omg freak frenzzzzzzz!
I am excited beyond beyond to bring you episode 7 (wtaf—how did we even get here ALREADY?!) of Freak Flag with my good buddy, brilliant healer and teacher and AUTHOR, Luke Simon. (Also in the intro I say it’s episode four, but that’s because I recorded it fourth, but lo—released it later!!!!)
Luke uses spiritual practice to access creative energy. He shares the healing tools that help keep him in the flow: reiki, breathwork and yoga. He is here for creatives and queers, and anyone who feels outside and is trying to come back to their true self. Living in the Hudson Valley is getting him more rooted into nature. He organized a course called Earth School at Maha Rose North exploring how small scale gardening and ecology can help climate healing.
per usual, we covered TERRITORY. Here’s a totally non-ordered snapshot of some of the points we covered:
luke’s autobiographical memoir/story Venus Juice, themes of which include “soul searching and finding one’s place in a very confusing world,” and how he turned it into a story as a very specific tactic and for specific reasons
allowing ourselves to work the way that works for us, which is sometimes different from our ideas of “how an author writes” or “how a painter paints” or whatever
luke’s talks details about his process, which was multi-disciplinary and spiral and included things like looking at art, making collages, and actual cut and paste of his book sections,
creativity, the mystery and allness of life
our mutual love of Los Angeles, and how Luke’s status as an outsider who moved from NYC to LA allowed him a particular lens through which to view The City of Angels
Creativity as a path toward healing
the mystery of process giving faith to life’s unfolding
a healthy view of discipline and how to take joy in working on your craft.
Luke talks about finding your medium to share your art and story through
The beauty in what we can’t choose, and that we have limitations.
Also, shameless self-promo plug (which I promise you will thank me for): I PRODUCED AND RECORDED THE AUDIOBOOK OF VENUS JUICE.
Therefore: I really think that if you haven’t read the book yet (or even if you have) YOU SHOULD REALLLLLLY check out the audiobook, available exclusively via audible.
But also and tbh—even if I hadn’t produced and recorded the audiobook, I would STILL suggest you get your happy lil hands on this, or, rather, happy lil ears IN this!
I know I can trend toward hyperbole, but I’m telling you: Luke reading his book in your ears or car stereo or whatever is truly a healing transmission, plus, he’s HILARIOUS.
This man is not only meant to write—he is meant to perform his writing!
I AM TELLING YOU! (also a little bit yelling at you, but you get the gist)
okay, get in Luke’s world if you so desire:
ALSO! FREAK FLAG {THE CLASS} IS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS! Our summer ‘22 course starts June 15 and goes through Aug 10. Go here if you wanna know more! Breathwork, community, artistic archetypes, and Kath telling it like it is about the creative life—it’s gonna be a potent yet cozy cauldron of creative fire to support YOU and YOUR CREATIVITY. CAN YOU SAY FUN???!!!!! WE DEFINITELY DO!
creativity your own way with luke simon | freak flag episode 7