10. Mind / You
HOST AND CURATOR
Sara Ortiz
HOST
Erica Vital-Lazare
SENIOR PRODUCER
Nicole Kelly
PRODUCERS
Vera Blossom, Layla Muhammad
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Sylvia Fox, Soni Brown
MIXING & MASTERING
Andy Bosnak, Ariel Mejia
ENGINEER
Kevin Krall
CONTRIBUTORS
Jumi Bello, Aubrey Calaway, Jackie DesForges, Ruth.
MUSIC BY
Jeremy Klewicki
ILLUSTRATION
Niege Borges
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENTS
To be patient is to be able to endure hardship, “to bear pains or trials calmly or without complaint.” Writer Jumi Bello recounts her experience of being a psych ward patient as a woman of color and the countless ways in which neurodivergent people become dehumanized and estranged from society.
FERVOR, IN SIX ANGLES
Hexagons have mysterious qualities related to dynamite, LSD, DNA, plastic, geometry, and metaphysics. In this essay, Ruth elucidates their obsession with the shape as it relates to their depression and mental health. Sound design and production from musician Aubrey Calaway.
S-H-A-R-K
Jackie DesForges has a hypersensitivity to sound referred to as misophonia. In the loudest city on Earth, DesForges experienced full body hives and incredible anxiety. One sound, however, brings DesForges a sense of euphoria.