<p>When you look up at the sky, what do you see? What do you think about? As day turns to night, the trees become silhouettes and the stars start to twinkle. What is possible in the blue purple of dusk? When old and new meet? When laughter echoes down the bumpy street? We find sunsets, soulmates, and sometimes, roller-skates. It is time for Phoenix to rise from the ashes.</p>

When you look up at the sky, what do you see? What do you think about? As day turns to night, the trees become silhouettes and the stars start to twinkle. What is possible in the blue purple of dusk? When old and new meet? When laughter echoes down the bumpy street? We find sunsets, soulmates, and sometimes, roller-skates. It is time for Phoenix to rise from the ashes.

Episode 6: "Rising from the Ashes"

Two Black American dads and teen daughter, Phoenix, take a journey through brain cancer. Poetry, songs, fables, and love help Phoenix develop her rich sense of self. She rises from the ashes of hardship, where cancer becomes only a minor character in her story. 

For more: http://wellbeings.studio/ashandfeather/

The podcast was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the funders.

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Two Black American dads and teen daughter, Phoenix, take a journey through brain cancer. Poetry, songs, fables, and love help Phoenix develop her rich sense of self. She rises from the ashes of hardship, where cancer becomes only a minor character in her story. For more: http://wellbeings.studio/ashandfeather/ The podcast was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the funders.

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