We’re looking forward to introducing you to Robin Glass. Check out our conversation below.
Good morning Robin, we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: When was the last time you felt true joy?
True joy? I felt it today, and the day before that, and all the days since I decided to leave my last relationship and met a woman that I love, and I feel complete peace that she loves me. It’s the greatest gift I’ve ever learned… just to love and be loved in return.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m a 62-year-old artist, filmmaker, musician, and businessman—though if I had to choose one title, it would be filmmaker. Why? Because film allows me to integrate everything I am: the visual artistry, the music, the business acumen, and the wide arc of life experience I’ve gathered over the years. It’s a medium where all the threads of my story come together.
I hold degrees in Theology, Fine Arts, and Graphic Design, and my creative work is grounded in both craft and a deep spiritual awareness. I was born in Rio de Janeiro into a devout family, descended from a missionary who once journeyed through the jungles of Brazil distributing Bibles. That chapter of faith shaped me, even as I’ve since moved beyond organized religion—seeing it as a well-meaning but limited attempt to define the infinite. Still, I remain a believer in a creator: a vast, unknowable intelligence that permeates and transcends all things.
But I digress. At heart, I’m a filmmaker. And if I may say so myself—a rather good one.
Great, so let’s dive into your journey a bit more. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
I suppose I’ve always been what I was meant to be—at least in the moment I was becoming it. My path has been eclectic, guided by instinct, conviction, and a willingness to embrace change.
I began my adult life at 17, leaving home to join a missionary ship that sailed the world. It was an intense education. I worked as a deckhand, carpenter, audiovisual coordinator, event promoter, and eventually program director—far too much responsibility for someone barely 21, but I rose to meet it.
Later, I earned a degree in Theology and returned to Brazil to lead a Christian center in Rio. But over time, disillusionment crept in. I saw organized religion for what it too often becomes—a pursuit of power, wealth, and control, dressed in the language of faith. I walked away from that world and turned to social work, drawn to the raw humanity of Rio’s favelas.
That shift led me to become Project Director of Factory of Hope, a large-scale initiative founded by my dear friend Caio Fábio. Together, we helped transform the lives of tens of thousands of children and young people—offering them skills, opportunity, and dignity.
Then came the turning point. We publicly challenged the President of Brazil, exposing a deep web of corruption. The backlash was swift. The Factory of Hope was shut down amid international scandal—a casualty of idealism confronting entrenched power.
The next chapter took an unexpected turn. I was invited by one of Brazil’s wealthiest businessmen to run one of his companies. I succeeded. I made money. I married a trophy wife—and it made me miserable. Eventually, I left the marriage and the life that came with it.
I returned to Miami—a place I had lived briefly in the ’90s, and the last place I remembered feeling truly happy.
And that’s where I found it again. Love.
This is who I am now.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
I left my last marriage a broken man. I had given it everything—but in return, it felt as though I’d been buried beneath a truckload of shattered glass.
With little more than a couple of suitcases, I left Brazil behind, convinced I had exhausted my chances at happiness. I was ready to disappear. I rented a small studio in South Beach, chose not to own a car or even a cell phone, and began the slow, quiet work of healing.
Each day, I rode my bike to the ocean. I painted, I wrote songs, I made films. I let the waves wash over the wreckage and reshape me, piece by piece.
And then, one day, she appeared—the one who gave my heart rest.
Enter Monique Benson: the love I had been waiting for all my life.
Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? What do you believe is true but cannot prove?
I believe that the spirit world and science are beginning to meld into each other. We are entering virgin territory with quantum physics, the understanding of reality, time and the inter-connectedness of all things. I just hope that we can gain a fuller understanding of the meaning of existence, before we annihilate ourselves with mindless wars.
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. If immortality were real, what would you build?
Oh… but immortality IS real. Death is not the end, the story does not end with this body. All attempts of defining the “after” are childish at best – streets of gold, 70 virgins, Nirvana, Valhalla… these are man made inventions that try to express the climax of existence. So I don’t even try to fantasize about the “after”. But I think that we are surrounded by blatant proof of design and purpose, and I look forward to be a participant with the creator of all things.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.robin.glass
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