Joy Harjo

Recently, to me, this is the biggest risk. I sat in at the Blue Note in New York. And when you say sat in... I played a song. You played? To me, that was like bungee jumping from the bridge of the Royal Gorge.

Recently, to me, this is the biggest risk. I sat in at the Blue Note in New York. And when you say sat in... I played a song. You played? To me, that was like bungee jumping from the bridge of the Royal Gorge.

Recently, to me, this is the biggest risk. I sat in at the Blue Note in New York. And when you say sat in... I played a song. You played? To me, that was like bungee jumping from the bridge of the Royal Gorge.

Every poet has their themes, and I realize mine is transformation, what happens in those transformative spaces.

Every poet has their themes, and I realize mine is transformation, what happens in those transformative spaces.

Every poet has their themes, and I realize mine is transformation, what happens in those transformative spaces.

Thank you so much for being game to do this. It's intriguing, and so that interests me. All right. Let's go.

Thank you so much for being game to do this. It's intriguing, and so that interests me. All right. Let's go.

Thank you so much for being game to do this. It's intriguing, and so that interests me. All right. Let's go.

As a kid, I would escape into the closet, as a little kid. And my drawings, they're probably still in that closet or outside. I would go out at times when everyone was asleep or the world was quiet. And I still like that. That's where I find things. That's where I find images and sounds and fresh ideas. That's how I discover, I guess you could say, a kind of peacefulness.

As a kid, I would escape into the closet, as a little kid. And my drawings, they're probably still in that closet or outside. I would go out at times when everyone was asleep or the world was quiet. And I still like that. That's where I find things. That's where I find images and sounds and fresh ideas. That's how I discover, I guess you could say, a kind of peacefulness.

As a kid, I would escape into the closet, as a little kid. And my drawings, they're probably still in that closet or outside. I would go out at times when everyone was asleep or the world was quiet. And I still like that. That's where I find things. That's where I find images and sounds and fresh ideas. That's how I discover, I guess you could say, a kind of peacefulness.

But also a kind of depth that isn't always present when you're in the realm of chatter.

But also a kind of depth that isn't always present when you're in the realm of chatter.

But also a kind of depth that isn't always present when you're in the realm of chatter.

Yeah, I needed to get away from adolescence. I know I always feel for those kids when I've gone in and talked to them and vibed with them because, you know, I still understand that period, which is a time of, I think of adolescence as being like a chrysalis moment. Like here you've got the caterpillar and eating leaves and

Yeah, I needed to get away from adolescence. I know I always feel for those kids when I've gone in and talked to them and vibed with them because, you know, I still understand that period, which is a time of, I think of adolescence as being like a chrysalis moment. Like here you've got the caterpillar and eating leaves and

Yeah, I needed to get away from adolescence. I know I always feel for those kids when I've gone in and talked to them and vibed with them because, you know, I still understand that period, which is a time of, I think of adolescence as being like a chrysalis moment. Like here you've got the caterpillar and eating leaves and

experiencing the world as a caterpillar, and then they build this chrysalis. And the chrysalis is where they essentially liquefy and then reform. So it's a time of chaotic form of, you know, I was this, but I'm going to be something else. And I would imagine in that chrysalis period, the known parameters have fallen away to some extent, to some extent. And then the butterfly emerges.

experiencing the world as a caterpillar, and then they build this chrysalis. And the chrysalis is where they essentially liquefy and then reform. So it's a time of chaotic form of, you know, I was this, but I'm going to be something else. And I would imagine in that chrysalis period, the known parameters have fallen away to some extent, to some extent. And then the butterfly emerges.