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SEASON ONE
RETURNING TO THE LAND, RETURNING TO OURSELVES
Episode 4: Groundation
Michele Elizabeth Lee has worked for over 30 years in the integrated arts field as a visual artist, curator, administrator, educator and writer. She has a MFA from the University of Southern California and a BA from Antioch College. She is a native of Oakland, California, who was raised in a family of traditional healers from the South. She currently lives and works in her native Oakland, where she teaches art in a public school. She has two adult children, Milon and Nora.
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In this episode
Black Folk Medicine
Being on your hustle
Preventative healthcare
Oral traditions, treasures of stories
Chalk & clay as medicinal detox
Herbs for survival
Cod liver oil as a superfood
Growing up in the art world
Artist residencies in indigenous communities
Pushing the visual dialogue
Queen Quet, Gullah nation
Earth systems update
We are immortal
1750- connections of pre industrial period when CO2 began rising
Bearing witness to change
Global warming & environmental degradation
Adaptogenic herbs and plants for daily flushing, detox, fortification and resilient health
Featured Plant Ally: Castor (Rinicus Communis)
Resources and Links:
workingtheroots.blogspot.com
hannahmayree.com
blackbanjoreclamationproject.org
queenquet.com
Music:
all music in this episode by Hannah Mayree
Shout Outs:
Michele E. Lee
George Peterson Jr.
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