Welcome transexual poet and artivist Consuelo on this fun and raunchy extended episode of The Collective. This one should be an After Dark episode, but maybe we can save that for next time.
The cut version of this recorded episode was originally recorded for your live entertainment, on KQBH LA 101.5 fm, from 3-4 pm PST, or on kqbhla.com.
We chat about Consuelo’s love for spiders, puppetry, activism, her work with youth, poetry and more. But stay tuned for the extended rauchy poetry that she belts out just for you in this extended episode.
Bio:
Consuelo is a transexual artivist, student, and Pushcart Prize nominee from the Inland Empire. Her debut poetry book, Water Damage, is published through Riot of Roses Publishing House, and it explores divinity, mental health, queerness, and Chicanisma. You can find her at open mics across the IE and LA, experimental art shows, your local public library, or spiritual apparitions.
Listen in on The Collective for poetry, plays, art and more, this Sunday on KQBH LA 3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm in Los Angeles area and world wide on kqbhla.com.
Mission Statement/Overview:
The Collective focuses on everyday people to share the stories of those who do work for our communities and inspire love, connection, and empowerment. It is about those who bring us together to care for the impoverished, those with disabilities, immigrants, disadvantaged youth, and the planet. It is a space for conversation and an exchange of ideas with those who work to spread communal love in a collective effort to bring us all together as One.
We are all apart of the collective. It is not a special group or community out of anyone’s reach. The trees, the earth, the plants, the insects, the animals, and humans are all apart of the collective. We each have something to give to the world and our communities around us. It’s in knowing how to care for the ones we love, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. It is all self-care. Community care is self-care. And together we are more than community, we are like the stars singing in the sky. We are music and our voices are the hum of the universe. Because we are of the earth and things of stars, and so is every thing on this earth.
This episode really had me thinking about ways I can love and accept all the creatures of the world, especially the ones I am afraid of. Sure I’m not going to adopt a pet spider and cuddle it, but I can make more efforts to not kill them. Maybe, I’ll get one of those spider catchers and place the spider outside instead.
I hope this leave you pondering too.
