Thoughts and ideas about creativity, awareness and connection. Hosted by Marilyn McNeal, an independent musician, composer and visual artist working on indie alt folk and experimental roots music under the name Chantmagick.
Marilyn McNeal: musician, video maker, chantmagick.com
Hi, my name is Marilyn McNeal and I am the producer for Work Life 24. Work Life 24 is a podcast where I talk with friends, former students, project partners, and colleagues - about work. I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their work skills and career and what it is in the early 21st century to be a worker. In this episode, I get into conversation with Lauren Taylor, a Principal at REDF where she supports investments in entrepreneurs and enterprises scaling revenue and impact. REDF is a venture catalyst investing in the country's most innovative social enterprises. Lauren is also Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Zero Gravity Agency, a mission-driven consulting firm that supports investors, funders, and entrepreneurs with capacity-building technical assistance that accelerates growth and impact. Outside of these roles, Lauren is a mentor for Nasdaq, as well as a member of Hustle Fund's Angel Squad and Pipeline Angels, two groups that invest their personal income in early-stage entrepreneurs. Lauren M. Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/contactlaurenmtaylor/ Angel Squad https://www.hustlefund.vc/squad Zero Gravity http://zerogravityagency.us/ Pipeline Angels https://pipelineangels.com/ Marilyn McNeal https://marilynmcneal.com
Work Life 24 is a podcast where I talk with friends, former students, project partners, and colleagues - about work. I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their work skills and career and what it is in the early 21st century to be a worker. In this episode, I get into conversation with Lindsay P. Conn, CPCC, PCC, MNLP. Lindsay is the Founder of The Wellspring and is a Certified Executive, Career, and Life Coach and a Workplace Culture Consultant. In this conversation, Lindsay shares her thoughts on the workplace from her perspective as as certified coach of 20+ years. Lindsay P. Conn, CPCC, PCC, MNLP Founder, The Wellspring Certified Executive, Career, and Life Coach Workplace Culture Consultant 240.687.9357 lindsay@yourwellspring.com Coaching & Courses for Women thewellspringwithin.com Career Coaching for Men levelup.thewellspringwithin.com The Wellspring Women's Collective thewellspringforwomen.com Here are links to some of the people and organizations Lindsay mentions during our conversation. Working Mothers Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Mother Alliance for Workplace Excellence https://www.linkedin.com/company/alliance-for-workplace-excellence/about/ Dr. Claire Zammit https://femininepower.com/about-claire-zammit/
In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. John de Graaf is a filmmaker, author, public speaker and environmental activist. He has made more than 15 national PBS documentaries and won more than 100 regional, national and international awards. His books include the international best-seller, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic and What's the Economy for, Anyway? He recently completed the feature documentary Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty and is currently directing a new film, Loyal to the Truth: Katherine Lee Bates and The Story of America The Beautiful. He is also writing a book on the politics of beauty and lives in Seattle. He is a former board member of Earth Island Institute. Here are links to people and organizations John mentions during the conversation. Films https://www.johndegraaf.com/films-1 John Bernard https://www.mnopedia.org/person/bernard-john-toussaint-1893-1983 University Community Video https://www.vdb.org/artists/university-community-video-minneapolis Garden Song https://youtu.be/vRVQc3ht9oU?si=UxxGZ1bV9mO2F4PW Stewart Udall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Udall Katherine Lee Bates https://www.filmmakerscollaborative.org/loyal-to-the-truth Hearts and Minds https://archive.org/details/HeartsAndMinds1974
Lisa Rybovich Crallé is an interdisciplinary artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her drawings and sculptures explore the relationship between body language, memory, and material history. Her work has been presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (CA), Cornell University (NY), the Berkeley Art Museum (CA), the Detroit Institute of Arts (MI), the Manetti Shrem Museum (CA), Fort Mason Center (CA), Mills College (CA), and other venues. She has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center (VT), Ox-Bow (MI), Arteles Center (Finland), and the Bubec Sculpture Studio (Prague). In addition to her studio practice, Lisa runs Personal Space in Vallejo, CA and Heavy Breathing, a series of experimental artist-led movement seminars. She is also an Associate Professor of Sculpture and Drawing at Berkeley City College. Lisa Rybovich Crallé https://lisarcralle.com/ Personal Space https://personalspace.space/ Heavy Breathing https://heavyheavybreathing.com/ Derek Jarman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman Liza Sylvestre https://linktr.ee/liza_sylvestre Christopher Jones https://bio.site/cripasterisk Sarah Kate Hayden https://www.instagram.com/sarahkatehayden/ Winslow House Project https://linktr.ee/winslowhouseproject Jessalyn Aaland https://jessalynaaland.com/Info Current Editions https://currenteditions.bigcartel.com/
In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Ally DeArman. She is the Executive Administrator at Women's Foundation California. Ally partners with the CEO, Leadership Team and Board of Directors on the overall administration and operation of the virtual offices. She comes to the foundation with more than a decade of event management and organizational leadership experience. Previously, Ally worked UC Berkeley's Executive Education, directed the non profit Food Craft Institute, and helped produce Oakland's Eat Real Festival for 10 years running. She served three years on the board of Community Foods Market, justice social enterprise in West Oakland. Ally has lived her entire life in California, born and raised in San Diego County, relocated to the Bay Area to attend Stanford University, and currently residing in Oakland's Diamond District with her pets and partner. In this conversation, Ally talks about her path from teenage restaurant hostess to Stanford grad, from produce worker to UC Berkeley Associate Director and beyond. Lots of insights and laughter in this food, community and leadership-themed episode. Bi-Rite Market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-Rite_Market 18 Reasons https://18reasons.org/ East Bay Asian Youth Center https://ebayc.org/our-journey/ Eat Real Festival https://www.eatrealfest.com/ Food Craft Institute http://www.oaklandmomma.com/2016/09/16/food-craft-institute-fosters-the-art-of-the-edible/ Women's Foundation California https://womensfoundca.org/
In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Seth Eisen. Today's episode is an intimate conversation with San Francisco-based artist and producer, Seth Eisen. Seth is the Artistic and Executive Director at Eye Zen Presents, a San Francisco-based transdisciplinary ensemble theater company founded by Seth Eisen in 2007. I met Seth when I was a resident artist at a live work arts collective in San Francisco's Mission District. I participated in two shows that Seth ran and got to know him as an ever exploring creative person. In this episode, Seth talks about the ups and downs of prioritizing his creative work over the past 30 years of living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was lucky enough to be mentored by some of the Bay Area's seminal art figures of the 70's and 80's so you definitely want to tune in and hear his recollections of working with and being influenced by art makers past and present. Eye Zen Presents https://www.eyezen.org/ Nancy Frank https://arthousesf.org/who-we-are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mamelle,_Inc./Art_Com Bonnie Sherk https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/arts/bonnie-sherk-dead.html Million Fishes Art Collective https://www.facebook.com/millionfishes/ 848 / CounterPULSE https://counterpulse.org/mission-history/ Remy Charlip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Charlip
In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Taylor Willy. Taylor is an experienced fundraiser skilled in relationship building, event planning and public speaking. She is passionate about the donor experience and ensuring that donors have a fulfilling partnership with the organizations they generously support. She received her BA from Purdue University in Educational Leadership & Administration and earned a Certificate in Fund Raising Management from Indiana University in 2020. Taylor is the Vice President of Development and Communications at Teen Works, a youth empowerment and economic mobility program for teens based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. Taylor is an avid believer that no dream is too big.
In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Jaclyn Edds Konczal. Jaclyn is an artist, floral designer, writer, and mother living in Northern California on the ancestral lands of the Pomo People. She is Lead Floral Designer at Front Porch Farm, an organic flower farm in Healdsburg, CA. Jaclyn is a floral artist known for her unconventional, wild, and sculptural work. Her background as a visual artist coupled with her deep connection to the natural world results in design evoking romance, history, time and place, and human connection. Website: https://www.jaclyneddskonczal.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaclyneddskonczal/
This is Work Life 24. In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Anna Nicholls. Anna's current role is director of corporate partnerships at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business - one of the top-ranked business schools in the US. She leads the school's relationships with both large employers and funding partners, focussing on climate and sustainability, social impact, organizational culture, and entrepreneurship. Previously Anna spent ten years leading partnerships at urban planning think tanks and nonprofits both in London and San Francisco. She recently graduated as a fellow of Climatebase, an accelerator for highly motivated professionals to study applied climate solutions.
This is Work Life 24. In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Jonathan Taylor. Jonathan is a chemical engineer by vocation with a decade of experience in plastics research, development, and manufacturing. He currently works as a consultant for the Fashion industry focused on producing sustainable alternative materials to fossil fuel derived textiles, primarily polyester and nylon. In addition, he also works on advanced recycling processes for handling pre-consumer and post-consumer textile waste which would otherwise be sent to a landfill or incinerated. When he is not working on plastic, Jonathan also works as a garden photographer for The Gardens at Lake Merritt, which is a free botanical garden in Downtown Oakland California. On the weekends, he can often be found walking in the garden barefoot and with his camera. Known as “greenteatherapy” on social media, he posts pictures highlighting the abundance of floral beauty around the bay area combined with introspective monologues about mental wellness. Greentea.Therapy: https://www.greenteatherapy.com/shop Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-taylor-648b7a127/
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
"Being present creates an opening that life can drop information into." ~ Cheri Huber I share some brief thoughts about Cheri's astonishing insight. Here is the link to her call-in talk show which runs every Tuesday evening at 4:50pm Pacific, http://www.openairwithcherihuber.org/ Her free online archives go back to 2002. 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 episode with thoughts about 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
In this initial podcast episode, I discuss thoughts and feelings about growth mindset. A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com
In this initial podcast episode, I discuss thoughts and feelings about love. A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com
In this podcast episode, I discuss thoughts and feelings about growth mindset. A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com
In this initial podcast episode, I discuss thoughts and feelings about Madeleine L'Engle's quote about creativity. A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com
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