emariasheltonspeller
emariasheltonspeller
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| Member | Jan 4, 2012 (14 years) |
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Bio
E Maria Shelton Speller is a postmodern author and poet who began her career in the United States Air Force. She holds a BFA with honors from Northeastern University, and certifications in CPM and SSGB from George Washington University. As a member of the ZICA Creative Arts and Literary Guild and an original founding member of Boston's Zone Poets, E Maria's literary journey is marked by numerous accolades, including being an Oculus Launch Pad 2021 Member.
Her acclaimed work, "Spoken Live at the Lizard Lounge!," was published by Arula Records. E Maria has been a featured reader at prestigious venues such as the Lizard Lounge with the Jeff Robinson Trio, the Cantab Lounge, Squawk Coffeehouse in Cambridge, MA, Duomo in Berkeley, CA, Carol’s Books in Sacramento, CA, Bohemian Cavern in Washington, DC, and Studio 15 in Brentwood, MD. Her voice has graced the airwaves of Brandeis University Radio and the Underground Radio in Cambridge, MA. She currently resides in Washington, DC, and identifies as an INTJ.
"I've been inside Giovanni's Room with Yukio Mishima and the Subterraneans, in Dada with Marcel Duchamp, in love always with The Supremes, listening to Ryuichi Sakamoto, Erykah Badu, and Bob Dylan's 'Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie,' remembering Edie, Tina Chow, and Miles Davis, reading Camille Paglia's 'Sexual Personae,' Octavio Paz, Toni Morrison, June Jordan, and Raymond Williams again... wondering if Me'Shell Ndege' Ocello can do it again. (Do you think she would do it for the girls in pink - in the trenches?) Taken with Rage Against the Machine, poets with bass on their breast-plates and sirens in space..."
“I think women artists begin to pay attention to what people expect from them, as opposed to what they are searching for within themselves. It’s pretty deadly.” — Euphonic's, "The Artist"
Explode is a platform for curated content in an interactive meta-environment. This innovative space facilitates content and storytelling through digital media, redefining how artists and visitors experience both real and virtual realms.
Explode aspires to embody what William Gibson described in "Neuromancer":
“A graphic representation of data plugging your consciousness into a digital world and watching the physical realm evaporate.”
Explore more of E Maria Shelton Speller's world at trenchpeople.com -- where art, literature, and digital innovation converge.
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