Cyan Banister

What I didn't realize in that moment was I got my first lesson from Bill Murray, which is how do you stay present? Notice what's around you.

What I didn't realize in that moment was I got my first lesson from Bill Murray, which is how do you stay present? Notice what's around you.

marvel in it there's a freaking turkey in front of us like how often do you get to see a turkey not every day why do we take the turkey for granted why do we take the tree for granted at first I was like I'm not getting the answer and this is frustrating but later on when I reflected on the day I realized he did answer me I got my answer. It was just an incredible, valuable lesson.

marvel in it there's a freaking turkey in front of us like how often do you get to see a turkey not every day why do we take the turkey for granted why do we take the tree for granted at first I was like I'm not getting the answer and this is frustrating but later on when I reflected on the day I realized he did answer me I got my answer. It was just an incredible, valuable lesson.

And it definitely helped me on my spiritual journey in a way that is just so profound.

And it definitely helped me on my spiritual journey in a way that is just so profound.

So this goes back to just following your curiosity. I have a friend named Michael Tiffany. He's a wonderful entrepreneur and somebody I've known for a long time. And we go to DEF CON. So I've been going to DEF CON since DEF CON 4, since I was 18 years old. We were fantasizing a few years ago that wouldn't it be cool if we hired a violinist to follow us around and just sort of play a soundtrack?

So this goes back to just following your curiosity. I have a friend named Michael Tiffany. He's a wonderful entrepreneur and somebody I've known for a long time. And we go to DEF CON. So I've been going to DEF CON since DEF CON 4, since I was 18 years old. We were fantasizing a few years ago that wouldn't it be cool if we hired a violinist to follow us around and just sort of play a soundtrack?

wherever we went, because I'm really into performance art in general. And I thought it would just be really funny if you just show up to a meeting and you're like, hold on, my violin players here, have them play. It'd just be eccentric and odd, just kind of a funny thing. And so we daydreamed about it, joked about it and put it away.

wherever we went, because I'm really into performance art in general. And I thought it would just be really funny if you just show up to a meeting and you're like, hold on, my violin players here, have them play. It'd just be eccentric and odd, just kind of a funny thing. And so we daydreamed about it, joked about it and put it away.

We're walking through DEF CON and there's a young man, boy, he was 16 years old, 15 maybe, playing a violin. And it's so beautiful. And he's busking in the middle of this conference. And in front of his violin case, it says, raising money for a certification course. I asked him, I said, how much do you need? And he's like, I need $2,000 to take this class. And I said, oh, okay. And I said, huh?

We're walking through DEF CON and there's a young man, boy, he was 16 years old, 15 maybe, playing a violin. And it's so beautiful. And he's busking in the middle of this conference. And in front of his violin case, it says, raising money for a certification course. I asked him, I said, how much do you need? And he's like, I need $2,000 to take this class. And I said, oh, okay. And I said, huh?

And then I turned to Michael Tiffany and we started walking. He goes, are you thinking what I'm thinking? And I said, I'm thinking personal violin player for the day. What are you thinking? And he said, I'm with you. And I said, he goes, you want to go have these? And I said, yeah.

And then I turned to Michael Tiffany and we started walking. He goes, are you thinking what I'm thinking? And I said, I'm thinking personal violin player for the day. What are you thinking? And he said, I'm with you. And I said, he goes, you want to go have these? And I said, yeah.

So we walked back to him just as the conference was about to shut him down and tell him to close his violin and get the heck out and said, we're going to pay for your class. But here's the deal. Are you willing to follow us around all day and just play music for everyone wherever we go? Because the conference didn't care that he was playing violin.

So we walked back to him just as the conference was about to shut him down and tell him to close his violin and get the heck out and said, we're going to pay for your class. But here's the deal. Are you willing to follow us around all day and just play music for everyone wherever we go? Because the conference didn't care that he was playing violin.

They cared that he was asking for money is really what it came down. They didn't want that to become a thing. But they absolutely loved that he was playing violin. And he asked his dad and his dad was like, sure. So he and his dad just ended up going with us all day long. We went into the conference hall. He would just sit there and play music.

They cared that he was asking for money is really what it came down. They didn't want that to become a thing. But they absolutely loved that he was playing violin. And he asked his dad and his dad was like, sure. So he and his dad just ended up going with us all day long. We went into the conference hall. He would just sit there and play music.

When we were walking down the hallway, he would play like the Imperial Death March or he would play Game of Thrones. It was just really fantastic. It changed his life. He was able to take that class and he changed our life. And it was just miraculous and beautiful. And it just goes to show you can do these things.

When we were walking down the hallway, he would play like the Imperial Death March or he would play Game of Thrones. It was just really fantastic. It changed his life. He was able to take that class and he changed our life. And it was just miraculous and beautiful. And it just goes to show you can do these things.