Sounds of SAND #58 On Extinction & Enchantment: Alixa García
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Jun 26, 2025 Alixa García, a Colombian-born multi-disciplinary artist and passionate activist, discusses the intersection of art, culture, and environmental issues. She emphasizes the importance of Indigenous resilience and the transformative power of creativity in facing climate crises. The conversation explores themes of enchantment, collective grief, and futurism. Alixa shares insights from her experiences at Burning Man, highlighting community, ritual, and the urgency of nurturing our planet. She invites listeners to reconnect with the cosmos and envision a harmonious future through her upcoming course.
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Power of Enchantment and Wonder
- Enchantment is a feeling of great pleasure intertwined with wonder, the reaction to the beautiful and unknown.
- It activates curiosity, especially vital for understanding crises like climate change and extinction.
Ancestral Resistance in Identity
- Alixa García embodies colonization's resistance through her indigenous, black, and Spanish roots.
- Her family preserves lineage visibility by maintaining multiple last names against historical erasure.
Art as Healing and Activation
- Art infused with animism heals by re-sacralizing our disconnected, materialistic world.
- It transforms spectators into participants by activating consciousness through beauty and ritual.
