In this instalment we catch up with Aurora DVM - a cabaret singer, poet, visual artist and life model and discuss her experience with mental health, audience expectation and hear all about her favourite things.

In Reflections we explore the themes and ideas brought forward by our interviewees. Today we discuss forgiveness, darkness, setting boundaries, exploring fantasy and daydreaming, the safety of horror movies, the positive aspects of fear, mythology, symbolism and the search for meaning and how it's ok to "just be". Timeline - 00:00 - Intro and Forgiveness. 07:10 - Exploring darkness and other uncomfortable emotions. 15:56 - Authenticity, persona and vulnerable performance. 18:12 - Ritual in counselling and performance. 20:15 - Setting boundaries. 21:56 - AD BREAK 22:26 - Fantasy & Imagination 25:48 - The Safety of Horror Movies 31:08 - Purposeful Lore. 33:54 - Mental Rebellion; why do we want to see the bad guy win? 36:10 - Methods of meditation. 37:16 - Letting go & the power of daydreaming 42:09 - It's ok to just be & Symbolism, what is it good for? 49:08 - The search for meaning. Music Featured in this episode - Erik Satie - Gnossienne no.5 Frédéric Chopin - Etude 10 Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D min. Duke Ellington and Orchestra - Louisiana The Columbians - Cheritza (1926) The Columbians - Christina (1928) Camille Saint-Saëns - Dance Macabre Claude Debussy - Claire de Lune Johnny Dunns Original Jazz Hounds - Hawaiian Blues The Columbians - Silver Moon (Intro my Mother) The Columbians - Somebody Loves me Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata opus 90. All music was either digitised from sheet music by Sasha Cuha or is in the public domain. Public domain music used Creative Commons 3.0 Reflections is a side project of the Candle.

A guided meditation video for focusing on breath work and grounding.

The Candle Melbourne presents a double header special episode exploring themes of mental health, archetypes and the nature of creativity with Australian rapper; 'Dilly Dave' and poet/author of "Living in Cream"; 'Boy Under The Bridge'. 

A little trailer for your earholes.

An interview with Melbourne Poet, Sculptress, Visual Artist and Fire Twirler; Elizabeth 'Lish' Škec. Join us for our first episode!