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Listen to this podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3JG8Qb4D3O5b7S9JsWD3ze Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ear-medicine/id1430788650 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/earmedicinegp Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/ear-medicine/PC:10511 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Just-Some-Thoughts-p1150780/ Hi, my name is Marilyn McNeal and I am a digital folk artist making and sharing experimental music, video, and writing.  I love speaking with and listening to other artists, maker, and creatives of all types and started Ear Medicine for this reason. Today, I am in conversation with Karla Hilliker, a Spiritual Mindset Coach, Energy Worker, Content Creator, Influencer, and New Earth Visionary. Karla empowers spiritual content creators to open up + express themselves authentically on camera. Karla also offers Spiritual guidance/coaching to help you align with your highest timeline and ensure your ideal manifestations. I met Karla on TikTok, where she offers calming and centered messages that affirm our highest good. E N J O Y! Website: https://snipfeed.co/rainbowspiritedsoul Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rainbowspiritedsoul/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rainbowspiritedsoul?lang=en

Listen to this podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3JG8Qb4D3O5b7S9JsWD3ze Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ear-medicine/id1430788650 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/earmedicinegp Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/ear-medicine/PC:10511 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Just-Some-Thoughts-p1150780/ Hi, my name is Marilyn McNeal and I am a digital folk artist making and sharing experimental music, video, and writing.  I love speaking with and listening to other artists, maker, and creatives of all types and started Ear Medicine for this reason. Today, I am in conversation with Frank Perrulli, the founder of Try Kind. Try Kind was founded on three pillars of compassion and kindness for the earth, animals and humanity. Try Kind. shares and inspires messages locally and globally through our products, online resources and interviews. I met Frank on TikTok, where is joy filled dancing makes everyone smile. He seems so comfortable just letting loose! In the conversation that follows Frank explains how he stays calm and centered. E N J O Y! Try Kind: https://trykind.net/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRAFhsmf/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trykindnet/  

Liberty Pierson is a visual artist and educator based in Vallejo, California. by Liberty Pierson, all rights reserved To see Liberty's work go to her: Website:  https://www.libertypierson.com/pages/the-artist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libertypierson/?hl=en The host of Ear Medicine is Marilyn McNeal, a composer and filmmaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. marilynmcneal.com | chantmagick.com | bayareadigitalwhisperer.com

Paul Lewin is a painter and visual artist based in Oakland, California. Kianga, by Paul Lewin, all rights reserved. His beautiful work is inspired by science fiction, fantasy art, and Afro Caribbean and African folklore. In this interview, Paul discusses his influences past and present.  website: https://www.paullewinart.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paullewinart/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paullewinart Interviewed by: Marilyn McNeal, marilynmcneal.com, chantmagick.com, bayareadigitalwhisperer.com

On August 12, 2019, I interviewed Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh, a California based artist and illustrator. We were in conversation for an hour and a wide range of topics are covered! To find Dawline's work online, please go to http://www.dawlinejaneart.com/ Her Instagram account is https://www.instagram.com/disfordilettante/ My music, videos, and mini documentaries can be found at chantmagick.com  Feel free to contact me at marilyn@chantmagick.com if you’d like to support my efforts to bring artist interviews and conversations to you, be sure to subscribe, rate, and share this podcast.

In this podcast episode, I interview Monica Medeiros, a Vallejo, CA-based artist who specializes in creating work using the letterpress. Monica also teaches workshops on natural dying and eco-printing. Her business is called Bricolage Press. You can find out more about her work and workshops at https://bricolage-press.myshopify.com/ She regularly posts updates on her Instagram page. https://www.instagram.com/bricopress/ If you enjoyed this interview, please take a moment to leave a like and review. This gesture of support allows my work to become visible and helps me continue to share information about other creators. You can follow my work online at the following locations: https://chantmagick.comhttps://www.facebook.com/chantmagick/ https://www.instagram.com/chantmagick/ https://twitter.com/chantmagick?lang=en https://medium.com/@chantmagick Thank you!! ~ Marilyn

In this week's podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jen Laursen, a teaching artist and leatherworker based in the Bay Area of California. Jen makes leather accessories by hand, inspired by leatherwork from Mexico and fashion and artwork from the American art deco and 1970's periods. She taught herself (and is still learning!) via old manuals, YouTube videos, and her own trial and error process.   She teaches private lessons and group workshops at Workshop SF in San Francisco and at Handcraft Studio School in El Cerrito as well as in her home studio.  I first encountered Jen's work at a local store in our town. I went on to follow her Instagram account and fell in love with her work and her spirit! Enjoy the interview. You can get in touch with Jen using the links below Website: https://www.tiltleather.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiltleather/    

In this episode, I share the first five recordings of my re-telling of Alice in Wonderland. the work is a mixture of narration and original music. I hope you enjoy!

In this episode, I talk a bit about why I chose Alice in Wonderland as a story to re-tell. 

This year, I am re-telling the Alice in Wonderland story through a music and dance video web series that unfolds in the woods of Northern California. Come with me on this journey as Alice explores reality, truth and beauty. This is a the narration for the 90 second trailer of Down The Rabbit Hole - A Musical Journey Based on Alice in Wonderland

In this episode, I return  to the podcast after a month of creating a new album launch. I talk about the challenges of the launch with an eye on three pieces of advice. be adaptable understand your why don’t hesitate Watch album promos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/fall2018newalbum Stream on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/2SRMpwpzKxJnWBnSmFRqWG Purchase digital downloads or CDs: https://chantmagick.bandcamp.com/album/a-dance-for-trees

So people ask me all the time. What are you doing? What is Chantmagick about? I say it's about feeling joy, it's about me modeling so for other people, people listening to the music. It's about peace. it's about kindness and connection, especially in nature. It's a series of musical statements about hope and the feeling that can reconnect to ourselves with nature and to each other.

In this week's podcast, I talk a little bit about a favorite quote which is "Your purpose is what you say it is. Your mission is the one you give yourself." My purpose is to access and bring music from all of my sources out to the public. My job is to find images, movements and sounds that help people reconnect with all knowing, loving source. My task is to stop, evaluate and make subtle shifts so that I don’t dilute my energy and waste the time that I have. What is your purpose?

This weeks talk was inspired by a quote I saw that referred to "whole hearted people living from a deep sense of worthiness."  For some reason, these words move me deeply!

"Be the one you are dreaming of." This week I discuss that statement and what it has meant to me as a creative person. 

"Relax . . . intuition thrives on relaxation. Sit with your worries and let them pass over you like clouds." In this episode, I share some thoughts about the statement above and tell a short story about telling the truth, relaxation and intuition. These thoughts come up as I create my work as a musician. All work can be found on https://chantmagick.com

In this episode, I share some thoughts about Dr. Amit Goswami's ideas about creativity and consciousness. Dr. Goswami is a retired full professor in the department of Physics at University of Oregon from 1968 - 1997. A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com

You need three bones to make it: wishbone, funny bone and backbone. Do you agree? Latest vlog post with thoughts on Reba McEntire's talk on Oprah's Masterclass. A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com

"Ideas are everywhere. They're part of the atmosphere. They're around the trees and the corners. They bounce off the people you meet. It's a matter of being open to them." I wrote this down from an interview I read years ago. I really like this idea and discuss it briefly in this latest episode.  A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer Some brief thoughts and ideas about this Wayne Dyer quote. A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com