The Glimmerance

Episode Summary: Elliott and Ruby hang out IRL post holidays and discuss their new stones together. Ruby reads an excerpt of a book that has moved her very much. Back in LA, Elliott momentarily loses a precious stone to the caverns of the shelves in Trader Joe’s. Intermittently, birdsong floats in from New Zealand. A beautiful live rendition of Dream, sung by the Cups, holds our hand on the way ou...

✨ Ruby discusses the work of Perdita Finn - dreams, ancestors, and the dead - the dead really want to help us. magical-spiritual-energetic delights. people who are different are magic/create magic → the construction isn’t working for us, there’s so much more and we know it. Ruby dreams HARD,she doesn’t dream about not having shoes in public but she dreams richly and lucidly.meanwhile waking-life...

SHOW NOTES ✨ RIP Apollo and Pearl That they were dogs is really baffling RIP D’Angelo Send it on harmonic bell 5’11-12’’ → shoutout Pino Palladino The most important and interesting people in human history have not been normal Ruby & Elliott are on the autism spectrum Substances/neurodivergent burnout “Restless, irritable & discontent” The little kid on home improvement JOHNATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS Sh...

Ruby and Elliott discuss ADHD and get into their medication #journeys. «The opinions expressed in this show are our own or that of any guests, are not to be taken as medical or mental health advice, and should not replace medical or mental health care from a qualified professional.» The cold intro references Pump Up the Volume (a Christian Slater classic), please watch it if you haven’t seen it be...

7 y.o Ruby and Elliott already know it’s weird. Ruby shreds her razor scooter into a mysterious encounter and Elliott pedals his 10-speed into an existential eclipse - young neurodivergent brains picking it all up, then throwing it all down, askance from the get. They discuss diagnoses as context and medication as a possible bridge for sensi-brained beings like themselves. Personal Note from Ruby:...

Elliott’s first hand account of the experience of ontological shock. Show Notes: Jim Gilkeson Here Robin Lassiter Here Get full access to The Glimmerance at theglimmerance.substack.com/subscribe

Oh my god it’s happening. It wasn’t inevitable that Elliott and I would make it to this point, dropping the first episode of our show with a handful more in the queue. As extremely neurodivergent, huge feeling creative humans we have found the hurdles to materializing our dreams often insurmountable. However, purely by the gift of our deep friendship, the mutual support we’ve shown each other, and...