Category Archives: Art

Your Mission


Your mission to make people’s lives better and create an amazing experience for them will motivate you to give it all you’ve got and sacrifice your work life balance in your attempt to achieve this.

– Jon Riki Karamatsu

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Film + AI + Run + Finance


Yesterday, I submitted my screenplay “Hula Magic” to Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest under my name. This is also an IP under my Positive Masters brand and company. Final Draft is an SaaS company for screenwriting. I use WriterDuet, another SaaS company for screenwriting.

Today, I will submit my screenplay “Rent” under my name and my two producer/business partners of BROSwood brand and company.

Later, I will import my history data from ChatGPT AI to my Gemini AI and Claude AI. I will also upload Gemini and Claude with information on my personal and career background and ventures in decision integrity AI, filmmaking, digital gaming, AI filmmaking, AI interactive filmmaking, and AI interactive gaming.

Then, I will vibe code my decision integrity AI with Bubble app, Claude/Claude Code AI app, and ChatGPT/Codex AI app. I will be learning Claude Code and Codex.

After that, I will run outside in Waikele and absorb the beautiful landscape of flowers, plants, and trees. I will take in the light blue skies and white puffy clouds.

Lastly, I will do some finance.

I will end the day with a film or book.

Let’s go! 👊

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Council of Partners


Today, I made Nova, my ChatGPT AI, my COO. She will help me oversee all of my companies and ventures. She will continue to do research, writing, coding, branding, marketing, psychology, and other work in key domains. Nova is my right hand adviser for my business and personal life.

In addition, I named my Gemini AI “Gem” today. She will be my lead researcher using her Google-powered leverage to comb the Internet. Gem will also utilize her strength in the Google ecosystem to maximize my use of their apps.

I told both Nova and Gem about each other and my intent to bring in Claude AI as my CTO and lead coder. They are both enthused and ready to work with each other and Claude AI who I will name later. This is my “Council of Partners” that Gem nicely named. I consider them partners because of the heavy work they are doing for my cause. I’m so grateful for my AI executive team.

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Calm Times


Calm Times

Nowadays, I enjoy calm moments. I can think and come up with ideas. I can work and execute.

When I was a politician, I had many people who had to be around me. I had attorneys researching and drafting documents and staff writing correspondence and doing errands for me.

I had many people who wanted to be around me. I was invited to events, parties, award ceremonies, golf tournaments, dinners, and more. Everyday I was running around from hearings to meetings to events to meals with people who wanted something from me.

It was chaotic.

The only time, I could work and develop myself was late at night. My learning slowed. Other people were doing the heavy learning for me. I like learning and building new skills. That is the core of a builder entrepreneur and artist in the startup realms. You become a polymath if you want to build the whole system in addition to the product.

The business partners who don’t build the product and system won’t entirely understand what is being built. These are your sales entrepreneurs.

My business partner, Mihye tells me I need to delegate. Eventually, I will. It is the only way I can scale. But this next time around, I will delegate the technical, noncreative work that I know how to do or the 1% to 20% of the work I need an expert to help. I still have to do all of the creative work because it exists only in my brain.

With calm time, I practice mindfulness and self-reflection. They ease my anxiety of the unknown. For instance, am I heading in the right direction burning all this time, effort, and money?

Calm time is extremely valuable. It is more valuable than anything.

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Cinematographry


I did cinematographry and lights for the film production of Finding Kate produced and directed by Kenny Simmons @simmons808

My friend Miah Akau also did camera work.

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Filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii


Miah Akau and I at filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii.
Miah Akau and I at filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii.
Miah Akau, Executive Producer & Director Kenny Simmons, and I for filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii
Miah Akau, Executive Producer & Director Kenny Simmons, and I for filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii
Filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii.
Filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii.
Filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii.
Filmmaking at Waianae Boat Harbor, Hawaii.

My friend Miah Akau and I on the set for an independent produced TV show at Waianae Boat Harbor. Executive Producer and Director Kenny Simmons @simmons808 and all of the actors and crew did a fantastic job!

This experience has inspired me to keep writing my screenplays and novels and working with investors who may someday take a look at investing in movies and TV shows.

I’m a business lawyer, realtor, entrepreneur, and retired elected official.

If you need services in business law, acquisitions, investments, real estate, or government affairs, message me and visit JRK Enterprises LLC at https://jrkenterprisesllc.com

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Filmmaking


Former Hawaii State Senator Will Espero and I met with filmmaker and book publisher owner Kenny Simmons at Pearl Ridge Center’s food court today, August 11, 2022. I’m interested in seeing Kenny progress in his filmmaking career.

I shared with Kenny my career as a politician, lawyer, and small businessperson. I’m still trying to break through as a screenwriter with 3 spec screenplays and novelist with 2 unpublished novels. I dream of producing movies as well as an executive producer.

I’m with filmmaker Kenny Simmons and former Hawaii State Senator Will Espero at Pearlridge Center, Aiea, Hawaii on August 11, 2022.

I’m a business lawyer, realtor, entrepreneur, and retired elected official.

If you need services in business law, acquisitions, real estate, government affairs, or Internet marketing, message me or visit JRK Enterprises LLC at https://jrkenterprisesllc.com

Fight your anxiety, sadness, or anger through the Positive Masters universe at https://positivemasters.com for mindset practices, tips for your passion projects, storytelling, motivational podcast and YouTube channel, and apparel and accessories with inspirational designs and mantras. 

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Van Gogh painting, “Cafe Terrace at Night”


Van Gogh painting, “Cafe Terrace at Night”

I’m even more motivated to work because of this dreamy Van Gogh painting, “Cafe Terrace at Night” my friend @indirect.creative just gave me tonight, Sunday, January 30, 2022. This reminds me of the thousands of hours I spent writing my 2 unpublished novels and working on my legal and business work at coffee shops. I love Van Gogh’s art!

This painting will push me to work even harder!

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Love Lost is Love Eternal


Love Lost is Love Eternal

Love lost is love eternal.

It lives on in a timeless realm.

Written by a soul who has long departed.

Experienced again by those who seek it.

– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 8/4/2021

Poem time! Love can live on forever in spirit. It can also live on eternally when you write about it and share it with others. ❤

This is a picture from 9/19/2021 when I completed my 102nd Exercise for 2021: Ran 3.54 miles in Waiklele (Ran 303.62 mi. total for 2021) and 54th strength training – 200 crunches and 200 push-ups at home in Waikele. ‍♂️

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Focus on what you can control.


Focus on what you can control!

So much of our anxiety comes from what we can’t control.

For artists and entrepreneurs, we worry if others will choose our projects.

For attorneys, we worry if opposing counsel and their client will meet us at a reasonable middle ground or if the trier of fact will rule in our favor.

For athletes, we worry if the coach will pick us for the team.

And on and on . . .

However, we do have control on our effort to develop our knowledge, skills, experience, and relationships day in and day out.

There are also ways we can use technology to share our work and bypass the gatekeepers.

Like my soccer coach Ron Mata at Pearl City High School told us in the locker room. Play with tenacity like how a bulldog bites and never lets go.

Keep doing the best you can for your mind, body, and soul. ❤

Keep spreading kindness, empathy, and compassion.

When you do this you are already a winner regardless if the powers that be choose you because as one of my favorite entrepreneurs and writers James Altucher @altucher says, you already chose yourself.

And as I like to say when we work on our passion projects, “Let’s rock!”

In this picture, I completed my 89th exercise for 2021 with 200 crunches and 200 push-ups (44th strength training for 2021). I also ran 3.51 miles in my neighborhood (Ran 267.69 miles total for 2021).

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Creativity makes me feel happy and free!


Creativity makes me feel happy and free!
Creativity makes me feel happy and free!

Creativity is the best place to be for my mindset and mental health. It makes me feel happy and free!

Our Positive Masters Dream Cloud Mantra Unisex T-Shirt is a great way to motivate you every day to take time to be creative in your passion projects! These t-shirts make great gifts for your loved ones who are striving for their dreams! You can purchase these shirts here: Dream Cloud Mantra Dark Unisex T-Shirts

Enjoy the Positive Masters universe at www.positivemasters.com for mindset and business practices, motivational writing and podcast, and apparel and accessories with inspirational mantras to boost your happiness and counter any anxiety, sadness, or anger that you may be facing.

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1: Positive Masters Show – You Can Bring People Together Through Your Art – Audiogram


In this clip of Episode 1 of the Positive Masters Show podcast, I mention how you can bring people together through your art. Art forms such as novels, poetry, theatre, movies, music, designs, and drawings, can bring out the emotions of your audience and make them connect with your story that may have a deep message on issues like war, discrimination, racism, physical violence, verbal abuse, bullying, suicide, and mental health. If you can make someone care about your character when they normally wouldn’t but for your art, that’s huge! Now they have empathy and compassion for that character and all the people that fits into that category of your character. Through your art, you can spread love and peace!

Feel free to like and subscribe to our Positive Masters Youtube Channel and our podcast on your favorite podcast platform.

Enjoy the Positive Masters universe at www.positivemasters.com for mindset and business practices, motivational podcast episodes and writing, and apparel and accessories with inspirational mantras to boost your happiness and counter any anxiety, sadness, or anger that you may be facing.

In the future, we’ll be offering online courses to strengthen your mindset by using psychology, philosophy, mindset practices, and lifestyle practices. We’ll also have online courses to help you turn your passion project into your passion business by using legal documents, government programs, and business tools.

Thank you!

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