Head talk is not always bad – those voices that seem louder than the outside noise when needed. I have two voices in particular that visit me often. This podcast is dedicated to my two mentors, my intimate friends, and creative counselors. Picasso and Gulley Jimson.

Picasso Voice: Steve Heyl

Gulley Jimson Voice: Marc Biagi

Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon

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It’s been a very strange year. Christmas is just not Christmas. So appropriately, this podcast is about foot baths, friendships made over fences and a dragons fly who became the galaxy’s newest comet.

Did you know, a Wink is a signal of a Shared Secret, inspired from the story of Odin the Norse god? Odin gave his eye in exchange for a drink from the well of Mimir - a drink which would give him the gift of great wisdom and knowledge. The Wink is my favorite Thanksgiving day story. I hope you enjoy it.

Crowd: Albert Cristy 

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This podcast will definitely put a smile on your face. A lighthearted story about Violet, beauty pageants, Queens and winning the crown. Whether you know anyone living in or near Dementialand, this podcast is worth sharing. I can’t think of a more important time than NOW, to lighten-up someone’s day. Take care. Be kind and wear your mask.… Enjoy.

Pageant Announcer: Albert Cristy 

Sovina Voice: Mimi

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Violet pulled out an album that was tucked into the side cushions. The album contained family photos and pictures cut out from magazines of people my mother added, officially making them part of our family. Paper people I called them, each with elaborate stories. Stories that gave my mother a dimension that was real and honest.

Enjoy

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“Violet lifted her eyes and fixed them on a strange man who was standing in front of her. She twisted her drinking straw, trying to remember if he was a man she should know  ....someone perhaps who was hidden in her memory's blind spot.”  I loved this visit. My mother's words skip around like a young lamb, equivalent to a genius who had overcome the conventional boundaries of facts. Yet its bizarre intensity had a delightfully honest quality, that is often found in dementia’s splendor. Another wonder found in Dementialand.  Enjoy.

Murray: Albert Cristy 

Flo’s Voice: Stacey Murray

Vida’s Voice: Cristi Ritter Loper

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TOMA: DRUMROLL please.... Welcome to Episode 3 of The Republic of Toma  podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine! I sit down with German Producer, Director and Writer Radek Wegrzyn and American Author, Artist and Podcaster Suzka Susan Collins  to discuss their upcoming film Wonders in Dementialand. Coming from 3 different locations — me in Venice, Radek in Berlin and Suzka in Los Angeles — we discuss how life in the times of the Coronavirus feels like an altered reality. Wonders in Dementialand is the name of Suzka’s book, which discusses the other side of dementia. Suzka writes in her book, “Dementialand is a topsy turvy place of secrets and discovery where I often found myself in the mirror of dementia. Its sense of reversal showed me the other side of everything and the other side of myself.” I draw comparison to this time of the pandemic as an opportunity to reveal us to ourselves as we’re faced with a new way of living.

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Producer: Radek Wegrzyn: http://www.magical-realist.com

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There is a place not mentioned in any travel magazines or listed in any search engine under  top spot for summer travelers.  But this growing world wide destination offers a compelling reason to visit.  Maybe part of its fascination is their unfaithfulness to the status quo or possibly, it’s the Gypsy Sundowners who simply pop-in unannounced.  For whatever reason, this destination has a lot to offer.  Another wonder found in Dementialand - a vacation spot for Sundowners.  Enjoy.

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Suzka's producer Radek Wegrzyn discusses why he decided to produce Dementialand as a movie.

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I don’t have a clue how this happened but this Podcast is in two parts. Two stories not even slightly related to each other. I blame it all on   ‘CovidBrain’. I’m totally disorganized. One of the side effects from extended isolation and quarantine. The COVID19 isolation has similarities to the prosperities of Dementialand – a topsy-survey place where everything is turned upside down. The unknown and letting go of the predictable is obvious which in the past has been reserved for the young and the ‘trusting adventurers’ in the world.  So this podcast starts with a story titled: The HORSE KEEPER and the carousel ride back to innocence. Maybe It’s time for all of us to grab the brass ring and get ready for some changes. Hold on and let the races begin…  Enjoy.

Horse Keeper’s Voice: Albert Cristy

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