we talk bees,  gardening,  the dynamics of our open relationship,
feeling seen,  creative process,  grief,  lineage,  karma,  beauty,  fear,
ya know, all our favorites :)


instagram:
@stevengosvener
@wildbronwyn
@ceremony.space


mentioned:
Yung Pueblo
Malidoma Somé
Jack Kornfield
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Ram Dass


roast recipe:
oven at 250 degrees

prep & set aside:
finely chop fresh herbs of:  
oregano, thyme, rosemary
roughly chopped vegetables:  
1 onion, 3 carrots, 2 sticks of celery

season around 3.5 lbs of grass fed chuck roast
with sea salt, garlic powder, onion powder, etc.

sear for 1 -2 minutes on all sides in plenty of butter,
on medium high in a large soup pot
then remove the meat from the pot

sauté the onions for 2-3 minutes
with 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 
add the carrots, celery, along with:
3 tsp liquid smoke, 2 tbsp dijon mustard,
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce,
28 oz can of fire roasted crushed tomatoes,
& one 8 oz can of tomato sauce

place the meat back in, cover the pot with a lid
& stick it in the oven for 5 hours @ 250 degrees
then shred the meat throughly, place back in the pot,
& allow to cook for one more hour

& then it's done, will last you quite a few meals
& is absolutely incredible just with rice

enjoy!
 

Rume,  contact:  [email protected]

“An instrumental album, where soft melodies of piano are bathed in the beauty of a birds song.  Notes from the Underground truly cultivates the natural spirit of relaxation, the breath within life, the ability to be with being.

As the subtle body dances in the healing attunement of sound, the light of each Chakra is caressed into balance.  Our bodies, vessels of sea shells, sound scapes of clouds, awakened and alive, we create space to feel as we listen.

May the beauty of our ancestors fill our lungs, may the ghosts of thy heart pour fourth from within.  May we channel their love, their kindness & compassion, — their notes from the underground.”

- Wild Elliot

Steven Gosvener Instagram
Notes from the Underground on Rume

Mentioned:

The Chariot
Ungrieved
Soul Plug
Panluna Album
April, Ancestor Journey
The Secret Life of Plants
Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore
Bird songs heal
Gene Key Animal List
Contemplation
Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Carl Jung
Nietzsche - Birth of Tragedy
Richard Rudd - Gene Keys
Dostoevsky
22nd Gene Key
Apollo and Dionysus

Mentioned

PanLuna
Soul Plug Anonymous
Loe-i
Jesse the Imaginer
Steven Gosvener
J Dilla
Human Design, Reflector
Ungrieved
Quarrelin’ Time Mixtape
Grant Burgess
Widow Maker Beats
Mid School
Tarkovsky
Swae Lee
Travis Scott
J. Blair
White Body supremacy
My Grand Mothers Hands
James Baldwin
Drew Hydro
Bruce Poinsette
Hip Hop Lit class
Ab Soul
Vegeta
Kevin Gillgan
Mick Jenkins
Earth Gang
Denzel Curry
Lazzy-assed-profit
Notes from the Underground

Ungrieved
April Jay
Chi Gong
Cake
Jesse the Imaginer
Loe-i
Soul Plug Anonymous
Human Design
Wearables
Talismans
Notes from the Underground
Ceremony Space
Sound bath

This episode is a dedication to Andrei Tarkovksy and his work.  Greg Tozian is an author and film critic and a good friend.  He introduced me to Andrei and his films and is a pool of knowledge when it comes to cinema.  In this episode we discuss both of introductions into Tarkovsky and his films and what they mean to us.  If you are looking for movies to add to your watch list, you'll love this episode.  We talk film, philosophy, life/death, art, and pretty much everything under the sun in this one.  Enjoy.

"The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity tangible. The absolute is only attainable through faith and in the creative act."   - Andrei Tarkovsky

-Steven

Films mentioned:
Stalker
Mirror
Nostalghia
The Sacrifice
Andrei Rublev
Solaris
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
The Killers
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Come and See
The Man With the Golden Arm
Dr. Strangelove
Au Hasard Balthazar
National Bird
Memento
Interstellar
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
The Seventh Seal
Shame
Blue Velvet

Directors mentioned:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Ingmar Bergman
Robert Bresson
Robert Altman
Stanley Kubrick
Elem Klimov
Werner Herzog
Christopher Nolan
Francis Ford Coppola
Martin Scorsese
David Lynch

I'm stoked to share this episode with y'all. We recorded this back in May of 2020 while quarantined. We chat about Jesse's origins as a hip hop artist and an educator.  He is Jesse the Imaginer of Soul Plug Anonymous and an educator at Madison High School.  Hip Hop Lit is a class he developed and is now teaching:

"Hip Hop Lit is a program at Madison High School in Portland, Oregon that seeks to awaken genius and enhance community through Hip Hop culture and expression.  ‘Knowledge of self’ is a pillar of the class that studies literature, promotes critical thinking skills and provides opportunities for students to write, record and perform their music.  Current students have formed a Hip Hop group called The Remarks, who you can follow on IG @the.remarks"    -   Jesse



20% of proceeds from Ungrieved vinyl sales will go towards helping fund the creative arts in education through Hip Hop Lit at Madison High School.

- S

Show notes:
Hero's Journey - Joseph Campbell
My Voice Music
Midschool
Gene Keys
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Gospel of Hip Hop - KRS One
The Tao of Wu

Artists mentioned:
A Tribe Called Quest
Hieroglyphics
Inked in Blood
N.W.A
The Remarks
Widowmaker
Cyd the Celestial Being
KRS-One
Wu-Tang Clan
RZA

This is the second episode in an ongoing series with Johnny River and I where we talk all things gardening and life.

"The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?"  -  Jack Kornfield

“Look, here is a tree in the garden and every summer is produces apples, and we call it an apple tree because the tree "apples." That's what it does."  -  Alan Watts


Further reading for the topics we talk about:
Sheet Mulching
Chernobyl photos of Nature winning
Do Elephants Have Souls? - Caitrin Keiper
MycoGrow® Soluble — Fungi Perfecti
Geology of the Pacific Northwest
Chicken tractors 

April Jay, founder of Resilience Reiki, is a certified Holy Fire III® Reiki practitioner, Shamanic Practitioner in training & spiritual healer with a background in mental health research & counseling. She earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds a Bachelor’s in Social Work. 

April recognized the depth of disease from an early age, where she observed the impact that addiction, poverty, and trauma had on families and individuals. The desire to serve others and deliver healing was a path she always felt compelled to follow, so she sought out opportunities to shed light on others’ journey towards a rich life of freedom and wellness from an early age. 

Resilience Reiki
Instagram / @aprilreiki
Facebook


Books mentioned:
Ancestral Medicine - Daniel Foor
My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
Secret Life of Plants - Peter Tompkins

Videos:
Alan Watts - Conquering Your Shadows
Joseph Campbell - Jung and the Shadow System

Michael Namkung is an artist, poet, speaker, and multiple world champion athlete. 

He has received awards from the San Francisco Arts Commission, The Center for Cultural Innovation, and the Tanne Foundation for his pioneering work Drawing Gym, a hybrid art form that combines drawing with rigorous physical exercise.

We discuss life, art & process. Hope this episode find you well, enjoy :)

- Steven


“Create a connection. The borders you’ve drawn between you and the rest of the world are no longer there. Allow the illusion of separateness to be lifted from your eyes, and with it, the belief that you are in control of what happens. Surrender. Declare your faith. Let the fearful thing that runs roughshod over your expectations clear a path through which your growing compassion can freely move. And then, in your flowing freehand, write new lines that expand their own edges and become open channels for drawing the abandoned parts together.” 

- Michael Namkung


Show notes:

Website
PatreonInstagram - @michaelnamkung
Facebook - Michael Namkung


Mentioned:

Morgan O'Hara
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Ram Dass
bell hooks - all about love
Om Gum Shrim Maha lakshmiyei swaha chant
Kundalini
Zen meditation

Mentioned works:

Baby Pictures
Wall of Song
Seeing the Invisible (video)
Mirror Me