Self Portraits As Other People

I present you with a bonus feature to celebrate the launch of my brand new Patreon page and to tide you over while I finish up Episode 4 (coming sooooon). This little storytime transmission is only about twenty minutes long for a change! And though there's no guest, it is a self portrait as another person, because it's not my neutral voice narrating here, but an "altered ego", whose babble sounds like "the ranted banter you might overhear at a mixer of tricksters". His telling touches onto some of the recurring themes of the show--the limits of language, the fringes of reality, psychedelics, shamanism, literature as a metaphor for immortality, death and resurrection, etc-- as well as foreshadowing some of themes we'll discuss on the next episode, which will be titled "Current Channels and Rivers of Song". Aaaaaand there's an extra bonus segment that starts around the ten minute mark, a tale of enchantment laid to rest on a bed of sound. This segment reflects specifically on the sound and sorcery of an "adept witchdoctor", his soft whistling, and the manner in which his masterfully regulated breath effects the minds and bodies of the patients over whom he presides with this form of subtle, psychic surgery. (Oh, and there's a field recording that functions as an outro theme, sung by shipibo shaman Don Cesar aka Sui Metza) If you'd like to support me, steep deeper into the psychedelic storytelling stew, and get exposed to more exclusive material like this, please visit http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Desperation. Isolation. Desolation. Autonomy. Individuation. Imagination. These are some of the themes we cover in our conversation as we wade through both shadow and sunshine, casting our shades upon the Source and shielding our brow in salute of saucer and Self! Craig Deininger is a desert dwelling poet, a scholar of depth psychology and comparative mythology, a teacher, and a long time Transcendental Meditator. Join us as we talk the walk up to the precipice, beyond which you can only venture if you let your language off the leash and watch the words behave in wild and wily ways. Notes & links Bjork - The Gate (one of the greatest music videos ever) Biophotons (google it, not necesarily the source of light in visions, but "lit" nonetheless) Leaves from the World Tree: selected poems of Craig Deininger and Dennis Patrick Slattery (amazon) "Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice" by JF Martel (amazon) Void Denizen - "Monkey Business" (on bandcamp / on Spotify) 6."The Ascendence of Deininger", painting (original available) TheaTerRa - "Internity" (outro music) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com if you wish to help support the podcast Venmo: @voiddenizen or PayPal (cabweasel@hotmail.com) This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

In this diffi-cultish episode we navigate the orchard of twisted beauty in which a shade-grown tree named Trius grew up, contorting his way into the light to produce the strange fruit we call art. Trius is a painter who was born into the infamous Moonie cult, and who has spent a great deal of his life trying to rid himself from the stains left by their indoctrinated worldview. We explore how the traumatic distortions of this origin story continue to play out in his psyche, and the role that art plays in the reclamation of freedom and mind. Also, he recently escaped from a Czech hospital that may or may not have been run by the mafia. I have prepared a page full of shownotes and related artworks by Trius that you can dive into here: https://medium.com/@voiddenizen/self-portraits-as-other-people-ep-2-198a3c911a36 Learn more about Trius' art at www.triusart.blogspot.com The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com if you wish to help support the podcast Venmo: @voiddenizen or PayPal (cabweasel@hotmail.com)

After a lifetime of chronicling her dreams and establishing connections with recurring characters who provide guidance and appear to correspond to different parts of her autonomic nervous system, Loga was diagnosed with a rare pineal tumor. But, in light of the supernatural allure that surrounds its emergence, should we consider it a tumor, or a "spiritual growth"? I have prepared a page full of shownotes and related artworks by Loga and myself that you can dive into here: https://medium.com/@voiddenizen/self-portraits-as-other-people-ep-1-7d61ca6df230 Learn more about Loga's art at www.hotherym.net or on IG: @eorhythm The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com if you wish to help support the podcast Venmo: @voiddenizen or PayPal (cabweasel@hotmail.com)