Mica Sun Reflections

This is a recording of me reading Chapter 3: Escaping the Past from "The Great Waves of Change" by Marshall Vian Summers.

This episode is dedicated to a talk entitled "Dark with Power: The Astrology and Poetics of Empire's Descent", featuring cultural historian and mythic astrologer Frank Salzano, on the night of November 7th, 2024."...Who is this chaos sorcerer Donald Trump and what is his dharma? And what is the karma and destiny of the United States of America?  And how is it connected to Israel? And global racism?  And end-stage capitalism? So many big questions, right?   "Tonight we shall have a deep dive into the Geopolitical Astrology of the 2020’s. Let’s shed a little light and context on these very large historical cycles that are at play, and get a little hip to what to expect in the next few years.   "This offering will be for the astrology and history and political and poetry nerds — and for the imaginal heartbeat that may yet pulse through the humanities departments."In honor of my astrological brother Mr. Trump (bless that Gemini-North Node conjunction, it's the mark of the coyote's bite), we shall have a ritual of story and stars and politics and poetry.  Our aim is to make the ghost of Kurt Vonnegut pleased, for it was he who said that his simple motivation of making story in the world was simply him fulfilling the duties he learned about in 6th grade civics class. So, here we go...raising a glass to the long haul, that just got much longer..."Frank Salzano can be reached for astrological readings, talks, astronomical sessions, events, and personal consultations at his website, "Medicine of the Starry Heavens." https://medicineofthestarryheavens.comMica Sun can be followed via his website www.appalachianseason.com or on Instagram: @micasunreflections.

In "The Floating Kingdom", Mica Sun and Samara Jade offer a mytho-bardic fusion of story and song in an original, theatrical tale of reflection, journey and return.  Harkening back to the bardic traditions of the Old World, the tale carries a message for our times of great waves of change, ecological catastrophe, cultural grief, and questionable patriarcho-capitalism. This podcast episode shares a soundboard recording of Mica Sun and Samara Jade presenting "The Floating Kingdom" live at Earth Nurse Community, Santa Fe, NM, on 26 September, 2024. www.patreon.com/samarajade www.samarajademusic.com www.appalachianseason.com BIOS Hailing from the Southern Appalachian Mountains, with close ties to the Pacific Northwest of Cascadia, North America, Mica Sun and Samara Jade have been developing and touring the current, story-song-and-music version of Mica Sun's original tale “The Floating Kingdom” since early 2024.  Mica Sun works as an oral storyteller, actor, songwriter and musician, poet, producer, author, and performing artist for children and adults of all ages.⁠⁠ ⁠www.appalachianseason.com⁠⁠⁠  Samara Jade works as a song doula, song circle leader, rites-of-passage facilitator, and touring singer-songwriter musician, both solo and with her three-woman band of mugicians Three Wheels Turning.⁠ ⁠www.samarajademusic.com⁠⁠  Sun and Jade have so far performed the show in Berea, Bloomington, Madison, Minneapolis, Bellingham, Portland, Eugene, Port Townsend, Salt Lake City, Taos, Santa Fe (twice), Austin, New Orleans, Pensacola, and of course their beloved home town of Asheville, NC.

S2:E3 This episode is a reading of a new poem with a reflection on the state of the world and human culture.  Mica Sun Reflections "Drop deep for a moment. Getting art to your ears."  www.patreon.com/micasun

S2:E5 This episode consists of a poem born from the top of a panoramic hill southeast of Asheville. Read by yours truly.  1,000 Secret Whispers Through an IT Tower Knoll Hilltop of open cattle land and cell tower IT needles, Sun setting over endless grass. Are we always whispering across such spaces Mole hills tunneling their crazy paces Beneath the only tall things left, the thistles And last seasons’ dung. Bare rocks Turn face towards Sun when she Molasses passes far above. On microwaves Dart messages of love, like fishes Navigating corals some thousand miles below this knoll Which holds the concrete toes of spires’ wires Passing their threads of spiders messages Above thru viewless space dimensionally inaccessible except To ears of precious metal mined at feet of war torn wilderness Thousands of miles away. So we may say Into tight microphone like a child’s game of telephone I love you, I hate you, come home, stay gone, I will. —19 November 2020 Mica Sun Reflections.  Drop deep for a moment. Getting art to your ears. @micasunreflections  https://micasun.bandcamp.com/