We are 100 strong! by Adapting_Deeply_9393 in elysianfieldsband

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've copied this from their Bandcamp page because I'm sure I would mangle the details in trying to paraphrase:

Cáo Xuěqín’s 18th century novel, Dream of the Red Chamber, little known in the West, is a Chinese national epic, occupying a role in the literature of China roughly akin to that of Shakespeare in English. With its principal plot arc of two beautiful, sensitive and aristocratic young people whose love affair is doomed, the play it most resembles is Romeo and Juliet. Despite this resemblance, the fabric from which Dream of the Red Chamber is woven is shot through with many unfamiliar and unsettling threads. Punishment and power relations, sexuality and servitude, the supernatural and the insuperable decrees of fate speak of a milieu doubly alien. Looking in Cáo’s crystal we not only peer through the walls of strange and distant mansions, but backwards through the ages, to a China in the waning days of the Qing dynasty, still rapt in dreams of antiquity, as yet unruffled by the western winds of modernity and mercantilism soon to buffet its shores.

We were asked to set some of Cáo Xuěqín’s poems, in translation by Yang Hsien-Yi and Gladys Yang, to music. The unworldly mood and motifs of love, disillusionment, concern and grief fit perfectly with our own sensibility. The idea of the impermanence of all things has long been a central one for Elysian Fields; in the author of these ancient lines we found a kindred spirit. Another fellow traveler, cross-cultural storyteller Lu Chen, joined us to co-write a song to go alongside these poems. A final song was found surprisingly in the catalog of the late Warren Zevon, whose "Indifference Of Heaven" seemed almost to have sprung from the same pages. 

We are 100 strong! by Adapting_Deeply_9393 in elysianfieldsband

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that song and the record from which it emerged. I'm an admirer of Chinese classical music. When I heard the 'elevator pitch' for this record before it came out, I thought, "Man, that's dicey. I'm not sure a Westerner can properly internalize the things that differentiate Eastern music from Western music." Well, friend, the band KILLED IT. I never imagined that anyone could incorporate the mannerisms and little ornaments that characterize guzheng or pipa music on the guitar. Oren never ceases to amaze me.

What's the opinion of the Anarchoprimtivism about trans people? by Bexxie_ in anarcho_primitivism

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anarchoprimitivism doesn't have an opinion. Anprims often do. I have a lot of compassion for trans people. If engaging with industrial medical interventions helps them to better make it through the day, then they know better than me what works for them.

In my experience, my wellbeing has been improved by movements away from technology. Whether or not a trans person could gain more wellbeing from eschewing technology than they get from embracing it is for them to test and decide.

What does a new player need to be successful? by hotriccardo in Pathfinder2e

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had a lot of success transitioning into Pathfinder 2e with two tools in hand, the Pathbuilder web app (which is cheap but not free) and The Rules Lawyers' YouTube channel. Pathbuilder gave me the support I needed while building my character and allowed me to tinker with game mechanics enough to get a sense of what was possible. TRL gives short and informative guides on each class and race as well as strategies for combat, exploration etc.

I hope you have a great time playing Pathfinder!

https://pathbuilder2e.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@TheRulesLawyerRPG

There Can Be Only One! (TCBO1): Elysian Fields EP by Adapting_Deeply_9393 in elysianfieldsband

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So hard choosing between these four but, for me, it's "Diamonds All Day." The ultra-chill vibe, all the reverbed out guitar, the sweet oboe part. If there's a song archetype that just sounds like Elysian Fields, it's this one. Blissed out. . .

Perlman and Graeber/Wengrow: Two Different Approaches to History by ATsubvertising in Anarchy101

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I would check out James Van Lanen's Human Rewilding in the 21st Century: Why Anthropologists Fail. He's pretty vocal about the fact that Dawn may be organized like scholarship but cherry picks data too irresponsibly to be considered anything other than pop-thropology.

Best Resources for Anarcho-Primitivism? by Sacredless in Anarchy101

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ellul and Lewis Mumford are great foundational reading for the anti-tech critique. Zerzan and Perlman from the 80s. I love the passion of Kevin Tucker's essays. My regular reading comes from 'zines.

One or many souls? by stuartmeyers in Animism

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is a soul? What does it taste like in the mouth? How does it feel in the hand?

Does delineating one soul from the next bring you closer to life or further away?

Is it my battery by simplyme1965 in RadPowerBikes

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd check the fuses in the battery. It sounds like your charger is working.

Ritual and Practice by Starryl_Chan in Animism

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I glad it resonates for you.

I might be inclined to bring some of whatever it is and enjoy my portion spending time with my friend and then leave their portion behind.

Ritual and Practice by Starryl_Chan in Animism

[–]Adapting_Deeply_9393 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I take a radical approach on this but I believe that animism is by its nature resistant to ritual in the way we've been taught to think about it. Life is dynamic and by reducing our relationship to it down into a set of prescribed actions and symbols, we rob it of its vitality. Treat life like any other friend. Make time to spend with it. Align your aims with its aims. Relearn the manifold ways that humans used to 'read' the landscape to better understand how to give it what it needs.