If action turns the world within,
Then who knows where the world begins?
If sitting still should make one smart,
Then who can make a piece of art?
chronicle
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people who shoot up places where people gather are people who think they know how the world works and have learned how to live alone.
no one should ever be alone.
see something, say something
resources for real-time posting of ICE raids in the Bay Area
ICE has just landed a major invasion force in Alameda. Credible sources say they will be targeting Home Depots and other places where people gather to find work and access services, as well as businesses with large, low-paid workforces. If you see something, say something. Look for dark-colored rented SUVs operated by teams with face…
the rabbit hole
as an autistic person, who is highly competent in certain environments, and near disabled in others, I’ve found that I can do things that are normally quite difficult for me if they are related to my field of interest–parsing seemingly arbitrary lists of conditions to fill out necessary forms, for example. I’m doing this a…
why we do what we do: my mother’s crone ceremony
It’s been very emotional for me to reemerge from the darkness of lockdown to return to building community through music-making. In my conversations with folks, it becomes clear that a younger generation of families don’t know about some of the ways we connected before, and don’t necessarily remember many of the ways things were different…
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a word to the wise:
if one aspires to advocate, one is wise to watch the baby.
the baby is the perfect advocate,
advocating directly for their own needs.
(may all our babies’ needs be met,
neurodiverse community
Affirming neurodiversity is recognizing that, in a musical space, one person is tuned into the soprano register, even though their voice presents in the bass register; another person hears long melodic phrases when everyone else is creating short rhythmic phrases; and someone else’s brain is turning the patterns of sound into physical shapes, and they…