Parallel Recording 14 by Studio M* published on 2019-11-21T17:32:54Z A 45 minute dialogue between artist/researcher/teachers Barbara Bickel and R. Michael Fisher exploring being artists at this time of terrible truth in our world at Studio M* and the 920A Live-In Library in Calgary Alberta, Canada. In this conversation we explore excerpts from Barbara's forthcoming book on "Art, Trance and Ritual Based Inquiry: The Place of Arational Learning in a Irrational World" as a pivot for our conversation. The soundtrack that opens and closes the dialogue is a co-composed music score with shruti box, bells and vocals by Barbara and R. Michael. Includes a Terry Patten podcast excerpt on Rebel Wisdom 2019 as well as references to Bracha L. Ettinger's theory of matrixial borderspaces Stephen Jenkinson grief and mystery work Arnold and Amy Mindell's worldwork Scott Peck community building model Genre dialogue