Danila Stone (AKA Cloud) talks about their place of origin, trusting their instincts in their journey to Selfhood, and how they navigated the expectations of others while drawing their own roadmap.
This conversation is, like Cloud, raw and real and at times hilarious.
GUEST BIO: Danila Stone (they/them) is a multifaceted creative who explores and expresses their inner world and feelings of home and belonging through song, collage, writing, and ceramics. As an emerging artist, they enjoy learning through others and seeing where instinct takes them, with intention and guidance from ancestors and Black and Brown Queer kinfolk
Cloud's full story, told at at the December Edition of True Stories Told Live Toronto and referenced in the episode, can be found here.
Cloud's song, sampled in the episode, can be found here.
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RESET is a non-profit social enterprise that addresses loneliness by creating liminal and permanent social infrastructure including adult summer camp, pop-up playgrounds, community events, and more.
The Reset Living Room is located in Little Jamaica at 634 Vaughan Road in Toronto.
Camp Reset is an annual four-day tech-free, "no-work-talk" immersive experience that takes place at a traditional summer camp in Bancroft, Ontario, where participants are invited to choose alternate names and engage in rest and play.
At Camp Reset, Lara Margaret Marjerrison is known as Gem.
After Camp Reset 2023, Gem/Lara found herself pondering what, specifically, brought together 250+ people from such diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. The People of Reset Series is an exploration in search of the through-line.
Learn more about Reset.
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INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us.
The INSIDE STORIES PEOPLE in PLACES PODCAST examines specifically our relationship with Place and its influence on our ways of existing, our beliefs about ourselves and others, and our sense of belonging…or not.