Marisha Roxanne Scott in collaboration with Saul Williams Meets Carlos NiƱo and Friends At TreePeople on October 2, 2025
In the rubble of the online space, a pulsing lifeline has emerged of current information, historical contextualization, amplification of Palestinian voices, exultation of liberation and sheer humanity. Saul Williams is his name.
He and his wizarding kin, also my dear friend, Carlos NiƱo have crafted a spell for freedom, Saul Williams Meets Carlos NiƱo & Friends At TreePeople, recorded 12/18/24. In a ritual of return, they gathered again a year later under the LA night sky, plump moon and trees, treating us to sound healing, poetry, Assata and liberation lessons. I had the profound pleasure of joining them. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a Visual Artist/Writer who identifies as a Jazz Musician. So to do my thing, set within a constellation of powerful live musicians (Carlos NiƱo, Saul Williams, Aaron Shaw, Andres Renterias) is to be in heaven.
Deep gratitude to young Araminta, Assata and all freedom fighters for showing us the way.
āThe midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism.ā ~ a letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman penned August 29, 1868.
PS - Can you believe that Saul Williams quoted me? āMarisha says, āSpiritual Liberation Techāā, he said. Though set within a nightmare, life is merrily, verily, but a dreamā¦
Thank you,
Marisha Roxanne Scott
Special thanks to Jasmine Summer Lee for all the assistance and to
@iamhaizehawke and
@nailahporter for sitting in the splash zone, for providing vital sisterly support and for the captures.
CORRECTION: Apologies. Clearly on the tiles above I am referring to scholars, Saidiya Hartman and Fred Moten. Autocorrect got your girl.
