Kando is a Japanese term that roughly translates to the concept of being emotionally moved or deeply touched by something. It is often used to describe an experience, object, or piece of art that evokes a strong, positive emotional response, such as awe, wonder, or profound appreciation. The term emphasizes the power of emotional impact in various aspects of life, from art and design to interactions and experiences.
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I found this moment from another time… or maybe it found me.
A gathering that already happened, yet somehow feels like it’s still on its way.
If the future could speak, would it ask questions… or wait for you to?
When something feels like home before you arrive,
and you recognize faces you haven’t met yet…
are you remembering the past,
or stepping into what’s already yours?
Ok I’ve been meditating, but seriously I actually have been, which is funny because we all know I’m basically a transcendental meditator for like three days at a time and then I forget it exists, but lately I’ve been kicking back in my BackJack actually doing it and there’s this feeling that keeps coming up, like something shifted and nobody really stopped to name it. We built things around connection, around showing up, around being part of something that didn’t need to be documented to matter, and then somewhere along the way the documentation became the point. Not all at once and not intentionally, just slowly. Attention became the metric, visibility became the proof, sharing became the confirmation that it was real.
And to be fair it worked, it worked so well that entire industries formed around it, systems got better, tools got sharper, everyone got faster at turning moments into something consumable, and in the middle of all that something else happened. We got really good at performing the feeling of being connected without always being connected, and that’s the part that’s hard to explain but easy to feel, because it doesn’t look broken from the outside, it looks successful, it looks active, it looks like something is happening, but if you sit with it for a second you can feel the difference.
Before Field Trip, I remember doing events where we actually took the phones away, not as a gimmick but because of something Oprah said about being present and actually being where you are, and people didn’t really know what to do at first, but then something would click and the room would change. Conversations got longer, eye contact came back, moments stretched out instead of getting captured and moved past. It felt simple, almost obvious, but also rare.
What’s interesting right now is watching things start to swing back, smaller rooms, real conversations, less polish, more presence, not as a trend but more like a correction, like people remembering what they were actually looking for in the first place, and it makes you realize some things weren’t wrong, they were just early.
EVENT PLANNERS…And you
If you’ve been quietly noticing what’s changing in experiences, guests, budgets, tech, attention spans, or expectations — this is for you.
LOS ANGELES / LA AREA HUMANS…
We’re making a video series about where things are actually headed in 2026.
Not predictions from a trend report.
Predictions from people who’ve been paying attention.
This is for LA-area folks only — studios, homes, offices, wherever you are.
And here’s the good news…
You do not need a groundbreaking take.
If you just want to be on camera…
If you want to echo things you’ve already been hearing…
If you want to repeat predictions you agree with but haven’t said out loud…
That works. Truly.
This is not an AI slop video.
It’s your real, human, breathing face.
Lit beautifully.
Shot like you’re expensive.
You don’t have to be super eloquent.
You don’t have to be loud.
You don’t even have to be first.
We have great editors.
We’ll guide the conversation.
You just show up and talk about what you’re seeing.
Dates:
December 19–22 … studio time
or
December 22–23 … we come to you
If 2026 is coming whether we like it or not,
we might as well document who saw it coming.
And please share this.
Seriously.
Send it to anyone you think would be good on camera…
friends, collaborators, people with opinions, people without them yet.
Link in bio.
Still can’t get OVER Sony Kando this year. Completely shook us off our feet and feeling ready to make more magic. I know we say this a lot but it’s constant. We gotta keep searching for that itch, that moment of lift.
Where do you find your AWE-some AWE-inducing feels? Please share 🫶 rise the tide 🌊 because we all win when we each level 🆙
Working with David Lynch was like stepping into a living, breathing visual dream—an experience we were all so grateful to be a part of. The Festival of Disruption was exactly what it sounds like: a bold, creative collision of art, music, and meditation, designed to shake people out of their ordinary routines and pull them into something deeper. We’ve all had a conscious, cosmic connection with you anyways, so that will just live on. Being in your orbit wasn’t just about learning—it was about reflecting, creating, and constantly being reminded that the magic of life is in the unexpected. Working with you felt like being handed a ticket to a strange, beautiful carnival of consciousness, and for that, I’ll always be grateful.
WKC
