The Glacier's Song – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode I have an inspiring, deep and lively chat with climate anthropologist Cymene Howe.

Through our various endeavours with and around Ok glacier, we dive into practises of being a good ancestor, and about the sharpness of the eye of the outsider.

At the door of Easter, we enquire about death and salvation for humans and glaciers, and on the grounds of hydrofeminism we cherish the newly formed lake in which the remains of Ok (Egg) are becoming a womb for new forms of life.

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Link to Not Ok movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVvYLQc-Ldw&t=952s

In celebration of the 1st World Day of Glaciers Néfur offers a Global Sound Meditation with the sounds of glaciers she recorded in Iceland for people from all over the world to listen to glaciers' direct voices.

In this episode, Marcela Fernández, Cymene Howe and Néfur introduce you to some of the endangered or already disappeared glaciers of the world, and Néfur takes you on a listening journey to open your heart to receive the voices of glaciers in combination with her voice.

For a powerful experience, during the sound meditation part of this episode we recommend you close your eyes and use headphones.

The Glaciers we introduced and invited into the meditation are:

Anderson Glacier (United States)

Pico Humbolt (Venezuela)

Monte Perdido & Aneto (Spain)

Hofsjökull (Iceland)

Santa Isabel (Colombia)

You can find all of their stories in the Global Glacier Casualty List https://glaciercasualtylist.rice.edu

Episode hosted by Néfur in collaboration with activist and NGO founder Marcela Fernández from Cumbres Blancas Colombia and climate anthropologist Cymene Howe from Rice University and Global Glacier Casualty List.

In recent years, singer, composer & sound-artist Néfur has recorded the sounds of Icelandic glaciers, has sung with them and listened with them, while also creating original compositions, performances, workshops and meditative sound journeys uniting her voice to the ones of glaciers.

This episode is to stir up your imagination and ask you, through a collective vocal performance with Snaefellsjökull Glacier in Iceland, if you can imagine glaciers, rivers and forests as representatives of nations: as Presidents. I am proudly part of a campaign happening right now in Iceland to nominate Snaefellsjoküll glacier for President. How would it feel that each country votes for a glacier, river, sea or forest for President, establishing in reciprocity special attention, love, protection & guardianship? Sometimes we complain about our reality but we do not dare to imagine new solutions. Are you a dreamer? Do you dare? If you've got Icelandic citizenship you can now nominate Snafellsjokull Glacier at island.is, until 26th April

To get to know more on the campaign: https://www.kjosumjokul.com

Work further with your imagination to make possible the life of your dreams with my Mermaid Sound Sessions. Open to new possibilities through soothing and empowering sound journeys:

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Tens dret a la teua expressió única i lliure. Tens dret a la teua creativitat. Tens dret a la teua veu. Tens dret a anar més enllà. Tens dret a satisfer els desitjos del teu cor.

Moltes vegades tot això no és fàcil deugt al condicionament social i educatie que hem rebut.

Però quan algú creu radicalment en tu i sap què ets capaç d'aconseguir, tu també hi comences a creure, aquest algú t'impulsa suaument cap endavant i llavors saltes i desplegues les ales.

Ovella o Lloba? Descobreix què inspira i configura cada arquetip psicològic d'estos dos animals. Des de quin arquetip t'expresses, perceps i crees la teua realitat?

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Llibre Women who run with the wolves / Mujeres que corren con lobos de Clarissa Píndola Estés

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Estaré molt agraïda de que em comenteu com l'heu rebut i de que el compartiu si us ha agradat :)

Gràcies!!

Listen to this episode with headphones, close your eyes and relax :)

There are no words in this episode, just intuitive, soothing singing recorded on Langjökull glacier (Iceland) in April 2023.

My memory of performing intuitive singing in Langjökull glacier is one of articulating brushstrokes of sound in the midst of the most majestic and pure silence.

Listening to the live recording taken through sensitive microphones, I realised that recording even in the most remote, quiet landscapes on Earth, there is always the emergence of a distant buzz of motorised human activity, at some point.

Still, I hope this intuitive melody in the glacier and with her felt silence caresses you, gives you warmth and embraces you with Mother Earth and the mysteries of our existence.

I would love to hear how does it make you feel.

Wishing you a very happy 2024

Néfur

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Langjökull Song:

Vocal performance by Néfur

Sound by Francesco Fabris and Néfur

En aquest episodi en català parlo de la brúixola interna del desig o de l'instint, que ens guia amb autoritat interna a partir de l'energia sexual i de com integrar aquesta energia femenina en el nostre dia a dia, en una societat on impera la competitivitat, el fer, l'aconseguir i el guanyar.

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It is from alchemising darkness that we reach the light.

Let yourself be whispered along about a journey into self-love and confidence, about finding strength in vulnerability, about the power of pleasure and its role in healing the Earth and about the glorious feeling of love overflow that makes me feel I finally arrived home within my soul.

Let yourself explore your own definition of love.

I hope you find it inspiring.

Materials mentioned in the episode:

Book - Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch https://www.freeplay.com

Poem - Sex without love by Sharon Olds http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/sharon_olds/poems/19521

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Bodies of fire and bodies of water share an endless dance that shapes the land. Volcanoes are under most glaciers in Iceland, and sometimes they open up the Earth surface with tongues of fire giving birth to new land, like the new volcanic eruption in Fagradalsfjall, Litli Hrútur, from which I am talking to you in this episode.

In this episode of The glacier's song and my journey into exploring the intersections with nature, sound and the erotic, I invite you to feel all the alive matter beneath your feet, all that is made of earth, water and fire that supports you and nourishes you on this planet. I share some volcanic poetry and I reflect into stepping into our feminine energy -regardless of our gender- and trusting our time and the time of the Earth, like a flower does.

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with love,

Néfur

The connection between nature, sound and the erotic is something I am exploring both in my life and in my new music. In this episode, recorded next to a waterfall in East Iceland, I unveil my own definitions of the erotic as personal and collective power. You will also dive into the sensuality of the sounds of water through poetry and listening to the stream that was behind me while recording this episode.

Find more about me and my creative process on IG @nefurmusic

Listen here to my improvised song with Langjökull Glacier https://youtu.be/4mKGaYm9s20

In the first episode of The Glacier's Song, Néfur unveils the story of The Singer who Dreamed with a Glacier, how she -a singer that grew up in an isolated Delta in the Mediterranean Sea- came to meet and listen to the glaciers of Iceland to make music with them. What is the important message that the glaciers shared with her?

The Singer who Dreamed with a Glacier story is a creative way in which I tell you my own personal story, as an introduction to this podcast.

Here's some links mentioned in the episode:

The Sensual Nature of Silence - An Improvised Song with Langjökull Glacier (I) by Néfur:

https://youtu.be/4mKGaYm9s20

Néfur's released music on Spotify:

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Thanks a lot for listening!

with love,

Néfur