Darlings, where have you been?! It’s been too long and I’ve missed you too much but I’m glad we’re back together now. This episode, I talk about temperance—a concept I am learning to resent less and appreciate as a necessity for good art and a life well lived.
I wanted to include some of the resources/references I mention in this episode, in case you’re curious to explore more:
This is the guided exercise in spiritual alchemy I talk about at around 19:20. I can’t explain it but I put a lot of trust in a website when it looks like it hasn’t been updated since the mid 2000s.
Here’s the IG video of the woman demonstrating the full Chinese wax dyeing process.
Ryuichi Sakomoto: “Art is long. Life is short.”
Landscape with the fall of Icarus, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1558 
Live footage of me trying not to think about Gojo & Geto’s friendship and all the spoilers I’ve already seen about their fates.
Finally, below are the images for the Wild Unknown and Waite-Smith versions of Temperance. I love you and I’m glad you’re here.
Episode #20: Temperance