Makers & Mystics
300 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 351 ratingsMakers & Mystics is the podcast for the art-driven, spiritually adventurous seekers of truth and lovers of life.
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Artist Profile Series 31: Howard Thurman
July 10, 2020 12:01 - 15 minutes - 29.9 MBHoward Washington Thurman was a poet, mystic, philosopher and spiritual activist. He authored more than twenty books in his lifetime and played a leading role in The Civil Rights Movement where he served as a spiritual mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Learn More About Howard Thurman Follow Makers & Mystics on Instagram Support the Podcast! Become a Monthly Patron and help us continue creating quality content on art, faith and culture. Music for this episode was provided by: LAE ...
S7 E11: Art As Incarnation Live in Denver, Colorado
July 02, 2020 15:01 - 42 minutes - 96.6 MBThis episode is our third release from the Makers and Mystics LIVE series. This conversation comes to you from Denver, Colorado and highlights our panel discussion on Art As Incarnation. You’ll hear from a diverse panel of voices including Master Penman, Jake Weidmann, Graphic Novelist, R. Alan Brooks and Printmaker, Kim Morski. This live event was hosted by QRZ Denver and The Gallery at FDC. Additional contributing artists include Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement, Composer Matthew Langf...
S7 E10: The 27 Club: On Greatness & The Pursuit of Fame
June 26, 2020 12:48 - 36 minutes - 82.5 MBThe 27 Club is a cultural phenomenon that recognized how a large number of famous artists, actors and musicians all died at the age of 27. Although there is no scientific evidence to back up the connections, the tendency to rise to fame and die young is baked into the tropes of Western culture. In this live keynote talk, given at The Breath & the Clay 2020, Stephen Roach invites listeners to go beyond a pursuit of fame into the pursuit of greatness. Become a Patron!
Bonus Episode: Spoken Word Artist La'Tasha Strother
June 12, 2020 12:48 - 18 minutes - 41.9 MBThis bonus Episode features a live performance and interview with spoken word artist La’Tasha Strother. La’Tasha threads her relationship with God throughout her life and work and creates poignant imagery about her life experiences. The poem performed in this episode is titled Love Is Not Blind and was performed live at our Art As Healing Podcast in Charlottesville Virginia. Become a Patron of the Podcast Connect with La’Tasha
Supporting Black Artists
June 08, 2020 17:38In solidarity with our black friends and community members, we wanted to highlight several of our episodes featuring incredible black artists whom have appeared on the Makers and Mystics podcast. Click the links below to listen to these conversations! Liz Vice - S4 E11: Onward Like A Storm Lanecia Rouse Tinsley - S5 E12: Impermanence Tinasha LaRaye - S6 E13: The Poetic Encounter Lonnie Holley S5 E4: The Lost Art if Found Objects Propaganda - S6 E5: Moving Through This World...
S7 E09: Art As Healing Live At The Farmhouse
June 05, 2020 14:42 - 94.4 MBThis episode is our second release from the Makers and Mystics LIVE series. This conversation comes to you from Charlottesville, Virginia and highlights excerpts from our discussion on Art As Healing. You’ll hear from a diverse panel of voices including Farm House community founder, Lauren Stonestreet, Philosopher, Bernard Hankins, Pastor and songwriter, Brendan Jamieson, Neuroscientist and Jazz musician, Nadine Michel and Doctor of Osteopathy, Dr. David MacDonald. In light of recent event...
Artist Profile Series 30: Vàclav Havel
May 30, 2020 16:27 - 13 minutes - 31.5 MBVàclav Havel was a Czech playwright, political dissident, and consistent moral voice on human rights who went on to be elected President of the newly democratic Czech Republic. His life is a shining example of what artists can achieve when they have a robust sense of the time in which they have been placed in the world. Guest host Vesper Stamper talks about Havel’s life, work and spiritual perspective. Read Havel’s collected plays here, and his book on freedom of conscience here. Follow Ves...
S7 E08: Sacred Pathways with Gary Thomas
May 20, 2020 17:51 - 28 minutes - 64.9 MBWhen it comes to spiritual formation, our individual temperament plays a large role in how we connect to God, one another and the world around us. There is not a one size fits all for how we approach the spiritual life. In fact, the same systems that bring us clarity and definition can also leave us frustrated or feeling confined to search for God in a manner contrary to our natural temperament. Best-selling author and speaker, Gary Thomas insists that it’s better to discover the path God d...
Artist Profile Series 29: Leonardo Da Vinci
May 08, 2020 22:56 - 15 minutes - 36.3 MBLeonardo Da Vinci was an artist, scientist and inventor. His capacity to metaphorically dream while awake, through the use of his imagination, enabled him to perceive the natural world as a playground for investigation, exploration, discovery and invention. This mentality would lead him to creative innovations in various fields of study including painting, architecture, mathematics, engineering, anatomy, botany, cartography. and much more. Today, Leonardo da Vinci is historically recognize...
S7 E07: The Interior Life of The Artist with Kimbra
May 01, 2020 15:48 - 37 minutes - 86.5 MBKimbra Lee Johnson is a singer, songwriter, producer + musician from New Zealand, now based in New York City. Her award-winning, debut album Vows was released in 2011. In 2012, she appeared on Gotye’s multi-platinum single, Somebody I Used To Know. Kimbra’s music pushes the boundaries of genre and style juxtaposing pop sensibilities with influences in Jazz, R & B, and electronic music. Lyrically, Kimbra expresses the deeper longings of the human heart. Her poetic verses draw from personal e...
S7 E06: The Discipline of Inspiration with Carey Wallace
April 24, 2020 12:12 - 18 minutes - 42.4 MBCarey Wallace is the author of Stories of the Saints, The Blind Contessa’s New Machine, The Ghost in the Glass House, Choose, New Thing, and the forthcoming Discipline of Inspiration. Her work has appeared in Time, the Awl, The New Decameron, and Detroit’s Metro Times. She has spoken to students at Princeton, Yale, Julliard, Pratt, Emory’s Candler School of Theology, and the Festival of Faith and Writing, and taught at The Glen Workshop. She has released a dozen records with her brother as T...
S7 E05: Wellness & The Life of The Artist with Cynthia Newland
April 15, 2020 14:58 - 28 minutes - 64.6 MBCynthia Newland is an artist, educator, speaker and wellness consultant. She is the founder of Alible3 – Nourishing the Body, Soul and Spirit, providing educational resources and equipping tools for holistic health. With her work in the area of wellness, she partners with the Health Made Simple community. Cynthia is the founding Director of Feet Speak Dance, a dance company whose mission aims to use dance to teach, inspire and bring a rich art filled experience to all whom they encounter. I...
S7 E04: The Artist As Protest Against Despair with Stephen Roach
April 07, 2020 16:17 - 18 minutes - 42.2 MBSocial distancing can feel a bit destabilizing. All of our habits and routines and normal ways of functioning are suspended and we have to adopt new daily rhythms, ways of doing life and finding work. For the artist, this can lead to questions about the validity of our work and where art-making and creativity belong in a time of global crisis. But it is vital for our own mental and emotional health that we are formed by a clear narrative and see the true place of art as a needed response. ...
S7 E03: Ritual Making & Performance Art with Heather Stringer
March 27, 2020 12:50 - 36 minutes - 83.5 MBHeather Stringer is a therapist, artist, and ritual maker. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Seattle, WA and a Fellow with the Allender Center. She completed her M.A. in Counseling Psychology at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology and the Externship Program at The Allender Center. Heather has a practice of creating narrative informed trauma therapy as well as creating rituals for people marking a significant event in their life. Heather believes that when we are intention...
The Breath & the Clay: Communion (Online Gathering)
March 19, 2020 15:43 - 5 minutes - 8.44 MBWe are calling all creative arts communities, individuals, seekers, believers, skeptics, doubters, craftsmen and bakers, tongue talkers and Quakers, anyone who needs community in the midst of quarantine. Come hang with us this Friday night at 7 pm Eastern time. The communion time will be hosted by our Makers and Mystics creative collective along with Justin McRoberts and members of The Breath and the Clay community. Normally, this would be a patron-only event platform but this Friday we ar...
Artist Profile Series 28: Vincent Van Gogh
March 13, 2020 03:15 - 19 minutes - 44 MBVincent van Gogh was a leading postimpressionist painter of the late nineteenth century, known for his thick, swirling brushstrokes and radical use of color. Before he was an artist, though, he was a pastor to a village of destitute coal miners in Belgium, an experience that shaped him deeply. Vincent was full of compassion and wonder, anguish and hope. “Sorrowful yet always rejoicing” was one of his personal mottoes. His art—whether of sunflowers for his friend Paul Gauguin, a peasant famil...
S7 E02: One Percent For Artists with Erik Lokkesmoe
March 06, 2020 22:47 - 36 minutes - 84.1 MBIn this episode, Stephen talks with Producer of Marketing and Distribution for Aspiration Entertainment, Erik Lokkesmoe. The two discuss Erik's vision for individuals, families and churches who want to support artists and the arts. Erik's charge to "democratize patronage" and create local communities of patrons is an important idea for our time. “I encourage everyone to listen to this discussion then pass it along to the leaders, patrons and arts advocates in your life.” - Stephen Roach ...
S7 E01: Peopled With Dreams with John Mark McMillan
February 27, 2020 15:58 - 35 minutes - 80.3 MBIn this Season opening episode, Stephen talks with singer-songwriter John Mark McMillan about the creative process behind his new album Peopled With Dreams John Mark McMillan If you’ve been inspired by the Makers & Mystics podcast please consider joining our tribe of monthly supporters. For the cost of a cup of coffee to a date night at the movies, you can partner with us in creating and sustaining a greater understanding of the relationship between art, faith and culture. Your support re...
S6 E15: A Benevolent Detachment with John Eldredge
February 19, 2020 14:20 - 28 minutes - 64.2 MBJohn Eldredge is a New York Times bestselling author, a counselor, and a teacher. His latest book, Get Your Life Back, examines the breakneck pace at which we force our souls to exist—a pace that far exceeds God’s original design. In his book, John argues that a constant absorption of others’ worries through social media, paired with our own burdens and stresses, has left people overwhelmed and weary. In this season-finale episode, Stephen talks with John about the simple, yet profound spi...
S6 E14: The Art of Memoir with Cinelle Barnes
February 12, 2020 13:47 - 26 minutes - 61.2 MBCinelle Barnes is a memoirist, essayist, and educator from Manila, Philippines, and is the author of MONSOON MANSION: A MEMOIR (Little A, 2018) and MALAYA: ESSAYS ON FREEDOM (Little A, 2019), and the editor of a forthcoming anthology of essays about the American South (Hub City Press, 2020). In this episode, Stephen talks with Cinelle about memoir as an agent of healing and how her process of writing helped navigate the difficulties of childhood trauma. **Patrons of the podcast can enjoy a...
Artist Profile Series 27: Salvador Dali
January 31, 2020 20:38 - 17 minutes - 39.8 MBSalvador Dali remains one of the most complex and controversial figures within art history. His artistic mediums range from film-making, design, clothing and jewelry making, writing, even what he called an “erotic cookbook” which featured enticing recipes such as Thousand Year Old Eggs and Toffee with Pine Cones. Over the course of his lifelong career as an artist, he collaborated with other well-known figures such as Alfred Hitchcock, Alice Cooper and Walt Disney. The common thread linki...
Art As Healing: Live in Charlottesville, VA
January 22, 2020 18:42In 2019, I took the Makers and Mystics podcast on the road and partnered with creative communities around the country. Together, we facilitated conversations on subjects that were close to the heart of each community and featured hand-picked, local performers and influencers from each city. The production of this series is raw and remains largely unedited much like the conversations themselves. The length of these episodes will extend beyond our usual thirty-minute format and will high...
S6 E13: The Poetic Encounter with Tinasha LaRayé
January 15, 2020 18:14 - 35 minutes - 81 MBTinasha LaRayé is a poet, actress, and filmmaker who has an intense passion to see nations transformed through storytelling. As a spoken word artist, she incorporates her theatrical world of acting to elevate poetry from the page to an encounter. From working with inner city kids, to young women, to budding creatives, she loves empowering individuals to move in their God-given voice, purpose, and power. Tinasha also desires to see the wound of racism healed in the United States and uses her ...
S6 E14: The Poetic Encounter with Tinasha LaRayé
January 15, 2020 18:14 - 35 minutes - 81 MBConnect with Tinasha WATCH: Hope Song Film Director's website http://www.mvmntcollab.com GET TICKETS TO THE BREATH AND THE CLAY Become a monthly Patron of Makers and Mystics
S6 E12: A Walk Through Digital Babylon
January 08, 2020 17:07 - 40 minutes - 92.6 MBDavid Kinnaman is president of Barna Group, a leading research company based in Atlanta, Georgia. David’s work as a researcher and as a “professional listener” has led him and his team to interview nearly 1.5 million individuals since he began working for Barna in 1995. In this episode, Stephen is joined by Storybrand consultant and pastor, Luke Humbrecht of Boulder, Colorado. Stephen and Luke talk with David about his latest book, Faith For Exiles and the importance of cultivating healthy...
Top 12 Episodes of 2019
December 21, 2019 23:322019 has been an incredible year for the Makers and Mystics podcast and for The Breath & the Clay creative community. The conversations and live events we have hosted have been some of the most creative and insightful ones to date. Take a look at our top 12 podcast episodes of 2019 and reflect back on these brilliant conversations as we prepare to move into 2020. Our top choices of the year are: Sleeping At Last: Songs for The Enneagram Josh Garrels: Chrysaline Amy Orazio: Quench Au...
S6 Bonus Episode: Sneak Peak Into The Breath and the Clay 2020
December 20, 2019 20:50 - 19 minutes - 43.8 MBIn this bonus episode, Stephen highlights several of the presenters for the 2020 The Breath & the Clay creative arts gathering, who have appeared on the podcast. Listen in for conversation segments with Jeremy Cowart, Lanecia Rouse Tinsely, Matthew Perryman Jones and Lauren Midgley. OPENING MUSIC BY: C’est Lis CLOSING MUSIC BY: https://www.ianrandallthornton.com/Ian Randall Thornton Join our Creative Collective Support The Podcast!
Artist Profile Series 26: Aimee Semple McPherson
December 14, 2019 14:40 - 16 minutes - 38.7 MBAimee Semple McPherson was a celebrity personality and pioneering religious figure active during the 1920’s and 30’s. She is perhaps most remembered for her larger than life theatrical presentations of the gospel and for establishing one of the world’s first recognized mega churches. At the height of her fame, Aimee’s services filled 5300 seats three times every Sunday. She appointed two massive choirs and a fifty-piece orchestra to perform musical compositions and sacred operas which she c...
S6 E11: Signposts with Matthew Perryman Jones
December 07, 2019 19:13 - 29 minutes - 68.6 MBMatthew Perryman Jones is performing songwriter by trade, though at heart, he is actually a seeker. With each entry into his discography, his musical and moral compass points toward an artistic horizon he has yet to explore. Sometimes, he turns his gaze to examine his own inner world. Other times, he looks to the inspirations found in the letters Vincent Van Gogh penned to his brother Theo, or in the idea of duende as proffered by Federico García Lorca, and in the poetic verses of Sufi poets...
S6 E10: Sole to Soul with John Fluevog
November 28, 2019 13:37 - 25 minutes - 57.3 MBJohn Fluevog is a celebrated Canadian shoe designer known for his witty and unconventional style. Colourful, Art Deco-inspired and inscribed with uplifting messages, his distinctive footwear has graced dance floors and boardrooms alike and are worn by everyone from Alice Cooper to Lady Gaga to nurses, teachers, lawyers, bikers, baristas and someone down your street. Today, John Fluevog owns 27 stores across North America, Australia and Europe. He lives in Vancouver, sketches new designs ev...
Makers Holiday Gift Guide
November 26, 2019 18:25This year, we hand-picked a collection of some of our favorite artists and makers to offer you meaningful alternatives to the usual holiday gift. Click this link to check out our selections and support independent makers!
Artist Profile Series 25: William Blake
November 22, 2019 14:40 - 13 minutes - 30.5 MBWilliam Blake was an English poet, printmaker and painter born November 28, 1757 in London, England. Today, he is considered one of the most important figures in English poetry and art, although during his lifetime, his work remained largely overlooked. His writings were spiritually and politically lethal and publishers shunned his works for fear of being accused of inciting insurrection. Contemporary poet and musician, Patti Smith heralded William Blake as the spiritual ancestor of generat...
S6 E9: On Curiosity and Play with Ashley Mary
November 14, 2019 13:42 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MBAshley Mary is a Minnesota-based muralist and abstract artist whose paintings tap into concepts of youth and playfulness and curiosity through the use of thick textures, vibrant colors, and organic and familiar shapes. Her process is influenced heavily by her collage work, patterns, vintage ephemera, and her background in graphic design. Ashley’s work pays attention to the unintentional and leaves space to be surprised. Her murals and product designs can be seen nationwide in large scale...
S6 E8: Art As Empathy with Jeremy Cowart
November 08, 2019 13:45 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBJeremy Cowart is an award-winning photographer, artist, and entrepreneur whose mission in life is to "explore the intersection of creativity and empathy." He was named the “Most Influential Photographer on the Internet” by Huffington Post, Forbes and Yahoo in 2014. Jeremy has published four books including his latest release titled I’m possible: Jumping into fear and discovering a life of purpose. His latest endeavor is The Purpose Hotel, a planned global for-profit hotel chain designed to ...
S6 E7: Rhythms of Renewal with Rebekah Lyons
October 31, 2019 17:28 - 27 minutes - 63.7 MBRebekah Lyons is a national speaker and bestselling author of You Are Free: Be Who You Already Are and Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning. Rebekah has been described as an old soul with a contemporary, honest voice, revealing her own battles to overcome anxiety and depression— Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN, Huffington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, and more. In this episode, Stephen talks with Rebekah about her latest book titled, Rhythms o...
S6 E6: Adorning The Dark with Andrew Peterson
October 24, 2019 11:41 - 34 minutes - 78.9 MBAndrew Peterson is an award-winning singer-songwriter and author. The second book in his Wingfeather Saga, North! Or Be Eaten won the Christy Award for Young Adult Fiction, and the fourth, The Warden and the Wolf King won World Magazine’s Children’s Book of the Year in 2015. In 2008, Andrew founded a creative arts community called The Rabbit Room, which led to a yearly conference, countless concerts and symposiums, and Rabbit Room Press, which has published thirty books to date. In thi...
S6 E5: Moving Through The World with Propaganda
October 16, 2019 12:02 - 33 minutes - 76.5 MBThe artist known as Propaganda, is a Los Angeles based poet, political activist, academic & emcee. His body of work challenges listeners with difficult and sometimes controversial topics such as systemic injustice and racism. With musical roots ranging from aggressive battle raps to smooth introspective rhythms, Propaganda’s music crosses cultural spectrums while his deep lyrical prowess appeals to both the heart and intellect alike. In this episode, Stephen talks with Propaganda about t...
Artist Profile Series 24: Flannery O' Connor
October 11, 2019 13:41 - 10 minutes - 23 MBFlannery O’ Connor was a Southern, fiction writer and essayist born March 25th 1925 in Savannah, Georgia. She was a devout Roman Catholic with a penchant for satire, dark humor and wild, religious imagination. Today, O’Connor is considered to be one of America’s greatest fiction writers and an apologist for the Catholic faith. Her stories are far from what you might imagine coming from a Southern Christian writer in the 1950’s. They are full of shocking scenes of violence, depravity and s...
S6 E4: The Artist In The Modern World with Lewis Hyde
October 03, 2019 14:18 - 35 minutes - 80.1 MBLewis Hyde is a scholar, essayist, translator, cultural critic and writer whose scholarly work focuses on the nature of imagination, creativity, and property. His book, THE GIFT: Creativity and the Artist in the modern world is now considered a classic. Written over twenty-five years ago, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. The Gift brilliantly orchestrates a defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money a...
Bright Wings Poetry: A Reading
September 27, 2019 15:47 - 18 minutes - 41.7 MBNadine Ellsworth-Moran is the winner of our first annual Bright Wings poetry contest. Nadine is a Georgia resident where she works in full-time ministry while pursuing her love of writing. Her essays and poems have appeared in Interpretation, The Presbyterian Outlook, Structo, Kakalak, and Saint Katherine Review, among others. In this episode, Stephen is joined by contest panel judge and poet, Amy Orazio and features a reading of Nadine’s winning poem by the author. Topics in this episode...
S6 E3: Slow Art with Makoto Fujimura
September 20, 2019 16:01 - 33 minutes - 76.5 MBMakoto Fujimura is a leading contemporary artist, author and speaker whose process-driven, refractive “slow art” has been described by David Brooks of the New York Times as “a small rebellion against the quickening of time.” In a culture driven by speed and instant gratification, the idea of slow art runs counter to our normal modes of living. Mako’s approach to art challenges our relationship to time and invites us into a more reflective approach to life, creating and viewing art. In t...
Artist Profile Series 23: Teresa of Avila
September 13, 2019 23:25 - 13 minutes - 30.3 MBTeresa of Avila was a Spanish, Carmelite nun born on March 28th, 1515. She was an avid writer, social reformer and mystic known for her wit, charm and intense spiritual ecstasies. In this Artist Profile, Stephen Roach offers a glimpse into the life of this eccentric and accessible mystic whose life remains applicable for us today. Join the Creative Collective and get additional content, access to our private online group, participate in live discussions and help the production of these con...
S6 E2: Wonder & Light with Lauren Midgley
September 04, 2019 15:29 - 25 minutes - 57.7 MBLauren Midgley is a conceptual fine art photographer based in Oklahoma. Her photography stretches beyond the historical use of the camera and invites the viewer into a world of surrealism and visual storytelling. In a world saturated with digital imagery, Lauren employs illustrative, advanced digital manipulation to paint virtual narratives that speak to the heart of our collective human experience. In this episode, Stephen and Lauren discuss her aims and motivations as an artist as well a...
Artist Profile Series 22: Andy Warhol
August 28, 2019 13:13 - 11 minutes - 26.8 MBPop Artist and cultural icon, Andy Warhol started his career as a commercial artist working as a successful illustrator for magazines and advertising agencies but eventually made the leap to become an independent, exhibiting artist in New York City. Andy’s unique style of portraying screen-printed images of his lifelong obsession with celebrities and mundane objects propelled him into the spotlight as a leading voice of the Pop-Art movement. What isn’t widely recognized about Andy’s life w...
S6 E1: Chrysaline with Josh Garrels
August 21, 2019 12:39 - 27 minutes - 63.8 MBIn this opening episode, Stephen Roach talks with singer-songwriter Josh Garrels about his latest release, Chrysaline. The two discuss the personally transformative experiences that informed the making of these songs and how collaboration and environment impacted Josh’s creative process. Josh shares openly about his experience of personal frustration that led him to place his music on the altar. *Be sure to listen to the end as Josh addresses the latest trend of what feels like a mass exodu...
Season 6: A Look Ahead
August 20, 2019 15:53Hello beautiful friends! Season Six is about to kick off this week! We just finished edits for the opening episode. You are going to love it! Before we launch this first episode, I wanted to let you know about a few things coming down the pike. First, we are hosting several Makers & Mystics live events in select cities across the U.S. We will be in Phoenix, Denver, New York City, Frederick, Maryland and Durham, NC. Tickets for these events can be found here. ***Denver and Phoenix event...
S5 E15: The Soul vs. the Business of Creativity *Live
July 31, 2019 17:58 - 42 minutes - 97.5 MBThis LIVE Season Finale episode features the perspectives of diverse voices you’ve heard on the podcast; Amena Brown, Josh Garrels, Vesper Stamper, Cole NeSmith and CJ Casciotta. In today’s panel discussion, these five discuss the tension between the soul and the business of creativity. In the realm of art-making, there can seem to be a tension between our desire to create authentic works, works which remain true to the artist’s creative vision, while at the same time creating works which ...
Artist Profile Series 21: John O' Donohue
July 23, 2019 12:14 - 10 minutes - 24.2 MBJohn O’ Donohue was a modern-day mystic, philosopher, theologian and poet. He spent his life along the West Coast of Ireland where the solitude and beauty of the land shaped him as an artist and thinker. Imagination As The Path of the Spirit John O’ Donohue Featured Music: Songs of Water Join The Makers and Mystics Creative Collective! Maker Tier Patrons can enjoy additional Patron-Only content, access to our Private Facebook group and weekly Interactive, Online Book Club.
S5 E14: Acting As Truth Telling with Jason Burkey
July 17, 2019 21:40 - 30 minutes - 69.1 MBJason Burkey is a professional actor who has appeared on television shows such as The Walking Dead, Nashville, Being Mary Jane, The Resident and a score of other well-known programs. His movie credits include a lead role in the 2012 surprise hit, October Baby as well as Lady and The Tramp, I Can Only Imagine, Bigger and The Art of Self-Defense. Jason is also a founder of "Act For A Change," which is a local theatre non- profit that gathers Atlanta actors, writers and directors to perform o...
Artist Profile Series 20: Gerard Manley Hopkins
July 11, 2019 18:41 - 10 minutes - 20.2 MBGerard Manley Hopkins was a Jesuit priest and English poet born July 28,1844. He is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Victorian era although during his lifetime, his poetry was never published. His approach to poetry was deeply enmeshed with his intimate and mystical spirituality. For Hopkins, who was an avid lover of nature, poetry was a means of accessing the Divine and of discovering God within nature. Join our Book Club.