hello friends! today's episode is a muse episode where i talk about my relationship with weed. this episode was very important for me. i reflect on how the plant has helped my teenage self appreciate my feelings and body more, make the move from teenhood to young adulthood, help me accept my mental health issues and neurodivergence, mellowed me out and address my control, hyper-independence and avoidance issues and was a non-judgemental companion as i went through some tough times. i've reached a point where i am now seeking to wane off of my addiction to the plant, so take a trip down memory lane to that first time and offer a love letter to something that i needed when i did, and now i am ready to move forward.

this episode is not intended to be offering any health, spiritual or holistic advice. it's for entertainment. opinions and thoughts and experiences are all my own.

the intro song keeps changing because i finally decided that i am going to produce and write my own but haven’t come around to it yet. next episode will be it’s official launch. the current song is the vibe i hope to go for, maybe a little more erika de easier esque.

mars is active + it’s eclipse season so give yourself grace this week. see you in two weeks after the libra solar eclipse and before the taurus lunar eclipse!

THEME SONG - THE SUN by dispatcherrr (youtube)

WE DREAM OF REST INSTEAD (recent blog post) - https://open.substack.com/pub/monabmusing/p/we-dream-of-labour-instead?r=2hlcz0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web 

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HOLDING A JOINT (TIKTOKS) - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjHop1dH/ (pt 1) + https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjHo3GNp/ (pt 2) + https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjHowjRr/ (pt 3) 

DREAMS, VICES AND DILEMMAS (EP. 1 OF MUSINGS WITH MONA) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oguwiuLrUzY 

SMOKE SESH WITH HANNAH (PODCAST) - (apple) https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/smoke-sesh/id1604689970 (spotify) https://open.spotify.com/show/1M0Ky5BOUj5aBzpBa91mIG?si=17b5a97c647e4566 

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hello hello everyone, welcome to our first quick hits episode (lots of firsts)! i hope you didn't miss me too much. today, i have a fun episode for you where i talk about hastiness, fleetingness and accepting the passage of time, the things i liked and disliked about 'the idol' (2023) + what it tells us about the erotic in media and george riley's 2022 album 'running in waves'. i hope you enjoy these kinds of episodes! i forgot to do my little opening with my intro music so excuse the jarring start. see you next thursday!

LINKS N RESOURCES -

the creative independent (gunnar montana interview) 

https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/performance-artist-gunnar-montana-on-doing-what-it-takes-to-bring-your-ideas-to-life/ 

rolling stone article (the idol)

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/the-idol-hbo-next-euphoria-torture-porn-the-weeknd-sam-levinson-lily-rose-depp-blackpink-jennie-1234688754/ 

george riley (running in waves - spotify because...)

https://open.spotify.com/album/0z6Jnk6r2knEl2wvRjOZsN?si=L1dNlTZ4THSo6GgM-_kOKQ 

SOCIALS -

instagram - musingswmona

tiktok - monaamonet

substack - monabmusing

youtube - monamonet455

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hello everyone! today is our 'create’ episode, and we are talking about the 2022 album 'Natural Brown Prom Queen' by sudan archives. We go song by song exploring the themes of home, safety, trusting the self and sexuality. throughout the episode, i also weave in tips from rick rubin's 'The Creative Act' as a starting point in exploring key ways we can develop a stronger relationship with our creative process, and in the end, i share what i'm challenging myself to this summer. have fun listen to me sing and get hyped because there so much juice that we can get from other people's art.

i hope you guys enjoy, i had so much fun preparing and recording this episode. 

Album review starts at 23 minutes btw - there was a spiel about the philosophy of the 'CREATE' episodes, the creative process and 'the creative act'.

LINKS

Natural Brown Prom Queen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1QSo9HgowUqAc5BI3AdkqN?si=9qbV2ZvkTjytnvcij96h7w

3 lessons from the creative act by creative minds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jM1TanhxTw

mixmag article on sudan - https://mixmag.net/feature/sudan-archives-interview-rnb-violin

guardian article on sudan - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/09/sudan-archives-in-so-many-places-in-the-world-the-violin-brings-the-party

my instagram (other socials in link tree).

@monaamonet

@musingswmona

musings with mona - le journal

(for a fun review of CHEVY S10 - FLUE - FREAKALIZER - MILK ME)

https://medium.com/@monabmusing

none of the music played in this episode belongs to me.

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hello everyone, welcome to the second (first on podcast hosts!) episode of musings with mona. today is a ‘learn’ episode, and we are talking about dancing, disco, the erotic, agency, the body and liberation. it’s a longer one because there was just so much to talk about. this episode was supposed to be posted earlier, but i've been learning to take my time instead of rushing into things. i'm still aiming to post twice a month, i'm still figuring out if it'll be every other week or something like uploading at the beginning and at the end of each month. we'll figure it out. no apologies for my militant tone in some areas, i can be quite passionate. i hope you guys enjoy, i personally enjoyed preparing and recording this episode. 

references 

Lawrence, Tim (2011) DISCO AND THE QUEERING OF THE DANCE FLOOR 

Jennex, Craig (2020) Liberation on the dance floor 

Lorde, Audre (1884) Uses of the erotic: the erotic as power in Sister Outsider

my instagram (other socials in link tree).

@monaamonet

@musingswmona

instagrams of ‘disco ’93’ organizers

@boogaloojonez

@seiiizi

@jasnasty

@maxmiaja

@emiliano.chamandy

@tam_tam_dafrik_chady

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