New Year / New Hellscape

New Year / New Hellscape

Season 2 | Episode 11 This episode is a love note to my beloved former home, Los Angeles. In it, I read an essay from 2020, speaking to liminal spaces and times of transition that our collective, trauma-ridden bodies can all relate to. R I T E S [https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast] is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley [https://www.parishurley.org]. In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers [https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2] wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter [https://parishurley.substack.com], where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA] in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records [https://www.lostfuturerecords.com].   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe [https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The Time I Take

Season 1 | Episode 10 In this episode, I talk about the middle as the middle (vs. the end, as we so often make it), and share some pre-pregnancy thoughts about the postpartum period of all large creative works, not just the human ones. Season 2 coming next year! R I T E S [https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast] is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley [https://www.parishurley.org]. In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers [https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2] wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter [https://parishurley.substack.com], where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA] in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records [https://www.lostfuturerecords.com].   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe [https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

May We Braid Our Many Selves

Season 1 | Episode 9 In this episode, I speak to the obliteration of early motherhood and continue debunking the myth that a mother and a practicing artist cannot co-exist within the same body. For a new essay further exploring this pervasive cultural narrative, head over to the newsletter iteration of [https://parishurley.substack.com/p/r-i-t-e-s-n-o-8-4]R I T E S [https://parishurley.substack.com/p/r-i-t-e-s-n-o-8-4]. R I T E S [https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast] is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley [https://www.parishurley.org]. In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers [https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2] wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter [https://parishurley.substack.com], where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA] in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records [https://www.lostfuturerecords.com].   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe [https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Gratitude As Creative Practice

Season 1 | Episode 8 In this episode, I speak to the transformative potency of gratitude lists, bringing them back from the written-off wasteland of substance-less self-help idioms. R I T E S [https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast] is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley [https://www.parishurley.org]. In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers [https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2] wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter [https://parishurley.substack.com], where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA] in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records [https://www.lostfuturerecords.com].   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe [https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

One Minute Is Enough

Season 1 | Episode 7 In this episode, I speak to the power of small actions and simple devotions, reframing creative practice as something which can retain its potency, even when existing in the cracks. R I T E S [https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast] is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley [https://www.parishurley.org]. In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers [https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2] wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter [https://parishurley.substack.com], where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA] in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records [https://www.lostfuturerecords.com].   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe [https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]