STARS <——> ART: ASTRO-TRIPPING INTO POETRY or SEDUCING THE STARS: THE POETRY OF ASTROLOGY with Emmalea Russo

“No one should laugh at astrology, for he who no longer seeks to seduce the stars is the sadder for it,” wrote Baudrillard. In this generative convo / workshop, we will look at the work of ancient and contemporary thinkers who seduced/got seduced by the cosmos — as well as some of the foundational texts that serve as a stellar gateway into the heavenly spheres and poetic situation. We’ll discuss astrology as a language and metaphysical/poetic apparatus for engaging with our own work and the wor(l)d. The packet of multi-disciplinary work will include readings from Marcus Manilius, The Hermetica, astrological natal charts, ancient alchemical imagery, and contemporary poets.

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Emmalea Russo

Emmalea Russo is a poet and astrologer. Her books include G (2018) and Wave Archive (2019). Her writing appears in Poetry Foundation, Hyperallergic, Cosmopolitan, Los Angeles Review of Books, Fanzine, BOMB Magazine, BUST, SF MOMA’s Open Space, and elsewhere. She has been a writer-in-residence at 18th Street Arts Center in Los Angeles and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and a visiting artist at Parsons School of Design and The Art Academy of Cincinnati. In her astrology consultancy, The Avant-Galaxy, she uses ancient and modern astrology, and creative practice to help her clients connect with their stars. Currently, she writes the Ask An Astrologer column at Holisticism and is the Poet in Residence at RA MA Institute.