Gifts
Art is a Gift. It is Meant to be Shared.
Each piece reflects our mission to spark imagination, celebrate resilience, and cultivate joy through creative expression. We hope our art encourages you to create, too. Whether you’re watching a film, listening to music, exploring watercolor artworks, or diving into a podcast conversation, we invite you to explore and enjoy. Hopefully you find something that resonates. And if it lights you up, we’d love to hear from you.
This collection gathers feature-length films you can watch in full, for FREE. There are original music albums, curated music playlists, and insightful podcasts. Have a laugh with the comedy section, and check out some bold new media experiments. For book lovers and fine art appreciators, you'll see a variety of merchandise available for sale. Sharing a feel-good gift with someone you love is a fantastic way to support these artists!
Films
Wild Ways to Raise Kids
Wild Family (2015) follows first-time filmmakers Cabe and Kat Lindsay—eight months pregnant with their third child, as they set out on a cross-country journey to discover how families navigate the adventure of parenting. With cameras rolling, they interview 40 “wild families” across the U.S., uncovering creative approaches to raising children while balancing the beauty and challenges of family life. Through outdoor adventures and candid conversations, the film explores resilience, connection, and the universal quest to nurture the next generation.
Presented here in its original 97-minute director’s cut, Wild Family is a heartfelt labor of love that invites viewers to reflect on their own parenting journeys. Please leave an encouraging note for the filmmakers—and consider sharing this film with a family you know.
A Story of Resilience, Community, and Hope
Our latest documentary film invites you to experience the heart and history of Pontiac, Michigan. This powerful story of resilience follows the city’s journey from its rise as an automotive hub to the challenges of economic decline and the creativity still blooming in its neighborhoods. Featuring real voices, historic archives, and striking on-location cinematography, the film is both a love letter and a call to action—honoring a community that refuses to be defined by hardship alone.
While the full film is currently submitted to several film festivals and available only for private screenings, you can watch the official trailer here for a first glimpse into the spirit of Pontiac–Roses Through the Thorns (2015).
Wisdom for the Future, Spoken from Tradition
Voices of the Grandmothers (2021) is a documentary film that carries the timeless wisdom of indigenous elders into the present moment. Imagine growing up with the dream seeds of a wise grandmother—stories, myths, and songs that guide you to find your way in the world, share your gifts, and reconnect with your true nature. This film asks: “The Grandmothers are speaking—are we listening?” The film is both a prayer and a call to action: to remember, to listen, and to walk with wisdom.
Featuring Grandmother Flordemayo, Grandmother Pershile (Perci), Grandmother SaSa, Grandmother Moetu-Taiha, and Reverend Grandmother Eila Paul—alongside Master Mingtong Gu, Angelique Boas, Madi Sato, Joanne Shenandoah, Leah Shenandoah, and others—the film honors voices of strength, spirit, and renewal. This project is a heartfelt collaboration dedicated to carrying forward the teachings of resilience, reverence, and unity for generations to come.
Water is Life. Unity is Power.
Thousands of water protectors gathered as one family on the campgrounds surrounding the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Standing in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux (2016) is a short documentary capturing the spirit of this historic grassroots movement, which called people from across the world to stand together in defense of water and in respect for indigenous sovereignty.
Centered on the Lakota phrase Mni Wiconi—“Water Is Life”—the film documents a peaceful and prayerful form of activism rooted in reverence for the sacredness of water. Through diverse voices and united action, the Standing Rock Movement became a powerful symbol of healing, bringing together tribes and allies of every color—red, yellow, black, and white. This film honors that solidarity and affirms the call to protect what is most essential: the life-giving waters.
Fine Art
Cabe Lindsay is the creative director of Arise Media Studio. A life-long artist, his latest fine art series is called “Flower Songs,” blending watercolor painting techniques with digital enhancements. They are conceptual artworks feature people with flower heads, highlighting three roads to wellness: holistic health, nature, and spirituality.
“Walk In Beauty” is the artwork showcased here. Two blue deer walk side by side down a red dirt road through a desert canyon, symbolizing a sacred way of life. The man, dressed in rugged cowboy attire, and the woman, in a flowing red gown, blend elegance and strength as ravens soar above—guides of transformation and spirit. With stars above a white setting sun, this scene honors the sacred “red road” of purpose, respect, and reverence for the natural world.
Would you consider showing your encouragement to the artist by buying a gift, or sharing the art and spreading the joy? You'll find a wide variety of gifts for sale, created by this artist on Red Bubble. Merch includes framed art, stickers, posters, notebooks, phone cases, magnets, mugs, and T-shirts. For custom art commissions and unique prints directly from this artist, reach Cabe Lindsay by phone: 512-230-1646 or email: cabe@cabelindsay.com.
Meditative Art
Art works because it moves us—it helps us feel, get real, and heal. Making and sharing art is an act of self-care, self-awareness, and self-love that opens the heart and connects us to something larger than ourselves. Through music, writing, painting, and performance, the arts awaken emotion and imagination, guiding us into the unknown to discover truth and beauty. Each creative expression leaves an imprint, reminding us that art isn’t just decoration—it’s transformation. With every work of art, we have the power to make the world a little more open, honest, and alive.
“The meaning of people with flower heads goes beyond aesthetics. It symbolizes a harmonious connection between humans and nature. It’s a celebration of the unique beauty in every person, and the blossoming of everyone’s uniquely beautiful being.” —Cabe Lindsay
Books
Every Little Bee-ing has a Big Place of Bee-longing
Be Well Bee is a classic children's book written and illustrated by Cabe Lindsay, published by Arise Media Studio. The book launched in 2013, boosted by a successful Kickstarter Campaign. In this story, a remarkable honey bee meets her destiny, when she learns about a snow lily, on the verge of extinction. She does everything in her power to pollinate this flower.
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Wild Wyoming Legends Live in the Wyld Fiction Novel Series
Similar to other artworks by Arise, our printed books, ebooks, and audiobooks inspire connection and expression. Our outstanding print publications span genres but share a common purpose: to inspire discovery through artful storytelling. Our nonfiction title Big Idea Patterns offers fresh frameworks for creative thinking and innovation. The four-part art book series Always Never Sometimes (Roots, Breakthroughs, Blooms, and Fruits) explores the roles we play in life through evocative imagery and poetry.
For children, we created uplifting tales like Be Well Bee, Brave Spirit, I Walk In Beauty, and Wild Wyoming—books designed to nurture imagination, courage, and a sense of wonder. Our Wyld youth fiction novel series invites young readers on an adventurous journey through nature, self-discovery, and belonging. Together, these works reflect our belief that art in all its forms—literature, music, film, and beyond—can move hearts, spark imagination, and contribute to a more beautiful world.
Music
Cosmic Butterflies—Far Out & Heartfelt
Fly into the wild meadows of Cosmic Butterflies—an Austin-based musical group whose music is more than melody with a message; it’s a journey. The songs are open doors, blending the energetic pulse of psychedelic rock with the earthy warmth of folk, and genre-bending dance tracks in progressive house, creating an experience we call folkadelic. Whether you’re on a road trip, around a campfire, in a yoga session, or walking in nature, our music is made for feel-good adventures.
The band's albums—Colors Flying, Lover Songs, And a Dancing Bear—showcase this range. Songs carry listeners into the heights of sensation, the depths of connection, and the middle ground of co-creation. Cosmic Butterflies is more than a band—they’re a movement of harmonization, led by peace, grace, love, and truth. Stream the music at your pleasure. Tune in on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon… wherever life takes you.
Medicine Song & Watercolor Animated Music Video
Brave Spirit is the #1 single from Cosmic Butterflies’ album Colors Flying, a medicine song about courage that blends myth, melody, and movement into a timeless tale. The song evokes indigenous influences and cowboy poetry alike. Its music video—crafted entirely from hand-painted watercolor animation—brings this mythic world to life, where two souls from different tribes meet by destiny and discover love, bravery, and connection with the sacred. With flute, guitar, and drum guiding the way, Brave Spirit invites listeners to embody courage, honor the mystery, and dance with the spirit that rises with the moonlight.
An Ecstatic Dance Wave Across an Infinite Ocean
This 1-hour ecstatic dance wave invites you into the world of Cosmic Butterflies’ third album, And A Dancing Bear (2024). Blending progressive house with the band’s signature soul frequency, the 22 original tracks rise and fall like tides—guiding you from stillness into movement, through storm and surrender, toward joy and release. All of this is set to the visual of a polar bear drifting on a heart-shaped iceberg across endless seas. Whether you’re dancing alone, with community, or in meditation, this wave is designed to carry you into the rhythm of the ocean itself: powerful, transformative, and alive.
A Song Exploring the Ranges of Fear and Love
Home, written by Kate Lindsay and performed with Cosmic Butterflies, is a visionary song that journeys through the depths of fear and the heights of love, carrying listeners into a timeless space of healing and connection. The music video brings this spirit to life with imagery of human flight, ocean immersion, and heavenly reunion, symbolizing surrender, resilience, and creativity born from community. Featuring a rich blend of instruments including cello, flute, harp, piano, guitar, bass, and drums, along with angelic vocal arrangements, the song evokes emotions that range from lullaby-like tenderness to the soaring energy of celebration.
A Journey of Love and Freedom
From the 2024 album Lover Songs, We Used To Run by Cosmic Butterflies tells the story of two wild souls who meet in nature and share a spirited dance. With a psychedelic rock sound and a Santana-inspired groove, the song evokes the imagery of two sacred horses running free, their love thundering through every vein, and their flight carrying them into boundless skies. The music video blends this mythic love story with a visual celebration of freedom, memory, and connection to the natural world. At once tender and powerful, We Used To Run invites listeners to remember where they come from—and to feel the eternal pulse of love that sets us all in motion.
Curated Spotify Playlists
We hand-picked a set of Spotify playlists to match the many wings of Cosmic Butterflies—our eclectic Austin band that loves to dance between genres. These mixes gather kindred artists and vibes alongside our own music, creating journeys for every mood and moment.
“Rad Road” is a selection of tunes by those close to Home. “Nature Pulse” is a playlist of organic and acoustic tracks, ideal for grounding and immersion in earth's beauty. In “Austin Found” we get lost with the local legends of the “Live Music Capital.” “Magic Tracks” catch a buzz with awe-inspiring songs that uplift, with resonance and wonder.
Elsewhere, “Audrey & Cabe” is a soundtrack of lovebirds flying, singing, and nesting together. The “Art Beats” playlist is artful and danceable while “Dream Wild” is ultra-chill, surreal, and ethereal. The “Lush Harmony” playlist remembers the pleasure of singing together, while “Juicy Licks” shakes the pop music peach tree. “Chill & Thrill” is soul-soothing and exciting. “Spirit Here” goes Home to holy moments, while “Other Worldly” travels afar.
Podcasts
New Media
Trending Techniques and Creative Leaps in AI Animation
The 2025 music video for “Path of Love” by Cosmic Butterflies features a polar bear cub in an epic search for his mama bear, at a fragile time of global warming. This represents the current trailblazing AI animation capabilities of Adobe Firefly in a short film created for the AI Animation Competition by Promise + Curious Refuge. Another example of Firefly's AI generative art is “Close To You,” from the album Lover Songs (2024).
These three pioneering AI animated videos come from the early era before AI generative art met the masses. Deforum Stable Diffusion and Google Colab were the specific technologies we used generate these stunning animations. Before generative AI art hit the mainstream, these underground tools allowed boundary-pushing artists and innovators to create stunning, dreamlike visuals—especially for music videos. This era was a kind of digital renaissance, where open-source innovation met poetic imagination.
Comedy
Veggie Bros–An Animated Adventure About Two Talkative Eggplants
Meet Larry and Leon—two talkative eggplants who discover they can think, feel, and even scoot across the cutting board. What begins as small talk quickly turns into big questions about life, fear, friendship, and bliss—all under the shadow of a kitchen knife. Veggie Bros is a surreal cartoon about resilience, humor, and finding joy in the most unlikely places. Playful, philosophical, and just a little absurd, it’s as if Pixar met Monty Python in a vegetable drawer.
The Veggie Bros story first sprouted in 2004, when Arise filmmaker Cabe Lindsay began drawing eggplant cartoons for an organic farm marketing campaign. Decades later, these quirky characters evolved into a full-fledged animation project—brought to life during the creative quiet of 2020. At its heart, Veggie Bros is a story about willpower and perspective. What happens when two veggies wake up to their own consciousness? They start questioning everything—and discover the power of gratitude, humor, and choice along the way.
Beyond its laughs and lovable characters, Veggie Bros celebrates creativity as a form of resilience. The series is designed to delight children while offering tongue-in-cheek wisdom for adults—encouraging everyone to look on the bright side of life and dance with whatever’s on the cutting board.
A quirky, upbeat, original disco funk song in the vibe of Chaka Khan, for a friend wishing to hear her name in a song. Music by DJ Dancing Shoes. This music video is part of the World of Woo series—a metaphysical comedy variety show exploring identity, absurdity, and glitter.
Enjoy a reimagined version of a beloved early Disney film, now available in the public domain. This fresh edit breathes new life into the classic with an newly created soundtrack that pays homage to the enchanting melody of the original. Experience the magic, nostalgia, and the timeless charm in a new way. Whether you're a lifelong Disney fan or a newcomer, this remix offers a unique artistic reinterpretation that celebrates the enduring legacy of Disney's early masterpieces.
World of Woo—Comedy Tarot Reading
Step inside World of Woo, where tarot cards, crystals, and psychic visions collide with comedy. In this episode, Jim visits Miss Lala for a tarot reading to seek guidance on romance, and destiny. But between vegan dragon smoke, Archangel Gary’s feather, and the Death card, things get hilariously out of hand. Performances by Cabe Lindsay and Audrey Love.
World of Woo is a comedy variety show, putting a playful spin on all things woo-woo. Expect laughter, parody, sarcasm, and magic. Our intention is to help normalize the woo-woo. This is meaningful work, because spiritual diversity is often marginalized, ridiculed, or misinterpreted in popular media. We aim to spark curiosity, hold conversations, and honor all walks of life.