A Therapist Walks Into a Bar isn't quite back but I'm doing a little resurrection in order to share something very special that I think you'll like - Marsification: A tale of planetary grief.
Marsification was created and written by sound artist, musician, and psychotherapist Lily Sloane and writer, teacher, bodyworker and facilitator Zara Zimbardo. Lily and Zara live in the San Francisco Bay Area, on unceded Ohlone land.
All characters are voiced by Lily and Zara, and Chelsea Kigano, who also made some creative contributions to the story.
Audio production, music and sounds by Lily
Cover art by Lily
With editorial support from Keisha TK Dutes and sound consultation from Adriene Lilly.
Definitions used throughout this project are from The Bureau of Linguistical Reality, “a dictionary for the present future.” The exception is "solastalgia," which was coined by Glen Albrecht. Words coined by Ranu Mukherjee, Alicia Escott, Heidi Quante, Anthony Discenza, Paul Hassig, Patrick Reinsborough and Zara Zimbardo.
“Whitey On Mars” was written as an homage to American jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron’s 1970 iconic spoken word song, “Whitey on the Moon”, a year after the Apollo moon landing.
We would like to thank so many friends and creative colleagues who have listened to us talk endlessly about this project and provided invaluable feedback along the way:
Alec MacLeod, Martin Austwick, Charlotte María Sáenz, Ben Ward, Jessa Brie Moreno, Sara Brooke Curtis, Ariel Waldman, Heidi Quante, Patricia Zambrano-Rojas, Patrick Reinsborough, Lisa Denenmark, and Jennifer Benorden.
We also want to thank the writers, scientists, thinkers, activists, and creators who helped inspire and educate us and show us what it means to keep returning to Earth while dreaming of the stars.
Learn more and explore the planet at www.marsification.com.
