These Dark Dark Days of Death

In todays episode I'll unpack the poetry of Colorado based poet Mike Stuller. We look back at our collaboration in 2011, medicinal marijuana which he uses to manage brain trauma, his current body of work and the politicking behind covid 19 both in the US and South Africa.Art Lexica is a podcast where we talk art and art processes.TranscriptWesley: [00:00:00] Hey, greetings everybody Wesley Pepper here, and you're tuned to my podcast wesley peppers art Lexica, which is brought to you by spudcaster and baobulb. Yeah, I think there are many new listeners and returning listeners. Welcome everybody. Uh, we have. Just to start off with last week’s episode, thanks to Gen for coming through, I had lots of fun talking to her was really cool.[00:00:30] Having a guest, uh, having a live guests was really fun. Um, I hope I'm having more of that. The irony is, is that we are under this new lockdown and anyway, uh, yeah, she was a lot of fun to be able to check out her work at genn art, uh, 25 or just genn art on all social media platforms. Um, I, and moving on to today, um, I'm talking.[00:00:54] I've got a really interesting, guest today. Uh, I'm talking to Mike Stuller all the way through Pueblo, Colorado in the USA. Um, yeah, I know him for quite a while now. We've done a, uh, a very interesting collaboration in 2011. Um, he's a poet, uh, Mike’s a poet. And, um, he writes these really interesting poems and I know over time he's poetry took a really dark turn and then we'll definitely touch on that.[00:01:22] And I know he's also dealing with, um, he's got some mental question. I honestly, I can't remember exactly what it was, but we'll talk about it. And I know that's impacted he's writing and while he's he's his livelihood in general, so we'll touch on it. Uh, but on that, and I'm talking about is, um, how is, uh, Mike’s writing as, um, how it has grown and because he's got some new stuff you'll, um, hopefully you'll be reciting some of that.[00:01:48] I hope so. Um, I hope he's not too shy. Um, so yeah, I hope you guys look forward to that. Um, remember the, uh, Our giveaways is still up for grabs. So it's just like comment or, um, like comment subscribe to this episode and you can win yourself an original artwork. And, um, I'll talk to you guys at the end of the[00:02:10] At the end of all of this with regards to the future episodes and everything. So yeah, I hope you guys stay tuned and enjoy today's episode [00:02:22] Spudcaster: [00:02:22] baobulb.org is a podcasting platform and a medium for storytelling. This podcast is also available on all the major podcasting apps, including apple and Google podcasts, podcasts your life with baobulb.org.[00:02:36] Wesley: [00:02:36] Come on. There you go. Okay. Here we go. Uh, Mike Stuller all the way from Pueblo, Colorado, uh, there all the way America, the U S. Uh, I know it's like noon your side. How you doing my brother? [00:02:54] Mike: [00:02:54] I'm good, Wes. How are you? [00:02:57] Wesley: [00:02:57] Um, yeah, I mean, like being an African there’s never a straight answer, like I should just tell you I’m doing okay.[00:03:05] I'm doing okay but, but I'm doing this, but I've been productive. I'm in good spirits. You know, things are moving. Um, I'm pretty good, man. So yeah, man, I just jumped right into it then. So, uh, could you give us, uh, give us a brief about like your background and I know you were theater practitioner, you retired, um, and, uh, but just give us a background in you, uh, what you did in theater background.[00:03:35] Mike: [00:03:35] So I started, I started in theater when I was nine years old. And...