Asterital
verlunascent.bsky.social
Asterital
@verlunascent.bsky.social
I write books and I sacrifice people read my Magical Realism novel- The Gospel of Modern Sacrifice. In a divided and polarized age- who do we choose to sacrifice in name of industry- and why?
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Check out my piano trio- in which we explore the concept of the American Mall as a shrine to the American God: the Dollar.

#music #composer #theory #deadmalls #gods

youtu.be/8oOr3h33nGE?...
Dead American Malls
YouTube video by Hagen Lu Composer
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Is Modern Day Human Sacrifice necessary?

One of the ideas that I'm interested in exploring within my project is the necessity of it. Should we continue to use and benefit from low paid workers overseas? But it's not so simple.

open.substack.com/pub/modernsa...
Is Modern Day Human Sacrifice Necessary?
Human sacrifice is a ritual that has been practiced since the very beginning of human history.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Finished putting up what I have of my novel on my substack and a little more extra stuff on there! If you like sacrifice, critiques on extremism in industry, capitalism, and culture- check out my weird little project! I have about half of it up there! It's ongoing!

open.substack.com/pub/modernsa...
December 4, 2024 at 5:16 PM
We often think of creatures that feed on fear- but what about creatures that feed on joy (cults?) with a fear creature at least you KNOW something is off and wrong but with a creature that feeds on joy maybe it's more insidious, more effective. New methods of harvesting energy?

short story maybe
December 1, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Check out my piano trio- in which we explore the concept of the American Mall as a shrine to the American God: the Dollar.

#music #composer #theory #deadmalls #gods

youtu.be/8oOr3h33nGE?...
Dead American Malls
YouTube video by Hagen Lu Composer
youtu.be
November 30, 2024 at 6:35 PM
y'all I just heard a recording of one my compositions, The Crane Devouring yesterday and they introduced me as a THIRTEENTH GRADER from the University of Massachusetts. (The performance was in Texas)

That was unexpected but the piece was incredibly performed! Even with the graphics!
November 25, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Additional Sacrifice material!

Or at least part of it- pieced some recordings of some friends together as an extra to my novel- and also one part of the live performance of a piece for Saxophone and Piano recently performed at MATCH in Houston!

What is sacrifice in today's age?
November 24, 2024 at 7:20 PM
The first chapter of a new novel I'm working on! An industrial-god company is tasked with seizing and old faith temple to build a new factory. This is controversial.

How far are we willing to go in the name of progress?

#booksky #fiction #💙📚

open.substack.com/pub/modernsa...
Of Prophets, and Protests
The Gospel of Modern Sacrifice - A Serialized Novel in Three Parts
open.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:32 PM
So what's my novel thing about? Besides the point of sacrifice, industry, and extremism- it's about a city.

There's a company, Sacred Dynamics, champion of the New Faith, where gods are machines and their Prophets are finance bros and oil barons. 1/5
November 24, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Hi bluesky!

I'm an author and composer writing a cool new magical realism novel about sacrifices, inequality, and who we choose to sacrifice (ie. Marginalized groups in justice systems), what we choose to sacrifice (culture vs industry)

I'm going to post it for free and my thoughts about it!
November 23, 2024 at 9:03 PM
RAHH I have arrived here so what's to do here is this the sanctified relic black market? Where's the nearest sacrifice altar?
November 22, 2024 at 3:24 PM