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You're listening to your highness Podcast. Today I am joined by the magical Willa of highly human and Caitlyn of where we sing now these days of everything the world.
Hi Kailyn Hi Kalin the world.
Callen Am I right calling you the wrong name all the time.
Anything you say is correct. That's another that's a whole other thing to talk about.
Both of them all of them. I go by the Kalin or Kailyn. So you're never wrong
point now to when people are like Diane, I'm like all right.
Yeah, sure. Whatever.
So anyway, I'm totally under selling my fan girl out moment right now because having both of you on is just like a dream come true. So I'm just beyond thrilled to have you join me today. Thank you so so so much. We're going to start this episode as we do every episode with our fav pot fav not pot segment. And I'm going to start with my favorite pot. So I was just sent a box it was like somebody knew my birthday month was happening, you know? Yeah. And I got like a huge box of stuff from flora and bast. And they have so many things. I'm going to talk about different products at different times. I know that but right now I'm talking about their end and no genic I don't know how to pronounce that correctly. But mushroom gummies silhouette, macro dose. These are magical. What I love about this company is that they tell you where everything is sourced from. So that's mine Kalin. What's your favorite pot right now?
My favorite pot right now is interesting question. I would say the experience of a cannabis retreat that I was just on. I just got back from Jamaica, for my first time ever going to that mother land which was fantastic with ODP tea and her retreat, and I was with 26 other black women. And we just got to celebrate the land, the people and herb and I learned so much about myself and my solitude and my like what I'm like around other people that are new and different. And I got to just be embraced in a community that I never thought I would have access to. So I would say that's my favorite pot right now. It was five days in paradise and it was always for 20 That was what ODP ji said all the time. She was like I just need y'all to know is always for 20 here so much so The in the back of the bus in the back of the shuttle bus on our way to an event. We were sparking up blondes and passing them around in the back of the bus and I was like, I'm a rock star. I was like, This is what rock stars do. This is what we do. So grateful for that. Okay, going into Willa.
Oh my goodness, that sounds amazing. Like, I can imagine you in that in your element, you know, like this, like, the weather the vibe of getting out of the states, but being in this? Yeah, being on the island. I can't imagine that. So it's really beautiful that you had to experience. Thank you. But my favorite. Um, I guess my favorite cannabis thing is currently I've been doing these gummies called Moonwalker. gummies the Delta Oh yeah. Cassie put me onto these because I was looking for a Delta gummy. But I do have to say over the weekend, me and my friends had like a plant ceremony. plant medicine ceremony and my friend had brought this string called Valley Girl I keep calling it p valley girl but it's just valley girl. And yeah, I really liked it. It made me feel like
yes yes that's what we need sometimes you know?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, that's the other thing not to cut you off but the they also sent me this this with a an aphrodisiac version which I accidentally took the aphrodisiac before we get started so what
Diana got that red lip going on? She did her makeup and she was feeling
thank God
thank God I love that thank god
Are we going into or not pot now are we saying our favorite not pot?
Yes. All right so my favorite not pot. I've already used this once the season but the drag race all star season that's odd well just ended the all winners All Stars season. That's my favorite not pot because that was like the perfect way to go is a perfect escapist entertainment. And I'm really happy because one of my favorite drag race stars one. Jinx monsoon. Yeah. Sorry if you haven't washed it yet. So that was my favorite pot. What is yours? Caitlyn.
I haven't watched I remember watching drag race years ago, but I don't. I don't really watch TV too often. I have like a couple of subscriptions. And I do watch with thing but favorite not pot is the Japanese filmmaker. I think it's hero. What's his name? Hero MRI. He did Atlanta. He did the Childish Gambino music video back in the day. This is America. And he just executive produced a show on Hulu called the bear. And it's all about it's all about the restaurant, industry and a restaurant but it's it's showing this one really good it's so good the acting is so and I think that is my escapism is going back into the restaurant. I used to work in the restaurant all the time. So I'm used to like the chaos of a restaurant and for some reason just watching that show brought me back to calm like seeing somebody else's chaos brought me to peace. Great show. It's on Hulu I recommend
that's what that is because I saw trailers for it but I thought it was about like, like the wild like I thought it was like a bear. You know?
Bear Grylls Yeah, watch this show. It's it's the it's a restaurant. But they do it in such a great emotional way because one of the main characters took his life and the way that the characters are all coming together and the way that the story is it is so good. Oh, it's nourishing is very nourishing. Very good.
Meaning that I might add that they do have a Hulu subscription. So I'm gonna do that. Added the beer. I didn't know that the knot pot thing was like entertainment. I was gonna be like, ooh, these Okay, okay.
Yeah, can be anything.
Because I do want it yeah, yes to the drag race. Also, I just love drag race. I'm a very big fan. And I just love the lessons especially the untuck I just love when you get to see that humanity aspect of it. What it takes to just put yourself out there and that way. So that's why it was drag. So yes, the All Stars. But my favorite not pot would have to be these chocolate mushrooms that I've been getting by mail. I don't know if I can say it out loud, but I just did. But I'm whispering it. But like, it's just really good.
I know, on Twitter that the USPS is like the biggest drug dealer in the country.
As long as you pay for your postage stamp, you're good.
Yeah. And who are the chocolate mushrooms by?
They go by? I don't know if I'm allowed to say it. But I'm gonna just say it. Okay, you could be me after. I'm like, you can say it. I'll like private message, y'all. But everybody make it great packaging. Very great. You know, what's it called? process from from like, ordering to delivery like great on five stars all around? Yes. And when you do order, though, there's like a plethora of like flavors. It goes from like dark chocolates and more chocolate. But oh my god, that the flavors are endless. And the best thing about it is that it gave me like, it just gives you a really good trip. Like I went on a trip on the first of the month. That I'm still kind of unpacking. But all I can say is thank you plant medicine. Like thank you for like the connections. So yeah, that's my, that's my favorite non pot. Love.
You both are so cool. All right, so for those listening, I can see them so I keep getting mesmerized by how magical you both are right? Like, why are we doing this creates so much art. And you? I would say that you make everyone think and you help everyone reimagine things in many different ways. So how would you reimagine a more queer Tiv? Or a more inclusive cannabis industry? Aylin
Yeah, I can start. I knew, I mean, dish it over. So I wrote a list, I wrote a bulleted item numbered agenda that I'm on. Because I imagined this every day. And I'm like, we're getting closer every single day. So I said, number one, we're going to reunite people through ancient practices, so that we can nourish everybody for higher energy, right, we bring people together to rest, to dance, to have good food, plant medicine, and a lot of sex. I know that is number one. Like it can actually be very simple. If we don't put too much into it, it can be extremely simple. So that's number one. We bring people together for those simple things. So number one, I'm thinking we reunite people that are like minded, that are together that are close, that understand their people so that they can start coming together as connections, feeling safe, feeling comfortable, then number two, we start to mix like minded groups together, right. And then just have spaces for fun explorative environments. So after we all rest, have plant medicine, have sex. And then we come together later, we mix different groups together. And we just have like, good music, food, and low dose medicine do the work. Like we just stepped back because in my opinion, the plants are already talking to us, they're sending out the signals for us. So I'm like great. All we have to do is just receive and chill out, like just relax a little bit, listen to good music and all that stuff. And then number three, very simple. I really do feel like what happened was see what had happened was is I don't think white people truly understand this. And I say this as a whole to white people because I'm not going to I'm not going to not generalize. I really do feel like white people are just more progressive in the ways of like stripping back culture. Like, I really do think that it's on us. I'm not going to put another thing on people of color. But I really do think that it is nice when you start re integrating more fun for all of us. And just to get people connected with the earth. Because I really do think that what happened was, is a lot of the European people just started to strip out things because they were like, no land no ancient practices, no, this no dancing, no sex, and they just started saying all these rules. And all I'm saying is bring back all the fun things, mix us all together, something that they never wanted to happen, and just create these spaces. For everybody just having a good time. And everybody being adults, and creating these, like safe understandings that we are human, this is what being human is. And then teaching the kids that are coming up, here's what being human is like. And here's how we can move forward as a people. And I really do feel like being human is just admitting that we all have emotions, we all just want to dance, I really do feel like at our core dance has been taken out from so many of us. And if we can just get back to like, a weekly dance session, I really do think that's going to solve all of it. So I love that question, Diana, I was like, I'm gonna make it simple in like three plot points. I do think that all we have to do is just bring that music, plant medicine, and dancing and good food and sex. I know I mentioned sex a few times. And that's why I think I started 69 And Sunny, because it's just like, it's all my
Leo says what?
Elliot says everybody just have fun, give and receive. The government hates me. The government does not like me the government's like, shut down. Kailyn Cowen, we don't know who you are. But I do really feel nobody knows. But I do really feel that it's simple. And I just imagine this oasis for us, that is just all centered around us just like coming together and ascending our vibration so that we can just chill. That's where I'm at.
Absolutely. Right, you will.
I just want to affirm what DJ Kailyn Callen just said. That amazing, I love that you had it in bulleted form. And I, I really believe that so many of us are having these very parallel visions, dreams, thoughts, consciousness, like, it's happening so frequently, at least from the people that I've been meeting, it's like we're, we all have an almost shared vision of just like this, this place of sovereignty, you know, like this, this oasis that we can really cultivate and create. And that we can tap into the indigenous practices and tap into our roots and see how things have been done before. Because there are sort of blueprints out there that are doing what we want, but maybe not in the way that we envision it. But then it's happening in pockets. And I that's what I had to remind myself when I think of like, you know, the Doom gloom, or like the climate Doom or like whatever Doom, and you get kind of overwhelmed with a sense of like, there's so much it's happening within you remember, at least I have to remember to myself, it's like the in these pockets, we have this freedom in these pockets. We are practicing this self care, and community care and collective liberation. We're practicing it in so many different ways that, that it's already happening. And so that's what I remind myself when it comes to those points. But to your question about how do we create that, whether it's in the cannabis space, or whatever industry is remembered to tap in to those communities is building that collective is gathering people together, it's the connection, it's understanding, like, what I love about what I remember, the most of us take not Han, is that he says, without understanding, love cannot exist. And when I always remember that, it's like, yeah, a lot of this friction, miscommunication, misunderstandings, all this shit that we have the systems, all that stuff, there was like no understanding in there. So then, of course, love is not going to be existing in new systems, because they views everything as an object is everything in the transaction. Whereas we are trying to come in here and remember to like, strip away that the ideology that thinking and it takes a lot like it's a daily practice, it's like a constant, because we're still in it. You know, this is like, a system that has been designed for like, hundreds and hundreds of years. So it's like, how do we start tackling the in our own ways, and then grouping and connecting the Kalen said to the folks that are had that resources, and then maybe we can contribute. And then we can see different pathways, and we can open up those neural pathways in our mind to really tap in. And I think that's why plant medicine comes into play. That's where joy comes into play. That's where love comes into play. That's where, you know, sex comes down to play as like, we're creating new pathways in our bodies to really deeply connect and understand. And the third part they can say was, yeah, then we have the spaces that we can practice. You know, I think it's all a practice, like, just remember that. So yeah, that's, that's what I would say, period. And thank you Little
period and thank you.
Yeah, that's all you have to say, oh my gosh, what you create with your posters? Like, I just it's like speaks to my soul on a weekly sometimes more than weekly basis, just like, wow. I thought I was, but you know,
you are ready, Diana Hello your drag is beautiful. Okay, Caitlin's drag is beautiful. My drag and we're all just
gonna Yes. Right?
What is one of the what's the saying something about life and the rest is all drag? I can't remember anyway. So can you tell me about the weed friends tour and the highly human collaboration?
Well, you want to talk about that because I was invited by will I remember the day of us saying, well, because you were doing your volume three, or was it volume four? Four? Isn't volume four? Yeah, you had just in volume three. And volume four was coming out of a new clothing drop. And I was like, I do want to do something for 420. Let's do it together. And I was actually linking up, Bryce, I was linking up my partner and, and then well, it was like, What do you want to do? Well, you want to do on. And I was like, no. But I got the call. And I felt so blessed and so honored, and so privileged to be able to call in to that and be able to create something so special, to be able to have clothing. Because every single day, you know, we bring these modalities with us, like we're calling from our ancestors from the land from the plants to be able to speak. And I feel like clothing is the best way to speak without having to say anything, to be able to wear something that allows you to constantly be able to speak. And so my contribution was to create and design a shirt. And my shirt was a weed friends tour. And I really wanted to create something that made me feel fun. Like, I was always going to be celebrating for 20 on for 20 No matter where I was in space or time. And wherever I'm celebrating for 20 with friends, snacks, I created a band shirt for weed. And that, to me just felt limitless and felt like that's something that I can wear forever, that anybody could wear forever that wants to represent the plant in an interesting way. And because of that it's actually becoming a podcast. But that's in another news. But just being able to celebrate the idea of weed friends coming together is I was so grateful to be able to submit that shirt and to the campaign.
Love it. I love that it morphed into a podcast. I definitely want to hear more about that. That's news. Oh my goodness. But yeah, I remember that day too, when you were like, I was looking for it. Because usually I like to come up with collections in threes. And we had to write it was me and brace and I was like, there's a third. I need there's a third slot and I was like, Kailyn Do you want to do one? And you were like, No. And then I remember you asking the question of like, Do you not want to like, you know, bid bid someone out? Like do you want you know, want to reach out to folks and I was like I kind of don't just because it's a lot of I was kind of kind of just like there's a lot of work. And I was like no you design like I you know, like,
I know you're an artist.
And I'm just so but I remember receiving your email when you and Bryce had finally like you like send me an email, like you were ready. He was the artwork. And just reading your email. I remember being at the haircut spot getting my hair done, and reading it. And I was just so it fills me with joy to like, know that y'all had so much fun in the process of like working analog style, working with your hands, like just exploring what it could be. And then y'all coming up with these concepts. And it just, yeah, I loved it. And I was just so grateful that y'all had a beautiful time with it. And so I say thank you. But um, yes, that's how it can do.
Thank you. Thank you and yours, as well. Let me just Oh, sorry. Go ahead.
No, you go ahead. You go ahead.
I was just gonna praise Willis shirt because honestly, the big Pantone of the grill is so powerful just so like, just like yes, this is the plan. This is plant medicine. It's its advocacy at its finest to see three different versions of what it means to sell braid the plant, and everything about that just felt I was just in love with it. I was in love with the process, I was in love how it happened, everything about it I've just been in love with and I'm still glowing from that creation.
So hopefully it's gonna be an annual thing. I mean, you know, oh, you're not doing it, we can keep doing it. 2.0. But yeah, thank you so much for being down and do it. Thank you. Yeah. So
tell us more about what your collections are will like, what is a collection? How can people access them? And what do those collections support because I know, I just purchased an amazing shirt from one of those collections. And I cannot wait for everyone to see it. It says abolish the constructs. And it's like, again, speaking to my soul, like makes my heart sing, my soul, my black car, all of it. It's just it warms up whenever I see anything that you create, you just both of you, you both create just wonderful, amazing art. But anyway, so tell us about those collections and how people can access them.
So those start well, thank you for saying all that. Want to honor what you just said. So I really, really appreciate that. So that's one and then two, how the collection started with a site come from the clothing world like I like back in. Back in my past previous lifetime, I was doing clothing. And I got out of it because it just didn't feel right. It didn't feel aligned to what I was doing. Like I was like, man, we were going through like this thing called at the time, it was called like, there was a term for it. They had the summit's, and they were talking about all the pollution that was caught that was caused from the clothing industry, and how they can mitigate that because, you know, there was garment dying off in China. And they were like to polluting the waters with all these toxic chemicals just to produce a collection each season. And I felt like I was contributing to that. By doing the same thing, like I was designing clothing for a while. And so um, I told myself, like I wanted to get out of it. So I didn't ever thought everything that I was going to get back into clothing. And so when it kept being asked during, like, when I was doing designs for how the human I was just like expressing my thoughts in visual form, folks would ask like, oh, is this going to be I will have this on his shirt, I will have this on his shirt. And I kept saying thank you, like, you know, I'll take note of that. But then I just kind of like, let it go. Like I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to put it on clothing. Until finally my friend who started ever press was like, Hey, I think I really think they should look this up. Just check it out. There's no cost really, it's just, you put your designs out there. And if you reach a certain amount of production and goes to print, and so that kind of sold me because I was like, Oh, that's great, because it's only getting produced for what's been ordered and not like over producing. And it's being like digitally printed versus like, garment dyeing. And all these things were like, kind of checking it off on my list. I was okay, maybe maybe I'll try it. And so that's how it started. I was like, okay, if I'm going to do this, I want to be able to make sure that I like do it, um, more consciously like, like, I know, it's still capitalism is still all these things. But I guess it just feels better, like knowing that it's an organic shirt. Like I don't.
But you also every sale that you have you contribute to other amazing efforts and initiatives, correct?
Yes, that was the point of it, too. It's like at first it was really to help fund the first collection ever did I called it the fundamental collection just like, you know, funding mentally, like wanted to connect, connect those words. And it was going to help support this event that I was throwing with friends on called the chosen familia. It was like really to honor and the like practices of the Philippines and folks that are practicing indigenous practice from there, the healing practices. So I wanted to help fund that and pay them you know, like offer, some have some offering for those that are practicing in this event. And that's how it really started. And so every time we had a collection of the oh, this is a great way to at least give back in some way. And so that's how it has happened. So each year, I try to make sure that each collection has some type of like, giving back aspect to it. Because it's a lot of money that people are dropping. I mean, the garments are pretty pricey than the shipping I think is the biggest barrier because it's shipping from the UK. So for every sale, I'm truly truly grateful that folks are just down to support but also know that it's it's being shared, you know, and I think that's the way to practice this way of liberation that we're thinking about, right? Like how do we share our resources? Like they we can still support ourselves, but also we can give what we can and so that's what I want to keep practicing.
Right gatekeeping has no part in the reimagination yeah, there's too much of that still. So Yeah. So Kailyn how can people support you? How can the cannabis industry best support you personally and professionally?
