“An instrumental album, where soft melodies of piano are bathed in the beauty of a birds song.  Notes from the Underground truly cultivates the natural spirit of relaxation, the breath within life, the ability to be with being.As the subtle body dances in the healing attunement of sound, the light of each Chakra is caressed into balance.  Our bodies, vessels of sea shells, sound scapes of clouds, awakened and alive, we create space to feel as we listen.May the beauty of our ancestors fill our lungs, may the ghosts of thy heart pour fourth from within.  May we channel their love, their kindness & compassion, — their notes from the underground.”- Wild ElliotSteven Gosvener InstagramNotes from the Underground on RumeMentioned:The ChariotUngrievedSoul PlugPanluna AlbumApril, Ancestor JourneyThe Secret Life of PlantsHaruki Murakami - Kafka on the ShoreBird songs healGene Key Animal ListContemplationTolkien C.S. LewisCarl JungNietzsche - Birth of TragedyRichard Rudd - Gene KeysDostoevsky22nd Gene KeyApollo and Dionysus

Re-embodiment of the hearts true nature.For those seeking clarity & support through one on one council, on all aspects of life, I am here to hold space with you.located in Portland, Oregon.Rume,  contact:  [email protected]

This episode is talk of the creative process behind the latest album of Soul Plug Anonymous, titled PanLuna.A discussion between vocal artists, Loe-i, Jesse the Imaginer, & Producer Steven Gosvener.Head here to check out the full write up, song videos, images & more.MentionedPanLunaSoul Plug AnonymousLoe-iJesse the ImaginerSteven GosvenerJ DillaHuman Design, ReflectorUngrievedQuarrelin’ Time MixtapeGrant BurgessWidow Maker BeatsMid SchoolTarkovskySwae LeeTravis ScottJ. BlairWhite Body supremacyMy Grand Mothers HandsJames BaldwinDrew HydroBruce PoinsetteHip Hop Lit classAb SoulVegetaKevin GillganMick JenkinsEarth GangDenzel CurryLazzy-assed-profitNotes from the Underground

Episode No. 13This episode is just us, saying hello & catching up on all that Rume is up to.Hope you enjoy <3"May I care for my body,With romantic intention.Noticing, Connecting, Nourishing,The greatest lover of my being. That which holds me.That which breathes me. That which brings me Into now. Into the ecstasy, Of this now."  - Wild RumeMentionedUngrievedApril JayChi GongCakeJesse the ImaginerLoe-iSoul Plug AnonymousHuman DesignWearablesTalismansNotes from the UndergroundCeremony SpaceSound bath

This episode is a dedication to Andrei Tarkovksy and his work.  Greg Tozian is an author and film critic and a good friend.  He introduced me to Andrei and his films and is a pool of knowledge when it comes to cinema.  In this episode we discuss both of introductions into Tarkovsky and his films and what they mean to us.  If you are looking for movies to add to your watch list, you'll love this episode.  We talk film, philosophy, life/death, art, and pretty much everything under the sun in this one.  Enjoy."The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity tangible. The absolute is only attainable through faith and in the creative act."   - Andrei Tarkovsky-StevenFilms mentioned:StalkerMirrorNostalghiaThe SacrificeAndrei RublevSolaris2001: A Space OdysseyThe ShiningFull Metal JacketThe KillersMcCabe & Mrs. MillerCome and SeeThe Man With the Golden ArmDr. StrangeloveAu Hasard BalthazarNational BirdMementoInterstellarRaging BullTaxi DriverThe Seventh SealShameBlue VelvetDirectors mentioned:Andrei TarkovskyIngmar BergmanRobert BressonRobert AltmanStanley KubrickElem KlimovWerner HerzogChristopher NolanFrancis Ford CoppolaMartin ScorseseDavid Lynch

I'm stoked to share this episode with y'all. We recorded this back in May of 2020 while quarantined. We chat about Jesse's origins as a hip hop artist and an educator.  He is Jesse the Imaginer of Soul Plug Anonymous and an educator at Madison High School.  Hip Hop Lit is a class he developed and is now teaching:"Hip Hop Lit is a program at Madison High School in Portland, Oregon that seeks to awaken genius and enhance community through Hip Hop culture and expression.  ‘Knowledge of self’ is a pillar of the class that studies literature, promotes critical thinking skills and provides opportunities for students to write, record and perform their music.  Current students have formed a Hip Hop group called The Remarks, who you can follow on IG @the.remarks"    -   Jesse20% of proceeds from Ungrieved vinyl sales will go towards helping fund the creative arts in education through Hip Hop Lit at Madison High School.- SShow notes:Hero's Journey - Joseph CampbellMy Voice MusicMidschoolGene KeysSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseThe Gospel of Hip Hop - KRS OneThe Tao of WuArtists mentioned:A Tribe Called QuestHieroglyphicsInked in BloodN.W.AThe RemarksWidowmakerCyd the Celestial BeingKRS-OneWu-Tang ClanRZA

This is the second episode in an ongoing series with Johnny River and I where we talk all things gardening and life."The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?"  -  Jack Kornfield“Look, here is a tree in the garden and every summer is produces apples, and we call it an apple tree because the tree "apples." That's what it does."  -  Alan WattsFurther reading for the topics we talk about:Sheet MulchingChernobyl photos of Nature winningDo Elephants Have Souls? - Caitrin KeiperMycoGrow® Soluble — Fungi PerfectiGeology of the Pacific NorthwestChicken tractors 

April Jay, founder of Resilience Reiki, is a certified Holy Fire III® Reiki practitioner, Shamanic Practitioner in training & spiritual healer with a background in mental health research & counseling. She earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds a Bachelor’s in Social Work. April recognized the depth of disease from an early age, where she observed the impact that addiction, poverty, and trauma had on families and individuals. The desire to serve others and deliver healing was a path she always felt compelled to follow, so she sought out opportunities to shed light on others’ journey towards a rich life of freedom and wellness from an early age. Resilience ReikiInstagram / @aprilreikiFacebookBooks mentioned:Ancestral Medicine - Daniel FoorMy Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa MenakemSecret Life of Plants - Peter TompkinsVideos:Alan Watts - Conquering Your ShadowsJoseph Campbell - Jung and the Shadow System

Michael Namkung is an artist, poet, speaker, and multiple world champion athlete. He has received awards from the San Francisco Arts Commission, The Center for Cultural Innovation, and the Tanne Foundation for his pioneering work Drawing Gym, a hybrid art form that combines drawing with rigorous physical exercise.We discuss life, art & process. Hope this episode find you well, enjoy :)- Steven“Create a connection. The borders you’ve drawn between you and the rest of the world are no longer there. Allow the illusion of separateness to be lifted from your eyes, and with it, the belief that you are in control of what happens. Surrender. Declare your faith. Let the fearful thing that runs roughshod over your expectations clear a path through which your growing compassion can freely move. And then, in your flowing freehand, write new lines that expand their own edges and become open channels for drawing the abandoned parts together.” - Michael NamkungShow notes:WebsitePatreonInstagram - @michaelnamkungFacebook - Michael NamkungMentioned:Morgan O'HaraThích Nhất HạnhRam Dassbell hooks - all about loveOm Gum Shrim Maha lakshmiyei swaha chantKundaliniZen meditationMentioned works:Baby PicturesWall of SongSeeing the Invisible (video)Mirror Me

This is the first of a series of conversations where Johnny River and I chat all things farming and gardening. Enjoy. - StevenThis 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, LXXVIMeditation:Jack Kornfield grounding meditationArticle by Leah Thomas:Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-RacistTorches Together Podcast:@torchestogetherpodcast@johnnyriver@forestandfieldMentioned in the episode: Polyface Farms, Joel SalatinKeyline PlowingToby Hemmingway, Gaia's GardenPermacultureEat Dirt, by Josh AxeFlip 'Sorry'Psychedelics and Systems Change by Charles Eisenstein