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Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E13: Kate Bang, Visual ArtistSeason 1: The Chateau SeasonEpisode 13: Kate Bang, Visual artistIn this episode, I interview Kate Bang, a visual artist and acrylic painter originally from South Korea who emigrated to Canada at age eight. Kate describes her creative process, which involves creating visual collages on the computer using photographic references in Photoshop, constructing the pictorial space she needs before translating it into paint.She’s drawn to surrealist artists like Giorgio de Chirico, though she finds her own work tends to stay more in the realm of realism even as she dabbles with pushing fu...
2025-11-1909 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E12: Jon Emm, WriterIn this episode, I interview Jon Emm, a writer from the United States currently living in Chicago who has been writing short stories for years and has recently transitioned to screenwriting, including screenplays and TV pilots. Jon describes his creative process as being ‘all over the place’ – sometimes starting with an idea he wants to explore, sometimes with a perspective or characters he can think of, or relationships that intrigue him. He shares insights from his current screenplay project about a relationship between two men, explaining how he’s discovered that the two main characters are actually differen...
2025-11-1114 min
Jayant Kashyap: PoetryJayant Kashyap: 'Pyre'‘Pyre’ first appeared in The Bombay Literary Magazine’s 54th issue, in April 2023, and was praised for “an immersive experience.” It later appeared, in a slightly different form, in Kashyap’s New Poets Prize-winning third pamphlet Notes on Burials (smith|doorstop, 2025).The poem has Meg Dunley’s post from X (formerly Twitter) as epigraph: “Do birds always fly with purpose or also just for fun[?]”
2025-11-0801 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E11: Georgia King & Mark Storen, Whiskey & BootsIn this episode, I interview Georgia King and Mark Storen, the performance-making duo behind Whiskey and Boots from Perth, Western Australia.They discuss how they’ve evolved from traditional theatre backgrounds into creating unique community-based verbatim performance work that combines storytelling, music, and interactive elements. Their process involves spending three weeks in a community interviewing locals, editing those stories, collaborating with musicians to create original scores, and then performing these stories back to the community using headphone verbatim technology – what’s been called ‘slow touring’ in Australia.In this interview Georgia and Mark share insights into their...
2025-11-0522 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E10: Genevieve Childers, WriterIn this episode, I interview Genevieve, a writer from Houston, Texas, who has recently lived in Spain teaching English and, at the time of the interview which was conducted while we were at our writing residency in France, was preparing to move back to Portland while balancing her creative work with a new full-time job.Genevieve discusses how her story ideas come from other creative sources like music, movies, books, and art – particularly from her favorite band Lord Huron and the artists she follows on social media. She describes her process of letting ideas build in her mi...
2025-10-2911 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E9: Gayatri, ArtistEpisode 9: Gayatri, ArtistGayatri is a mixed-media painter. She’s originally from India and now lives in Burnaby in Canada where she creates vibrant paintings that are inspired by nature and animals and birds. She comes from a family of artists and she found her deepest connection to art after losing her dad in 2020.She says that he was her greatest teacher and inspiration. Since then art has become her way of processing everything in life, whether that’s joy or sadness or needing to let go. During our conversation she shares her belief of the...
2025-10-2211 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E8: Forrest, Multidisciplinary ArtistWelcome to my podcast Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley where I interview creatives about their process, routines and inspiration.Season 1: The Chateau SeasonThis first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season features creatives I interviewed during my writing residency the Chateau d’Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in France. The episodes feature writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These pocket-sized episodes are to encourage you on your creative pathway....
2025-10-1407 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E7: Emily Collins, WriterWelcome to my podcast Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley where I interview creatives about their process, routines and inspiration.Season 1: The Chateau SeasonThis first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season features creatives I interviewed during my writing residency the Chateau d’Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in France. The episodes feature writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These pocket-sized episodes are to encourage you on your creative pathway....
2025-10-0812 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E6: Diane Rakocy, Intuitive Artist and PainterWelcome to my podcast Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley where I interview creatives about their process, routines and inspiration.Season 1: The Chateau SeasonThis first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season features creatives I interviewed during my writing residency the Chateau d’Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in France. The episodes feature writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These pocket-sized episodes are to encourage you on your creative pathway....
2025-10-0112 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E5: Coral Noel Yang, Visual ArtistWelcome to my podcast Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley where I interview creatives about their process, routines and inspiration.Season 1: The Chateau SeasonThis first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season features creatives I interviewed during my writing residency the Chateau d’Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in France. The episodes feature writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These pocket-sized episodes are to encourage you on your creative pathway....
2025-09-2413 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E4: Colleen Flynn, journalist and writerWelcome to my podcast Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley where I interview creatives about their process, routines and inspiration.Season 1: The Chateau SeasonThis first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season features creatives I interviewed during my writing residency the Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in France. The episodes feature writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These pocket-sized episodes are to encourage you on your creative pathway.
2025-09-1708 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E3: Caroline BeuleyWelcome to my podcast Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley where I interview creatives about their process, routines and inspiration. Season 1: The Chateau SeasonThis first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season features creatives I interviewed during my writing residency the Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in France. The episodes feature writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These pocket-sized episodes are to encourage you on your creative pathway.
2025-09-1009 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E2: Beulah van Rensburg and Ziggy AttiasWelcome to my Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley podcast.Season 1: The Chateau SeasonThis first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season features creatives I interviewed during my writing residency the Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency in France. The episodes feature writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These episodes are pocket sized to encourage you on your creative pathway.Episode 2: Beulah van Rensburg and Ziggy Attias
2025-09-0321 min
Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley PodcastS1E1: Amy Ann GoelzWelcome to my new podcast Creative Momentum with Meg Dunley.I’m thrilled to release this first season of the podcast, The Chateau Season. Each episode features a creative I interviewed during our shared time at the Chateau d'Orquevaux residency in France – writers, filmmakers, visual artists, verbatim storytellers and more. Each episode gives you insight into the creative mind, taking you behind the studio doors to hear about process, routine, inspiration and wisdom. These episodes are pocket sized to encourage you on your creative pathway. I struggled to decide the order of the twenty-plus interviews, so I...
2025-08-2908 min
Your Writing Retreat ConnectionWriting Retreats in Victoria, Australia with Meg DunleyIn this episode, author and writing retreat host Meg Dunley shared her writing retreat success story. After hosting just one writing retreat, she booked a venue for 6 more in 2025 - and filled them all!Please note that there are some audio issues during this interview. We were 15 hours apart on the other side of the world from each other so the connection wasn't great. But Meg shares so much great information and has an inspiring story so it's worth the listen.She also shares why she decided to host her first writing retreat and gave...
2024-04-2434 min