Originally begun in 2012, poet Sarah Kappos wrote her way out of disordered eating and into an entirely different reality. Chyrsalisbreak is a testament to the power of writing.
"There is a river under the river." Poet nan seymour has been saying this for years, and she is still discovering the depth of its meaning. After returning from the border town of Lochiel, I sat down with her to reflect on our experience with vigil keeper Kate Scott, the grandmother cottonwood trees soon to be felled, and the essential nature of singing. We are jubilant about our completion of a songbook and album we call This Desert, This Tree. We are sharing this music to encoura...
12 Jul 2026
Kate of the Cottonwoods at the Border, Lochiel AZ
Chrysalisbreak began with the impulse to challenge an internal narrative, to become conscious of it and to share my evolution. Now I am opening this channel for others to do the same. I believe in the power of art and story. Kate Scott is keeping vigil at the Mexico/AZ border under four healthy Cottonwood trees slated to be felled. The trees are well over 200 year old, perhaps older than this country. She is calling for construction of a double border wall to pause and notice the impact on th...
27 Nov 2024
Epilogue by Philip Millerberg #9
Philip Millerberg shares his unfiltered experience behind the curtain of Chrysalisbreak, from humble beginnings to a thriving partnership with Sarah.
27 Nov 2024
"The unpublishable" #7
Writer Sarah Kappos shares her journey of sharing difficult truths, revealing how vulnerability and safety enable her to craft authentic and liberating stories.
27 Nov 2024
"I still get into these ethical sticky spots" Artist Imposter Syndrome #8
Artist and writer Sarah Kappos explores the complexities of identity and creativity, revealing the transformative power of embracing one's true self.
18 Oct 2024
"If I have no dreams, no soul, how can I raise children who matter?" #6
"How can I raise children who matter to themselves? Why do we raise kids and encourage them to go to soccer practice and draw pictures and learn how to do a magic trick and hang their artwork on the refrigerator and ask them what they wanna be when they grow up, if as soon as they have their first kid, it doesn't matter anymore?"~ Sarah Kappos
11 Oct 2024
Appropriate for Children #5
Small moments. kid prayers. broken arms. Covid sucks."I don't have a bedroom, I have a drawer," Beckam."Human beings think they're so powerful and they kill all the animals, why don't they use their power for something better?" Pepper
6 Oct 2024
"The refreshing nature of the details" #1
"It takes a really long time to live enough life to finish a work of art...To make something that really is true, and is gonna hold up over time, it takes a lot of back and forth, and a lot of doubt...working through a lot of doubt."~Sarah Kappos
3 Oct 2024
"This scale is not going to decide my wellbeing, anymore." #4
"If I set out to draw for example a leaf, and in my brain I think, 'I'm going to draw a good leaf.' There's no life in it. But if I look at an actual leaf and the veins in it and the specific lines of one leaf and I just try to capture the essence of it, there's life in that kind of a drawing. Chrysalisbreak is like that."~ Sarah Kappos
3 Oct 2024
"Some things become more precious with time." #3
"There's an entry in this episode where I very gently come to the realization that I have been trying to pray myself away, and I'm not going to do that anymore.""The relationship you have to your body is the only relationship that you can be certain to have for your lifetime."~ Sarah Kappos
3 Oct 2024
Intro
"All I knew was that I had written it, and it was true. I wrote it with quite a desperation. Almost like, if I don't just sit down and write the truth before I even really think about it, then I'm not gonna be able to get there." ~ Sarah KapposThe author describes the simple beginnings of Chryslisbreak, and why she chose to record her own story in her own voice.
3 Oct 2024
"I'm just angry, and I feel like I shouldn't be." #2
"You're not failing, you're learning. It's so hard to learn when that voice is in my head telling me, you shouldn't feel this way.One of the things this period of my life taught me is: It's okay, you're a young mom and you're gonna get mad. You and your kids are in this relationship, and you're both learning. I thought if I were a better mom that I wouldn't feel like I didn't know what I was doing...the truth is, I didn't know what I was doing!"~ Sarah Kappos
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