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This is Part 2 of Episode 8. In this episode, we interview Ann Gagliardi. Ann is a writer, a career adviser, a parent and a maker of connections. Our conversation is woven through the topics of Tarot, creative writing, friendship and the way we carve a path for a life in which all of ourselves is welcome. Make sure to read the zine we reference here [https://zinesbyat.tumblr.com/post/642481129873670144/our-eyes-met-we-held-each-others-gazes-his-look], and listen to Part 1 of this interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alltheparentheses/message

In this episode, we interview Ann Gagliardi. Ann is a writer, a career adviser, a parent and a maker of connections. Our conversation is woven through the topics of Tarot, creative writing, friendship and the way we carve a path for a life in which all of ourselves is welcome. Make sure to read the zine we reference here [https://zinesbyat.tumblr.com/post/642481129873670144/our-eyes-met-we-held-each-others-gazes-his-look], and listen to Part 2 of this interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alltheparentheses/message

In this episode, we chat with Ways Residency [https://ways.house/] founder and all around maker extraordinaire, Jess Miley. Jess joins us from Berlin, where she recently resettled after many years of living and creating in Hungary. We talk about Jess' practice as an artist of bringing people together, demystifying various art forms, and how we can build spaces that foster both belonging and responsibility. Jess tells us about durational art project with Derek Sergeant [https://www.thegraveproject.com/] which brings visibility to queer artists, thinkers, and makers in history, and the stories of how and why she first started her projects Lovefest and Ways Residency. We talk about our own experiences of the spaces she's built for queer community together and her dreams for the future. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alltheparentheses/message

In this episode, we interview the amazing Laura Szári. She is a special education professional, a choir leader, an Aries, a starter of projects and a community-maker. At the time of the interview, Laura was busy with The Missa Echologica project [https://aclim.hu/tevekenyseg/projektek/zilahi-anna-projektje] (you can find the trailer here [https://vimeo.com/543766303]) and the News Medley project [https://offbiennale.hu/hu/2021/projects/hirdalcsokor-1]. Do follow the Varsányi Szirének [https://www.instagram.com/varsanyiszirenek/?hl=en] choir, and check out this interview [https://litera.hu/magazin/interju/kallay-eszter-ha-nem-lenne-kozossegem-verseim-sem-lennenek.html] with Eszter Kállay (in Hungarian). Here's an article [https://missy-magazine.de/blog/2019/12/20/singing-against-depressive-late-capitalism/?fbclid=IwAR1sX5Y394_uySB5AdVuyw0GDs7fL37QI-oe-xEqbe4-qHXciBfb35ef0Zo] (in English) about the choir, and another one [http://tranzitblog.hu/a-visszhang-visszaterese/?fbclid=IwAR2hsnMe7-78cYH9Hbp7Ps7XBYkNOmkQhqudQB655K0-_9Dz4NbX0fVQ8SI] (in Hungarian) about the projects we talked about in the episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alltheparentheses/message

On this episode, we have a conversation with our dear friend Luca Borsos about the use of ritual and ritualized exercises to expand and ground into creative connections with each other and with ourselves. Luca is a theater and movement performing artist who lives and works in her hometown of Budapest, Hungary. She is also a double Aquarius and a third generation farm and soil tender, currently knee deep in an apprenticeship with permaculture. In her artistic practice, Luca explores participatory means of engaging with movement and sensorial awareness to cultivate creative community and belonging. She also teaches drama workshops for kids and is the artist behind the portraits of Lu and I featured in the cover art of this podcast. Referenced in this episode: Queendom [https://en.sinarts.org/veronika-szabo-queendom-2017/] and Tara Brach's episode on Cultivating a Courageous Heart [https://www.tarabrach.com/cultivating-courageous-heart-2/] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alltheparentheses/message