This is the first of a series of conversations where Johnny River and I chat all things farming and gardening. Enjoy.
 
- Steven


This is the wonderful quote I could not remember for the life of me in the episode:

A man is born gentle and weak.
At his death he is hard and stiff.
Green plants are tender and filled with sap.
At their death they are withered and dry.
Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death.
The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle.
A tree that is unbending is easily broken.
The hard and strong will fall.
The soft and weak will overcome.
   - Tao Te Ching, LXXVI


Meditation:
Jack Kornfield grounding meditation

Article by Leah Thomas:
Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-Racist

Torches Together Podcast:
@torchestogetherpodcast
@johnnyriver
@forestandfield


Mentioned in the episode:
Polyface Farms, Joel Salatin
Keyline Plowing
Toby Hemmingway, Gaia's Garden
Permaculture
Eat Dirt, by Josh Axe
Flip 'Sorry'
Psychedelics and Systems Change by Charles Eisenstein

This is the first of what I hope to be a fun series of podcasts.  I love deep diving into creative process with different artists.  This is a conversation with my good friends, Jesse and Elliot, they are the voices of Soul Plug Anonymous.  A new hip hop collective  in Portland, OR.  They just released their first mixtape, Quarrelin' Time, on Soundcloud.  This is a conversation exploring their new mixtape, the creative process and inspiration behind the album. Enjoy y'all.

- Steven


Show notes:
Elliot - @soulplug_loei
Jesse @soulplug_imaginer
Quarrelin' Time Mixtape

Artists mentioned:
Mick Jenkins
Run the Jewels

Producers mentioned:
cy.done
Origami x lucid soundz
Frankie M
Young Swedish Prodigy
Beats by Con
Soulyricist

Films mentioned:
Princess Mononoke
The Matrix
Everybody's Everything (Lil' Peep doc)

About a year ago, our good friends from the podcast, Torches Together, interviewed us about our experience with psilocybin.

We're choosing to share this powerful episode on our platform today because we want to spread awareness around what a true therapy this natural medicine is, and what an ally psilocybin can be to aid us all in our unique healing, if legalized for use in clinical settings.

People are hurting. Depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD plague the lives of so many — Breakthrough scientific research shows that psilocybin therapy, provided in licensed settings by trained facilitators, can help immensely.

That’s why therapeutic experts are trying to bring IP 34 to the ballot.

128,667 signature have already been gathered, but in these final months, in order to qualify, they need your help to get to reach the goal of 145,000.

Your signature is powerful in creating healing change.
Please head to https://yesonip34.org, to add your name!

Let us stand together in this movement to legalize a better treatment option for all!


Links:

Sign your name!

Torches Together

Rume


Instagram:

Bailey River @forestandfiled

Johnny River @johnnyriver

Rume @rumestudio


Resources:

Torches Together, latest episode discussing this movement further

Michael Pollan, How to Change your Mind

Michael Pollan talks with Joe Rogan

The upcoming show at Oranj Studio features prints of photographs taken in Joesph, Oregon, during my residency at the Jennings Hotel.

In this episode, we discuss the creative process and perspectives of meaning behind the work. Naturally we also go a little all over the place, talking self care and many other things. Hope you all enjoy.


Mentioned in this episode:

Gua sha,

Lymph System,

Wim Hof,

Dry Brushing,

Ahimsa Yoga Practice,

Cafe Mogador, NY

Joseph Oregon,

The Jennings Hotel,

Joseph Campbell, follow your bliss

Orchids & Vulva’s,

Baby Giraffe,

Tree of Life,

The Savory Institute

Links:

Site: rumestudio.co

Instagram: @rumestudio @stevengosvener

We sat down and recorded this episode during the quarantine for the covid-19 shutdown in Portland, OR.  In the episode we discuss the fears and anxieties that we all share as humans.  We talk on different actions we use to help us stay in a resourceful state through the stress as well as grounding thoughts and teachers who help us calm our minds in the chaos.  Hope y’all enjoy. 

- B

Mentioned in this episode:

Hafiz poem

Oranj Studio stylist fund

Sharon Salzberg

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Jack Kornfield

Johnny River

Wendell Berry “Global Problems, Local Solutions”

Dalai Lama

Example of a potted garden in Tokyo 

Links:

Site: rumestudio.co

Instagram: @rumestudio @stevengosvener




Episodes outside of Rume, that we’ve found to be helpful during this time:

Tim Ferris & Jack Kornfield - How to find peace amidst COVID-19

Expanded - Getting perspective on Coronavirus with Karen Hurd

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield - Uncovering Life’s Beauty with Poetry & Art

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield - The Garden of the Heart

Torches Together - Returning To The Mother

In this audio episode, Steven & I discuss the creative process behind writing his record, ‘Ungrieved’.  We talk on creativity, life and death, dreams, grief, gardening, Russian literature, and cinema. 

Listen to the full album on all digital and streaming platforms, out this Friday, March 20th.  We’ll be releasing sales of the vinyl with the launch of our shop, later this spring.

We recorded this episode before corona virus had really spread, our hearts goes out to anyone experiencing any grief or loss of loved ones out there. 

We hope you all are well, and are over the moon to share this beautiful project with you all.

Cheers,

- B

Mentioned:

Free Solo

Sigur Rós - Takk

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Leo Tolstoy

Andrei Tarkovsky

2001: A Space Odyssey

Links:

Site: rumestudio.co

Instagram: @rumestudio @stevengosvener

In this episode, we chat a bit about what Rume is, my upcoming art exhibition at Oranj Studio, poetry, mushrooms, life, and some other things. 

I am so excited to begin the journey of this project, and can’t wait to see all that comes of it. If you’re in Portland, come celebrate with us at the show!

- Bethany Gosvener


Mentioned:

The Jennings Hotel

Oranj Studio


Upcoming:

‘Nostalgia’ Exhibition at Oranj Studio.
Opening reception from 5 - 7 pm on Saturday, April 11th
Artist talk from 3 - 4 pm on Sunday, May 17th


Links:

Site: rumestudio.co

Instagram: @rumestudio @stevengosvener