Sonatations are our living archives of essays, field notes, sound baths, playlists, films, and other sensory offerings. Each one is a way of listening, feeling, and remembering that turns the everyday into ritual.

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The Composting Playlists

The Composting Playlists

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Listen — These playlists are eight mood-led portals for stepping back with intention. Each holds a different state of retreat.

The Composting Playlists

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Listen — These playlists are eight mood-led portals for stepping back with intention. Each holds a different state of retreat.

The Practical Art of Composting

The Practical Art of Composting

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 4. Composting is your moment. Mark it with small rituals, keep a thread of connection, and let it transform you so you’re ready to step...

The Practical Art of Composting

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 4. Composting is your moment. Mark it with small rituals, keep a thread of connection, and let it transform you so you’re ready to step...

Drum & Pulse Playlist

Drum & Pulse Playlist

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Listen — The drum remembers. From Yorùbá talking drums to diasporic jazz, these tracks carry names, prayers, and rebellion in every beat. Press play and let the rhythm call you...

Drum & Pulse Playlist

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Listen — The drum remembers. From Yorùbá talking drums to diasporic jazz, these tracks carry names, prayers, and rebellion in every beat. Press play and let the rhythm call you...

Ancestral Models of Rest

Ancestral Models of Rest

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 3. Our ancestors held one another through moments of intentional retreat. From postpartum rituals to seasonal slowdowns, withdrawal was sacred, witnessed, and woven into community...

Ancestral Models of Rest

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 3. Our ancestors held one another through moments of intentional retreat. From postpartum rituals to seasonal slowdowns, withdrawal was sacred, witnessed, and woven into community...

Performance Fatigue & The Need to Retreat

Performance Fatigue & The Need to Retreat

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 2. Retreating can be a moment to pause and  repair, especially in a world that drains us through constant performance.  

Performance Fatigue & The Need to Retreat

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 2. Retreating can be a moment to pause and  repair, especially in a world that drains us through constant performance.  

Rotting vs Composting

Rotting vs Composting

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 1. Microhermitting is the art of stepping away with intention by not just collapsing into a blur of screens and crumbs.  

Rotting vs Composting

OLUWATOBI AROWOBUSOYE

Read — Microhermitting | Part 1. Microhermitting is the art of stepping away with intention by not just collapsing into a blur of screens and crumbs.