#listened to 578 artist

[bexfangirlforlife]

That's 4.000 minutes more than last year. I still listen to CDs etc in the car though, so in total that's always missing...

[celtfather]

Dancing With Hobbits #578

Go dancing with hobbits for Hobbit Day on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #678. Subscribe now!

Keltricity, The BorderCollies, Dublin Gulch, Louise Bichan, Clanna Morna, Dancing With Hobbits, Celtic Wood and Wires, Clay Babies, Brother Sea, Ironwood, Adria Jackson, The Walker Roaders, Mary Frances Leahy, Toby Bresnahan, Clare Cunningham

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0:07 - Keltricity "Louis Cyr  -  Motel Henry" from Live at Terra Firma Radio

3:14 - WELCOME

5:28 - The BorderCollies "Kishors" from To the Hills and Back

9:01 - Dublin Gulch "Ballad of the Button Box" from Tap 'Er Light

14:20 - Louise Bichan "The Little Cowpig" from The Lost Summer

16:32 - Clanna Morna "Maid On The Shore" from From The Lowlands To The High Seas

21:54 - FEEDBACK

25:22 - Dancing With Hobbits "Old Took's Victory Dance" from Dancing With Hobbits

28:31 - Celtic Wood and Wires "The Boatman's Dance" from Close The Back Door

31:49 - Clay Babies "Rakes Of Kildare / Drowsy Maggie / Cup Of Tea / Reel Of Mullinavat" from Speechless Vol. 1: Sloppy Session in the Sticks

36:29 - Brother Sea "Oll' Vel Onen" from Brother Sea Ep

40:56 - Ironwood "Crawl on Duke Street" from Gretna Green

44:42 - THANKS

46:38 - Adria Jackson "Solveig's Song" from Troubadour

50:41 - The Walker Roaders "The Story" from The Walker Roaders

55:02 - Mary Frances Leahy "Dance of the Fairies" from First Light

59:00 - Toby Bresnahan "Jock Stewart" from All In Good time

1:02:12 - CLOSING

1:03:17 - Clare Cunningham "Éireann i mo chroí" from ON MY WAY (AR MO BHEALACH)

1:07:24 - CREDITS

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I have a brand new album that is now on sale. It’s called Dancing With Hobbits. It’s album of all original, hobbit - inspired dance tunes. If you saw the Lord of the Rings movies and heard the music during Bilbo Baggins’ birthday party, then that should give you some idea. It’s fun, upbeat Celtic dance tunes.

It was recorded with Sam Gillogly on fiddle. Sam is no stranger to this podcast, having their own album of Classical Celtic music. But if you’re heard a fiddle on any of my songs in the last 15 years, that was probably Sam.

The album is listed under our band name Dancing With Hobbits. I’ll share music in the coming weeks and later in the show.

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Eric Guarin emailed some photos: "Meanwhile rather belatedly, but some of what me and my wife Terry were doing last summer while listening to the Podcast:

-  Running on the beach near Tarifa, Spain and later in Biarritz, France (picture attached with the beach way in the background)

-  Climbing the Rock of Gibraltar (see picture of monkey)

-  Hiking a piece of the Camino De Santiago pilgrimage trail, near Bilbao (the picture near the ocean).

-  Also managed to see Iron Maiden live, a long held bucket list dream of mine to see a concert overseas. We didn't listen to the Podcast on that occasion ha ha but listened quite a bit while driving around 2400 - 2500 km from Portugal through Spain to the Basque tip of France and then Spain.

We were lucky enough in this life to visit Ireland, summer of 2021. So so so so nice, we LOVED it. BUT due to COVID...no live music!

Someday, we'll manage to get on an Invasion… Slainte,"

      Mary L Deal emailed a photo: "Hi Marc, I'm sitting here messing around  with and printing 3d stuff listening to the latest podcast (Panxty Caper #664) and heard, again dang it, about this year's trip and was wondering if you know if you will be going back to Ireland next year. I would really like to join you on one of these trips. I went to Ireland around1995 with my Mom and would like to share that beautiful place and the people there with my daughter.  Sincerely,"

Geoffrey Huff sent a photo from Abilene, TX:

  Check out this episode!

[maximuswolf]

You Drizzler Glazers are unintelligent and stupid for calling Kendrick's diss or even discog mid

You Drizzler Glazers are unintelligent and stupid for calling Kendrick's diss or even discog mid To be honest, you need an above-harvard musical IQ to understand Kendrick Lamar. The humor is extremely layered and subtle, and without a solid grasp of African American poetics and racial deconstructism, most of the jokes will go over a typical listener's head.         For example, Kendrick dropping MMBTS, then Like That metaphorically mirrors Eminem dropping Revival, then Kamikaze to cleanse the sin of mumble rap which caused us to overlook the white rap messiah, just like Kendrick cleansed the curse of Drake— if you don't like MMBTS(or even TPAB) you probably listen to Lil Pump Drake.    Our Lord Slim Shady passed down the torch of saving rap to Mr Morale, and I'm honored to be part of this movement.There's also Kendrick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation—his personal philosophy draws heavily from Lupe Fiasco's and Langston Hughe's literature, for instance.      The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just recycled twitter brain farts nor intellectual wannabism—they Nietzscheanly express something deep about authenticity, the Culture, artistic integrity and the black experience.As a consequence people like you Drake nut gobblers who think Kendrick dropped trash ARE idiots— of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Kendrick's existential catchphrase "We don't wanna hear you say nigga no mooooore” which itself is a cryptic reference to page 578 of Beyond Good and Evil, which ties into the nuanced references in "Crodie", which further extends to the fact Kendrick raps "I hate you" like a bad bitch(the sexyy red reference )who broke up with Drake—All these cascade into the listener's ears like orgasm down the spine of a teenager in his first masturbation session, whilst he screams to the poem actress about how his dick isn't free. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion Kung fu Kenny's genius unfolds itself on their ear pods.      What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Kendrick Lamar tattoo etched on the girth of my penis. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only—And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.   Submitted June 10, 2024 at 02:02PM by maveric_analytic https://ift.tt/BSHafo9 via /r/Music

[weirdsthenewnormal]

I posted 583 times in 2022

5 posts created (1%)

578 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@birbtails

@renee-f

@oakskull

@dateaweirdboysuggest

@adoratato

I tagged 109 of my posts in 2022

#i love one boy - 42 posts

#o-o - 3 posts

#no - 2 posts

#distractible - 2 posts

#my birthday is technically the week before fall starts - 1 post

#i am sometimes just wanting to make sure someone understands - 1 post

#mark fischbach - 1 post

#bob muyskens - 1 post

#wade barnes - 1 post

#long post - 1 post

Longest Tag: 109 characters

#i have to work and won't get off till 7:30 but i might spend the rest of the night with my bf and our friends

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Tumblr, what is with this ad? Did your graphic designer go on vacation or something? 😂😂

1 note - Posted September 30, 2022

#4

I'm at my boyfriend's and my drink of choice when I ordered lunch wasn't a Rt44 size vanilla cream ice coffee from Sonic... nope. Totally didn't drink 2/3 of it in 45 minutes... nope. He doesn't like coffee - prefers tea (I like both) so he doesn't understand how I can drink it. He says it's gross. To be fair however, my coffee NEVER tastes like coffee but like sugar and cream sooo. I only wish the cup wasn't made of styrofoam :/

1 note - Posted June 10, 2022

#3

Sick day for the win! Also this is edited. I for sure looked worse - ie actually sick - w/o it. The fox toy is something I got for Christmas from my boyfriend

1 note - Posted February 5, 2022

#2

Apologies for disappearing off of here artistically!

Enjoy this doodle of my wonderful boyfriend

Tag list

@artistic-broadway-penguin

@novasingalaxies

@roni-isnt-okay-blog

@probablyghosting

@detroit-become-pan

@romansanders

@peachy-patton-writes

@0beansprout0

@skelelexiunderlord

@gearboxwritesbooks

If you no longer wish to be on this list or would like to be added please send me an ask

2 notes - Posted July 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I've been meaning to listen to this and it is so worth it!! Fucking hilarious.

First ten minutes and we've discussed @markiplier photoshopping on body hair bc apparently he has absolutely none, silly putty hair removal, and Nair pit stop style (courtesy of Bob).

17 notes - Posted April 29, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[amlovelies]

 rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better

tagged by: @heartbrreak (thank you ☺)

tagging : hmmmm off the top of my head (and some newer mutuals who I don’t know very well yet) @lilyoffandoms, @pearlsandsteel, @southernvampire, @tuomniia, @mepheesto, @nerdferatum, @detectivewiseman @keybleminded and @wayhavensmasonsbitch (no pressure!) and anyone who wants to do this! 

name/nickname: aml, it’s my initials. Fun fact I used to go by my middle name growing up, but stopped once I moved out on my own at 18. Bonus, it’s almost impossible for anyone from high school to find me now✨ 

gender: uhhhhhh let’s come back to this one in a couple months and maybe I’ll have an answer. 

star sign: pisces sun, cancer moon and rising. I’m a watery bitch

height: 5′7″

time: 8:02pm

birthday: march 6

favorite bands:  hmmm the maine, sleeping at last, all time low, florence and the machine, circa survive, fall out boy, fleetwood mac, (fuck it, I’ll say it) one direction, the gaslight anthem, thrice, dashboard confessional

favorite solo artists: hozier, niall horan, taylor swift, (oh wow I sound so basic), reba mcentire, pam tillis,

song stuck in my head: living dead girl by rob zombie

last movie: wonder woman 1984. yeah. 

last show: finished season 4 of Big Mouth, and now we are watching Jeopardy for our dinner show. I don’t really watch much tv or movies anymore tbh

when did you create this blog: 2012 😬 and I’ve never changed my url (mostly because I’m too lazy)

what do I post: things that make me laugh, mental health stuff, in the last few months I’ve been actually posting my writing so that’s new and scary, but has been really rewarding. So much fandom stuff. lots of wayhaven some fhr and dragon age

last thing googled: lyrics to the song just fucking let me love you by Lowen

do I get asks: yes 😭 and I love you all so much for sending them to me

why I chose my url: it’s a handle I’ve had since high school. in art class we used to have to mark our pottery with our initials, and I started drawing a little heart after mine and that kinda morphed into amlovelies 

following: 388, but i think like half of them are probably dead--I’m just too lazy to go through and unfollow

followers: 578 see above

average hours of sleep: It try and let myself get 8, but I have periods of pretty bad insomnia so sometimes it’s only 3-4/fitful tossing and turning type sleep. 

lucky number: 6

instruments: I can do a little piano and guitar, but it never really clicked for me. I still find it relaxing though, and I should do it more often 

what am I wearing: sweatpants and a t-shirt. I am always captain sweatpants when I’m at home. 

dream job: who dreams of labor? But honestly probably writing or working at the aquarium

dream trip: a river cruise down the amazon

last book I read: the way to rainy mountain by n. scott momaday

favorite food: my grandma’s spinach quiche 

nationality: american 😬

favorite song: when I was 18 I decided my answer for this would be Film Noir by the Gaslight Anthem which is what I usually go with because I tend to just go through intense phases where I listen to a song on repeat. This week it’s Vice by Miranda Lambert btw

top three fictional universes: middle earth, star wars, thedas

[dontevercallmeathesaurus-blog]

My Strange Addiction | Ch 1

Pairing: Jungkook x reader

Summary: You started attending a Art School in Seoul, South Korea. You meet a boy that changes your life forever.

warnings: Smut in future chapters 

word count: 578

A/N: Jungkook isn’t in this chapter, but he will be in the next! Promise it will be good! 

You and your family decided to move to Seoul, South Korea to pursue your art career and to attend the Art School. You've been a lonesome artist all your life, and you liked it that way. Studying different types of art and learning new drawing and painting techniques, you loved it. You never had too many friends, you usually kept to yourself and continued to draw and paint. Your dream was to become and inspiring artist to many people some day in the future. You never had a boyfriend either and you enjoyed the freedom of being single, your life was easy and simple. But once you met him, everything changed.

"Y/n! Come down stairs your breakfast is getting cold!" Your mother screamed from downstairs.

"Coming!" You yelled back as you try to quickly put your uniform on. You look into the mirror at yourself, "Y/n! You got this!" you said passionately. You grab your art case that was covered in paint stains and rushed down stairs.

"You might have to reheat your breakfast..." Your mother walked towards you and fixed your necktie.

"It's ok, but I got to go! I don't want to be late!" You run towards the door and put on your shoes.

"Y/n..." Your mother stopped you.

"What mom?!" You gave her a quick look and sighed.

"I'm so proud of you sweetie! Now go show them what you're made of!" She raised her fist in the air to motivate you.

"Heh, thanks mom!" You smiled as you gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I won't let you down!" you said as you opened the door.

"I know you won't, now... good luck!" Your mother waved goodbye.

You shut the door and jogged towards the bus stop. You checked the time and looked back up to see your school bus at the bus stop. You panicked, you sprinted as one of your drawings flew out of your art case. The bus began to leave but you waved it down and boarded the bus. You sat down and breathed heavily.

"Man I'm out of shape..." You sighed as you rode the bus to school.

Thirty minutes go by and you arrive at the Art School. You got off the bus and gasped at the amazing sight of the school.

"This...This is it!" You puffed out your chest and proudly carried your art case in your hands and walked towards the school. You opened the doors and your prideful smile quickly turned into a frown, people crowded the halls either singing, dancing, or straight up drawing in their sketchbooks. It was chaotic, You could barely hear yourself speak from all the people loudly singing and the padding footsteps of the dancers.

You entered the hallway and you were instantly pushed and shoved. You held your art case in your arms to prevent it from being knocked out of your hand. You tightly squeezed through the hallway to your homeroom. You sighed in relief as you were finally out of the chaos. You sat in your seat and put your earbuds in and listened to your favorite music. You brought out your sketchbook and pencil, you open your book and saw a page missing. Your eyes widened as you realized what page was missing.

"No, no, no!" You quickly check around in your art case and the drawing was nowhere to be found. You put your face into your hands and sighed.

"This can't be happening..."

[ermalmeta]

20 questions

i was tagged by @lucidiromaa, thank you!!

rules: answer 20 questions, than tag 20 bloggers that you want to get to know better

name: nico (full name nicolas)

nickname: i feel like i always say this but... technically nico is a nickname but i consider it my name so i guess i don’t really have a nickname

height: very short. too short

orientation: gay

nationality: italian

favourite season: winter! i’m one of those annoying people who as soon as spring comes goes OH NO IT’S ALMOST SUMMER TAKE ME BACK TO COLD DAYS (or maybe i’m the only one who does that)

favourite fruit: lemons or apricots (i was trying to remember how they were called in english and almost wrote a pokemon’s name before googling because it didn’t feel right)

favourite flower: camellia

favourite scent: i never really can think of one when i’m asked this question, so i always say one i like. i don’t know... i like the smell of my favorite brand of soap. i feel like i already said this but i can’t think of anything else

favourite colour: blue

favourite animal: c a t

coffee, tea or hot chocolate: tea

average sleep hours: i really don’t know at this point

dog or cat person: cat

favourite fictional character: so many. but i love booster gold so much

number of blankets you sleep with: one

dream trip: beside the one i’m gonna take to go visit my bf in canada... denmark

blog created: this sideblog, end of april this year

number of followers: 578

random facts: i love e.a. poe; i wanted to have purple hair when i was little but then i switched to blue when i was a little older and now i have light blue hair; ermal is my most listened artist since i’ve had last.fm with over 5000 scrobbles and fabri is second but by a lot; i didn’t like voodoo love that much the first time i listened to it; i have entire days of last september i don’t remember at all but i did kinda crazy things

i feel annoying tagging anyone but if you wanna do it, you’re tagged!

[exocean]

♡Get to know me tag♡

Tagged by: @kwonsoonshine thank you ♡ !!

Rules : Answer 30 questions and then tag 20 blogs you’d like to know better 

(I’ve put it under the cut because it’s long! also i skipped some sorry)

Nicknames

Mo, Moon

Gender

Female

Zodiac

Sagittarius 

Favourite bands/Solo artists

EXO, Seventeen, Kensington, Troye Sivan, Janelle Monáe

Song stuck in my head

Good Evening - SHINee

Last Movie I Saw

SOLO

Last Thing I Googled

Where I could buy a specific type of wine

Other Blogs

This is like my 7th blog but the only one that’s still active

Do I Get Asks

Very few, but also I have 63 followers so it makes sense lol. I do really like it when I get them so shoutout to everyone who has ever sent me one fghjkl

Why I Chose My Username

I had like no creativity and this suits my love for Aju Nice so it’s good enough

Following

578

Average Amount of Sleep

Really depends, between 3 and 12 hours.

Lucky Number

I don’t really have one but, 4?

What I Am Wearing

It’s a mess cause I’m trying on different suits for a wedding I have tomorrow.

Dream Job

I don’t know tbh (which is difficult cause I’m halfway uni and don’t even know why fghjkl)

Dream Trip

Canada.

Favourite Food

My mum’s Nasi Goreng  

Play Any Instruments

Sadly not but I wish I could play the drums or bass

Favourite Song

Aju Nice – Seventeen (nothing compares to this song for me, I have to listen to it at least once a day and it makes me so fuckign happy every single time)

Play(ed) Any Sports

Speed skating, hockey, dance (break-, street- and modern dance)

Most Iconic Song

Sherlock – SHINee (I’m not assuming that people need to be informed why)

Random Fact

I’m a huuuuuge fan of musical theater 

Describe Yourself as Aesthetics/Things

Karaoke rooms, a lazy day in the sun on a terrace with a good drink, sunrises, the colour turquoise. 

Tagging: @kwibu @noodlewoo @kwonthefire @shuasweet @bookwan @booskwn @princeshushu @yeahwxnwoo @peachmangoes @4bsk (if you want to of course!)

[asura-zoro]

Get to know me

Thanks for the tag, @sunshea7

RULES: Answer 30 questions and tag blogs you’d like to get to know better.

NICKNAMES: Bree/Brie

TIME: 10:57pm

DO I HAVE A PET AND IF SO WHAT KIND: Currently I have an Australian Shepard, a black cat, 2 goldfish, a box turtle and I am a god-mom to a Husky/German Shepard mix pupper. In the past I had 5 dogs, 1 cat, 3 fishes, 5 horses and 10 chickens cause I grew up on a farm. 

FAVORITE COLOR: Icy blue

FAVORITE BAND: I’m not good at picking favorites tbh, cause I’m indecisive.... And because I enjoy so many genres of music...

FAVORITE SOLO ARTIST: Prince and Jessi

SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD:  Post Malone - rockstar ft. 21 Savage LAST MOVIE I SAW: Looney Tunes Back in Action

LAST SHOW I WATCHED: Ainori Love Wagon Asian Journey (Watching as I type this)

TV SHOWS I HATE: Teen Titans Go! Any cartoon network reboots using the same damn art style/ character design bases.

LEAST FAVORITE CHARACTER EVER: This piece of shit

FAVORITE GENRE OF BOOK/MOVIE: Historical fiction, romance and fantasy

BEST BOOK OR SERIES I’VE EVER READ: Outlander, Stephanie Plum, Beautiful Creatures. anything by Rick Riordan, The Chronicles of Vladmir Tod.

WHAT ONE THING DO I REALLY WANT BUT CANT AFFORD: Move me and my family closer to town

WHEN DID I CREATE MY BLOG: I made this blog in late 2015

WHAT DO I POST:  One Piece (this blog, @the-duality-pirates , @gomu-gomu-no-dick) Multifandom stuff ( @bree-the-multifandom-trash) and Naruto/Boruto ( @shintenshin-no-jutsuu )

DO I HAVE ANY OTHER BLOGS: Already listed them

WHY DID I CHOOSE MY URL: Because I wanted to make it sound like my followers are my students, who are studying everything that is Zoro (Zorology)

FOLLOWING: 95

FOLLOWED BY: 578

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Either like 4 hours or 12 hours, it depends.

LUCKY NUMBER: 7

WHAT AM I WEARING: My nightgown

DREAM TRIP: Europe, Korea, Japan and the Pacific Islands

FAV FOOD: LET ME BE A INDECISIVE BIH CAUSE I LOVE ALL SORTS OF FOOD

NATIONALITY: USA

FAVORITE SONGS: How about I make a playlist of songs I’ve been listening to for the past few weeks? The playlist contains very few songs that are ‘in’ this season since I basically just recycle songs that I listen to lol and some of these are from my emo phase from middle school that smacked me in the face just recently lol

LAST BOOK I READ: Sadly, me having a job makes it difficult for me to read. I’ll tell you a book that I would like to read:  No Longer Human

TOP 3 FICTIONAL UNIVERSES I WANT TO JOIN: One Piece, Harry Potter and Supernatural I tag: (I’m going to tag people that are new followers) @ii-luffy-ii @vivrescard @mermaid-cafe

[voxyldy]

10.03.2021

[VIDEO]

HYBE EDU is releasing the digital single “GANADA” in celebration of the 2021 Hangeul Day to help people around the world learn Hangeul with ease, and to discover the unique charms of Hangeul in song.

HYBE EDU offers innovative learning content and an effective studying method using artist IP for fans all over the world who want to learn the language and culture of the artist they are cheering for.

The digital single “GANADA” adds brass and violin to a hip hop rhythm to create a full, upbeat sound. It is a fun song that will attract international listeners who have yet to discover the world of Hangeul, as well as excite those who are already familiar with the unique writing system.

The lyrics are made up of simple expressions using the basic Hangeul consonants that are easy for foreigners to sing along. Each verse is followed by a chorus that repeats “가(ga)” through “하(ha)” to add fun and rhythm to Hangeul. Also, onomatopoeia and mimetic words are well developed in the Korean language and this is reflected in the song. Listening out for sounds like “슉슉” (“shook shook” as in stretching your arms) and “부릉부릉” (“booreung booreung” as in the sound of a car) is another element of fun.

We imagine people all around the world singing “GANADA” and becoming one, transcending the language barrier this coming Hangeul Day. And we hope that this can lead to more people voicing and expressing themselves through this experience, just like what King Sejong the Great dreamed of 578 years ago when he created Hangeul.

#가나다 #GANADA #가나다GANADA #한글날 #Hangeulday

Source: HYBE EDU

[musicandotherdelights]

Daily Listening, Day #578 - July 31st, 2021

Album: Pyromania (Mercury, 1983)

Artist: Def Leppard

Genre: Glam Metal, Hard Rock

Track Listing: 

“Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)”

“Photograph”

“Stagefright”

“Too Late For Love”

“Die Hard The Hunter”

“Foolin’”

“Rock Of Ages”

“Comin’ Under Fire”

“Action! Not Words”

“Billy’s Got A Gun”

Favorite Song: “Action! Not Words”

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Tuesday Night Blues online concert, Howard “Guitar” Luedtke and Blue Max, 6:30 p.m. today, viewable on Facebook, YouTube and at TuesdayNightBlues.com.

Tuesday Night Blues, live concert series, opens with Stefan Geisinger Band and Flaming Doublewides, 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 6, Owen Park. Food and beverage vendors on hand. Free. Information: chippewavalleyblues.com or the Facebook pages of the Chippewa Valley Blues Society or Tuesday Night Blues.

“Harps in the Park,” 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, the lawn at Chippewa Valley Museum, Carson Park. Part of museum exhibit “Listen Up! Folk Music in the Valley.” Concert is free. Ramone’s ice cream parlor inside the museum and the museum’s exhibits open until 8 p.m. Wednesday. 715-834-7871; cvmuseum.com.

The Thundermen, community concert, 6:30-8:30 pm. Wednesday, River Prairie Park’s Prevea Amphitheater, Front Porch Place, Altoona. Sponsored by the city of Altoona.

Eau Claire Municipal Band, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Donald “Sarge” Boyd Bandshell, Owen Park. Free. Information: eauclairemunicipalband.org or the band’s Facebook page.

Menomonie Moose Lodge senior dances, 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, 720 19th Ave. Everyone welcome. Information: 715-235-3747.

Shell Lake Arts Center concerts at Shell Lake Lakefront Pavilion: Jazz campers, 5 p.m. Friday; jazz faculty, 4 p.m. Sunday; jazz faculty, 7 p.m. Monday; jazz faculty, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 7; jazz campers, 5 p.m. Friday, July 9. Free. Information: shelllakeartscenter.org/events/concert-schedule; 715-468-2414.

Good Morning Bedlam, folk, 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, the lawn at Menomonie Public Library, 600 Wolske Bay Road, Menomonie. 715-232-2164.

Sue Orfield Band, jazz-blues-rock, fundraiser for Sojourner House, 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Knights Of Columbus, 236 Pumphouse Road, Chippewa Falls. Donations welcome. 715-726-2002.

Chris Kroeze, country, 10 p.m. Saturday, Riverfest, 410 E. Veterans Memorial Drive, La Crosse. 608-782-6000.

Release of “The Last Honest Man,” single by Davey J from upcoming album, “Blue,” Sunday, at outlets such as Spotify, Apple Music and other online retailers; short film titled “Last Honest Man,” broadcast Sunday on Davey J’s Facebook page: tinyurl.com/ys39yd8e.

Fusion at Four Seasons Concert Series: Margie and Teresa, musical group, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, Four Seasons Stage, River Prairie Park, Front Porch Place, Altoona.

Kickin’ It Country Concert Series: Golden Band, 6:30 p.m. Monday, River Prairie Park’s Prevea Amphitheater, Front Porch Place, Altoona.

“Mixtape Live!” featuring a women’s trio performing styles including country, classic country, pop/rock, folk, showtunes and patriotic, various dates through July 12, Paradise Shores 4, 26364 Highway M, Holcombe. 715-595-4227; paradiseshores4.com/events.

Nick Anderson, solo, 5-8 p.m. today, Gathering Place Resort & Lodge, 2738 27½ Ave., Birchwood. 715-354-3029.

Kaiged Acoustic, joined by fiddler Jimmy Herman, 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Barn Again Lodge, S683 Lovely Road, Mondovi. 715-946-3433.

Bear Creek Band, variety, 5-9 p.m. Thursday, Gilligan’s Tiki Bar, 2452 8 1/4 Ave., Chetek. Free. 715-924-3105.

Tommy Bentz Band, blues-rock, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Music in the Park Series, Veterans Park, 1 N. Main St., River Falls.

Open mic hosted by Rock Creek Song Dogs, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Dancing Yarrow + Farm to Fork Pizza, S193 Highway BB, Mondovi. 715-309-5238.

Bear Creek Band, variety, 5-9 p.m. Friday, Paradise Shores 4, 26364 Highway M, Holcombe. Free. 715-595-4227.

David Janakey, 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dancing Yarrow + Farm to Fork Pizza, S193 Highway BB, Mondovi. 715-309-5238.

Drumming and Music Medicine, 8-9 p.m. Friday, Dancing Yarrow + Farm to Fork Pizza, S193 Highway BB, Mondovi. 715-309-5238.

Josh White, live music, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Together Farms, W93 Norden Road, Mondovi. 715-210-4740.

Nick Anderson, solo, 8-11 p.m. Friday, Suncrest Gardens Pizza Farm, S2257 Yaeger Valley Road, Cochrane. 608-626-2122.

Rock Creek Song Dogs, folk-grass, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Brewery Nonic, 621 4th St W., Menomonie. 715-578-9078.

Backyard Jack, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Jake’s Supper Club, E5690 Highway D, Menomonie. Free. 715-235-2465.

Bear Creek Band, variety, 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Roadhouse 25, 103 S. Highway 25, Wheeler. Free. 715-989-1021.

Late Night Jazz: Dean Granros Quartet, avant-garde guitarist with trio of Josh Gallagher on keyboard, Sean Carey on drums, Jeremy Boettcher on bass, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Saturday, The Lakely, 516 Galloway St. 715-839-0601.

Howard “Guitar” Luedtke and Blue Max, blues, 8 p.m. Saturday, No Name Saloon & Monkey Bar, 114 Broad St., N., Prescott. 715-262-9803.

Lou Carver, live music, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Dancing Yarrow + Farm to Fork Pizza, S193 Highway BB, Mondovi. 715-309-5238.

Rock Creek Song Dogs, folk-grass, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Rosario’s Pizza, 42 N. 1st St., Black River Falls. 715-284-0006.

Bear Creek Band, variety, 2-7 p.m. Sunday, Jake’s Tiki Bar, E5690 Highway D, Menomonie. Free. 715-235-2465.

Two Rivers, 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Northwoods Brew Pub, 50819 West St., Osseo. 715-597-1828.

Bear Creek Band, variety, 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Music in the Park, Elcho. Free.

“Listen Up! Folk Music in the Chippewa Valley,” exhibit through Sept. 6, Chippewa Valley Museum, 1204 E. Half Moon Drive. Exhibit shows the great diversity of musical traditions in the Chippewa Valley. Hours: 5-8 p.m. Tuesdays; noon-5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Closed Mondays. Admission: $10 adults; $8 seniors 62 and up; $5 kids and students with ID; free for kids under age 5. 715-834-7871; cvmuseum.com.

Self-guided tours published by Chippewa Valley Museum: “Biking Into History,” three- to six-mile tours using Eau Claire bike trails, all three courses starting at Phoenix Park; and walking historical tour of downtown Eau Claire. Free for participants and family-friendly. For biking tours, maps available at the Chippewa Valley Museum, The Local Store, L.E. Phillips Senior Center. For walking tour: theclio.com. Information: 715-834-7871; cvmuseum.com.

“Campfire Stories: A Night of Fact, Fiction, & Fire,” 8-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, The Lakely, 516 Galloway St. 715-839-0601.

Chippewa Valley Writers Guild Virtual Writers Retreat program by Angie Trudell Vasquez: “Poetry for the People Workshop,” 7 p.m. today. Free. To register, which is required, cvwritersguild.org/events and click “Register Now.”

Party at the Park Storytimes, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays through July 28, outside (weather permitting) at Chippewa Riverfront park. Presented by Chippewa Falls Public Library. Also at the library’s kids’ YouTube Channel: tinyurl.com/ahnfzy7s. Information: 715-723-1146; chippewafallslibrary.org.

Summer Storytime, 9 a.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays through Aug. 12, Menomonie Public Library, 600 Wolske Bay Road. Pre-registration required. 715-232-2164; menomonielibrary.org.

Family Storytime on Zoom, 10 a.m. through July 28, Baby/Toddler Storytime on Tuesdays, Family Storytime on Wednesdays. Presented by L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. Information/registration: 715-839-5007; ecpubliclibrary.info/kids/storytime-online/.

“Get Lost: A Walking Podcast of Eau Claire,” written and performed by 23 UW-Eau Claire students. Each episode features a different walking path through Eau Claire, with narrators sharing a mix of fiction and historical facts. Information: getlostec.com.

The Chippewa Valley Railroad, Carson Park, open noon-5 p.m. Sundays through Labor Day and on July 4. Tickets: Adults, $3; children, $2; 2 and younger, Free. Information: chippewavalleyrailroad.org, the group’s Facebook page, or 715-450-3330 during hours of operation.

The Mabel Tainter, tours of Victorian theater on the National Register of Historic Places, 205 Main St. E., Menomonie. 715-235-0001; mabeltainter.org.

“In a Roundabout Way,” virtual exhibit of works by over 20 artists, through Aug. 27. Presented by L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. 715-839-5004; ecpubliclibrary.info/art.

Artists featured through July 18 at ArtZ Gallery, 208 N. Keller Ave., Amery: Barb Tanner, jewelry; Ruth Ronning, pastels; Deborah Stull-Kinsley, paintings. Information: 715-268-8600, artzgallery.org.

“Recent Acquisitions: Gifts for Our Community,” through Aug. 15, Laurie Bieze Gallery, Pablo Center at the Confluence. Information: 715-832-ARTS (2787), pablocenter.org.

“Meditations,” art by Allan Servoss, through July 9, Heyde Center for the Arts, 3 S. High St., Chippewa Falls. Free. 715-726-9000; cvca.net.

“Eric Lee: Ignited Reality,” paintings in conjunction with a number of process-driven techniques involving flammables, water, ashes, concrete, aluminum, wood and others, through Sept. 12, Pablo Center at the Confluence. Information: 715-832-ARTS (2787), pablocenter.org.

The art of “Go Paint! Chippewa Valley,” virtual exhibit of work from weeklong plein air art festival, presented by Pablo Center at the Confluence. Information: 715-832-ARTS (2787), pablocenter.org.

“Hands of Peace,” virtual youth art production organized by local nonprofit BaredFeet, on facebook.com/baredfeetco. 715-497-3213.

Art in the Valley, gallery featuring local artists, 2533 E. Clairemont Ave. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Information: 715-579-2097 or 715-577-1332.

Artisan Forge Studios, home to over 30 vendors specializing in arts of all forms, including artists of all media, 1106 Mondovi Road, Eau Claire. Artisan Forge currently is allowing only 10 people in the gallery at once and enforcing 6-foot social distancing. They are encouraging use of face masks, which are supplied at the entrance and gallery desk. For hours, special events and more information: 715-456-8573; artisanforgestudios.com.

Derek Hambly, Australian expressionist painter, premiering new work exclusive to B-Framed Galleries, many of which focus on mirrored images of rivers, trees and pathways, B-Framed Galleries, 313 South Barstow St. 715-832-4476, email info@bframed.com, or message on Facebook.

Searching for Summer Scavenger Hunt, featuring 16 historic summer recreation sites around the Chippewa Valley, Saturday through July 11, and includes locations in Chippewa Falls, Lake Hallie and Eau Claire. Information: 715-834-7871, cvmuseum.com/searching-for-summer.

The 360-degree interactive virtual tour and a new virtual exhibit, “Hmong in Eau Claire,” Chippewa Valley Museum, 1204 E. Half Moon Drive. Other features at the museum: “Listen Up! Folk Music in the Chippewa Valley,” through Sept. 6; “Reinventing the Chippewa Valley: 1650-present”; “A Century of Change: Farm Life”; “RCU Children’s Gallery: History Quest”; “A Fantasy in Miniature: Kate Aitken’s Dollhouse.” Hours: 5-8 p.m. Tuesdays; noon-5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Closed Mondays. Admission: $10 adults; $8 seniors 62 and up; $5 kids and students with ID; free for kids under age 5. 715-834-7871; cvmuseum.com.

Wisconsin Logging Museum (formerly the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum), four historic buildings, machine shed and interpretive center, noon-4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, 1110 E. Half Moon Drive in Carson Park. 715-835-6200; wisconsinlogging.org.

Chippewa Valley Museum and Wisconsin Logging Museum both offering a buy one admission, get one admission free deal. Joint tickets for the two museums. Fourth of July hours: Chippewa Valley Museum, noon-5 p.m., Wisconsin Logging Museum, noon-4:30 p.m. Discount made possible with Xcel Energy support. Information:715-834-7871; 715-835-6200.

Stanley Area Historical Society, 228 Helgerson St., 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through September. Admission by donation. Group tours available by calling 715-644-5492 or 715-644-5880.

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Music Soundtrack for Goddess of Everything by Paul DeBlassie III #ParanormalThriller

 I wrote much of Goddess of Everything with the Prince 1977 Jazz Funk Sessions spiraling through the audiosphere of my study. 

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOc2MzvqbN0  

Then, I popped into Full On Psychedelic Trance for the final go-throughs/edits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x41UXP53a6w

Goddess of Everything

Paul DeBlassie III

Genre: Paranormal Thriller

Publisher: Hallowed Realms Press

Date of Publication: 2.11.20 

ISBN: 978-0-578-81368-4

ASIN: B08R13FQSH

Number of pages: 199

Word Count: 57,900

Cover Artist: Aaron C. Yeagle

Tagline: Goddess of Everything is a blood-curdling tale of the affection of one mother for her son and her son's struggle for truth, freedom, and love.

Book Description:

In the mystic land of Aztlan del Norte, a realm of supernatural happenings and unexpected turns of fate, psychiatric healer Gabriél de LaTierra encounters appalling evil within the Orphanage of the Holy Innocents. Children disappear for reasons kept secret by Mother Juana de la Cruz, Superior of the Nunnery and the Orphanage.

Love for Mother Juana, Gabriél's widowed mother turned religious superior, clouds her devoted son's mind. Consuela, Gabriél's wife, confronts his wall of denial. Torn between love for mother and wife, Gabriél turns inward.

It is Consuela who propels Gabriél's discovery of the nighttime blood sacrifice of children in the desert, a centuries-old ritual that imparts immortality to Mother and her nuns. Gabriél is further enraged by Mother Juana's vengeful attack on Consuela and her kidnapping of their four-year-old son, Cuauhtémoc. But his actions will determine whether Consuela and Cuauhtémoc live or die, and the fate of Mother Juana de la Cruz.

Goddess of Everything is a blood-curdling tale of the affection of one mother for her son and her son's struggle for truth, freedom, and love.

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Excerpt

His mother wailed again. Nighttime darkness continued to descend, and the wind stayed its brutal course at Father’s funeral. Mother Juana hadn’t noticed the spirit of a man cloaked in light beside Gabriél. He wasn’t Gabriél’s father. He was more than a man; he was everything that Father was and more. Through the corner of his eyes, Gabriél saw the white-bearded old man. In many ways, in many forms, I will come. The words were close as heartbeats and breath. He knew if he turned and looked directly at him, the man would disappear. The light was intense, like rays of the sun. The old man had something to say.

Suddenly, unclean sounds went into Gabriél’s ears and chest—crackling and squealing voices rising from under the earth and into his body, trying to block out the lingering presence of the old man and his words. Like a god, the white-bearded man lifted his right hand, fingers spread. The noise went up from the ground into his palm, a mighty hand with powerful magic.

Gabriél’s mind became silent as a windless autumn night, magic making him still inside, just like he was when in his bedroom reading alone. The old man was strong and made what was bad cease. Even as the underworld racket stopped, the graveyard winds kept up their awful screams.

The quiet of the man and the moment wrapped strong and warm arms around Gabriél. Invisibility stood guard around the old man. Mother could not see him. No one could see him. He was there only for Gabriél. He bent down beside Gabriél and touched his shoulder. A crystal clear calm made the shrieking wind and the crying women and the priest’s strange prayers seem far, far away.

Mother’s red hair blew in the wind like it was on fire. It didn’t scare Gabriél because of the old man, his warm and solid hands steady on Gabriél’s shoulders. His kind eyes said he was ten thousand times ten-thousand-years old. His mother’s red hair and shrieking prayers no longer scared him.

Then the old man spoke, and through Gabriél’s mind sent a message, LISTEN... WHEN THE DAY GOES AWAY AND THE NIGHT COMES, REMEMBER I AM HERE. He touched Gabriél’s heart. LISTEN.

Gabriél’s mother abruptly glanced down at him. He looked into her eyes and knew she hadn’t heard the old man, but she had a squint in her eyes. Her eyes glowed red, and the old man’s hands did not move from Gabriél’s shoulders.

Big branches from the cottonwoods cast long moon shadows over the grave. Now they looked like skinny people scratching at each other, cloaking the old man. The wind picked up its screeching.

Gabriél’s heart pounded like stampeding horses.

Mother squeezed his hand. His fingers tangled together, tips burning with pain. Then she looked away and wailed more loudly than ever.

The old man continued, TELL NO ONE ABOUT ME. I WILL HELP YOU AS A BOY. I WILL HELP YOU AS A MAN. LISTEN. The old man motioned again to Gabriél’s heart and then touched between Gabriél’s eyes, the brow point.

The old man stopped and looked up.

Gabriél caught his mother’s gaze.

She’d seen the old man, pointed at him, and screeched like the evil winds.

Blistering dust and grit blinded Gabriél. He pulled his hand away from his mother and rubbed his eyes and tried to clear them, but when he looked again, squinting, he saw that the light of the old man had vanished.

His mother was wrapped in a cloud of dust. Out of the cloud came a coyote, foam curling from its mouth. It howled, and an instant later legions of dust devils took over the landscape and swallowed it in clouds of dust, trash, and tumbleweeds.

Mother reappeared beside him and picked him up. She screeched with a million hateful voices. His heart beat rapidly, fluttered like a flock of sparrows flying away. Catching his breath was hard.

“The night plays tricks,” his mother seethed, her breath hot and rank.

The winds suddenly ceased. Brown and gray clouds gave way to blackness that closed in and covered the full moon. Spirits of children rose out of their graves. They pointed at Gabriél and his mother. Their hands and fingers grew and reached to grab him, take him away under the earth.

Mother swept her black shawl over Gabriél. She whispered, “I will protect you, mijo.”

They escaped into the jet-black night.

 About the Author:

Paul DeBlassie III, Ph.D., is a psychologist and award-winning writer living in his native New Mexico, crafting visionary thrillers energized with trickster mischief and natural magic.

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Altogether Somewhere: On Growing Roots Amidst Shifting Sands and Moving Landscapes

A response to Charles Lim’s SEA STATE

I come from Singapore, a country plagued with “a history of amnesia,” in the words of poet Alfian Sa’at. One of our national day songs written by Dick Lee titled “Home” contains the line: “I will always recall the city, know every street and shore.” It is odd to sing this knowing that “every street and shore” is constantly shifting—the sounds of construction are pervasive, highways are ever-widening and the sea is constantly being reclaimed.

An oft-told narrative is one of Singapore’s growth from a third-world fishing village to a first-world smart nation within the span of 50 years. A lesser-known story is one of how our total land area has grown from 578 square kilometres in 1819 to 719 square kilometres today. The fact that 25% of our country’s land mass is reclaimed may have astounded German, French and Italian visitors to Charles Lim’s SEA STATE pavilion at the Venice Biennale. But they may be less of a surprise to our neighbours in Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam, whose sands we draw upon in dredges. Where there were fishing villages on stilts on the sea, now stand ports, airports, luxury hotels and casinos, built with sand imported both legally and illegally through smuggling and deals with corrupt officials. Riverbanks collapse, estuaries erode, mangrove wildlife and coastal livelihoods are lost. Yet, the drawing and redrawing of our coastline and skyline continually defer their political and ethical implications on both regional and national levels.

I only became more conscious of these realities when I encountered and engaged with the various phases of SEA STATE through sitting with the work, listening to its lulling siren-like voice, digesting the catalogue and attempting to grasp the rich curatorial and artistic research underpinning the decade-long project over the course of breakfast and dinner conversations with Charles and curator Shabbir Hussein Mustafa. Growing up in Singapore, I was always surrounded by rapid modernisation, the loss of significant cultural and heritage sites, and the strange resurrection of demolished buildings like the National Theatre and old National Library in the form of giant floats paraded at the annual Chingay parade, prolonging a nostalgia that no longer exists in present memory. I find it jarring to imagine a similar fate for architectural landmarks such as Golden Mile Complex and Tower—spaces that are significant and familiar to me, where I’ve built connections and friendships over Thai food and open-air rooftops.

Architect Tan Cheng Siong behind the iconic horseshoe-shaped Pearl Bank apartments recalled what it was like during the early days of Singapore’s post-independence urbanisation: “It was an interesting challenge for young people like us. I can remember thinking ‘very good, we are a free people now.’ But at the start, we were so badly informed and had nothing to hang on to. The neighbours, the community, the streets and the shops all these things were lost in some of the early apartments, but young people like me were rushing to fulfil our ambitions. Our parents were the ones that felt lonely every now and then.” The curved corridors of Pearl Bank were designed as an antidote to this growing loneliness and social dislocation, with kitchens facing inwards to encourage people to invite neighbours in for chicken curry. The physical structures in Singapore barely stay long enough. Pearl Bank is slated to be demolished in 2019. Memories attached to old buildings often exist only as projections of the mind or are glimpsed as superimpositions on current, newer replacements. In Between Stations, writer Boey Kim Cheng laments the loss of old spaces in Singapore’s Central Business District: “But in my mind, both the Arcade and Change Alley form a continuum of light and shade, an interim one that is neither outside nor inside, blurring interior and exterior, time and space, past and present.”

In one edition of OH! Open House, I was standing amongst a group in the garden of somebody’s house in Potong Pasir when ceramic artist Michelle Lim reflected as she shaped mud: “Nowhere is sacred, nowhere is permanent. Nowhere where you can build your stories over and over again.” OH! tells alternative stories of Singapore through art by working with artists to create site-specific works in unconventional locations such as strangers’ homes and under-utilised public spaces. I lived in Potong Pasir when it was under the stronghold of the opposition party. Residents of ground-floor HDB flats took great care in nurturing small gardens—trellises, patios, benches and swings spilled over onto public land. In the years that followed the change in hands during the 2011 General Elections, Potong Pasir’s landscape was no longer stuck in the 1980s and quickly evolved. Sidewalks were built, barricades erected, covered walkways constructed, bridges repainted, roads tarred, street lamps installed and lifts upgraded. For the first time, an NTUC FairPrice supermarket sprouted and POSB bank opened a branch. In describing her former hometown, Lim commented, “It’s changed so much that I wouldn’t even know if I’ve arrived.”

My father grew up in this neighbourhood and often went jogging through the quiet, hilly terrain of tombstones in Bidadari. He knew the dimly-lit streets well enough to walk home with his eyes closed. When my great grandmother passed away at the age of 93, we moved into her house. Like my father, I grew to develop my own memories of this neighbourhood. I learnt that several notable persons from Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Sinhalese communities were interred at Bidadari cemetery. The graves have since been exhumed, slopes flattened, trees uprooted, making way for Housing Development Board (HDB) flats in what is touted as “the new Bishan,” a bustling district which also occupies a plot of land built on a former cemetery. Bidadari, or “angel of paradise” in Malay, is derived from the Sanskrit word “widyadari,” an angelic being in Hindu mythology. It used to house kampong villages, the Japanese-style garden and lake Alkaff Gardens, and the istana or palace of Zubaidah binti Abdullah (née Cecilia Catharina Lange), the Danish second wife of Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor. Later in the OH! tour, as we were traversing through the former Bidadari cemetery at sunset, I smiled to myself when our guide warned us: “Be careful there are a lot of roots.”

How do we begin to unpeel the layers of our histories and uncover the rhizomic roots? Not too long ago Singapore separated from Malaysia, but between the tears and pregnant pauses, it remains to this day an issue that is still not fully talked about. To quote Josephine Chia, author of Kampong Spirit Gotong Royang: Life in Potong Pasir from 1955 to 1965, “The separation from Malaya was traumatic and no one really talks about this. But we had uncles and aunties and cousins who lived across the highway... I’m Peranakan so I had relatives in Penang and Melaka. And suddenly, you couldn’t be friends anymore.” This history is further complicated by the fact that most immigrants are divorced from Java, Sarawak, Yemen, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Punjab and other places where their ancestors came from.

Separations and traumas on a national scale often have large repercussions on the individual. In talking to a friend from Bayreuth, he described how even today, his parents only go on family holidays in West Germany and avoid the East at all costs. Even though it has been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the invisible wall lingers on in their minds. Differences in powers, ideologies, religions and races have resulted in crimes against humanity and acts of violence inflicted upon oppressed communities. Although Germany has recognised its role in the Holocaust, it is still coming to terms with the genocide in Namibia. Turkey continually refuses to recognise the Armenian genocide. Malaysia has only just begun a public inquiry into the mass graves of Rohingyas. While underlying traumas exist, they are often buried deep within our national consciousnesses. Yet, we feel their reverberations every day. We are at once connected yet isolated from our past, present and each other.

We all have an innate need for security and belonging. French philosopher Simone Weil once wrote that “to be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognised need of the human soul.” The idea of home may be associated with a permanent residence. However, the reality is landscapes, cultures, lifestyles, populations, borders and national identities sometimes change faster than we can acclimatise. Political systems can disappear overnight. The only method to counteract against collective feelings of uprooting is our individual attempts at rooting, even if they are temporal. I recall our first 12 days in Venice, working almost non-stop from the moment we wake to the moment we sleep. In my journal, I wrote “SEA STATE submerges us in this endless underwater continuum that lingers even as we lie flat in bed. We call it the vaporetto effect, the feeling that you're bobbing on a platform floating on the sea, waiting for a boat to come.” For awhile, that felt like home, truly.