cracking my voice open

Kadir

01 Jun 2025 — 1 min read

Maple tree, Photo by Kadir

Hello friends, This week's dispatch is in audio form! In the future, I'm hoping to provide transcription text for recordings. This week I talk about getting re-enchanted with my life as the moon renews over in ♊ Gemini. I explore my voice and creative expression and how it is modulated by my relationship to visibility on the Internet and fear of being responsible for my words. Listen for the stories behind my blocked voice, Schitts creek references, and how I'm experimenting with showing myself messiness and all 🌊

Cracking my voice open

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Links to people/books I mention:

Ari Felix : http://thedreammami.com
Loving Corrections by adrienne maree brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/7450/

And a beautiful pink and gold sunset I saw last month, standing outside my apartment:

dark silhouettes of trees and overhead wires against a thick clouds colored pink with the setting sun — Sunset in Tkaronto, photo by Kadir

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