Pilgrimage into Storytelling with Kim Powers

This was a fun and wide ranging conversation with visual artist Kim Powers! Kim shares with us the importance of storytelling and the ways that our stories can either bring us together or tear us apart. We talk about why art and beauty matters, particularly when everything feels kind of dark and the importance of finding the wholeness of all the things. Kim invites us to make room for the fullness of others, and in doing so, we also make room for the fullness of ourselves. Cool stuff we talked about this episode (or meant to anyways):Art Sanctuary by Nikki Giovanni How to Die Alone Adrienne Maree Brown Kim’s gorgeous website How to Bridge Deep Divides with Loved Ones - Ted Talk with Betty Hart Chapters00:00 The Power of Art as Sanctuary02:39 Creative Pilgrimage and Personal Journeys05:29 Storytelling as a Connective Tissue08:13 The Nature of Pilgrimage10:52 Spirituality and Creativity Intertwined13:19 Navigating Foreign Lands in Storytelling16:08 The Wholeness of People in Storytelling18:55 Safety and Fear in Narrative21:38 Creating Tension vs. Fear in Theater24:25 The Impact of Audience Expectations27:00 Balancing Personal and Professional Life31:23 Re-centering and Finding Balance32:42 Guides and Relationships34:23 The Importance of Connection36:13 Branching Out and Expanding Worlds38:04 Creativity and Imagining Possibilities39:47 Art as a Reflection of Reality43:50 Balancing Activism and Enjoyment