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Bertolt Brecht, a German poet, once said, 鈥淎rt is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.鈥� When I think about all the artists that we鈥檝e featured here on Homegoings, I can鈥檛 help but see that quote come to life. Art has the power to let us see, hear and experience other people鈥檚 struggles through their art; through their music, their poetry, their movement. Art can lead to real change. It gives us a vision for how we shape the world.
This is what makes Homegoings so special: the art and this community. It鈥檚 more than a podcast. We bring these conversations to the web, to social media, to television and radio, and also live on stage.
Last February, we hosted a special night at the Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vermont. We invited five artists that we鈥檝e featured on the podcast to come in person and share their art in front of a live audience. Some of you were there. It was a magical evening of poetry, music, dance and comedy, along with some pretty candid conversation. We captured each performance and turned it into a five-part video series that we鈥檙e calling Homegoings: Live.
We鈥檙e sharing those videos on the web and and on . And today, we鈥檙e sharing some of this amazing art with you, to inspire, to encourage and hopefully to heal.
鈥淗ealing, as we know, is not linear. So, neither is creative work.鈥� - Kiah Morris
Deep listen
For Homegoings: Live, Matthew Evan Taylor built a one-man orchestra before our eyes, using looping pedals and wind instruments, like saxophones and flutes. For our deep listen, we鈥檒l listen to an edited version of Matthew鈥檚 creation.
Credits
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- : text "VT" to 741-741
This episode was mixed by our associate producer, James Stewart, and was edited by Myra Flynn, who also composed the theme music. The episode featured the song 鈥淒ulce Canci贸n鈥� by Raul Pacheco. All other music is from Kiah Morris, Matthew Evan Taylor and Blue Dot Sessions. Elodie Reed is the graphic artist behind our Homegoings artist portraits. Check them all out at Homegoings.co.
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