On The Precipice
On The Precipice
Episode 1: Altar/Alter
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Episode 1: Altar/Alter

Michael Vincent Pusey
Sep 28, 2023
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With love, 

Season one is about altars. Episode one is called Altar/Alter. Listen to it, and let me know what you think. 

recommended listening environments: a relatively quiet place, that moment in the morning when you’re ready for sound, on an evening walk when the night begins to sing softly, in bed when you’re ready for your body to soften and you appreciate each conscious exhale stretching from the belly to the lips, in your kitchen while you’re doing dishes or moving towards the fridge, or on speakers that fill a room with sound.

Credits:

Hosting and Narration: Michael Vincent Pusey

Written by: Michael Vincent Pusey 

Research and Editing by: Michael Vincent Pusey 

Production, Sound Design, Recorded Elements, Mix, and Editing by: Michael Vincent Pusey

Music Provided by: William Benckert, Cora Zea, Rand Aldo, and Hanna Lindgren. With gratitude, thank you.

Logos and Type Design by Nadine Nakanishi of Sonnenzimmer. Thank you deeply for your candor, belief, and visual collaboration. 

Thank you to all the places and people that have touched me— somehow. xo.

see you soon. 

M

IDs: Image one Top Left. The logo of the words "on the precipice," designed by Nadine Nakanishi, was overlaid on an image I took at Clifton Beach. The words are all lowercase and deep purple. They are floating within an orange-to-purple gradient orb outlined via thin orange-yellow lines resembling squigglies. A dark brown-skinned black person is reading on these giant brown rocks overlooking the ocean. Big white clouds are floating diagonally within a bright blue sky. The blue ocean is visible in the background. The image is warm. Image Two Top Right. Image of a friend. You can only see them from the back. They're wearing primarily black except for blue jeans, reaching for a candy from Félix González-Torres’ work titled "Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" The candy is bright, multi-colored, and glowing, all in one corner, against a stark white wall and wood floors. Image Three Bottom Left. Image of my shadow cast against bright green grass with burgeoning flowers, mostly white, pink, and yellow. You can see gray stones towards the bottom of the image. Image Four Bottom Right. Image of these light stone stairs, a cream-like color, with refracted rainbows perfectly spaced apart in threes. You can see my feet in black shoes and the ends of my red pants. I'm about to step down, but I had to see these temporary rainbows for a while. IDs: Image one Top Left. The logo of the words "on the precipice," designed by Nadine Nakanishi, was overlaid on an image I took at Clifton Beach. The words are all lowercase and deep purple. They are floating within an orange-to-purple gradient orb outlined via thin orange-yellow lines resembling squigglies. A dark brown-skinned black person is reading on these giant brown rocks overlooking the ocean. Big white clouds are floating diagonally within a bright blue sky. The blue ocean is visible in the background. The image is warm. Image Two Top Right. Image of a friend. You can only see them from the back. They're wearing primarily black except for blue jeans, reaching for a candy from Félix González-Torres’ work titled "Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" The candy is bright, multi-colored, and glowing, all in one corner, against a stark white wall and wood floors. Image Three Bottom Left. Image of my shadow cast against bright green grass with burgeoning flowers, mostly white, pink, and yellow. You can see gray stones towards the bottom of the image. Image Four Bottom Right. Image of these light stone stairs, a cream-like color, with refracted rainbows perfectly spaced apart in threes. You can see my feet in black shoes and the ends of my red pants. I'm about to step down, but I had to see these temporary rainbows for a while.
IDs: Image one Top Left. The logo of the words "on the precipice," designed by Nadine Nakanishi, was overlaid on an image I took at Clifton Beach. The words are all lowercase and deep purple. They are floating within an orange-to-purple gradient orb outlined via thin orange-yellow lines resembling squigglies. A dark brown-skinned black person is reading on these giant brown rocks overlooking the ocean. Big white clouds are floating diagonally within a bright blue sky. The blue ocean is visible in the background. The image is warm. Image Two Top Right. Image of a friend. You can only see them from the back. They're wearing primarily black except for blue jeans, reaching for a candy from Félix González-Torres’ work titled "Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" The candy is bright, multi-colored, and glowing, all in one corner, against a stark white wall and wood floors. Image Three Bottom Left. Image of my shadow cast against bright green grass with burgeoning flowers, mostly white, pink, and yellow. You can see gray stones towards the bottom of the image. Image Four Bottom Right. Image of these light stone stairs, a cream-like color, with refracted rainbows perfectly spaced apart in threes. You can see my feet in black shoes and the ends of my red pants. I'm about to step down, but I had to see these temporary rainbows for a while. IDs: Image one Top Left. The logo of the words "on the precipice," designed by Nadine Nakanishi, was overlaid on an image I took at Clifton Beach. The words are all lowercase and deep purple. They are floating within an orange-to-purple gradient orb outlined via thin orange-yellow lines resembling squigglies. A dark brown-skinned black person is reading on these giant brown rocks overlooking the ocean. Big white clouds are floating diagonally within a bright blue sky. The blue ocean is visible in the background. The image is warm. Image Two Top Right. Image of a friend. You can only see them from the back. They're wearing primarily black except for blue jeans, reaching for a candy from Félix González-Torres’ work titled "Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" The candy is bright, multi-colored, and glowing, all in one corner, against a stark white wall and wood floors. Image Three Bottom Left. Image of my shadow cast against bright green grass with burgeoning flowers, mostly white, pink, and yellow. You can see gray stones towards the bottom of the image. Image Four Bottom Right. Image of these light stone stairs, a cream-like color, with refracted rainbows perfectly spaced apart in threes. You can see my feet in black shoes and the ends of my red pants. I'm about to step down, but I had to see these temporary rainbows for a while.
Some Images, with IDs in Alt-text. Water, Felix, Flowers, Rainbows.
Logo designed by Nadine Nakanishi. An orange-to-purple gradient image that resembles a fluid orb-like structure it might resemble a jellyfish without the tentacles or a lamp, or both. The top half is purple with peeks of orange; the bottom half is a more muted orange/yellow. Below this image are the words “on the precipice” in purple.

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On The Precipice
On The Precipice
Welcome to On The Precipice. Season one is about altars. What becomes of us when we journey to an altar? What becomes of us when we build one? I sense there is something here for me, in the world of altars. I might be in the presence of one already.
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