BLOGS 2022
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written by Seare Farhat
My conversations with Audre Lorde have been numerous, healing, inspiring, and entirely in my head. She has described herself as “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” and for me a voice of conflict and liberation. Lorde has defined liberation in her work as the rediscovery of the self and the reclamation of our past into the future. However universal her thoughts on liberation are, she is still adamant in centering herself in her discovery. When I first encountered her work, I did not understand the gravity of her subjectivity as revolutionary until I was required to question my own sense of the subjective. As a subjective artist situated in a context that did not value her personhood, she was distinctly aware that her silence and trepidation was a manifestation of her oppressor within her. The liberation of her art, and other oppressed artists, therefore became an urgent necessity for the community at large.
written by Kenyon Duncan
As I sit down to write, I must admit I’m only partially focused on the words I’m typing. Another part of me is listening to the first rains of the season as they graze the rooftops here in Boonville, CA. The air is crisp and sky, dark today, almost as if apologizing for the sweltering, stagnant heatwave that crawled through the Anderson Valley only 2 weeks ago.
written by Jeremy Rosenstock
I’ve been thinking about this blog post almost as long as I spent considering what to compose for GLFCAM.
Given the parallel, I should begin by saying that I usually compose for myself. It’s far easier to create a recording if I’m the performer, producer, and composer. It’s difficult to pick instruments knowing that each addition reduces the possibility that it’ll ever be played again. I’m not an optimist when it comes to these sorts of things. I assume the first performance is the last, unless proven otherwise.
written by Hannah Boissonneault
Whenever my friends and I talk about our childhood dreams, we usually reflect, laugh a little, and ultimately, we shake them off. Some of my friends are doing the very thing they wanted to do since they were five years old, and some followed completely different, ultra-cool paths. Some talk about how they never found one dream that stuck with them, or how they pursued many until they found the right fit. Some tell me that they never found their own “passion.”