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 

Chapters
00:00 The Power of Art as Sanctuary
02:39 Creative Pilgrimage and Personal Journeys
05:29 Storytelling as a Connective Tissue
08:13 The Nature of Pilgrimage
10:52 Spirituality and Creativity Intertwined
13:19 Navigating Foreign Lands in Storytelling
16:08 The Wholeness of People in Storytelling
18:55 Safety and Fear in Narrative
21:38 Creating Tension vs. Fear in Theater
24:25 The Impact of Audience Expectations
27:00 Balancing Personal and Professional Life
31:23 Re-centering and Finding Balance
32:42 Guides and Relationships
34:23 The Importance of Connection
36:13 Branching Out and Expanding Worlds
38:04 Creativity and Imagining Possibilities
39:47 Art as a Reflection of Reality
43:50 Balancing Activism and Enjoyment