What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and the world had gone silent?
Eight months ago, that's exactly what happened to Blu. After 34 years of hearing, she went deaf overnight — and instead of becoming a victim of the experience, she calls it the most sacred teacher of her life.
Blu is an artist, mystic, and storyteller. Alongside her creative partner Lily Ashwell, she spent three and a half years hand-crafting "Heavenly Bodies Tarot" — a tarot deck of 78 original artworks made entirely by human hands, in a world drowning in synthetic noise. She is also the host of the Deja Blu podcast.
A few lines from the conversation that stuck with me:
"Comfort is the death of the evolution of the soul."
"The most sacred thing is what is."
"We're running ourselves dry, getting ourselves sick, and wondering why we can't hear God."
"It's really inefficient to be an asshole."
and...my overwhelming favorite:
"The only disability is that of a bad attitude" (original quote from Scott Hamilton)
In this conversation, we explore what it means to turn your greatest challenge into your greatest gift, why comfort is the death of the evolution of the soul, and how to tell the difference between synthetic and authentic in the age of AI.
Blu shares the story of sending telepathic apologies from a treehouse in the Amazon jungle — and receiving two replies. We talk about why time isn't real, how ritual turns the mundane into magic, why the goal was never to be high vibe but to be honest with what's most alive, why all judgment is a confession, and what it actually takes to live a meaningful life.
She went deaf so she could teach the rest of us how to listen.
Enjoy!
Chapters
0:00 Living with your soul wide open
3:31 Going deaf overnight
5:37 The most sacred thing is what is
7:00 Comfort is the death of the soul
8:46 The only disability is a bad attitude
11:39 When a sense gets taken away
12:38 Synthetic vs authentic
15:36 Three years making a tarot deck
18:27 Telepathy and the Amazon jungle
21:41 The two apologies arrive
26:10 Lazy or built into a system
27:44 Time isn't real
32:01 The hungry ghost inside you
34:08 Ritual and the bed making competition
36:44 The universe gives you who you are
41:39 Silence is psychedelic
43:42 Who you spend time with matters
48:59 The goal isn't high vibes
49:59 Grieving her old life
55:53 It's inefficient to be an asshole
57:17 How to be angry and graceful
1:00:55 Blu's relationship with embarrassment
1:05:24 All judgment is a confession
1:06:25 Jealousy is a roadmap
1:10:25 Creativity and the God pocket
1:16:39 No one is just talented
1:19:24 The demon Mother Mary painting
1:22:09 Your job is your joy of being
1:28:54 What a meaningful life means
1:37:11 Where to find Blu
Get Blu's tarot deck "Heavenly Bodies Tarot":
https://www.weareheavenlybodies.com
Follow Blu:
https://www.instagram.com/bluofearth/
Follow Billy:
https://www.instagram.com/billygartonjr/
Follow the show: https://www.instagram.com/youchoosepodcast/
