Communion

The Patriarchy is Nonbinary

“When education is not liberating, it becomes the dream of the oppressed to become the oppressor.”** Welcome back to Communion! We're so glad you're here. In this episode we discuss: * Backlash for challenging toxic gender norms * The reinforcement of patriarchy by women * What would the matriarchy do? * Systemic perceptions of beauty * Pedophilia in our collective conscious, determining our body standards, influencing our psyches * Realizing our own complicity within bondage * Fasting to discover the Self outside of prescribed roles * Travel as a source of liberation and grief * The power of queerness and alternative labels as a way of decentering men * The fluidity of love, energy, and identity **paraphrased from Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" [https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Paulo+Freire%27s+%22Pedagogy+of+the+Oppressed%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfB7XBEpdkDzWfMdFnWVRgNaGNylSUYDh1QIcdy__pL-ezg7OQ1fk1if4Z02d0TLMSUdxusPCcYAeK_ne0zvBqYP1FQ4YZvh2bfS6weO0rZIb3Q6icpjJKKzVgd3a4Rd1le_3GV7iHqn8puk_8elBAAofq7XgwgjoiNO6dUg1H6S5gQ&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwii3pSb1fiTAxWFMUQIHTi9HPEQgK4QegQIARAB]

Poetic Terrorism

“We need to be shocked into beauty.” Welcome to the Temporary Autonomous Zone.  In this episode, we discuss being “stuck” in the body, and Hakeem Bey’s concept of Temporary Autonomous Zones: an artistic means of transcending the rules of our current realities. We delve into our relationships with our bodies, their wisdom, and the dangers of overidentification with them. We discuss liberatory tactics such as Poetic Terrorism to disrupt the mundane and shock people into beauty – as well as the burdens that come with being the disruptor. We discuss when to stay and fight, the love and freedom in letting go, and the role forgiveness plays in it all. Chapters 00:00 Feeling Stuck in the Body 03:01 Exploring Temporary Autonomous Zones 07:42 The Concept of Poetic Terrorism 12:44 Body and Identity: Personal Journeys 18:57 The Wisdom of the Body 27:15 The Role of the Disruptor 35:20 Navigating Family Dynamics, Ideological Differences, Erasure, and Harm 40:34 The Burden of Being a Change Maker 43:27 The Freedom in Letting Go 55:17 Creating Space for New Beginnings

Jesus Does Not Need a Gram

"Sometimes we discover what something is by subtraction. So you're actually shaping a new reality by removing things that obscure that reality." Pedro is newly employed, Mercedez is lost in the present, and Katerina is becoming famous... and the rapture still hasn't hit, yet. In this episode we explore: * Navigating our professional coming out * Finding out where all the "No's" go * Growing like bamboo * Staying your soul's course * Social media's role in society and the artist's life * Disappearing to be found and the art that emerges from that place * Using obsession as a gift and precision in where we aim it "I have this vision of myself for a reason." PERIOD. Namaste, friends.

NPC's, Scredians, and the very fabric of Reality

Hey y’all. It’s been a minute, and we’re questioning reality and our place within it.  In this episode we talk about: * Are we NPC’s?! * The repetition of history * Is the Universe constantly responding to our thoughts or are we making meaning out of random chaos? * Non-linear time, predetermination, and multiple dimensions * Heightened spiritual experiences + the dangers of belief * What are we doing when we are not fighting? * Emergences from non-doing and silence: the concept of Wu Wei * Christianity vs Scredianity  * Butoh & The Art of the Grotesque * Buck Minsterfuller, Dynamic Maximum Tension, & creating at the edge * Knowing the truth of life and trusting Buck the fuck up, everybody.

Crack Angels: Money, Drugs, and Other Deities

We're back after a short hiatus with LOADS on our minds. We start our conversation with money, revolution, and consciousness: * Gentrification and homeownership in upstate New York * History, karma, and the repetition of patterns * The role of money in activism and community * Navigating wealth and consciousness * The material world vs inner reality * Healing and presence amidst suffering * Compassion and material wealth Then, we get into stories of Crack Angels and other deities. We explore: * Personal encounters with crack angels and unexpected blessings * Drugs as a way to sneak into heaven * Innocence without ignorance And, ripely on the cusp of pride month, we close with a little bit about gender and queerness: * Lessons from gay ducks * The restrictions of gender roles * Queerness as an antidote to traditional norms * The inadequacy of identity and labels * Beyond words: the essence of existence * Future Informed Indigeneity