a priority.
Give your body the nourishment and sleep it needs to rebuild, and explore tools like red light therapy and cold plunges when appropriate for your health.
Bring that same discipline to prayer, reflection, learning, and governing your reactions.

***And if illness, injury, disability, or any other circumstance limits your physical training, your place in this responsibility remains. Prepare your family through knowledge, planning, practical skills, and steady leadership.
Stand beside other men, combine your strengths, and make sure every family is supported.

Train with purpose
Recover with intention
Become someone your loved ones can count on, and help other men do the same!

& above all, stay meek & humble with a heart of 🔥

Love you all🫶🏽💚 by @acousticheilen

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7 days ago

No matter what distractions are thrown at us, we can keep returning to our heart. Fear, noise, and division can pull at our attention, but we still have a choice in how we respond.

We can pause, breathe, and let love guide our words and actions. Staying focused on the heart means meeting what is happening with awareness, compassion, and the courage to hold our boundaries without closing ourselves off.

We will get distracted.
We are human.
But each time we return to love, we strengthen our ability to carry it into the world.

Let’s carry it family 🔥💚 by @acousticheilen

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7 days ago

For anyone interested in the entire JAM
🔥🔥🔥🛸🛸🛸🔥🔥🔥 by @acousticheilen

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Pay attention to what is capturing your attention.

The hooks aren’t always fear or outrage. Sometimes they’re a catchy song, a strange story, or something you can’t stop watching. Something can feel captivating and still leave you empty.

Ask what you’re connecting with. Is there lived experience behind it? An honest expression? Something that deepens your understanding, or just another reason to stay in the loop?

Distraction can be intentional. You don’t have to know someone’s entire agenda to recognize when your attention is being pulled and held.

See the hook. Pause. Break the spell.

Then look beyond what keeps filling your screen. What decisions are being made? What deserves scrutiny? What is happening in the world while your attention is occupied?

Your attention matters. Reclaim it.

Also this was a dope jam that just came from these anointed hands🔥🛸🔥

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G2 Harmonic Minor 19 by @merakinstruments 🙏🏽
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