Exclusive Interview: The Mask and the Mirror in Conversation with Alan Moore
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
- The Mask and the Mirror is a series of conversations with artists and occulturists exploring inspired creativity, extraordinary encounters and intuitive ways of knowing. Alan Moore is 'the Magician' launching the 'Arcana Sessions' inspired by the Fool's journey through the tarot's major arcana.
Host/ creator: Lena Korkovelou
Contact: themaskandthemirror.arcana@gmail.com
Website: / lenakorkovelou
maskandthemirror.com (coming soon)
Instagram: Lena Korkovelou@maskandthemirror
Art/ Visuals: Nicoleta Faina
Contact: contact@nicoletafaina.com
Website: nicoletafaina.wixsite.com/por...
For everyone who's been rooting for these series to continue: We're finally back after a long Odyssey :) The second Arcana session is now up (specially dedicated to you), and there's more to follow shortly! Thanks so much for your heartwarming, motivating words and for your support -it means everything! Bright weavings to all of you for a better year ahead. Stay safe in 2021!
What an insightful and beautifully, honest conversation.
Lena's the best interviewer on Magickal topics with Alan Moore, they both know the territory. Brilliantly elucidative and inspiring. Thank You.
Great interview! Perhaps some time an interview whith Thomas sheridan?
Great! Stumbled upon this a week ago and it’s a beaut
Absolutely amazing .. I have come to the end of the line and the beginning it seems lol
I had started out a constant drawer and lover of mythology and philosophy as a teen .. to a hard nosed non fiction please know it all , all about the material and science and psychology of the mind type of strategy to understanding and working with life .. then had my world flipped upside down to realize there is much more to it then we realized as was ripped out of my body and travel through time now and awareness in most fractals yet strung together mannerism of a god with a major sense of humor and mild sense of obsessions with water and flowers lmao ..
To back to now rediscovered love for using art and stories to understand this reality .. and understand how reality works on me .. and how we are all connected and so on .. in so many more ways on this journey, then I ever could of believed
I have no in the flesh friends like me yet who experiences such versions of perceptions of reality and time .. so ty .. I felt like as it feels when talking to guides and “ friends “ from other spaces and places .. just as it felt when randomly stumbled upon Alan moores promethea work this week
It gets me all warm and fuzzy and light up like a lightening storms skies ;) I look forward to discovering more of both of your works. The interviewer who I just now stumbled upon who seemed just as genuine as he.
I have listened to and read almost all Alan Moore interviews and this one is unique enough and comprehensive enough to be my new favorite.
Who in God’s name gave this a thumbs down? WTF. Seriously.
Thanks so much! There will always be people who don't resonate -it's all about frequency...We're all transmitters and receivers. Those on the same frequency get the message. To the rest, it is as if we don't exist, as they can't tune in (and vice versa) :)
How does Lena know everything. This might be the best interview/interviewer I’ve ever heard
Thank you wholeheartedly! You're too kind :) I'm just a polymath (or mega nerd :) who spent her childhood and youth as a bookworm when everyone insisted I should be partying I guess (and I wouldn't have it any other way) :D I dream therefore I exist!
@@themaskandthemirror777 don't underplay your brilliance :) your depth of understanding didn't come without a price:)
@@themaskandthemirror777my wife is the same; she speaks 6 languages and knows everything,a paragon of knowledge. She had a very sheltered life and read books constantly. I feel like a turnip of knowledge compared tae her. She is a wonderful woman. I love her so much but don't have the vocabulary to express it enough.
I love this interview - I could listen Moore talking for years on end. The Daemon encounter was really frightening. I would never get involved in that.
This is probably one of the greatest interviews I have ever listened to, thank you so much for making this happen!
Thank you. I feel so at peace after listening to this fabulous interview.
Magickal blessings upon the algorithmic Gods for putting this in my path this evening! Upon a vapid sea of "content" this conversation feels like a little life raft. Very inspiring, thanks.
He's one of the wisest and kindest people alive.
It's really striking how much better read, and better at thinking, he is than most politicians and people in the media. Society really needs this stuff.
Thank you for this comment -I completely agree with you and this is one of the main reasons I started this series. High Priestess is to be interviewed shortly after the 23rd this month. Hope you like the next episode and stay with us!
This is the art of con verse at ion at its most gently balletic...an empathetic duet of listening and inspiring. Beautiful to witness one more jewel in Indrah's net shining...marvellous both of you.
Thanks for these heartwarming words :)
Thank you Alan Moore for making John Constantine and Watchmen these characters are ICONIC
In a maddening world, this stuff keeps me going. Thank you for sharing your conversation with Alan Moore. May everyone find their own version of Glycon.
Jonathon D Thanks for this Jonathon -this stuff has always been what kept me going too. This is why I started this channel, trying to help others going too (you need to howl to the rest of your pack in this maddening world). Love
@@themaskandthemirror777 Howling with you all!
This is the best Alan Moore interview on RUclips. How about talking to Grant Morrison?
He's a bell end.
@@silverapples75 that’s not very nice. Why do you dislike him?
@@TheBrightlightlion Just think he's a clown. Sigil magic doesn't really work in the way he professes to understand. He gets on my wick, I might turn him into a frog if he's not careful.
Yes plz
@@TheBrightlightlion Moore himself unpacks the reasons morrison is a bellend in an amazing essay or interview from a few years back. check it out...
“Art is how we measure ourselves”
I found this tremendously valuable, I listened two days ago and he words still resonating inside me. Alan really makes you think about what being an artist ( or being an human) really is . This interview is transformational , it lifted a fire inside me. It’s very difficult to believe in oneself sometimes but after listen this man and his integrity it obvious to me that’s the name of the game!
It was a pleasure to listen to your questions and insight and I’m looking forward to your content.
The comments about the last issue of Promethea were gold !
Thank you so much for your interest and good words. ''Integrity is the name of the game'' -with you 100%. It's vital that artists like Alan are heard - to quote Rushdie, ''a poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point out frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep''....
Art is how we measure Art.....
Yes one of the longest and best Alan Moore interviews done by a Greek , felt proud
What an incredible interview. Both of you were great. Thanks 🌐
Been listening to a lot of moores interviews. Never heard of anyone who was as well educated on these topics. You kept up incredibly well. Very impressed
One of the best Alan Moore interviews I had the pleasure to listen to. And the animations are wonderful! Looking forward to more videos from your channel.
Can't thank you enough for this comment Victor -it means everything. Thank you for joining us on the same wavelength -High Priestess coming up next (all I can say is my choice will surprise you:)
@@themaskandthemirror777 Great! I'll be here :)
What an amazing interview ^^ Just finished reading Promethea, and reading Jerusalem now. Alan Moore becomes a woman with a really full cup... 1200+ pages full.
So many beautiful and enlightening threads woven into this conversation. There is a point near the end of the interview at 2:01:12 where Lena's question leads us into drifting red embers flickering to the purposeful deep resonance of Alan's voice that gives me hope in 2020.
I like the imagery of threads and weaving that you've used, goes very well with my upcoming interview with Aidan Wachter, who is all about that :)
Great Job Lena, this is one of the best Moore interviews I've heard
Many thanks for this warm welcome Jack -more to follow:)
Fantastic discussion. I've listened to many Alan Moore conversations and interviews but have never actually read anything by him as I'm not a reader of comics or fantasy in general, but listening to this reminded me to rectify that and I ordered Jerusalem.
This is an interview I'm going to come back to, it's a dream to have such a massive and wide-ranging interview with Alan Moore. Would that I had known of this a year ago, but oh well. Back to winding my way through Jerusalem, with fresh inspiration!
Wicked.
(found you on Medium!)
Thank you for this.
Perhaps the BEST AM interview of all time. And there are many. Bravo. Carry on....
Great interview, really enjoyed it. I've noticed that when Alan Moore gets going about his favourite subjects (Northampton, magick/art, eternalism), his "chats" tend to turn into lectures. However, you did a good job of staying involved. I've also noticed that Alan has certain routines, like the "bits" of a stand-up comedian, that he seems to know play well. For example, the bit about, "if a bard put a satire on you" - I recognised that from "The Mindscape" (from 2003!) But there was plenty of new content, too. I particularly liked it when Alan went into some detail regarding his thoughts on magick - such as when he talked about Qabalah symbolism.
It did not escape my notice that he referred to The Moon And Serpent book as "hopefully forthcoming" ... It's been "Coming Soon" on the Top Shelf website for about 9 years now! I know Alan has released a ton of stuff in that time - Dodgem Logic, Jerusalem, Jimmy's End, Provenance, Cinema Purgatorio - and there's the not-insignificant business of Steve leaving the physical plane of Malkuth for the lunar sphere .... I'm just saying, maybe it was premature to start talking about The Moon And Serpent book so early on (like a decade before release). Anyway, thanks again for the interview. And the accompanying graphics are really great, too.
I asked the question about the moon and serpent book on a thread that was on his Facebook page about a year ago and his daughter Leah commented back and said that it had been very difficult for him to finish the book since Steve had passed as Steve was his best friend and mentor but also said that he had hopes of completing and releasing it soon.
This is a simply wonderful interview, Lena Korkovelou. You have a very rare talent. The visuals are actually well-selected and genuinely resonate with the subjects. We look forward to more, no pun intended.
Alan, please, for Earth's sake, have a conversation with Duncan Trussel. That young man is in a mental space where your ideas would blow his mind currently. I know you aren't a fan of Netflix probably, but the show that he did with Pendleton Ward, The Midnight Gospel, is a true occult masterpiece in my opinion. Also maybe peruse my own works? I'm trying to bring magick into new cultural areas. Thank you for the lifetime of inspiration, brother!
And thank you Lena! Your background knowledge seemed invaluable in moving this dialogue forward past points that I've seen Alan get stuck on with other interviewers. For example, the close relationship between language and magick seemed like more of a mutually understood underpinning to the dialogue here rather than a point to be extensively expounded. It left room for much deeper explorations later on.
Alan Moore is my idol, but he repeats a lot of what he said in The Mindscape of Alan Moore. Lena seems to be very knowable in art, history, mythology and magick, really looking forward to see what else you can share for us.
I agree and disagree. He does comprehensively cover much of the stuff in mindscape but also much is added too it, with much perspective no less. I’d say at least 25% more material. At least!
What a gem, this should be the prevelant spirit in the uk, I remember the aroma. Thanks to both of you, this was very enjoyable.
It's still here, at least in certain places, although you have to look harder for it. We just need to not let it completely fade away (dare I say rekindle it or am I reaching? I still have hope we won't turn into...Granbretan ;) Thanks for listening!
God he's such a legend and this is such a wonderful interview. I love the beginning talking about MYTH and mysticism and people looking away from that tradition is favor of rationalism.♥️ Thanks so much.
Wow! This is a truly phenomenal appearance and display from both parties, kudos to whatever frequency these two were dialed into. Such beautiful chemistry.
Cool stuff, much appreciated! Also, kudos for conducting and packaging this interview so well
I always love hearing Alan talk. Thank you.
this is one of the best alan interviews i heard. great work
This is a keeper.
Absolutely fascinating. And I really needed to hear this.
Great way to spend a couple of hours. Thanks for having a long, measured conversation, and taking the time.
Well done on getting Alan Moore! Yes!
The life of a magician can be a very practical thing. Thank you for posting this excellent interview.
Thank you for listening -it is a practical thing indeed! :)
I just want to thank you both for this. Wonderful interview.
this is excellent. definitely one of the more inspiring conversations I've heard in awhile, and I'm only 1/2 through. Thank you for making this, truly making my night richer
Imagination is magical.
Great quality and interview! Thanks
If I could choose to meet anyone in the whole world I would choose to meet Alan Moore. That man is my idol.
I second that -I still can't believe this meeting happened for me!
Fantastic interview Lena, thanks for putting this out. I am glad that RUclips actually brought this up for me after searching for 'Alan Moore', took it's time as I normally search out interviews or whatever with Alan on here monthly so am not sure why this hasn't come up before, the most recent interview that I can find. I hope he's okay during this pandemic and I am sure he is, and you! Thanks again, Ian aka Dr Nitrogen
reckon I’ll be coming back to this for years to come - thank you
This was beautiful and extremely touching. You both are such dears! I loved hearing your childlike wonder. Looking forward to the rest of the series, and delighted to find your meticulous bookshelves on goodreads as well ♡
Fantastic interview. Love the visuals. Thank you.
you are a gift, i am not even half way through but im loving it, thanks for being a great interviewer
You and the rest of the people who took the time to listen and comment here are the gift to me. It's all about getting messages across, sharing, and I can't really express how it makes me feel that this has touched so many of you so profoundly. It's taken quite some time as I work with limited time and resources, but the next ''card'', the High Priestess has found us and her interview will be up soon, beginnings of next month. Hope you like it and thank you, from my heart!
This was wonderful! Enjoyed it very much.
Anyone who enjoyed Alan in this would also probably enjoy The Mindscape of Alan Moore, it's a bit more biographical but it contains many of his same ideas but with more detail.
I love the Promethea stuff at the end. Im actually working on my adaptation of Promethea right now. I do narration and voice acting for old forgotten comics, come play in my imagination sometime if you want on my channel. I did Alan's Lovecraft trilogy already.
Wonderful interview! The best Alan Moore interview I`ve ever watched!
Great, great interview. I am eager to hear your next interview and beyond, and beyond.
Thank you very much for uploading this. All the time I was waiting for Joseph Campbell's name to come up....
I absolutely love this, there’s far too much I love about it for me to comment on it at all or I’d be writing for weeks.
I love the VR talk especially. That level of immersion can do incredible things for us. I try to use that idea in my own life these days, even just by surrounding myself with images that make me feel a certain way. Which isn’t anything unusual obviously, everyone’s done that for millennia. But knowing how profound an effect it has can completely turn your life around
Really enjoyed the interview, Lena. Letting the interviewee speak freely and moving the conversation on when the time was right. Visuals must be a lot of work too. Love the concept for the series and hope there are more in the pipeline.
Thank you so much for this interview! Great job!
Alan is, if anyone anywhere is, seminal. A charming interview by host/creator Korkovelou, I must add!
I hope you have more on the way, this is fascinating.
Wonderful work Lena...simply the best interview with Alan available on the internet.
Thank you for this. I agree with others on here this is the very best interview with Moore I've listened to. It's something you can go back to over and over again and find something new. Well done!
Thank you so much for this fascinating interview,
When Moore expounds on anything that he’s passionate about I can never get enough of it, if he gave a history on the history of ice cream parlors in Northampton I think I would want to hear the entire thing. 😁
Thank you for such an insightful interview.
The references to consciousness being plugged into a virtual / synthetic realities reminds me of Iain M Banks’ Culture novels - he describes this kind of thing in a number of those books. Human imagination becoming reality ( Gene Roddenberry inventing the concept of iPads in the form of tricorders approximately half a century before they appeared in the ‘real’.
❤️ This is wonderful ❤️ Thank you ❤️
Your are a fantastic interviewer - a rarity, indeed. Thank you so much for this!
Fantastic job. A thoroughly engaging conversation. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your support:)
I loved every second of this interview. Thank you for posting it. Its great to have an interviewer as knowledgeable as Alan too!
Haha, I don't know if I can claim to know as much as Alan, but thanks so much for your good words, and for your love -much love back!
Thank you for this, Lena, hope to see and hear more from your channel soon.
Your wish has been granted -I actually thought it would never happen for some time, but I have recorded two more interviews and scheduled another two, so it's looking great for the new year:)
Woah, I was not expecting to find this gem of an interview! Καλή αρχή!
Your projet has been just starting and you seem to have attracted some attention interviewing Alan. Best of luck for your channel. The production and the interview are really good!
A master lesson, a capolavore...Thanks a lot
LOve this! Thank you! ✨👁✨
thank you for this
Fantastic conversation and points raised. Opening up and making such content approachable and inclusive the way Lena and Alan unravel the language of MAKING and the practice of creating as a tool available to all, is a very necessary path to be carved and rendered carvable, especially nowadays, considering the visual and verbal cluster a current mind has to swim through. Μπράβο Λένα!
This has been highly enlightening. Even (or especially) because I'm not new to these topics or Alan Moore's work and talks (and being an artist myself). Thank you so much. Great conversation!
Thank you Timo -these topis are my greatest passion (being a writer myself)glad you found something new and enlightening here!
Ψάχνοντας συνεντεύξεις του Moore πέφτω πάνω σε αυτή, ακούω την προφορά κ μου έκανε αμέσως ότι είναι ελληνική :) Πολυ ενδιαφέρουσα συζήτηση, συγχαρητήρια κ ευχαριστώ!
Σ' ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ συμπατριώτη, χάρηκα τόσο που βρήκα ελληνικό σχόλιο!
Such a special interview. You knocked it out of the park homie
This was great!
I found my tribe! Amazing interview, thank you sis.
Sister, I hope you are doing fine and I hope we see more interviews in the future. Thank you for sharing knowledge !
Thank you so much for your words of support! It's happening -new interview is now up:)
The interesting thing in adulthood I found that when a book was present that I had been reading conversation often seemed to have an element of fear on the part of the other speaker depending upon the other person’s proclivity in obtaining knowledge
This is an incredible interview. Very activating! Great work, Lena!
Lucid Dream Tree Glad it took you places :)Thanks so much for joining us! Big love!
I can't really convey in words how beneficial was this interview. Im obviously gratefull for sharing this marvelous pice of knowledge, but I also want to let you know that I'm going to use as inspiration a lot of this make my own "stuff". Thank you.
Such a soft voice
This is a great interview and a fantastically made video!
I've always wondered if his rebirth as a magician at 40 had anything to do with him losing all his Watchmen money on the Big Numbers project, that project breaking down, and his wife, girlfriend and kids all leaving and moving to Liverpool, which all happened a year or two prior.
Great interview!
This is amazing!!!!! This channel is great!!!! 😉😉😉
simon lopez Thanks Simon! It means a lot to me to know you love this channel. I am a freelance journalist so it’s this love that will keep it going :) Love back
"Your work is a pact between you and the universe." ✨🔮✨
this was great , keep up the good work
This may be the best A.M. interview ever.
kyledrums Many thanks for your comment Kyle, really glad you enjoyed it! 😊❤️
Thank you.
μπράβο, great stuff!
Great interview and interviewer. I subscribed immediately. I hope to see more great content in this channel. Good job!
Thanks so much for your support! The High Priestess is coming soon -her interview is to take place shortly after the 23rd this month and uploaded in July :) Hope you like it as much as this one!
very inteligent conversation.
Awesome!
wonderful wonderful wonderful good good good, thank you
This is amazing
Thank you
Oh, my gods! This was wonderful, great job......plus, Alan needs no prompting to just gush information, anecdotes and lore.
He is a a fantastic storyteller in every way:)
thank you from brasil
You have to do this again! We are in a drought
New interview is now up :) Sorry for the long wait, conditions are harsh here on Arrakis, lol...Collecting the water is an arduous (but sacred) process!