Blueberry Moon

Beckoning the Waves of Sentience

 
As a boy Matthew combed the creek beds and walked the riverbanks of the Cumberland Plateau. Along the way, he collected fossils from the pre-cambrian sea bed and Indian artifacts from a millennia of past civilizations. Upon these objects he meditated, searching for truth and meaning in an otherwise confused world.

Here, he came to know that Spirit exists in everything.

Called by the energy of these ancient hills, he came to Swannanoa Valley in the fall of 1990 to study at Warren Wilson College. He concentrated on his connection to the earth by studying organic farming and permaculture, as well as deepening his understanding of the world's current political and environmental crises.

Through activism and scholarship, Matthew soon began to call into question all forms of physical and economic authority. A new goal rose like the sun in Matthew's consciousness: to be self-realized, to be one's own highest Authority. Upon freeing himself of his indentured servitude at Warren Wilson College, Matthew moved to Asheville to seek culture, consciousness, and creativity. ("Thus cometh the Surreal Sirkus"). In 1996, the Sirkus was birthed as a creative collaboration between several friends, fusing sacred ritual, visual art, dance, and original music. These creative players were bent on breaking new ground.

Moon's role in the Sirkus has always been diverse. "Everything all at once!" is his motto. Writer, director, choreographer, set builder, dancer, musician, and make-up artist are where he's most comfortable. "I love doing people's makeup", he says. "Any excuse to put the characters on people's bodies. But really, there's a storyteller in me, and an installation artist and a radical poet, and oh yeah, a psychedelic pagan evangelist. All these people live inside me, and they needed a place to play."