Episode 4: A Self-Portrait, A Ukulele & Old Roger
What does it mean to create something… and then recognize yourself inside it?
In this episode of The Longwave Home, we spend time with Nevada County artists—people who live inside the act of making… and unmaking… and making again. Through three conversations, we explore creativity not as a skill, but as a way of seeing… a way of becoming… a way of Life.
And in Free River, creativity means different things depending on where you’re standing.
For some, it’s a song taking shape in real time… a ukulele, a voice, a question that hasn’t quite found its answer yet. For others, it’s quieter… more personal. A moment of recognition. A shift in perspective. A self-portrait that isn’t painted, but realized… when Jake begins to see his sibling not as who they were, but as who they’ve been all along.
And somewhere along the riverbank… there’s Old Roger. Still playing. Still reminding us that what we set out to create… and what we actually create… are rarely the same thing.
This is an episode about that space in between… where identity, expression, and accident meet.
No formulas. No instructions.
Just the work. And the people who can’t seem to stop doing it.
EPISODE #04 - 04.21.26
“A Self-Portrait, A Ukulele & Old Roger“
Performed by The Free River Players
Composed & Directed by d’Philip
Produced & Engineered by Griffin Rodriguez
Executive Producers Kelly & Margaret Chalmers
Music Included;
“In The City” Composed by Gino Gavoni, Performed by The 21st Century Flight
“Give a Little Bit”, “Dreamer”, “The Logical Song”, and “The Long Way Home”
Composed by (Nevada County’s Own) Roger Hodgeson, Performed by Supertramp
“You’re There” Composed and performed by Maggie Chalmers, Lyrics by d’Philip
Incidental Music by The d’Philiharmonius Orchstrange.
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