Shana Moulton introduces Whispering Pines 4 at EAI on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

In this episode of the ongoing Whispering Pines series, Moulton's hapless protagonist Cynthia seeks a cure for an ailment via "Healing Hands," a natural New Age therapy. Donning conch-shell-and-pine-cone-adorned headphones and an Avon relexology glove, she listens to "sound medicine" and undergoes a treatment with Lady Nova, a hand healer. This is a portal for an out-of-the-body experience, as Cynthia finds physical and spiritual release, dancing ecstatically in a psychedelically animated California landscape.

Lady Nova: Vivian Moulton. Music used with permission: Parallelograms, Linda Perhacs (c) 1970.