An Array of Utopian Flowers
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Wixárika/Huichol People: Protecting Sacred Lands of Mexico
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Samuel Beckett, Confessions and the Human Condition
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“Bleeding Kansas” and Stories of the Underground Railroad
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Jesse Marquez: Public Preparedness for Threats from Refineries, Ports, and Freeways
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Urban Oil Drilling and the Intersection Between Faith and Environmentalism
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WilderUtopia in 102 Languages
Daily Dose of the Wild
Twittering From the Trees
‘Medicine Walk’ Featured in SBLitJo
Santa Barbara Literary Journal releases ‘Bellatrix: Volume 3’ this June, which among adventurous fiction, poetry, essays, and lyrics, features an excerpt of Jack Eidt’s psychic-animism fiction, Medicine Walk. Buy the book!
Dream Archive
Walkabout: Following Songlines Beyond the Western Frame
Posted on May 2, 2014 | No CommentsWalkabout, vision quest, walking in Dreamtime, all of it refers to a particular rite of passage from the indigenous Australians, but also in evidence in animist cultures throughout the world. The 1971 film of the same name narrates a young woman and her brother's journey beyond their Western frame, but never quite able to follow the ancestor paths, or songlines, of the land.Harry Partch: Genesis of a Musical Outsider
Posted on June 17, 2012 | 4 CommentsComposer, dishwasher, hobo, fruit picker, sailor, microtonal theorist, instrument builder, writer, visual artist, philosopher, musicologist, iconoclast teacher Harry Partch was one of the first 20th Century composers to work with microtonal scales, writing much of his music for custom-made instruments that he built himself, tuned in 11-limit (43-tone) just intonation.Aboriginal Dreamtime: The Rainbow Serpent
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 4 CommentsThe Aboriginal Australian Rainbow Serpent meanders snake-like like a river across the landscape, sunlight reflecting the spectrum of colours. He inhabits permanent waterholes and controls precious oils and waters.John Cage: Dreaming in Sustained Resonance
Posted on April 15, 2011 | 7 Comments"Dream" (1948) was written for Merce Cunningham's dance, minimal fixed tones of sustained resonance, influenced by Balinese Gamelan and divinations through the I Ching.