Taraneh
Jul 17, 2023 BY
@taraneh-azar🕯
One of my all-time favorite musicians. Pre-revolution Iranian psychedelic rock but also singer-songwriter vibes. Cinematic, confessional, transformative. Some of the most tragic, lush and poetic lyricism I’ve ever encountered. It’s crying music but the kind that you can also play in a car full of people. I recommend “Saraabe Toe,” “Entezar” and “Gole Yakh” to start.
Jul 17, 2023
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One of the best videos on Youtube. I personally like pairing this with 417 Hz healing frequencies (I recommend the “Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change” EP on Apple Music). Very calming and grounding.
Jul 17, 2023
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Memetics is my beat as a reporter. It’s a study of culture and information sharing that centers memes — the cultural corollary to the gene. It involves internet memes as we know them but goes much further as internet memes are only one kind of meme (albeit the most widely known). Memetics analyzes society at large and how media, trends and ideas travel within various networks. Understand memetics and you understand some major aspects of the human psyche.
Jul 17, 2023
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A wild rue traditionally used in Persian ritualistic and medicinal practices. Burning esfand seeds is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition practiced widely in Persian culture to ward off evil eye. It’s a common ritual in many Iranian households and a series of prayers or “spells” are recited with the burning. The seeds are used in many SWANA cultural traditions outside of Iran as well.
Jul 17, 2023
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The best form of nicotine delivery. I tried it for the first time when I visited my friend in Oslo this summer and I quit smoking and vaping the same day.
Jul 17, 2023
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The only game on my phone. It’s very therapeutic and engaging. God speaks to me through Woodoku as I often get angle numbers in my scores when I play.
Jul 17, 2023
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“Our aim is wakefulness, our enemy is dreamless sleep.” I encountered that slogan on Tumblr for the first time when I was 14 and was like ‘Wait, that is also my aim and enemy.’ I love the idea of music and performance leading to organization and directed literature. Not in a scary way but in a spiritual way. Read the Grey Book.
Jul 17, 2023
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We all have deep inner wisdom and knowledge that ego can at times obstruct. I’ve found that talking to myself really helps circumvent any blockages and allows me to access my intuition more directly. All you have to do is ask yourself out loud what’s on your mind and answer honestly like you’re talking to a trusted friend. I talk to myself frequently and it’s one of the most healing and forward-propelling actions I partake in.
Jul 17, 2023
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One of the most visually and conceptually inspiring ‘art movements’ to me. Shocking and grotesque. Stunningly beautiful. Illuminati adjacent. Really strong visual reference that includes body art, performance art, acted violence, gore, ritual and conspiracy all in one. Also very problematic but worth investigating, certainly not for the faint of heart.
Jul 17, 2023