Emma Ruth Rundle is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and visual artist. 

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Emma leaving Cal Arts to move to Wellington, New Zealand
• Outsider art
• Yoshino’s introduction into photography
• Finding one’s flow state
• Tapping into the collective consciousness within one’s art
• Exploring the role of an artist
• Her newest album and visual art project “Dowsing Voice”
• Traveling to Wales to record “Dowsing Voice”
• Unblocking the gateway of the mind to allow the muse to enter
• Emma exploring getting her MFA
• Journaling
• Arthurian legends and Celtic myths
• Feeling less lonely when you can connect with an artist’s body of work
• Finding people you can connect with along the way
• Post-narrative work

People / Artists Mentioned:

1. Henry Darger (Artist)
2. Maja Ruznic (Painter)
3. Vivian Maier (Photographer)
4. Francis Bacon (Painter)
5. Sibylle Baier (Folk Singer) 
6. Nick Drake (Singer-Songwriter)
7. Joan Didion (Writer)
8. Margaret Atwood (Writer)
9. Olivia Laing (Writer)
10. Phil Hale (Artist)
11. Shape of Despair (Band)
12. Patrick Walker (Musician)
13. Lidia Yuknavitch (Writer)
14. Mizmor (Band)
15. Mary Maddux of Meditation Oasis
16. Wim Wenders (Director)
17. Andrei Tarkovsky (Director)
18. Dave Elitch (Drummer)

Books Mentioned:

1. “Everybody” by Olivia Laing
2. The Mabinogion
3. Poetic Edda
4. “The Misfit’s Manifesto” by Lidia Yuknavitch

Films / TV Shows Mentioned:

1. Wings of Desire (1987)
2. Midsomer Murders (1997)
3. Slow TV - Norway
4. Stalker (1979)

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