Adult Papers

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Season 2 has come to a close. And with the gestation of Season 3, I am re-naming this whole thing. Don't be poor with me. Don't Be Poor, with Lunar V. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunarviolet.substack.com

I wrote this episode on a day I finally broke from getting the same only-ever-subtext message from the online wellness community.Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com, check out the other weird shit I do at linktr.ee/lunarviolet This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunarviolet.substack.com

Johan Huizinga's definition of “play” reminds me of Octavio Paz's definition of “eroticism” – that it exists for the sake of itself. Which also sounds like something God allegedly said – “I am that I am.” This puts pleasure and play decidedly close to God in my factoring, though, it's true, I've never been too good at maths.  Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com, check out the other weird shit I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunarviolet.substack.com

I had been waiting forever for an adaptation of an Octavia Butler work. So when I saw the ad for the Hulu show, I counted down the days. I prepped by reading the book in a couple days. Warning – this episode contains spoilers.Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com, check out the other weird shit I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunarviolet.substack.com

I wrote this episode in response to Sarah Marshall's essay Violent Delights about the serial killer media industrial complex in the magazine The Believer after Roxane Gay linked it in her Substack: Audacious Roundup.Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com, check out the other weird shit I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunarviolet.substack.com

This episode found its provenance in a letter I wrote to a person I was dating but never sent.Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com, check out the other weird shit I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunarviolet.substack.com

This season I'll be talking about mysticism, eroticism, astrology, pleasure, and serial killers. Yes, serial killers. And that's all I can tell you so far.Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com, check out the other weird shit I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunarviolet.substack.com

Lagos, Nigeria-based artist Adéwálé Máyòwá talks about his journey from engineering and medicine to art, his spiritual inspiration for creation, "Love, Sex, and Robots," and why artists make the best lovers. Adewale is a bit of a mystery so I can't find his bio online, but you can learn a lot about him from his Twitter feed: @_AdewaleMayowa You can purchase his work here: https://foundation.app/@adewalemayowa/foundation/106865

Los Angeles-based photographer Parker Day talks identity expression, oneness, film photography gear & techniques, a little art history, and some artist recommendations. We also get lucky and other talented photographers in the room (@BokehPresents and Matthew Pandolfe among others) chime in. About Parker: Her first body of work, ICONS, premiered in a 2017 solo exhibition at Superchief Gallery LA. She has since had solo shows at Superchief Gallery Miami and New York, Peyer Fine Art in Zurich, and Niggeler Urban Contemporary in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Day has exhibited in group installations including Every Woman Biennial, FRONT Triennial in Cleveland, Spring/Break Art Show in New York, and the Juxtapoz Clubhouse in Miami during Art Basel. Her work has been featured in Vogue Italia, Juxtapoz, Vice, i-D, Paper, and Dazed, among others. Not a Cult published her monographs ICONS  and Possession. She was a contestant on the photography competition show Exposure on Hulu. https://www.parkerdayphotography.com/

I'm planning something great for you for SeasonTwo, so I've got to say goodbye for a bit. See you soon!Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts !

Why my decision to go vegan wasn't really a decision but a spiritual commitment akin to sobriety. Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts !

On August 13, 2019, I came out of the broom closet. That's when the synchronicities started. I indulge my affinity for tangents in this birthday episode.

Fear asks some pretty dumb questions. Don't let them stop you from doing a thing. It's time to punch fear in the face, or, at least, tell it to stfu so you can get back to work. HAPPY 2021!

I love being a multi-disciplinary artist, except for that whole thing about time being a finite resource.

We had a great idea for a project. But then we broke up. Hopefully the universe won't let this project fall flat.

I reflect on one of the positive outcomes of having had the narcissistic relationship experience.

Re-listening to Jane Eyre after eleven years, two divorces, and one kid is kind of infuriating. This week I talk about how I think Rochester is a

An effort to give you reasons to care about what I have to say makes for a failed attempt to tell you a little about myself.

I reflect on how going Flegan, Flexible Vegan, and starting Yoga again, and staying sober, are all indicators that my almost-decade-long trauma therapy work, is working.

I share stories about personal growth, parenting, creativity, sobriety, and relationships. Tune in every weekend to hear me stumble through the latest shituation I’ve gotten myself into. This isn’t your regular storytelling. This is Adult Papers.

I trace the conception and trajectory of Adult Papers from the art studio to the recording studio. The name came to me in a dream that signaled it was time to grow the f*ck up, and other tales.

I tell the story of some of the random events that led to my sobriety, and then I talk about, you guessed it, writing, and writers.

I anticipated having a case of the feels after the election, but I did not expect my four year old to get suspended, and then kinda, kicked out of school during our official social transition from he to she/they.

We're in the middle of lockdown, a world pandemic, a consequential af election, I came out of the closet three months ago and I'm getting sober after almost two years into my single parenting journey, and it's just now dawning on me that I should listen to my little boy who's been telling me she's a girl for almost three years.

A candid conversation about random crying, being a writer, and, of course, sobriety.

Two months before getting sober I came out. Here's a list of sixteen things I felt.

A stream-of-consciousness episode including conversations with the universe, inspired by ten days of sobriety.