shea in the catskills

shea in the catskills

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Jul
3 tarot cards against a scratched and marked-up plastic table

July 2023: Laughing + Crying as Life Rushes Thru

Listen to this month’s offering as a podcast Here in the Catskills, summer has officially arrived: the mountain’s
5 min read
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Jun
an abstract yellow, red and blue tarot card against a dark wood background with an extended pocket knife to the side on which there is a silver bee

June 2023: Getting Lost

Listen to this month’s offering as a podcast Here in the Catskills, the mountain is very extra—100 shades
5 min read
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May
2 tarot cards separated by a pine wood wand tipped with a granite stone and wrapped in leather cord and red and blue thread against a dark wood background

May 2023: The Power of It Hasn’t Happened Yet

Listen to this month’s offering as a podcast Here in the Catskills, spring is doing it’s special, miraculous
7 min read
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Apr
a tarot card showing 3 figures working on a statue holding 3 gold pentacles, against a dark wood background with 3 colored stones

April 2023: Sacred Work is Done with Others

There is some strange intimacy between grief and aliveness, some sacred exchange between what seems unbearable and what is most
6 min read
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Mar
a black and white tarot card against a pile of abstract paintings against a dark wood surface

March 2023: Playing in the Dark

Being booked and busy is not a flex to me. Being relaxed and aligned and living in leisure with hobbies
6 min read
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Feb
a tarot card showing a blue starry chrysalis against a dark wood background with colored stones

February 2023: On Liminality + Surrender

Whether covid, climate, the cops or anything else, I’d say a good starting assumption for leftists is to be
6 min read
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Jan
2 tarot cards against a dark wood background, one showing a river running through a canyon, the other showing a bolt of lightning striking a cairn

January 2023: Entering a Chariot Year

The role of the artist is make the revolution irresistible. — Toni Cade Bambara Listen to this month’s offering as
5 min read
01
Dec
a tarot card and a pile of small brightly colored abstract paintings against a dark wood background

December 2022: What kind of art is this?

The role of the artist is make the revolution irresistible. — Toni Cade Bambara Listen to this month’s offering as
5 min read
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Nov
a tarot card and a blue and pink string-wrapped crooked stick against a dark wood background

November 2022: Cultural Shadows

Listen to this month’s offering as a podcast It’s been an autumn for the ages. My room was
6 min read
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Oct
a tarot card and an acorn against a dark wood background

October 2022: The Gift of Our Anger

Listen to this month’s offering as a podcast The drought has subsided + autumn has arrived here in the Catskills—
5 min read