Cultivating Arts, Culture + Community
Belen, New Mexico
On the sun drenched afternoon of June 28th, Pride was shining brightly in a small town just south of Albuquerque, NM.
Though the Rio Grande has run dry far earlier then it should, the shockingly lush landscape that the river sustains leads the way to Belen, NM where an arts culture cultivated by immersive art experiences as authentic community is emerging on Becker Ave.
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It was the third day and I was crying. I didn’t feel sad, but it was just coming out of me. And my helper visited and I was crying and she said I could come down and I said, no, I’ve got one more night and I really am ok, I really am, I am just crying and I don’t know why and I will come down in the morning.
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In 1976, Ruth Denison took a trip to the high desert in Southern California. While camping near Pioneer Town, she rescued a family of baby opossums’ who were clinging to their mother who had ceased living. Compassionate to all creatures in suffering, Ruth had a very grounded view of right action and right thought. She did not stand for “bullshit” or sit with it for that matter. She was riding the waves of giants and she wanted for everyone to gain the capacity to see from this point of view.
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I discovered fame at a very early age. Not that I had it, although in some ways I did. I saw it on television at home at my house on North Venice Boulevard in Venice Beach, California.
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Teetering on the edge of oblivion, the black mask of reality torn asunder. Memories return. Afterlife images, meaningless surrender.
I was not tired when I heard the word whispered in my ear that night. Grey and dreary, starlight reflections on the wet asphalt. Colorless. Apart somehow, unreal. They told me to go home, now.
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