R I T E S

About R I T E S

A weekly podcast about creative practice and the illegible identities of artist and mother. parishurley.substack.com (https://parishurley.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Paris Hurley

Category

arts · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Sept 2024

Latest episode

15 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jan 2025

   New Year / New Hellscape

   Paris Hurley shares a love letter to Los Angeles, reflecting on liminal spaces and collective trauma through her personal essays on creative practice, art-making, and motherhood.

2. 

   18 Dec 2024

   The Time I Take

   Paris Hurley, composer, musician, and writer, explores the often-overlooked middle stage of creative projects and personal growth, revealing the hidden value of embracing the in-between.

3. 

   4 Dec 2024

   May We Braid Our Many Selves

   Composer and writer Paris Hurley debunks the myth that a mother and a practicing artist cannot co-exist within the same body, sharing her personal experience of early motherhood as a creative catalyst.

4. 

   27 Nov 2024

   Gratitude As Creative Practice

   Paris Hurley discusses how gratitude lists can be a transformative creative practice that shifts our perspective and fosters a deeper sense of appreciation and connection.

5. 

   20 Nov 2024

   One Minute Is Enough

   Paris Hurley, a composer and writer, shares the transformative power of small creative actions and simple devotions, reframing practice as potent even in tiny moments.

6. 

   6 Nov 2024

   Dancing On Your Own

   Season 1 | Episode 6 In this episode, I share a guided improvisatory movement practice created for any body and any space. Artists / Spaces mentioned in the episode: Shannon Stewart (https://www.shannonstewart.org) Vanessa DeWolf (https://www.seattlestar.net/2012/06/the-idea-of-the-unknown-an-interview-with-northwest-new-works-vanessa-dewolf/) Chantael Takeuchi (https://www.mothertaste.com/about) Alice Gosti (https://www.gostia.com/about) Studio Current (https://www.instagram.com/studiocurrentseattle/) R I T E S (https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast) is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley (https://www.parishurley.org). In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers (https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2) wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter (https://parishurley.substack.com), where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA) in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records (https://www.lostfuturerecords.com). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe (https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

7. 

   30 Oct 2024

   We've Birthed Many Things

   Season 1 | Episode 5 In this episode, I read a piece from the newsletter archive (https://parishurley.substack.com/p/r-i-t-e-s-n-o-5-2) speaking to some perimenopause realities, and envision a future of demystification and legibility for this common, global experience. R I T E S (https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast) is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley (https://www.parishurley.org). In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers (https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2) wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter (https://parishurley.substack.com), where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA) in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records (https://www.lostfuturerecords.com). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe (https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

8. 

   23 Oct 2024

   Mistakes Are Inevitable

   Season 1 | Episode 5 In this episode, I speak to the necessity of “mistakes” within any creative practice and offer some structural ideas for how to grow or strengthen your willingness to allow them. R I T E S (https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast) is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley (https://www.parishurley.org). In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers (https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2) wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter (https://parishurley.substack.com), where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA) in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records (https://www.lostfuturerecords.com). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe (https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

9. 

   9 Oct 2024

   To See and Be Seen

   Season 1 | Episode 3 In this week’s show, I speak to our dire need to both be compassionately witnessed and to compassionately witness others (https://open.substack.com/pub/parishurley/p/r-i-t-e-s-n-o-3-7?r=1n30hl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web), citing our cultural lack of knowledge around birth, and shedding a light on those who have given birth in Gaza throughout the past year. If hearing some surgical specifics of a cesarean is not where you’re at today, I’ll meet you back here next week. R I T E S (https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast) is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley (https://www.parishurley.org). In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers (https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2) wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter (https://parishurley.substack.com), where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA) in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records (https://www.lostfuturerecords.com). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe (https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

10. 

    2 Oct 2024

    Unglamorous Acts

    Season 1 | Episode 2 In this week’s show, I offer an antidote to the archetype of destructive obsession we’ve come to associate with genius (https://open.substack.com/pub/parishurley/p/r-i-t-e-s-n-o-4-0?r=1n30hl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web), arguing the work of mundane tasks and the humility of taking great care as essential components of any creative life. Mentioned in the episode: Money Witch (https://www.moneywitch.com/home) Sarah Faith Gottesdiener / Moonbeaming (https://moon-studio.co/pages/moonbeaming) Beth Pickens: books (https://www.bethpickens.com) / podcast (https://www.bethpickens.com/mind-your-practice) Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk on genius (https://youtu.be/86x-u-tz0MA?si=cIzfogbY-sxfNUKF) R I T E S (https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast) is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley (https://www.parishurley.org). In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers (https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2) wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter (https://parishurley.substack.com), where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA) in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records (https://www.lostfuturerecords.com). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe (https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

11. 

    25 Sept 2024

    Getting Curious: Belief in a Creatively Abundant Universe

    Season 1 | Episode 1 In this first episode, I share a bit about why I’ve heeded the call to add my voice to the abundant world of podcasts and read a piece from my newsletter archive (https://open.substack.com/pub/parishurley/p/r-i-t-e-s-n-o-4-5?r=1n30hl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) speaking to pillars of my creative practice which help me navigate fear and scarcity mindset. R I T E S (https://parishurley.substack.com/podcast) is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley (https://www.parishurley.org). In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers (https://soundcloud.com/user-525075974/sets/sonic-prayers-by-paris-1?si=4afa0230cd28488797dc08d6eae6a10f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://www.parishurley.org/object-as-subject-2) wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter (https://parishurley.substack.com), where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects. R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cUCwhgb19xloNLL0CyJSp?si=kQMeOIZXT4mE6O5M-nr6jA) in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records (https://www.lostfuturerecords.com). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit parishurley.substack.com/subscribe (https://parishurley.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

56

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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