Conversations with Kim: Guest Swim Part 1 - Ep #23

Show Notes:Today’s episode is a two-part episode where I introduce you to our guest Swim.  Imet Swim during his time in high school when I was a teacher.  Swim has been making music his entire life which led him into working towards his PhDcomparative literature.Swim’s dissertation research is on black suicide.  As Swim was first getting into Philosophy,  he became interested in Albert Camus.  “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.”- Albert Camus  That quote always was in the back of Swim’s mind.  Swim then began getting into activism in Baltimore.  There he got introduced to Afropessimism.  California, UCI specifically,is where the founding theorist of Afropessimism started.  Which is whatdrove Swim to apply to a lot of California universities.Swim opens up his own experience of gratuitous violence.  He didn’t always feelsafe growing up.  As a young child, he and his siblings walking to the busstop would have words and racial slurs screamed at them by a grown man. Looking back now as an adult, it is insane to him to address a child in thatway.  Swim experienced parents reluctantly allowed their children to playwith him because of his color. All of his experiences and learnings have allowed him to express those feelings intomusic.  Music was an outlet for him.  It helps with his mentalhealth.  The lowest Swim felt in his life, music was the least present inhis life.  Music has been a way of getting things out.  It’s notalways logical. Come back next week as we continue the conversation around mental health with Swim.Dont forget to  subscribe to our podcast and share it with your friends and family. Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform to help us reach more listeners.If you are interested on being a guest on the podcast or a private intuitive session, please go to kimbeam.comConnect with our Host Kim Beam:Follow Kim on InstagramFollow Kim on FacebookWatch the episode on YouTubeCheck ways Kim can help you Music credit: Eco Technology by Lexin_MusicyM151qB6K0o77mf3pFRB