becky stark is so punk rock it hurts

becky stark is the frontwoman and conceptual force behind lavender diamond. i love her for being so unabashedly happy and positive-- like pure sunshine, all the time. and what could be more punk rock these days than to make such joyfully triumphant music?

the first thing you read in the "news" section on the lavender diamond site:

TODAY!

Did you know that this is the beginning of the era of true love? The end of oppression? Of the self or the other. It's true. True love can only exist in the absence of oppression and where true love exists there is no oppression.

This is the moment of the invention of peace on earth. Like the moment just before the invention of the printing press. Or the day after, or the week of. Imagine the sun going down and you pass a window and someone inside is writing notes (and that someone is you) and those notes are about a letterpress- or an airplane- or the that the world is round- or that peace will come to earth. We will look back on this moment with astonishment and wonder how we lived in the time of war- much the same way we look back with astonishment at a time on earth without humans- or birds- or clouds- or at a time when dinosaurs lived-
But do not forget that everything on earth and in heaven may come and go. There was a time before humanity. There was a time before America. There was a time before the sky, there was a time before earth. And this is the time before peace.
I declare that the age of war is over and that soon it will be a memory.
War is now extinct and peace is the new species.
Imagine this. And Invent this with the full force of your soul, your mind, your heart, your voice.
Earth is heaven, the water is magic, the ground is magic, your voice is magic, you are pure magic. Remember yourself. Bring peace.
Peace to all the children of the world, forever and ever and now,
Love.

the video for "open your heart"



listen to more here.

and if you ever manage to get your hands on a copy of lula #2, be sure to check out the charming conversation between becky and her equally awesome friend, artist/filmmaker/writer miranda july.