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LITTLE WORLDS
Little Worlds Written and created by Nisa Mars Little Worlds is a meditation on the quiet act of creation. It lives in the space before applause. Before recognition. Before outcome. At a wooden table. In early light. In the rhythm of brush to glass. This song is about the unseen architecture of reality. The small decisions. The discipline of attention. The choice to build something intentional instead of reacting to everything around us. We are always shaping something. Through what we focus on. Through what we amplify. Through what we make with our hands. Art does not begin with spectacle. It begins in silence. Three small squares of glass on a table. Pigment moving like water. Accidents turning into instinct. Color speaking in a language older than belief. Little Worlds is a reminder that creation is not about proving. It is about participating. Every brush a door unfurled. Every act of attention a shift in atmosphere. Thank you for stepping inside my world. This release is part of an ongoing body of music and visual work exploring creation, process, and the unseen architecture of reality. More pieces are coming. Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com
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FLOW
FLOW — by Nisa Mars “Flow” is a visual and sonic piece rooted in Martha’s Vineyard, shaped by the rhythm of summer and the experience of moving through it fully present. This work reflects a real place and a real life —long days, open air, salt, light, water, and the quiet shift that happens when time slows down just enough to feel it. At its core, “Flow” is about not missing it. Summer on the Vineyard arrives quickly. The season turns, the light changes, and suddenly everything is open again. The days stretch, the nights soften, and there’s a natural pull toward being outside, moving freely, and letting the moment lead. The rhythm of the song follows that same feeling—unforced, steady, and expansive. It doesn’t push forward. It drifts, allowing space to settle into it. The visuals are built the same way. Sun-washed tones, water, color, and movement layered together to create a continuous atmosphere. There’s no hard storyline—just a series of moments connected by light, texture, and feeling. This piece is both personal and universal. It comes directly from my life—driving my old 1983 cj jeep, being near the water, living in the open air of summer—but it speaks to something broader: the awareness of how quickly time moves, and how important it is to be inside it while it’s happening. Squeezing every last drop “Flow” is a reminder to stay with the day. To notice the light. To feel the air. To let things unfold without forcing them forward. This video is part of an ongoing body of work where sound and image are created together—designed to carry a specific tone, a specific frequency, and a sense of place. Martha’s Vineyard is not just the backdrop here—it’s part of the composition. No rush. No pressure. Just movement, light, and presence. Press play, and stay in it. Music & Lyrics: Nisa Mars Visual artwork: Nisa Mars All worlds imagined, written, and created by Nisa Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com
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RETROGRADE
RETROGRADE by Nisa Mars Retrograde is not about going backward. It’s about recalibration. This song and video are rooted in my largest and most defining exhibition to date—a one-day-only solo show at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury on Martha’s Vineyard, held July 15, 2025. In a single room, for a single day, I showed 222 original paintings, each one created with intention, memory, and precision. Every wall we built was full. Every piece spoke. The space became a living archive of collections, cycles, symbols, and lived experience. The number 222 is not incidental. It represents alignment, balance, and the moment when multiple paths converge. In that room, my botanical worlds, ocean work, glass paintings, and symbolic systems all existed at once—orchids breathing beside ocean creatures, geometry layered over memory, glass reflecting glass. It wasn’t a retrospective. It was a convergence. Retrograde captures that moment. Astrologically, retrograde is often misunderstood as regression or delay. For me, it has always meant something else: a chance to pull energy back in, to review, to refine, to realign. This song speaks to that internal movement—the choice to walk “backwards through the flame” without losing momentum, to bend instead of break, to claim authorship over time itself. Glass is a central metaphor here. I paint on glass. I work with reflection, fragility, and strength simultaneously. Glass doesn’t shatter easily when it’s respected—it bends, it refracts, it holds light. That’s the philosophy behind this piece, and behind the show that inspired it. Every lyric in Retrograde is anchored in lived work: • “Two-two-two, the walls were full” is literal • “Every frame a Zodiac” speaks to cycles and systems • “This ain’t paint—it’s memory” is how I approach every piece The video pairs the song with imagery that echoes the show’s atmosphere—layered, reflective, ceremonial. It is not documentation. It is translation. Retrograde is part of my ongoing series ROOTED, where each song is paired with an original painting and a visual world. These works are meant to stand alone, but also speak to each other across mediums—music, glass, canvas, and moving image. This is not rewind. This is alignment. *NEVER ONE EYE SYMBOLISM Thank you for being here. Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com
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ON TIME
On Time Written and created by Nisa Mars This piece lives in the space between knowing and seeing. There are moments in life where something feels close. Not imagined, not hoped for, but present. Tangible in a way that doesn’t yet have form. You can feel it beside you, almost like it has arrived, but it hasn’t fully crossed into your reality yet. That space can feel confusing. It can feel like delay, like something is being withheld, like time is slipping or something has gone off track. This song is about the realization that none of that is true. On Time is about alignment. About the quiet understanding that not everything moves at the speed of desire. Some things move at the speed of structure, of readiness, of unseen coordination. What feels like waiting is often placement. What feels like distance is often positioning. What feels like silence is often the final moments before something becomes visible. This track holds that moment. The one where the pressure drops and the question dissolves. The moment where you stop asking if it’s late, if you missed it, if you’re behind. And instead, something steadier takes its place: Maybe it’s not late.Maybe it’s not early.Maybe it’s exactly on time. The visual world of this piece reflects that same tension. Bright, saturated color fields layered over a quiet coastal structure. A path extending forward, a horizon that holds both distance and certainty, and movement that feels fluid but intentional. Everything is already in motion. Everything is already arranged. This is not a song about chasing. It’s a song about arriving. Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com —
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LIME TREE
LIME TREE by Nisa Mars I was born in the tropics, by the sea, in a small stone cottage where the air was warm and the light moved slowly. The ocean was never a destination—it was simply there, breathing beside me. The trees, the salt, the wind, the rhythm of days shaped something deep in my nervous system before I ever had language for it. The lime tree has followed me through my life like a quiet companion. Wherever I’ve lived, I’ve planted one. In pots, in yards, in orchards. It’s a tree that doesn’t rush, but it also doesn’t forget how to give. Fruit, shade, scent, medicine. It asks for sun, patience, and care—and then it offers joy without ceremony. This song came from that place. Lime Tree is not just about a tree. It’s about roots. About what happens when you grow up close to nature and never quite leave it, even when the world pulls you elsewhere. It’s about the way certain landscapes imprint us forever—the way heat, salt air, and green abundance can wire you for slowness, for observation, for listening. Growing up by the sea taught me rhythm. Tides don’t argue. Seasons don’t perform. Things arrive when they’re ready. That understanding has shaped my art, my music, and the way I move through life. I don’t rush inspiration. I let it ripen. The lime tree in this song represents continuity. A living witness. A reminder that joy can be cultivated quietly, over time. That nourishment doesn’t need spectacle. That some of the most important relationships we have are with the natural world—and with the versions of ourselves that first learned how to belong there. This song is an offering to that origin point. To the warmth. To the sea. To the trees that raised me as much as any human did. If this song feels familiar, if it stirs something gentle or ancient in you, it may be because you carry a place like this inside you too. Let it grow. Each song in this series is paired with an original painting created by me as part of the same creative process. The music and the visual artwork are not separate projects—they are companions. The paintings inform the songs, and the songs inform the paintings, growing side by side. For Lime Tree, the painting acts as a visual anchor—an extension of the same memory, landscape, and feeling that shaped the music. Color, texture, and form carry what words and melody sometimes cannot. Together, they create a fuller story, one that can be seen as well as heard. This approach reflects how I work across all mediums: sound, image, and meaning unfolding together. Each video in this series represents a complete piece—song, painting, and story—born from the same source. ABOUT ROOTED Rooted is a seven-part botanical series by Nisa Mars. Each piece pairs lyrics then an original song with a handcrafted painting and video—telling stories of nature, memory, and quiet transformation. These works explore what it means to be present, to listen deeply, and to create from the ground up. Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com
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TODAY
Some days don’t announce themselves. They don’t come with a clear signal or a dramatic shift. Nothing obvious changes on the surface. But something underneath… moves. You feel it before you can explain it. A quiet sense that things are no longer stuck. That what you’ve been building toward is already in motion. “Today” lives in that space. — This isn’t a song about chasing something down. It’s not about forcing outcomes or trying to make something happen. It’s about the moment when that energy drops away. When you realize you don’t need to push anymore. You don’t need to convince anyone. You don’t need to rush. You’re just… ready. — There’s a different kind of optimism here. Not loud. Not performative. Not the kind that tries to prove itself. It’s grounded. It’s steady. It comes from knowing you’ve done the work and recognizing the shift when it arrives. The kind of feeling that says: Something is opening. And I’ll know it when I see it. — Sonically, “Today” sits in a clean, modern space — futuristic hip-hop with a light, cinematic lift. Minimal. Intentional. Forward-moving without being heavy. A sound that leaves room to breathe, while still carrying momentum. — This track is part of the Press Play collection — a body of work centered around movement, timing, and stepping into what’s next. Each piece builds on the idea that sometimes the biggest changes don’t arrive with noise… they arrive with clarity. — If this resonates with you, you’re probably standing in that same space right now. Right on the edge of something real. — Music & Lyrics: Nisa Mars Visual artwork: Nisa Mars All worlds imagined, written, and created by Nisa Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com
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SWIMMING
SWIMMING by nisa mars Your Love Reminds Me of "Swimming” is a song about returning to the water, returning to the body, and returning to the feeling that keeps you steady. The song begins in that quiet in-between moment: the rain easing off, the black Jeep pulling in, the engine cutting, the dock underfoot, the boat waiting. Nothing dramatic needs to happen. The whole world shifts just by facing the water. Swimming becomes the center of the song, not just as something physical, but as a kind of remembering. The cold shock, the breath, the blue, the silence underneath. The way the body knows what to do before the mind catches up. The way summer leaves its marks: lighter hair, faded brows, salt in the eyes, sun on the face. At its heart, this is a love song, but not in the ordinary sense. It is about the kind of love that brings calm back into the nervous system. The kind that feels elemental. The kind that reminds you who you are when the noise falls away. “Your love reminds me of swimming” is simple because the truth underneath it is simple. Swimming keeps me calm. Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com
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THE ROSE ROOM
ROSE ROOM Written, and created by Nisa Mars Rose Room is a song and visual meditation born from an immersive art exhibition of the same name. 'The Rose Room' show was held July 4th – August 8th, 2025 at The Workshop Gallery, 32 Beach Road, Vineyard Haven, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. This was not just a gallery show. It was a space you stepped into. A frequency. A conversation between color, glass, sound, and stillness. The walls were filled with original rose paintings on glass as well as many other collections. Each piece carried its own tone, its own breath. Together, they formed a quiet chorus. Viewers often said the room felt alive, as if the paintings were humming, remembering, reflecting something back. The song Rose Room was written directly from that experience. These roses are not symbols in the usual sense. They are not decorative. They are not passive. Each rose is a vessel, holding memory, emotion, and frequency. Painted on glass, they shift with the light, changing throughout the day. What you see depends on when you arrive, where you stand, and what you bring with you. This project lives at the intersection of painting and sound, stillness and movement, object and experience. The lyrics move through the physical space of the gallery and into something less tangible: how art stays with us after we leave the room. How a piece can follow you home. How a rose, once seen, continues to bloom in memory. Each video in this series is paired with an original painting. The visual world you see here grows directly out of the physical work. No separation between the song and the art. They are the same language, spoken differently. Thank you for stepping inside ABOUT "ROOTED" Rooted is a seven-part botanical series by Nisa Mars. Each piece pairs lyrics then an original song with a handcrafted painting and video—telling stories of nature, memory, and quiet transformation. These works explore what it means to be present, to listen deeply, and to create from the ground up. Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works belong to Nisa Mars—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this content is strictly prohibited. For licensing, artwork sales, or inquiries, visit nisamars.com
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Part 1 THE WHALES REMEMBER
Part One: Silence between the songs The Whales Remember opens the Silence Between Songs series with a peaceful immersion into a world still untouched by chaos. Here, the ocean is vast and nurturing .A family of humpback whales spent a few hours with Nisa and her husband swiming feeding and teaching guiding their young through currents of memory, song, and ancient truth. These whales remember. They remember the pulse of the planet, the rhythm of tides, the lineage of survival. They carry their wisdom in song and share it through frequency—teaching their young not only how to live, but how to be. In this calm beginning, the ocean is whole. There are no turbines, no noise, no interference. Just the harmony of life in balance. The Whales Remember is a cinematic love letter to memory, matriarchy, and the beauty of a world still in rhythm. Disclaimer: All visuals, audio, and creative content shared on this channel are protected under the First Amendment as acts of artistic expression. These works are mine—created with purpose, meaning, and vision. Any resemblance to real events, individuals, or entities is purely symbolic or coincidental. Interpret as you will, but know this: art tells truths that facts can’t touch. © 2026 Nisa Mars. All rights reserved. All original artwork, music, video, and written content are the intellectual property of Nisa Mars. Any reproduction, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
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