Black Enso
3 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsAn Enso is part of the Zen practice of drawing a circle in a single stroke and the resulting imperfections of the sphere represent a person’s inner emotional and creative life imprinted on the canvas. Black Enso, a podcast hosted by Mikaal Sulaiman, is an audio Enso that reveals and reflects on all of the interesting imperfections of our creative community by way of sonic essays and special guests. Official website: www.blackensomedia.com
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Episodes
JJJJJerome Ellis
September 12, 2020 21:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBJJJJJerome Ellis is an interdisciplinary artist who has an incredible capacity to create as a musician, writer, and actor. Yet the best way to describe JJJJJerome is as an enigma. Not because he is so mysterious but because his brilliance is so difficult to truly understand. He and I talk through what inspires him to make art that acts as a healing balm and how he wears his stutter like a crown on a tilt. You can find JJJJJerome Ellis on Instagram @ellisjerome & jeromeellis.com. Additional i...
Amir Sulaiman
September 04, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBAmir Sulaiman, Mikaal’s older brother, is a world renowned poet, screenwriter, theologian, and abolitionist. Amir discusses his brief and bitter crisis involving an Emmy nomination for his screenwriting work on Hulu’s Ramy show. He also breaks down his unique point of view on reality and how we might be living in a screenplay. Amir's short poem you'll hear at the end of the episode is from a short poetry film collaboration he and I worked on. You can see it at https://www.blackensomedia.com/...
Agoraphobia
August 18, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this first episode of the Black Enso podcast, Mikaal Sulaiman, the Black Enso host, works through his thoughts on Agoraphobia. His stream of thought essay relates Agoraphobia to his health, his blackness, and his ego. link to post-accident photo: https://www.blackensomedia.com/episode-1