Michael Boezi

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Transparent

If we live like everything is a transaction, we end up feeling spent all the time. Each personal encounter converted into units of distorted value: “Every glance, a business deal.” But what happens “when the attention starts to wane?”

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Lived Places Publishing: An Overview

I am a partner and managing director in a new publishing venture called Lived Places Publishing. The goals and mission of this nascent publisher align well with the work I’m doing in other aspects of my life. Here’s an overview of my role (including how it affects my other work).

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Songwriter Showcase Series: Year in Review

A look back at my monthly residency in 2022. I didn’t know what I was doing when I started. But my instinct was: Get people in a room where there is art happening. I got a city arts grant, so I was able to 1) pay my featured artists, 2) support the venue, and 3) keep these free-to-all community events. In total, we put on 11 shows, and I got the privilege of playing with some of Boston’s best indie musicians.

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She Believes

It’s a revolutionary act to opt out of a culture that’s toxic. Sometimes it is the only way to exert control. Can you blame women if they want to leave? Have we given them a reason to stay? To feel safe?

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One Sunday in Autumn

Do you feel like we’re running out of time and no one cares? That society is collapsing, yet there’s no appetite for action? When do we start working together to solve our culture’s biggest, most urgent issues?

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Upside

No one actually convinces anyone of anything – we come to decisions on our own. So if we want to change someone’s mind, our best option is to demonstrate what the other side of change looks like.

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Silicon in My Soul

“Silicon in My Soul” starts with a blast. Change can happen in an instant, and technology accelerates its effects. How do we break the spell, find the others, and get human again – especially when technology has creeped into everything we do?

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Disconsolate Eyes

Climate change, systemic racism, economic inequality, and other issues are at fever pitch in the face of our inaction. Layer over all of these the trauma we have all endured at some level with COVID. We all act as if we’re OK, when we are clearly not.