Check out
this video of a cool conversation I got to have with my friend the musician
Nyttu Chongo over at
128 Lit. We discuss the influence of dreams on our artistic practices. Nyttu plays a variety of traditional instruments such as the mbira, timbila, inanga, xitende, and guitar. Nyttu and I met by chance at the post office and found we have a lot in common in our approaches toward art. All of Nyttu's musical work is based on dreams. I recently completed a manuscript titled
The Book of Matthew based on the dreams I describe in the interview. This conversation took place on June 1st, 2023 alongside the Mississippi River within sight of the Hennepin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, MN.
Click here to view a collaboration between Nyttu and I at a performance of The Waves. In that collaboration, Nyttu is playing the mbira, an instrument he refers to a few times in the interview.
My sincere thanks to editors Andrew Felsher and Yehui Zhao for offering space for this conversation to take place.
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