Musings
Ariana’s pen has migrated to Rewilding Wonder on Substack, which often includes voiceovers, and is now also [sometimes] a podcast 😮
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On Writing
Let the roots sink down
The skin soften
Images, impressions gently arrive
Or maybe pour in
Until I can taste them on my tongue
Return again…
Tools for navigating the dark night of winter solstice. For years now I’ve been practicing slowing down to honor the winter solstice, and still I have to remind myself that it’s OK to do so amidst a culture that wants us to constantly be on our game.
The Shadow Queen and Her Wild Ones
The Shadow Queen loves the underdog. She herself was scorned for her differences at a young age, made to walk apart from others. So she wandered off into the forest, away from the world of humans and their cruel ways…
Ode to Summer
❀ ODE TO SUMMER ❀Summer is drawing to a close, but I can earnestly say I have loved it well. And gratefully I can say it has loved me as well! I am not yet ready to wrap my cloak around and do nothing but sip cocoa by the fire, but I am listening to the whisper of the...
Of Desolation and Beauty: Thoughts from the Salton Sea
Of Desolation and Beauty: Thoughts from the Salton Sea{Part 1 of 3} When I first wrote "The Last Days," I wondered if the questions it asks were too blunt. But mere months later, we headed into a pandemic, and everything else the last few years has brought... If...
The Making of “From the Wild”
I set out to fall in love with this place. These beloved lands. Even the pulse of wild nature in my own veins. I began writing the title song in 2013, as its theme beckoned me to trace my roots back to the natural world from which I came…
Into the Wild?
Into the Wild? Back around the time I started dreaming into my next album (the one just released!), I also started taking selfies in nature (this one’s from 2013 😮). I really just wanted to post beautiful nature pictures, but it seemed they didn’t get any attention...
Album Release Artist’s Statement
Painting landscapes with melody and rhythm, Ariana Saraha (vocals, percussion) and Fernando Medina (drums, percussion) have created a sonic world that pays homage to the more-than-human-world — the tumultuous undertow, raindrops hitting swaying trees…
In Celebration of Cameron Powers
Dear friends ~ I want to take a moment to honor a great man who recently left us… We use words like “fearless,” “unapologetic,” and “wholehearted” now and again—Cameron lived under these banners every day. I have been honored to call him my primary musical mentor, and even more honored to call him my close friend.
A Story for the Dark Moon
When I was in the very beginning of my “spiritual” path, I spent 3 years doing weekly dreamwork. Both of my parents were trained in the art, so I wasn’t a total stranger – but this was the first time I made a practice of writing down my dreams and working with them in a group.
꧁Shadow Woman꧂
I was 22 when I had my first mystical experiences. One came to me in a dream: I dream I am in this small, black room, and I see no way out. But suddenly, out of nowhere, a cloaked woman appears. She beckons towards the wall…
For Boulder {grief medicine}
Sometimes grief moves in silence, a dark undertow too deep to fathom. Sometimes it is moments of bright grace, and tears that heal. Sometimes it is a screaming howl. Sometimes it’s gratitude. Sometimes rage. Always raw, unwieldy, unexpected…
