Just Some Thoughts - Gathering

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/

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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

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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

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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:

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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/