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replicantdeviancy · 4 years

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Sanguine Stained | Vampire AU

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The year is 1838 and the night is treacherous. Detroit is a budding mecca of modern industry, a shining beacon amid the wilderness of northern Michigan. Yet beyond the cities borders the land still holds a wild spirit and the legends of the Natives still haunt with ancient whispers of supernatural forces both good & evil.

‘ Here there be monsters. ’

Connor is an enigmatic young man of unknown origin. Exceptionally beautiful yet emotionally stunted, seemingly of education & money. He speaks little of himself or his past, only showing a keen interest in expelling evils from the land as intently as he keeps his secrets. He is rarely seen during daylight hours, preferring the darkness & solitude, though he is remarkably sociable. Endlessly polite but withdrawn, he is almost distrusting, though not of others. He is distrustful of himself.

Hank Anderson is a US Marshal haunted by the spectres of his personal ghosts. Drawn to the darkness he holds no particular tie to life, yet he shows an exemplary set of skills accumulated over the many years of his career. Tasked with keeping the peace, more often than not he finds himself battling the darkness of both the things that go bump in the night & his own damaged soul.

STORY:

While tracking a particularly deadly cryptid he comes across a strange young man. Pale, uniquely beautiful & mysterious, the boy seems to take an interest in him & his case. Due to some small misunderstanding, Hank initially rejects Connor’s offer of assistance & assumes that would be the end of it. However, while tracking the murderer he is tasked with bringing in, Hank discovers the boy has followed him, & is looking out for him. After much chagrin the strange youth is allowed to join him, as he seems to have some wit about him & Hank finds him to be a skilled survivalist & tracker. He is admittedly curious as to how a wealthy prettyboy such became an adept detective.

The boy claims no desire for payment of any kind, nor does he state his intentions. He merely argues that he wants to help, that the Lieutenant has need of his knowledge. His name is Connor, & he appears to have far more secrets about him than he’s willing to tell. He mentions nothing of where he comes from or his past. Only that he has a brother & that it is in his interests, as well as Hank’s, to take heed of the hidden monsters that burden this sacred land.

CONNOR ARKEIT

• His birth name was Constance Arkeit, born 1612 in Essex, England. His family was of money & their roots lay in French-English breeding.

• Transgender by modern terms, he was considered a cross-dresser or even mentally perverted in his own time. Due to the very religious nature of the time period, Connor was forced to keep his feminine appearance, only able to express his true self in secret.

• His attack was seen as little more than attempted murder from a madman, & his subsequent sickness was feared to be a reemergence of plague. However, it developed into something not unlike consumption or rabies. Blood was the only thing to cure him.

• He was betrothed to a man since childhood; a kind soul named Henry Vogel. Henry accepted his strangeness & treated him kindly. He also helped Connor lead a double life, as he dressed him in boys clothing when they would play together & spend time away, often retreating to the wooded country surrounding Henry’s estate.

XANDER ARKEIT

• Third of the triplets, he was not betrothed as little was expected of him to carry the family line. He had his trysts, yet he remained dutiful to his siblings, he was especially protective of Connor & his secrets.

• When Connor was attacked he was the first to see to him. After Connor attacked Colin as he was administering a treatment of bloodletting for his sickness, & was thus infected with this same illness, Xander purposely infected himself in order to stay with his brother.

• As the siblings slowly drifted apart, he & Connor remained together. On occasion Connor would wander off of his own accord, only to eventually return to him. Xander was a pillar of strength in his life sorely needed after the losses he had endured.

• After the two made their way to the new world in the mid 1700′s, Connor once again ran off. This time he did not return. Xander, hurt but ever resolute, carried on with life as usual & took this opportunity to explore the colonies as he saw fit.

VAMPIRISM

• The infected are NOT dead, but rather plagued by a virus of the blood. It consumes the proteins of the blood & thus forces the host to drink blood to replenish themselves, lest the disease ravage their organs & kill them painfully. It takes hold of the natural processes of the body, forming new teeth which push out the old; an excruciating & horrific adaptation to the body’s new needs. The infected enjoy heightened senses of hearing, sight & enhanced strength. They can see in darkness & smell spilled blood within half a mile.

• Sunlight feels overly warm on the skin & exposure can be draining on their energy. It hurts their eyes, & prolonged exposure can have severe adverse affects, of which the only cure is a total lack of sunlight & potentially a feeding. Injuries mend fast & leave little trace. However, blood is required for spilt blood.

• This is a progressive disease, one which will eventually consume the victim regardless of their routine feeding. As time passes the victim will require more & more to sustain themselves, until blood is no longer enough & the disease will feast on their bodies. In the final stages, their blood is little more than a gelatinous black soup & they will become ravenous, crazed beasts which will kill mercilessly. If they are not killed by unnatural means, their final fate will be to succumb to organ failure as the body cannibalizes itself.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: This verse is HEAVILY based off of historical & mythological resources, as well as biology & scientific premises. Ideas of religion & gender, sex & personal identity in that time are far different from modern ideologies. Pronouns & terms used to describe Connor will be masculine, however there will potentially be misgendering & incorrect terms used to express story narrative in regards to his gender identity. While his identity is to be preserved & respected, uses of dead names & feminine expressions may be used in themes throughout, as well as mentions of identity through the eyes of religion & 1600′s terminology & ideology. If this offends you, or triggers you, DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS VERSE.

The use of female body parts & dead names is not meant as a form of disrespect, but of respect to the time period. If you are unfamiliar with historical knowledge of gender & religion in this time period, please educate yourself. Any hate will be deleted & reported. Anon abuse will be reported. Thank you.

Other triggers may include but are not limited to violence, blood, suggestive themes, mental instability, medical themes & bodily injury.

A MODERN CONTINUATION

The world is a glittering place of brightness, the late hours holding no sway on the bustling mecha of which they have chosen to call home. The immortal siblings roam the streets of Detroit, enthralled by it’s transformation throughout the centuries, from a charming township in the midst of the north-west territories to the famed Motor City. But like all things, their home has suffered decline & rot, slowly decaying into a shadow of it’s former self. But this is home, & no matter how far they may travel in their search to overcome the tides of immortal wanderlust, they will return to their adopted city.

Hannibal Au: Wanderlust easily takes the eldest Arkeit sibling. He finds himself heading south on a whim, having never seen himself interested in traveling beyond the northern territories of the new world. His adventures take him to New Orleans, curious to see if it’s true what the rumors say, if there are more of his kind meandering the streets of the Big Easy. There are not - only humans with a taste for the macabre & intrigues of showmanship, but there are further delights to savor. There is voodoo & mysticism & the unique culture of a people who remain close to their roots in the past, & there are celebrations of life, death & everything in between.

Connor decides to participate in the Marti Gras festival, fascinated by the liveliness of this district-wide party held within the French Quarter. There he meets a young officer who captivates him with the promise of nightly company, though in an instant that spark of intrigue forms a bond as he can sense something different about him. They enjoy a playful moment of debauchery, only for Connor to nearly lose him altogether with the misguided action of a lovebite turned bloody. Gratefully, this officer - a charming oddity by the name of Will Graham - was less deterred by his initial fears than expected & chose to pursue the potential relationship. The bond formed by that single night was undeniable & only would grow deeper as time went on.

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missoneminute · 5 years

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Les Inrockuptibles Interview with Peter Doherty

May 2019-05-15

Transcribed by @theoriginalcollectorglitter12 Thank you!

Rescued by a fortnight of excess, Peter Doherty has just celebrated his 40 years and, health flickering but inspiration intact, reveals a peaceful album. meeting with a lucid rock-star for whom composing is life itself.

The day before our meeting, Peter Doherty celebrated his 40th birthday in Margate, a small seaside resort in the south-east of England where he now lives. Looking at the photos and videos of his evening with Carl barat on Instagram, we must admit that we had some doubts about his ability to tele-transfer to Paris the next morning. He is however at the rendezvous, to charm a whole team photo with his sparkling banter, to seize his acoustic guitar very often for improvised serenades, to tell his incredible journey to get here in full strike customs.

This unpredictable side, which has always been part of his personality, is as much a strength as a weakness. His fans have learned to accept that anything is possible with him: he can decide on a whim, to play in the intimate setting of La Maroquinerie early April, announcing just a week in advance. a month later, he may be forced to cancel a concert in Belfast by invoking the most far-fetched (but truthful) excuse that has ever been heard: he was struck down by a hedgehog sting he was trying to remove from the mouth of his dog. To love the music of Peter Doherty has long been to defend an underrated singer, portrayed as a cartoon character by the tabloids, better known for his legal troubles and his excesses of narcotics than for what he does best: write songs. When he sits by our side, in a baste deserted room, the agitation that accompanies him usually disappears. "I do not understand how a song is born, I do not really have the technique to write, all I know is that it's essential for me to have these songs," he says. Songs in my life, I'm hoping it'll be okay as soon as I make new songs, that's all that matters, if I can still compose, it'll be okay. " We ask him if his creativity had already abandoned him. He whispered, "I do not even dare to whisper it, it would be my death sentence, it's a permanent threat, I do not even want to think about it, it'll break my heart, and I'll be done." All those who did not pay dearly for the skin of Peter Doherty, predicting that he would join the club of 27, were wrong, fortunately. We find his troubadour quickdraw on the cover of his new album, signed Peter Doherty and the puta madres. "It's a picture of the wall of my room, where I drew my figure, on the peeling paint. The final visual was supposed to be seen from the front, with the title along the right side, but the result has been rotated for a reason that escapes me. "

When the Englishman lets things escape, it can also give moments of grace, as evidenced by the opening of the album, All at sea, a jewel of tenderness and regret. This piece is one of the treasures that had been dormant in her drawers for years - this is also the case for two other songs here in the credits, A fool there was and Narcissistic teen makes first XI, sometimes heard in concert or on acoustic sessions. For the record, this sensitive storyteller was used, in the early 2000s, to put online demos he had just recorded, a taste of sharing that reached its peak in 2006 when the entire file "my music "from his computer appears on the internet. We ask him how these three songs came back to him, which we thought were lost forever in the limbo of his memory: "they never left me, just to find the right moment and the right people with whom I could to play them, people who would not hurt me by talking or changing rooms while I'm making them listen to what I believe are some of the most beautiful things I've ever done. A fool there was very important to me, All at sea too, the Puta Madres understand them. "

We are curious to know if it happens to him to listen again all these old sessions which are still available on the net; "For a long time, no, but recently, I've reviewed them all during an emotional night, I've read everything on youtube and read all the comments - I do not understand why these songs had evaporated while I'm so proud of it, not that I'm desperate for commercial success, or even fortune, maybe they're even more valuable if not many people know them on stage, I never prepare a setlist. Song just calls another, like a memory that goes back to the surface. "

After playing with libertines, babyshambles and various ephemeral collaborators (Wolfman, littl'ans, Graham Coxon, the streets, dot allison ...), Peter Doherty surrounds himself today with a mixed and cosmopolitan group named The puta madres, after the favorite expression of their Spanish drummer Rafa Rueda. This troupe also includes a Welsh guitarist, 2 French, and the prodigious American violinist Miki Beavis. By crossing their fingers so that the brexit never materializes, they carry this album towards folk lands and relaxed atmospheres. This reflects the relaxing setting in which they have recorded : in a family house on the heights of Etretat with a view overlooking the sea and wild cliffs for 4 days last summer. Far from the sloppy draft of Hamburg Demonstration, his last solo album in 2016, the songwriter has regained his superb and his voice on these touching ballads, in turn intense and patraques, imperfect and overwhelming. his season in hell seems behind him.

Change of scenery has obviously made him feel good. For 2 years Peter Doherty lives in Margate, a small town in Kent, by the sea : "lately, I spent a lot of time alone with my 2 dogs, a husky and a malamute, they need freedom, open spaces and attention, so I walk them on the beach or on the beach. It’s a very peaceful place, Margate has a special water, a special light, people like Keats, TS Eliot, Stephen Spender, Coleridge and Dickens lived in the area. Albion Rooms, the Libertines studio-hotel, Carl even has a license to sell liquor, so we have a bar in the basement, The Wasteland, we're going to put a scene for small local concerts, sessions It is still a small town, but it is booming, sometimes there is a strange smell that comes from the sea: the gentrification will never pass by! We have space to breathe calm and think about what you want to do is the last stop of several train lines, if you are in London, lost or broken aye, you jump on a train to get away from it all and find yourself in Margate. Terminus. You wake up with a start because someone shakes you saying, "Hey, you can not stay here, get off the train!" you leave the station that leads directly to the beach, and here you are in Margate. if we can see beyond its dangerous side and its gangs, chances are there will be a way out, loneliness, peace. "

It is there that the Libertines have planned to record their new album, still under construction, just like the hotel they want to open in the coming months. These vast projects, this serenity, have not, however, completely softened the rocker with the airs of a cursed poet, who continues to flirt with danger. We can not help but notice that people are constantly coming and going around and asked if it is a way for him to escape the routine. he takes the time to think before making an implacable and distressing statement : "I would love to have a boring, predictable routine that would make me work all the time with the same people I love and respect, but People are disappearing from my life: I think they need to protect themselves, I have no structure, no discipline, many people with whom I have collaborated, like Carl or Graham, need to relate to landmarks and protect themselves from self-destruction, they do not want to risk falling into the precipice. "

His palpable passion for music obsesses him. on his new album, he pays a vivid tribute to two of his heroes on Someone else to be, taking up passages from Velvet Underground's Ride into the Sun and Oasis's Do not look back in anger. In full interview, he sings us the beginning of a piece that haunts him at the moment, Signed D.C de Love, that he will play at La Maroquinerie three weeks later. When asked how he discovered the power of music, he responds that the click occurred when he heard Smiths' I started something I could not finish, and immediately he played a good half of the music. The song in decorticating why each verse resonated so well in him : "all I want is to write a song that touches people, which makes them exclaim: 'but what is it? ? how dare you?' I try to find a way to express who I am and what I feel, what I look for in music is to find myself there.” A powerful impact but a shaky beauty, this new album reflects wonderfully its author, both fragile and indestructible.

#peter doherty

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atcmbcmbs · 5 years

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Fun fact! For all fallout muses.

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Allen: The reason that Allen holds such a strong dislike for pinyon nuts is because he is allergic to them. They aren’t deadly to him, but they do put him in a lot of pain. The first and last time he ate pinyon nuts, he was having hives, nausea, and severe abdominal pain for hours. He vowed never to eat them again.

Cherisse: The last time Cherisse dyed her hair was a few days before the incident happened in Vault 101 where she left to go find her father. Of course, as time goes on the dye will fade away and show her true hair color which is black. Despite that, she will often ask around to find friendly Vaults in order to get her hair dyed again considering it’s notable to her.

Coppelia: During one of the Vault Kids’ travels, they came across and stayed at a small settlement that consisted of a father, mother, older daughter, and younger brother. The mother made most of her kids’ clothes, and since the daugher had grown out of it, gave a raspberry colored dress she had made to Coppelia. It’s one if not the most frequently worn garment of hers, and she treasures it dearly.

Elias: Eli has, technically, two first names: Elias and Elijah. Both can be shortened to “Eli” which is what he usually goes by. The reason for this is that his parents couldn’t decide which one to name him, and ended up compromising and giving him both names. His mother was for Elijah, and his father was for Elias.

Evangeline: Evangeline’s mood often reflects the kind of lucky occurrences that happen to her companion. It’s almost like the Wild Wasteland perk, in a sense. If she’s happy, her companion will experience good luck like finding an increase in needed/helpful supplies. If she’s sad/angry, then her companion will experience bad luck like an increase in hostiles.

Graham: While in the Vault, Graham once found an old Pre-War book on the United States’ Marine Corps branch. He learned of the phrase “Semper Fidelis” and it’s meaning “Always Faithful.” Since then it’s become a comfort phrase to say when with the other Vault Kids, and to use as confirmation or a promise to someone.

Liviana: Liviana is not, by any means, a cannibal or will resort to cannibalization. However, when she had attacked and killed her handler by biting his throat and ripping it out, she didn’t spit out or shy away from the blood that filled her mouth and decorated her lips. In fact, she stared at the other Legion guards who stood in shock and horror and licked her chops like a wild animal. Since then, she’s developed a habit of licking her lips clean.

Mackenzie: Between her and Graham, Mackenzie is technically the older kid. She was “born” about 17 minutes before he was. While she’s always known about her birthday, the only reason she knows that she’s older is because she read a terminal entry the day of the rebellion that contained all of the kids’, past and present, information such a birth dates and times.

Mateo: Mateo’s hair has been salt and pepper colored since his mid teen years. Early aging runs in his family, and isn’t something that he was surprised about. He mostly has his face covered with his helmet across all his verses anyways, so he doesn’t fret about what anyone may think of seeing so many gray hairs on his head.

Naomi: Naomi has a few tattoos on her body, all of which were done with the “stick and poke” method. One is a mandala-esque symbol on the top of her left breast, another is a pinup mermaid girl on an anchor located on her left side, and the last is a tribal wave tattoo that wraps around her upper right arm.

Ramhart: Considering that Ramhart is slightly hard of hearing in his left ear, he tends not to let anyone stand to the left of him. This especially happens if he knows whoever is next to him tends to be soft spoken, as those frequencies are often the ones he doesn’t hear. If anyone asks about this tendency of his, they’ll never get an answer from him unless they happen to be someone very trustworthy to him.

Roberto: Robert often thinks about becoming his own boss of a group of Triggermen, kind of like Skinny Malone or Marowski. Really the only thing keeping him from acting on his dream is his family and more importantly his wife. Naeva says that would be even more dangerous than what he does currently, so he sticks with just being a Triggerman rather than a Boss.

#;; Asks #fionainculta #Muse ;; Allen B.#Muse ;; Cherisse M.#Muse ;; Coppelia #Muse ;; Elias R.#Muse ;; Evangeline S.#Muse ;; Graham #Muse ;; Liviana G.#Muse ;; Mackenzie #Muse ;; Mateo B.#Muse ;; Naomi N.#Muse ;; Ramhart D.#Muse ;; Roberto D.#//btw if anyone needs Liviana's fact tagged just let me know #//and thank you for sending this in!

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hyacinthsgirl · 5 years

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The two of them sat all wrapped up in a blanket against the long night. Their old apartment creaked and let in the icy fingers of the cold winter, but moments like this managed to keep off the chill. Chris was the only person that liked poetry as much as Graham did. Maybe it was because he raised her, maybe it was just in her nature, but it created a small world for the two of them. He had a small, black book open and read lines to her. They talked and laughed until the drowsiness hit. (1/2)

‘Can’t be too comfortable- can’t just enjoy a moment for awhile’ Sleep dragged him down mid-sentence, words bubbled up slightly as he tried to hang on. ‘Come on.’ He thought ‘I work in the morning, stay awake.’ As his vision blurred, he put the book down and pinched the bridge of his nose. It was annoying and he didn’t want to let the sleep overtaken him as at always does. No, he needed to move and jump and shout to scare it off. Through a hazy mind, he forced himself to scoop her up and stand with her in his arms. “Here, Chris, point in a direction, anywhere!” She pointed, and he barreled forward, roaring like a bear to shake sleep down from the rafters. When he reached the spot on the opposite wall, he stopped yelling just as quickly as he started. “Okay, where to next?”

HER LOVE for poetry was born years before she could understand the meaning of most of her favorite works. First came the love for assonance, for images connected to one another, for her dad’s voice and his warm hands flipping one page after the other while Chris rested her head against his shoulder. Words warmed her up more than radiators and blankets. When she was bored or didn’t have much to read, she’d take one of Graham’s books and reread all those poems on her own, but it wasn’t the same thing. Letters didn’t rise from their page to spin together like they did when his voice gave them life. They stayed shadows on a snowy ground, projected scenes and landscapes into her head but never painted them before her eyes. It was a tad sad. Thankfully, though - she thought with half-closed eyes, curling up against Graham under the blanket - she was still young enough to ask him to read something to her over and over again.

Slowly Graham’s yawns grew longer and more frequent, and Chris looked up at him. He was forcing himself to keep reading, but she was too smart not to recognize the signs of growing sleepiness on his face. On the one hand she wanted to tell him they could stop reading for tonight so that he could rest, while on the other… ah, she was just a little girl, no older than nine, and she wanted nothing more than one more poem, one more verse before bedtime. She was cruelly selfish in the way all children are - even the special ones. How could she be blamed for wishing for more words in spite of another’s needs?

Her father himself solved her moral dilemma. He closed the book and pinched the bridge of his nose, and Chris thought he’d now tell her it was time to sleep - an order she’d follow while feeling a little dissatisfied inwardly. In fact, Graham took her in his arms and jumped on his feet, making their blankets fall behind him on the couch like late autumn leaves. Chris threw her small arms around his neck and laughed, the few crumbles of sleep hidden in the corner of her eyes falling down as soon excitement replaced them. In that bright chaos, she didn’t know in which direction she pointed her finger; she was aware only of Graham rushing in that direction and roaring, just like one of the wild animals described in the last poem he had read her seconds prior. When they reached the corner of the living room, Chris was still laughing. The sound of her amusement drowned her dad’s question, which she answered after a while, not only with words but also with a big grin and her stretched-out hand pointing at the door and the corridor. “There! Let’s go there!”

Bedtime wouldn’t come anytime soon tonight.

#midnightwalkin #ANSWERS.#verse tbt.#tumblr is eating all my tags ugh i hate this #BUT HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO THE MOST WHOLESOME VERSE WE EVER HAD #petition to make Graham Chris's canon dad PLEASE

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cumbersomelift · 4 years

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Spiritual First Aid (Resources Pt. 1)

When I was deconverting at university, I spent months poring over sacred texts, spiritual commentary, and works of philosophy to try to find what’s true. I thought what I needed was a theological rehab – to detox from harmful ideas and to replace them with healthier ones. But what I really needed was more like spiritual first aid – something to immediately address the frustration and guilt I was experiencing right then and there. I mourned the death of God even as I rejected him, and I felt tangled up in this ambiguous sense of loss.

Apart from a few close friends, I deconstructed privately. I thought the more open I was about my questions the less social support would be available from my community. (This was only half true.) I had also internalized the idea that I was responsible for the spiritual well-being of those around me, so I should keep these potentially destabilizing questions to myself because to do otherwise would be morally irresponsible. I would have said that it’s like throwing the biblically inexperienced into the theological deep end (which is patronizing and ridiculous). So, I often felt alone. Years of immersion in evangelical culture made me blind to the shame-loops that fed that sense of isolation and deaf to the language I needed to describe my own experience.

Even years later I’m still figuring that out. But I’ve found the trick to unlocking that language is just tuning in to the right conversation. These days, they are happening all around us in podcasts, books, and other media. Some of the best advice to those deconstructing—and in general— is simply to keep reading.

So here are some of the resources that I had (or wish I had) when I was deconstructing, and a map to show how they meet different needs. After all, someone reshaping their faith (deconstructing) needs something different than a someone dropping it entirely (deconverting). Those of us who are hurting need something different than those who are rebuilding. So, here’s the chart I’ve used to help catalog the books I’ve found most useful.

The reverent/irreverent x-axis describes whether the author sees religion as sacred and useful or delusional and hurtful. So, on the reverent side, you have secular pluralists who see religion as a force for good and Christians boldly asking the hard questions in an authentic attempt to deepen their faith. On the irreverent side, you have secular thinkers who say organized religion is mostly just harmful, but it’s normalized in ways that make this hard to see. If you’re deconstructing as a Christian – because you think the earth maybe wasn’t created in 7 days or because the Bible is hard to make sense of – then I’d point you to the reverent side of this map. For those deconverted or deconverting, you might find the irreverent items more relatable.

The processing/structuring y-axis captures whether the writer is exploring the personal experience or writing about the structure of beliefs that follow. Writers who are “processing” are often those who have abandoned a formerly cherished belief and are working through that change out loud with friends. “Structuring” writers are a few steps removed from the tension but can help answer the question "What am I supposed to believe now?" These writers can help us replace bad theology with a healthier, coherent alternative.

For brevity, this post is focused solely on the processing quadrants – I’ll pick up the structuring quadrants another time. These are a handful of resources that I’d describe as being Spiritual First Aid because they help make sense of pain and can even provide community for those struggling. I have a few books listed, but many of these are literal conversations in the form of podcasts. As you’re reading these consider adding them to your Facebook feed, Spotify rotation, or Amazon wishlist.

Oh. And one last thing: the point of this series is to encapsulate for the church what it’s like to deconstruct and how that impacts relationships. If you’re a person of faith reading this, I encourage you to listen in on some of these podcasts yourself – not because I think they’ll deconvert you but because they’re a primer for bigger conversations. They can be immensely helpful if you want to know reasons people leave the faith, why they might harbor resentment toward the church, and whether your church is participating in these harmful practices (I know that I was). So, even if the quadrant is “for you” it can offer a sense of what experiences others are up against.

Irreverent and Processing

These are conversations where people explore personal experiences of religious trauma syndrome, process the emotional damage of belief, and reject their spiritual upbringing with varying degrees of force. These can be useful for knowing you are not alone when you feel betrayed or hurt by religion in ways that are hard to express. They may even supply language to better articulate those experiences. Everything I listed here is produced by deconverted Christians who have firsthand experiences deconstructing their faith and fishing out the toxic ideas they once accepted.

The Life After (Podcast)

Here, two deconverted pastors interview courageous people about their journey of faith deconstruction, unraveling religious indoctrination, spiritual abuse experiences, religious trauma, mourning the death of God, and what it's like rebuilding a community after leaving Christian fundamentalism. Their trauma-informed approach and irreverent humor add levity to a series of heavy topics. (If this paragraph is the first time you've ever heard of spiritual abuse or religious trauma then you can read a short blurb about religious trauma syndrome (RTS) from one of the lead researchers on the topic, here.)

I found two episodes on purity culture and RTS with sex therapist Jamie Lee Finch to be especially illuminating. These are the episodes "Unbuckling the Bible Belt" and then “You Are Your Own.” The best introduction to this podcast might be the episode called “Born Again Again” with Katie and Joe Bauer who talk about deconstructing as a couple and what it’s like for spiritual leaders to leave the faith.

The Life After also has a Facebook group that began as a trauma-informed home base for listeners to relate their deconversion experiences, but now it hosts book clubs, a mentor network, and a stream of blasphemous insights from those who have deconstructed into non-Christian spirituality or secular humanism. They even have affinity groups focused on specific challenges like how to be body-positive after living in purity culture or deconverting in a marriage where one partner stays a believer.

Born Again Again (Podcast)

Two former worship leaders talk through their own deconstruction experiences and how they make sense of their spiritual upbringing as secular adults. They have some fascinating stories about their experiences with Campus Crusade for Christ and the Hillsong movement. In fact, in "This Is Your Brain on Worship" the hosts share how they had a formula to help congregants speak in tongues based on hypnosis. Wild!

Another is "A Personal (or Abusive) Relationships with Jesus?" where the hosts show the dark side of trading religion for a "relationship with Jesus.” They start with the descriptions provided by Campus Crusade for Christ, John Piper, and Billy Graham to define what a relationship with Jesus means, then they break down how these definitions in any other context are textbook cases of abuse that are just normalized through false consensus. They also talk about what it did to them to buy into this relational framework themselves, and how Cru’s organizational structure can pressure young college students to do the same.

r/exvangelical, r/exChristian, e/TrueAtheism (Reddit Boards)

r/exvangelical and r/exchristian are moderated communities of post-fundamentalist Redditors. This might be of use for those who describe themselves as something like "culturally Christian but theologically agnostic.” It’s a moderated group of individuals that works like the Life After Facebook group. People share their experiences, seek advice, and connect on the process of deconversion. It’s a very welcoming, affirming community where pretty much every trepidatious Redditor is met with a chorus of supportive replies.

r/TrueAtheism is similar but not specifically made up of post fundamentalists. It was recommended from the Born Again Again hosts. This particular thread of “honest questions from an atheist” is an incredibly exhaustive list of troubling bible verses and hard-ball questions about the faith that many of us may find relatable or articulate a dissonance we’ve experienced before.

Reverent and Processing

These may be good resources for people who grew up Christian and have an active personal faith but aren't sure where they fit anymore. After all, the church has changed a lot in the last ten years. Maybe you describe yourself as a Christian mystic, agnostic, or just a believer trying to find your place. If the phrase "spiritual nomadism" resonates with you, you might feel at most at home exploring questions of faith with these spiritual thinkers.

The Liturgists Podcast (Podcast)

Michael Gungor and Co. are believers in the in-between talking about faith issues and modern events in this podcast. Sometimes we conflate deconstruction with deconversion and overlook the ocean of gray area between Christian fundamentalism and secular humanism. This podcast is hosted by a community of believers that live in that space.

In "Is Deconstruction Bad?" they talk about the emotions felt in deconstruction, the social cost (especially for spiritual leaders), and how to embrace a healthy outlook in the midst of it. It's a serious look into what is lost when we challenge our assumptions about faith and why it becomes hard to stop. A similar episode is called "Does Being Good Mean My Beliefs Shouldn't Change?"

Among my favorites, though, is "Swapping Fundamentalisms.” Sometimes we move from one restrictive, dogmatic set of beliefs to another because we've internalized fundamentalism so thoroughly that we take it with us wherever we go next.

Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious (Book)

Chris Stedman was raised in a staunchly homophobic faith community when he began to realize he was gay. His memoir is a story about his unconventional deconversion experience. Stedman would say that the hostility expressed by his church toward the LGBTQ community is hard to too similar to what new atheists express toward the church today. Stedman rejects militant atheism for a more pluralistic approach to interfaith relationships. He believes that mutually incompatible religions can exist in harmony and not just competition.

He's an atheist committed to interfaith organizing and believes that rallying faith groups on the common ground of our humanist ethics can help us create a better world together. If you think the new atheists are too harsh on religion or overlook the good that religion has does for the world, then you might be sympathetic to his approach.

The Sacredness of Questioning Everything (Book)

David Dark a Christian writer who thinks that if you read the Bible and don't have any questions then you weren't reading very closely. "The God of the Bible not only encourages questions; the God of the Bible demands them." In The Sacredness of Questioning Everything, Dark talks through why interrogating our belief is a spiritual discipline and what believers fall prey to once they stop.

Importantly, Dark shows how deconstruction isn't just for the deconverting. Instead, it's an act of theological hygiene. If the God we believe can’t accept protest, interrogation, or dissent, then we’re in trouble. In fact, without the right questions, our conception of God can exist strictly to keep us in line and keep our heads down so we don't get burned. Dark is a Christian who wants to disabuse Christians of that narrow conception of God and show why questions are essential for spiritual growth.

Conclusion

So there’s my spiritual first aid kit. Hopefully at least one or two of these resources will resonate with you. I can say that at different points in my life, each of these things provided an insight that made deconstruction less shameful and more clear. If you have other books, podcasts, or communities that have helped you process in deconstruction, then don’t hesitate to add them in the comments.

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Wombwell Rainbow Interviews

I am honoured and privileged that the following writers local, national and international have agreed to be interviewed by me. I gave the writers two options: an emailed list of questions or a more fluid interview via messenger.

The usual ground is covered about motivation, daily routines and work ethic, but some surprises too. Some of these poets you may know, others may be new to you. I hope you enjoy the experience as much as I do.

Heather Derr-Smith

is a poet with four books, Each End of the World (Main Street Rag Press, 2005), The Bride Minaret (University of Akron Press, 2008), Tongue Screw (Spark Wheel Press, 2016), and Thrust winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor’s Choice Award (Persea Books, 2017). Her work has appeared in Fence, Crazy Horse and Missouri Review. She is managing director of Cuvaj Se, a nonprofit supporting writers in conflict zones and post-conflict zones and divides her time mostly between Iowa and Sarajevo, Bosnia.

The Interview

1. When and why did you start writing poetry?

I often say my inspiration to write poetry came from the movie Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders. I remember that film as instigating me to make a declaration of knowing how I wanted to live my life and what I wanted to “do.” It was an epiphany. I wanted to be one of the angels, listening and observing, but also I wanted to be like the angel who chose to become human to experience the world, fall in love even with all its pain. I realized I loved the world. I realized there was a world outside of myself to love. This was a coming of age moment for me, at about sixteen.

But also I was inspired all along by language, a fascination with words, a desire to create a self that had been fractured by trauma in childhood and into adulthood. I have early memories of writing every word I knew all over the church bulletin. There was scripture and gospel songs with weird images and the preaching. I hated my religious upbringing for its authoritarianism and it’s deep immorailty as it paved the way for what we see now in Trump. But the language of the scripture and the hymns I loved very much.

2. Who introduced you to poetry?

Our home had no books, no literature. My parents came from poverty, were the first generation to rise out of poverty, but were not college-educated. My mother drove the right-wing religious climate in the home, and she and my stepfather drove the right-wing political in concert. I’d say the psalms were he first poems I heard. But I do remember an antique book my mother had called “A Child’s Garden of Verses” and I believe a poem I loved about having to go to bed early in summer when it’s still light out and the birds are singing and you want to play. But my first introduction to poetry in the sense we think of it had to have been the Smiths, with “Keats and Yeats are on your side–but Wilde is on mine.” which led me to ask who are Keats and Yeats? There was literature in school which I did love. The usual books we were required to read in middle school and into high school. I loved those. But I really loved the literature I found through the music I loved–The Stranger by Camus, from the Cure as another example. I found so much through references in the music of the time (the 80’s) but also I wrote poems based on song lyrics, impressionistic, associative, and to me these fragments which were based on song lyrics were my poems.

3. How aware are and were you of the dominating presence of older poets traditional and contemporary?

I had no older poets until I finally got to the University of Virginia. I ran away from home, was homeless for a while, got an apartment, waited tables, found my way to one year of Liberty University (the only way I could imagine going to college) then transferred after a year to the University of Virginia. Charles Wright, Rit Dove, and Greg Orr were teachers then. I had no idea who they were. You had to apply to get into their undergraduate workshops. I did and got in and started writing poetry. I knew nothing. I did not know the graduate students. I wasn’t very well educated because I had endured so much trauma in high school in and out of the home, that I really wasn’t learning much formally. I only knew my teachers, who I loved; my peers, who I also loved; and I got to know poets in books: Philip Levine, John Berryman, Sylvia Plath, Li-Young Lee. I applied to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and had no idea what it was all about. I just knew if you were a poet you were supposed to go to Iowa, so I applied and went.

There I loved my teachers, Mark Doty and Marvin Bell especially, Jorie Graham. The ones I didn’t love I still learned from. I did not know any other poets outside of class. I didn’t got to AWP. There was no social media.

4. What is your daily writing routine?

I have notebooks I keep in a stack on a table in my bedroom. Each notebook is labeled with projects I’m working on. One is “Arabic” for learning arabic, “Bosnian” for writing poems in Bosnian, “french” for writing poems in french. Then titles of book projects “Heathen” for gender identity stuff. “Violence” for exploring ideas about violence in writing–boxing, war–resistance etc. I have a “commonplace book” which is fragments and notes from my reading. I do not write every single day, but I am mindful of always engaged in the process of writing. I trust my mind and heart to be absorbing, listening, taking in, attentive to the world. I take notes when I want to remember something specific, and I do my notebooks regularly enough–maybe just 15 minutes a day for a few days or a couple days out of the week, and over time I have a compilation of ideas, themes, lines, words, images, etc. There’s always something connected to writing that I do every day because it’s all connected to writing–watching a film, reading the news, corresponding with friends or loves, looking at art, listening to music, loving my animal friends, al of it goes into my work. I just strive for balance like breathing–taking in and breathing out, active creation and restful re-creation.

5. What motivates you to write?

It seems to be something I have to do and was born to do. It feels inherent to me and myself. It feels like a whole way of being.

6. What is your work ethic?

I work hard. I love to work. I’m satisfied in my labor. At first I would have been driven to work in my home life with chores and a high level of parentification–a drive to meet the emotional and psychological needs of the adults around me, which meant trying hard to please and trying hard not to get in trouble. Then I revolted against the abuse at home and said “Fuck this!” and left. But with my friends who had also experienced a lot of trauma, were runaways, homeless etc. we created our own families and had to work. We were so young, 15, 16, 17 and up. And it wasn’t perfect and we retraumatized one another in many ways, but it was honestly better for my spirit and my mind and heart than homelife had been.

So I found a way to be proud of my own labor and that has stuck with me. Now I’m 48 and I am a big big believer in NOT doing things. I believe in canceling, saying no, not leaving the house, and not being “productive.” I believe in naps, sitting quietly, and snuggling the dogs. I still like being productive and working hard but I do not like striving at all. Striving to “make it” that feeling that this could “lead to something” bigger, better. Nope nope nope.

I spent some time in an Amish-mennonite community and I liked the idea of work as sacramental, mopping floors, working in the garden, caring for children and animals and others as a way of connecting and loving, not trying so much to amass wealth or be “productive” in the capitalist sense. That has stuck with me.

7. How do the writers you read when you were young influence you today?

Sylvia Plath’s rage and violence are still something in my poems that I’m interested in exploring. Berryman’s weird syntax which also connects to Shakespeare and the Bible. Charles Wright’s similes and metaphors and stringing together images with a colloquial bit of diction, with a quote from a philosopher. Larry Levis’ “I” who is deeply empathetic and wanders ut from his own self into the wider world.Mark Doty’s ethics and authenticity of emotion. These are all things still with me.

8. Whom of today’s writers do you admire the most and why?

I admire so many. I think it would be impossible to name them, they just keep coming. Twitter has been a boon and a curse. I’ve managed to curate my twitter in such a way that I am surrounded by a really wonderful, diverse, generous, community of writers at all stages in their callings. I learn from all of them every day. I hate to name names because then I will leave someone out. There are at least hundreds, if not thousands. It’s a little overwhelming. But certain books have been particularly groundbreaking for me in the last couple years. I would say Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic is one, Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s Rocket fantastic is another and Justin Phillip Reed’s Indecency. Those three have just blown open so many doors I want to hang out a while in those rooms.

9. Tell me about the writing projects you have on at the moment.

I keep working on my non-profit, Cuvaj se/Take Care. I’ve chosen to spend a great deal of my time and energy the last few decades facilitating poetry workshops in conflict zones and post-conflict zones and communities affected by trauma and violence. I started back in 1994 while I was learning about poetry and the war in Bosnia was culminating in genocide. I went over to volunteer in a refugee camp and I made a lifelong commitment to that country through more than twenty years of ongoing recovery. All of my earnings from poetry go into this work and all of the work has been self funded, and expanded to other countries, including Syria, and most recently Ukraine. I started the non-profit so that I could apply for grants to help build capacity and do more. We do poetry workshops that emphasize lgbtq rights, human rights, interethnic cooperation, migrant rights, critical thinking etc. and we also fund writers with grants to support their work, fundraise for emergency/critical financial support, and translation. Donations to Cuvaj se from individual donors always goes directly to writers or students in need to support their work. Running a non-profit is new to me, and I’m learning as I go and I’m taking it slow. https://cuvajse.org/

My fifth manuscript is to be published in 2021, but I can’t say anything more about that yet! There’s a lot in it about gender, seuality, violence, and God, my familiar themes (or demons? I like that use of a familiar) I remain obsessed with. But I am happy for the amount of time I have to really dig in hard with revisions and to make it the strongest book I can write. I don’t move on to the next book until I get the present one published–so every bit of my energy and strength will go into it.

I’m also having so much fun making poetry videos. I was hugely inspired by Agnes Varda and have been making these little clips of poems, readings, with sometimes goofy video. I love it and I want to take a film class and learn how to make more and better ones. I don’t care if they are amateurish or seem unpolished. I learned from Agnes varda just to do what you love and give your heart to it and learn as you go. I think this is the link to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhjf1Vp_5o6siKsuhv_G0A?view_as=subscriber My poetry website is here: https://heatherderrsmith.com/

Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: Heather Derr-Smith Wombwell Rainbow Interviews I am honoured and privileged that the following writers local, national and international have agreed to be interviewed by me.

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Who I Want to Win at the Oscars 2019

- I would say the movie I enjoyed most this year was The Favourite - it was super witty, the production was gorgeous, and the acting was superb.

Best Picture

Black Panther – Kevin Feige, producer

BlacKkKlansman – Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, and Spike Lee, producers

Bohemian Rhapsody – Graham King, producer

The Favourite – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos, producers

Green Book – Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga, producers

Roma – Gabriela Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuarón, producers

A Star Is Born – Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper, and Lynette Howell Taylor, producers

Vice – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay, and Kevin J. Messick, producers

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite

Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman

Adam McKay – Vice

Paweł Pawlikowski – Cold War

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney

Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born as Jackson "Jack" Maine

Willem Dafoe – At Eternity's Gate as Vincent van Gogh

Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury

Viggo Mortensen – Green Book as Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma as Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez

Glenn Close – The Wife as Joan Castleman

Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine

Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley

Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman as Philip "Flip" Zimmerman

Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born as Bobby Maine

Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock

Sam Rockwell – Vice as George W. Bush

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Vice as Lynne Cheney

Marina de Tavira – Roma as Sofía

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers

Emma Stone – The Favourite as Abigail Masham

Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill

- It would be wild if Emma Stone and Mahershala Ali won again at the same time

Best Original Screenplay

The Favourite – Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara

First Reformed – Written by Paul Schrader

Green Book – Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly

Roma – Written by Alfonso Cuarón

Vice – Written by Adam McKay

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, based on the short stories All Gold Canyon by Jack London and The Gal Who Got Rattled by Stewart Edward White

BlacKkKlansman – Screenplay by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee, based on the memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth

Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, based on the memoir by Lee Israel

If Beale Street Could Talk – Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the novelby James Baldwin

A Star Is Born – Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters, based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart, the 1976 screenplay by Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne & Frank Pierson, and a story by Robert Carson& William A. Wellman

Best Animated Feature Film

Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird, John Walker, and Nicole Paradis Grindle

Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, and Jeremy Dawson

Mirai – Mamoru Hosoda and Yūichirō Saitō

Ralph Breaks the Internet – Rich Moore, Phil Johnston, and Clark Spencer

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller

Best Animated Short Film

Animal Behaviour – Alison Snowden and David Fine

Bao – Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb

Late Afternoon – Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco

One Small Step – Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas

Weekends – Trevor Jimenez

Best Original Score

Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson

BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard

If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell

Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat

Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman

Best Original Song

"All the Stars" from Black Panther – Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith; Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solána Rowe

"I'll Fight" from RBG – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren

"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns – Music and Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

"Shallow" from A Star Is Born – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt

"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Music and Lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

Best Sound Editing

Black Panther – Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker

Bohemian Rhapsody – John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone

First Man – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

A Quiet Place – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl

Roma – Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay

Best Sound Mixing

Black Panther – Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin

Bohemian Rhapsody – Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali

First Man – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis

Roma – Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García

A Star Is Born – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow

Best Production Design

Black Panther – Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart

The Favourite – Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

First Man – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Mary Poppins Returns – Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim

Roma – Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Bárbara Enrı́quez

Best Cinematography

Cold War – Łukasz Żal

The Favourite – Robbie Ryan

Never Look Away – Caleb Deschanel

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

A Star Is Born – Matthew Libatique

Best Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Mary Zophres

Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter

The Favourite – Sandy Powell

Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell

Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne

Best Film Editing

BlacKkKlansman – Barry Alexander Brown

Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman

The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Green Book – Patrick J. Don Vito

Vice – Hank Corwin

Best Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War – Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick

Christopher Robin – Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones, and Chris Corbould

First Man – Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm

Ready Player One – Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler, and David Shirk

Solo: A Star Wars Story – Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Dominic Tuohy

#the favourite #a star is born #lady gaga #emma stone #mahershala li

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10 of the UK’s best boutique festivals

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10 of the UK’s best boutique festivals

Festivals

When it comes to festivals, size matters – though often small is best, as we found in our roundup of dance and DJ-driven events around the UK

Glad in the glen … vivid colours and sounds at Kelburn Garden Party. Photograph: Graham Wynne

10 of the UK’s best boutique festivals

When it comes to festivals, size matters – though often small is best, as we found in our roundup of dance and DJ-driven events around the UK

Kelburn Garden Party, North Ayrshire

Just outside Glasgow, Kelburn Garden Party is a colourful event held in the grounds of an appropriately colourful castle: a 13th-century stately home daubed with the work of Brazilian street artist OSGEMEOS. Among the hidden corners of the garden will be art, performances and the intimate stages that make up the festival. There’s also the “Neverending Glen”, a trail that leads through the forest to find multimedia art installations, sculptures and secret events. This year headliners include poet and rapper Akala, Mr Scruff and The Hot 8 Brass Band, while Scottish dance music stalwarts Optimo will be collaborating with Canadian producer Jayda G for a takeover with the Numbers crew, bringing a bit of Glasgow party flavour to the proceedings. The festival also goes all out for families, with many events and entertainments for kids throughout the weekend, on top of the Kelburn estate’s existing attractions. • 30 June-3 July, adults from £104, children from £21, under-fives, free, kelburngardenparty.com

Houghton, Norfolk

Photograph: A Moore

With a licence that permits music at dawn and dusk, this event at Houghton means twice as many of those magic, euphoric moments that only come when dance music coincides with the arrival or departure of the sun. Add location to the mix: a dense woodland beside a lake, an abandoned warehouse and a subterranean bowl to explore and you have a recipe for an enticing new festival. Curated by DJ Craig Richards, the debut event has a bill of the best electronic acts; Ricardo Villalobos, Nicholas Jaar and Floating Points headline, along with notable live acts, Hercules and Love Affair, Tony Allen, Yussef Kamaal and Cobbleston Jazz. The rest of the lineup is a list of underground DJs well versed in generating the kind of emotional sets suited to a festival like this; Midland, Horse Meat Disco, and Joy Orbison to name a few. • 11-13 August, from £140, houghtonfestival.co.uk

Brainchild, East Sussex

Photograph: Hollie Fernando

Brainchild promotes a DIY philosophy and, as such, is a festival born out of the desire of one student to create a platform for the talent she saw in her friends. Marina Blake’s project has grown into a festival that pulls together the work of more than 300 young creatives, from visual artists to DJs; a rare event that’s focused on supporting new talent. Don’t expect a huge, high-production affair – instead, it’s all about small stages, interactive installations to play with and probably a lot of people getting ideas for their own projects. This year’s bill features DJs such as Anu from south London’s Rhythm Section and the Touching Bass crew, London’s young people’s laureate, Caleb Femi, and performance work from the likes of actor/activist Joana Nastari, who is presenting work deconstructing London stripclub culture. • 7-9 July, from £70, brainchildfestival.co.uk

Field Maneuvers, south-east England

Photograph: Jonny Pénzes-Underhill

Field Maneuvers is a club-sized festival made by clubbers for clubbers. That means around 700 people decamping to a secret rural spot just outside London for a weekend filled with underground DJs and an easy-going, respectful party atmosphere. Staging is simple and the focus is on the music, but everyone still manages to get lost inside the Sputnik Dome: a tiny smoke-filled sphere that seems to send dancing bodies into another dimension. Outside the dome, however, everything is chilled; by the end of the weekend expect to know pretty much everyone on site. This year’s lineup features a live show from Octo Octa, Bristol house producer Shanti Celeste and Panorama Bar resident Ryan Elliott. • 1-3 September, £119 plus booking fee, fieldmaneuvers.com

Festival No 6, Portmeirion

Photograph: Andrew Benge/Redferns

The toy-town-like Italianate village of Portmeirion, in Wales, is something really special. This means that as well as concerts in Castell park, festivalgoers can catch intimate performances in smaller venues in the village, such as the Town Hall: a Jacobean venue that hosts a programme of free workshops and lectures; the Gatehouse (home to film screenings and live re-scores); and the Dome Gallery, where you’ll find acoustic gigs, talks and DJ sets. As well as major headliners (the Flaming Lips, Bloc Party and Mogwai), Festival No 6 goes to great efforts to curate a broad arts and culture selection: expect comedy from the likes of Adam Buxton, spoken word from the Tongue Fu crew, and experiences such as hot tub sessions and paddle boarding (not together, possibly). • 7-10 September, from £180, festivalnumber6.com

Gottwood, Angelsey

Photograph: Jenna Foxton/Fanatic

Amid the rugged idyll of Angelsey, North Wales, Gottwood is a boutique electronic music festival that pulls together the work of some of the UKs best underground club brands: from Leeds’ classic Back to Basics to south London label of the moment Rhythm Section. The intimate stages are set around a forest clearing, with a lake and campsite with a view over the coastline. The fairytale surroundings and tastefully illuminated woodland make for a mesmerising atmosphere, at a festival soundtracked by headliners including Antal, The Black Madonna, Helena Hauff and Matthew Herbert. • 8-11 June, day tickets £55, weekend ticket £176.50, gottwood.co.uk

Secret Garden Party, Cambridgeshire

Photograph: Alamy

Launched by Fred Fellowes in 2004, Secret Garden Party immediately sent ripples through the UK festival scene; it shifted the focus away from getting the biggest bookings towards investing in arts and performance, immersive environments and intimate hangouts, quickly leading to the explosion of boutique weekenders. This year, however, Secret Garden Party bids farewell to its loyal followers, with a final blow-out before the team moves on to a new project. Peaches, Wild Beasts and Ray BLK headline at a festival that creates a seemingly endless playground of installations, costume, humour and surreal surprises. • 20-23 June, £190, secretgardenparty.com

End of the Road, Wiltshire

GOAT performing on the Woods Stage at the 2016 End of the Road Festival. Photograph: Alamy

Born a year after Secret Garden Party, End of the Road is another labour of love: a much-respected festival that always pulls together a strong folk, indie and Americana-leaning bill. This time it will feature indie darlings Father John Misty and Bill Callahan, alt-country singer Lucinda Williams and slurry garage rockers Parquet Courts. One treat on the bill is outstanding Malian musician duo Amadou and Mariam, while the festival also has a programme of films, comedy, literature and workshops. With a capacity of around 11,000, it’s a festival that’s perfect for those who are eager to avoid the exhausting scale of some of the biggest events in the calender, a festival you can enjoy at your leisure, taking the time to stumble across the little details, like free books on a shelf around a tree stump. • 31 August-3 September, £189, endoftheroadfestival.com

The Beat-herder, Lancashire

Cut La Roc perform in The Fortress at the Beat-herder Festival. Photograph: Andrew Benge/Redferns

An independent festival known for its creative, handmade site and eccentric atmosphere (there’s even a heated swimming pool), Beat-herder is an enviable party with a mixed music policy held in the Ribble valley. Among the stages are a giant steel castle, a parish church (don’t miss the Sunday service) and a working men’s club, but the real treat is the Toil Trees stage, a beautiful venue among pine trees, magical during the day, mystical at night. Headlining are shouty Notts duo Sleaford Mods, Trentemøller (Danish producer of atmospheric electronic music) and old-school dub star Lee “Scratch” Perry. DJ sets from Faithless, Jackmaster and Jon Hopkins will have people dancing at all hours. • 14-16 July, from £144.70, beatherder.co.uk

Farr Festival, Hertfordshire

Photograph: Jake Davis/Here & Now

With its woodland setting, Farr Festival is another boutique event with a focus on creating curious spaces and environments to explore. The 2,000-capacity festival spreads its acts across six stages, which this year includes Brilliant Corners – the east London audiophile bar now bringing the finest hi-fi quality sound on tour. Big names in underground clubbing are also involved: NYC party Mister Saturday Night, London club series The Hydra and Amsterdam’s Red Light Radio; while artists range from Todd Terje to Red Axes, Omar S to Tama Sumo. • 13-15 July, day tickets £40, weekend ticket £99, farrfestival.co.uk

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