In this show, we meet Ari - a writer and editor whose healing energy inflames her fiction. Ari and I talk about hate on the internet, Wicca's gender binary, and no actual jokes about squirrels.
REFERENCES:
Clan of the Cave Bear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clan_of_the_Cave_Bear
Kaikeyi: https://www.amazon.com/Kaikeyi-Novel-Vaishnavi-Patel/dp/0759557330
Ari's Medium: https://medium.com/@arijensineink
Ari's Substack "Fighting for Writing": https://fightingforwriting.substack.com
Ariel Jensine Web Site: https://www.arieljensine.ink/
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com
Amethysta's Website: https://amethysta.io
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:33) - Show Opening
- (01:30) - Ari, Why Are You?
- (03:42) - Finding Ari's Authentic Voice
- (06:04) - Connecting to Warm Bodies and Herself
- (09:40) - Journaling in the Technology Age
- (14:55) - Let's Play Fantasy (for healing, right?)
- (18:22) - Working in the Metaphysical Realm
- (22:25) - Reading Tarot Isn't Always Helpful
- (24:32) - The Zone of Calm
- (27:12) - The Internet Is a Good Outlet for Pain
- (30:32) - Finding a Perfect Story
- (31:52) - Being a Healer without Religion
- (34:30) - Wicca Could Be More Inclusive
- (37:36) - Ari's Bittersweet Ending
- (43:49) - Separate the Art from the Artist
- (44:24) - Fiction Makes Us All More Empathic
- (46:44) - The Power of Story to Make Us Human
- (53:06) - Where to Find Ari
- (54:34) - That Funny Joke about Squirrels
- (55:20) - Show Closing
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