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In this weekly podcast, host Maureen Pollard, an artist and therapist, interviews guest artists about the healing power of making and sharing art as individuals and in community. art2healtheheart.substack.com
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Heart Work: Conversations About Art to Heal the Heart (opens the original)
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This week's guest is Suzanne Jarvie . A life-long musician, Suzanne was spurred into becoming a creator through traumatic experience, and so the longest Heart Work podcast episode yet is a deep dive into trauma as a well-spring for the creative process and the ways we change in the aftermath of traumatic events as we find our way to who we are now. Recording her music with Hugh Christopher Brown at Wolfe Island Records has led to new adventures as Suzanne shifts into retirement. This is a public
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Today's guest is Rob Horgan, an educator and disabled artist who has both found and offered healing with The November Project, a multi-media art experience based on love letters between his grandparents during WWII. You can watch 5 episodes of The November Project on Bell FibeTV1 . You can also find it in live events, currently in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Rob mentions Two Blue Shirts Productions , based in Port Hope, Ontario. Rob's project has involved artists including The Colton Sisters and Eve G
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Today's guest is Alli Temple. She's an indie author writing queer fantasy and romance who believes in the healing power of story, song and K Pop. She lives in Toronto with her very patient husband and their team of rescue pets. Find out more about Alli and her work here: https://www.allisontemplebooks.com/ ***Content Note*** This episode of Heart Work includes conversation about Medical Assistance in Dying. If you’re in distress, you can call or text 988 from anywhere in Canada for support 24/7/
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Todays guest is multifaceted artist Adam Tario. He's a musician, a comedian, a writer and a visual artist. Adam performs with two bands: You can hear a song by The Mickies here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6TmZROjEfcY3IxUNFIQbTX?si=bf67d0285f434cbd You can hear a song by The Doomsday Poets here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBcA9tcLKmY Maureen mentions Katherine Wheatley , a skilled guitarist and songwriter she admires. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other
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In this episode of Heart Work, Maureen interviews Chris Fraser. A writer and community-builder, Chris is the founder of Firefly Creative Writing , which welcomes writers of all kinds to find their voices in community. Chris shares Spring Thaw with us, a poem dedicated to her cousin's daughter, Temia. You'll find more about Chris and Firefly Creative Writing here: https://fireflycreativewriting.com/ Chris mentioned the book Holding Change by adrienne maree brown. You can explore adrienne's work h
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