Mariana Mae shares about sitting at the feet of indigenous elder women who create with clay around the world.

Mariana Mae is an artist and visionary native to Coyoacan, DF, Mexico. She used to offer her work under the wingspan of Easy To Breathe in the Valley of Ojai, California.

We think you'll love Mariana's way of gentleness, softness, and beauty in the world as she does big work in a radically different way than the mainstream.

This episode was recorded in 2020.

As of 2026, you can connect with her at https://www.instagram.com/_marianamae/

In this episode, we talk about:

• Receiving the messages of the earth through the elements
• Discerning between external noise and your internal truth
• The medicine of culture shock from moving internationally as a kid
• Overcoming shyness and finding your voice through creative expression
• How Mariana first found the magic of clay at age 7
• Growing up in a Catholic household and then leaving religion
• Going back to the womb of the mother, listening to the elements, and being guided by elders in temazcal (sweatlodge)
• Walking softly with beauty as a way of life
• Harvesting and processing clay in the traditional way in Morocco with an elder
• How trusting her gut prepared her for unexpectedly documenting an indigenous potter in the Amazon
• Communicating across languages using the sounds of how clay speaks

Links

• Sign up for Earth Speak's email newsletter at www.earthspeak.love
• Mariana Mae's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_marianamae/
• Our theme music is "It's Easier" by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org and "Meeting Again" by Emily Sprague https://mlesprg.info.