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National Novel Writing Month: Arguably The Craziest Thing I Do
Every November I participate in the global creative challenge known as National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is simple: fifty thousand words on a new novel projects, written entirely between the first and thirtieth of November. One thousand six hundred and sixty seven words each day. Yes, including Thanksgiving. And my birthday, for that matter. Good, bad, or ugly, it’s a fucking frenzy. And without for a moment advocating that anyone else join that frenzy, I fucking love it. My first NaNoWriMo was November of 2008. My life in St. Louis had just failed. I had moved in with my grandfather in Kansas City. I was looking for work at…
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Episode 01-04: Margaret Braet
Hello, and welcome to the Hidden Worlds Podcast, where we talk about the experiences of art and magic and the search for meaning. In this episode, I interview Margaret Braet, bench jeweler, wax carver, lapidary artist, and all around mad genius. I worked with Margaret at the day job for a couple years before she moved on to greater adventures in pursuit of her art. I learned a lot from her then and in this interview, and I am so excited to share our conversation. Unfortunately, her latest job has a noncompete contract that required her to shut down her store and portfolio, but I’ve included one of her magnificent…
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Episode 01-03: John Lenz
Hello, and welcome to the Hidden Worlds Podcast, where we talk about the experiences of art and magic and the search for meaning. In this episode, I interview John Lenz. John is an artist and a magician operating out of the KC Metro Area, where he is a manager at Aquarius Books. With an AA in Interior Design and a BFA in Sculpture, he works in numerous media – is always looking for new ones, in fact. He has studied a variety of traditions including eclectic Wicca and Chaos Magick since 1980, and is always looking for ways to incorporate symbolism, magick and mythology into his art. His work can…
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The Strangest Thing That Has Ever Happened to Me
I end every interview asking, "what is the strangest thing that has ever happened to you." Since I ask it of my guests, it's only fair that I tell my own story.
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Episode 01-02: R May Evans
This episode of the Hidden Worlds Podcast, I interview R May Evans, a queer witch and artist operating out of the KC Metro Area. #NorthlandProud
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My Gender Identity is Witch
I am something man-ish; something woman-ish; something neither; something both. "All of the above and none of the above," I tell people when I'm being pithy. Sometimes, I am more sincere, and just tell people that my gender is "witch". My pronouns, though I rarely insist on them, are xie/xir. Damn right I use the weird ones that got dropped from even the most inclusive lists.
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Episode 01-01: Emily Gabbert
Welcome one and all to the official launch of the Hidden Worlds Podcast, where I will talk to artists and occultists about their art, ambitions, and inner lives. In this, my inaugural interview, I am pleased to invite Emily Gabbert to my table. Emily is one of the co-organizers of the Kansas City Witches Meet-Up and the editor in chief at the Center Spiral Magazine. She is a Pagan community organizer, a writer and editor, and baker. In the sake of full disclosure, I am pleased to confess that she is my personal friend, and that I have contributed both art and articles to the Center Spiral magazine. The KC…
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Episode 01-00: Introduction
In this introductory, pre-season, zero-episode, I take a few minutes to introduce myself and the podcast. I promise that this podcast will never be ad-supported: the only plugs you will hear will be for my own work and for the work of my guests. If the podcast entertains you, or you like my photos, or would like to see where this ride takes you, please consider backing me on Patreon, buying my novel and/or ebooks, or buying my jewelry. http://media.blubrry.com/hiddenworlds/hiddenworlds.jsgroves.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/episode-01-00-intro.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Feed Test: A Cry from the Void
*tap* *tap* Is this thing on? http://media.blubrry.com/hiddenworlds/hiddenworlds.jsgroves.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/episode-01-00-feed-test.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Hidden Worlds
Art is hard to think about, let alone talk about. What is inspiration? What does it look like? Smell like? How does it feel and taste and sound? I spend more time chasing inspiration than I do anything else, but I can’t answer any one of those questions except in the very moment when it strikes me rather than the other way around. Inspiration is ephemeral. Elusive. Occult. Seeking it, finding it, using it … they’re all magic. The name “Hidden Worlds” is, of course, a call back to the name I gave the setting of my novel and novellas — Mundus Occultus — a Latin phrase which renders literally…
