departures (おくりびと)

departures (おくりびと)

hello you, The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. For the third episode of from a tall child podcast (and the last for this season), some ruminations on the act of leaving, on points of decimation and grief, and on the culmination of remembering. Featuring the works of June Jordan [https://poems.com/poem/two-poems-jordan/], Mitski, Allen Fernando, Christoph Gluck [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUpZ1Npj23M&t=2808s], Mikko Harvey [https://tallchild.substack.com/p/for-m-by-mikko-harvey?s=w], Madeleine Cravens [https://as.vanderbilt.edu/nashvillereview/archives/17304], and Florence And The Machine [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOwEyguXc6E]. This episode also features an excerpt from Stephen Colbert’s interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u_TswLQ4ws] with Andrew Garfield and some scenes from the films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [https://letterboxd.com/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/] by Michelle Gondry and A Ghost Story [https://letterboxd.com/film/a-ghost-story-2017/] by David Lowery. Special shoutout to Aleksi Griffin [https://www.instagram.com/aleksi.griffin/] for lending us some equipment that we used to record this episode. We hope you’ll enjoy this episode, and please keep an eye on this podcast. There’ll be more coming your way soon. Until then, take care (and probably, goodbye). much love, a tall child

to be young in so thoroughly finished a time

In 2022 a UN report [https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-ii/] on climate change indicated that harmful carbon emissions from 2010 to 2019 have never been higher in human history, a proof that the world is on a “fast track” to disaster, with scientists claiming that it’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. For the second episode of from a tall child podcast, some meditations on what it means to be alive and hopeful in a world that faces an impending climate catastrophe. Featuring the works of Maya Popa [https://poets.org/poem/letter-noahs-wife], Allen Fernando [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZQw2l_v5bxSxvDQKAgL5Q9zQB7jtYlw/view?usp=sharing], Matsuo Basho [https://poets.org/poem/cry-cicada], Edwin Williamson [https://poets.org/poem/life-we-know-it], Nikita Gill [https://theisolationjournals.substack.com/p/reasons-to-live-through-the-apocalypse?s=r], Perfume Genius [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD6GnitHHRA], Ludovico Einaudi [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDZARTCa0w], Kendrick Lamar [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JocAXINz-YE], and Frank Ocean [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHGqsnsuA3c]. Special thanks to my good friend Cece Jamero [https://www.instagram.com/cecejamero/] for lending her voice.

i took pictures of broken things and called them reclamation

I’ve known unrequited love for a long time now. For the very first episode of from a tall child podcast, a reflection on growing up in a broken home and the healing we go through in order to endure. Featuring the works of Ocean Vuong [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/57586/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous], Vanessa Angélica Villarreal [https://poets.org/poem/portrait-atlantis-broken-home?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Poem-a-Day%20%20June%2025%202019&utm_content=Poem-a-Day%20%20June%2025%202019%20CID_346e693771b311121481c62ded610a9e&utm_source=Email%20from%20Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Portrait%20of%20Atlantis%20as%20a%20Broken%20Home], Allen Fernando [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg8BVNOFf3l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link], Sharon Olds [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=38159], Gil Scott-Heron [https://genius.com/Gil-scott-heron-on-coming-from-a-broken-home-pt-1-annotated], and Bhanu Kapil [https://voltagepoetry.com/2012/11/12/h-l-hixs-twelve-questions-about-the-turn/]—with music from Patrick Watson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcdO9UP0hp8], Jack Stauber [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxJ5-_Ccp0], The Cinematic Orchestra [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUFJJNQGwhk], and Phoebe Bridgers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7iIHhL799U]. We hope you’ll enjoy this episode, and please keep an eye on this podcast.