So grateful to you Steve for sharing this conversation - moving not just because of the scope and complexity of 'vistas' it contains, but also because of the palpable edge between breath-taking vulnerability and fearsome courage displayed by ANOHNI. I wonder how many of us resonate with her intensity of love and grief in relation to the living world and yet find we have hidden this away from the shaming of a 'civilized' society in which the capacity to feel deeply is seen as quaint (at best) or deranged (at worst). I know that behind my conventional exterior I have felt 'alien' most of my life because of the message I received that my feelings were 'too much'. Of late I find myself cherishing this capacity to feel. I guard it fiercely. I remember that those of us who feel are not the mad ones. Not too much of anything. 'We are the great souls, in a world that cannot see the cage.' (www.susanholliday.co.uk/inklings/cage)
Ah, thanks Susan. It is so beautiful isn't it, and I love the way Naomi Klein responds to her! Those of us who feel are not the mad ones - that's a lovely line. I think that the neurodiverse idea of masking means a lot to me looking back at my life. At times it's been - yes Steve looks like he's functioning - even successful - but at what cost? Add to that the grief for the world and, well Anohni nails it...
Thank you for sharing this, Steve. I am so glad to have sat with this deeply moving conversation in this quiet morning before the mad rush of the day. It has prompted much thinking, my mind and body shifting between contexts, relationships, heart cracks and in-between spaces, the song a further offering and a gentle ushering towards more. And thank you for introducing me to ANOHNI.
So grateful to you Steve for sharing this conversation - moving not just because of the scope and complexity of 'vistas' it contains, but also because of the palpable edge between breath-taking vulnerability and fearsome courage displayed by ANOHNI. I wonder how many of us resonate with her intensity of love and grief in relation to the living world and yet find we have hidden this away from the shaming of a 'civilized' society in which the capacity to feel deeply is seen as quaint (at best) or deranged (at worst). I know that behind my conventional exterior I have felt 'alien' most of my life because of the message I received that my feelings were 'too much'. Of late I find myself cherishing this capacity to feel. I guard it fiercely. I remember that those of us who feel are not the mad ones. Not too much of anything. 'We are the great souls, in a world that cannot see the cage.' (www.susanholliday.co.uk/inklings/cage)
Ah, thanks Susan. It is so beautiful isn't it, and I love the way Naomi Klein responds to her! Those of us who feel are not the mad ones - that's a lovely line. I think that the neurodiverse idea of masking means a lot to me looking back at my life. At times it's been - yes Steve looks like he's functioning - even successful - but at what cost? Add to that the grief for the world and, well Anohni nails it...
Thank you for sharing this, Steve. I am so glad to have sat with this deeply moving conversation in this quiet morning before the mad rush of the day. It has prompted much thinking, my mind and body shifting between contexts, relationships, heart cracks and in-between spaces, the song a further offering and a gentle ushering towards more. And thank you for introducing me to ANOHNI.
Thanks Cynthia. I am so glad to introduce you to Anohni! Synchronicities - Bjork has featured her on a couple of her albums - the last one included!
How did I not make that connection! Even as far back as the Vulnicura album when I now look more closely. This partnership makes so much sense!