Farewell, QELP, and a warm welcome to the new era with The Divine Spark & Art Podcast!

Since 2020, our initial venture, QELP, The Poet’s LIFE podcast, has graced us with 25 captivating episodes. We delved into riveting discussions predominantly with poets, exploring their emotions, lives, and creative expressions. Now, it's time to transcend mere fascination and opinions, steering away from this mal du siècle, and delving into the realm of Knowledge – understanding what makes art objective, impersonal, and universal.

Our ancestor podcast QELP, is no more, but we have included the most relevant conversations of QELP to Radio {R}évolution and archived the others. You can still access the entirety of the podcast by subscribing to Revue {R}évolution.

Enter The Divine Spark & Art Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/z3ve-62vk3U?si=jFiONSvK6na8Oedi

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Murielle Mobengo

Editor, Publisher & Podcast Host

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This is a snippet from one of our loveliest interviews of 2023, featuring Bengali poet Sourav Sengupta. His work was highlighted as the Apotheosis of our fifth issue in spring 2023. In this episode, we explore his creative process, discuss great books about poetry, and delve into the connections between architecture, art, and poetry. We also cover poetic traditions from India and the timeless influence of Sri Krishna, who needs no introduction.
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Miruna Mogosanu is our Axis Mundi Art Prize Laureate! A London-based artist born in communist Romania, five years before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, she currently studies art at The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London. Her technique relies mostly on classical oil painting with a focus on Persian miniature, geometry, and arabesque.  In addition to her passion for art, Miruna is also a graduate in aerospace engineering, showcasing her multi-talented nature.

🔴 MORE ABOUT MIRUNA: 

• Read this conversation : https://www.revuerevolution.com/artist-miruna-mogosanu-alchemy-beauty
• Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/k5rmBS0wMsA

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If you haven’t read James B Nicola’s story Academic yet, you need to fix this.

James B. Nicola is a Poet, a polyglot, a scholar, un homme de théâtre, and an amazing conversationalist.

In this 23rd episode of QELP Qui est le Poète, we discuss…many things and in many languages, from the challenges of modern-day polymathy, to Divinity, to genius, to fame to Dune and the Twilight Zone, to Plato to solitude to Javert.

James B. Nicola authored seven full-length poetry collections. His poems have appeared in the Antioch, Southwest and Atlanta Reviews; Rattle; and Barrow Street.

His poetry has received many literary awards, including eight Pushcart nominations.

👉 Visit James B. Nicola's website

👉 Read Academic by James B. Nicola

⚪️ Watch this interview on YouTube [soon]

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Meet our lovely host, Keira Tucker, a scientist with an inspiring story at the intersection of science and art at ASCUS. In this special episode, Arts Co-Editor Maria Linares Freire interviews Keira and talks art, science, music, poetry, evolution, religion, Hans Zimmer, and germs!

Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/pY4hoQ4WSNE
ASCUS: https://www.ascus.org.uk/who-we-are
Read Keira's interview in {R}#5: https://www.revuerevolution.com/en/read/fifth-issue-2023

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QELP, The Poet's LIFE podcast is brought to you by Revue {R]évolution, a polymath review of Poetry and Art based in New York with branches in Paris and London, and a Learning Center. Support our mission:

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Manal AlDowayan is a Saudi Arabian artist of many talents with a singular path. A graduate of systems analysis and design, she worked in an oil company before coming out as an artist.

Internationally acclaimed, Manal’s artistic practice - quote - navigates a territory where the personal and the political overlap. 

Manal AlDowayan's s art is socially conscious, grounded in the love of Saudi Arabian land, Arabian culture and language, and also contains a universal dimension, which is why she caught Revue {R}évolution’s eye.

In this episode, we discuss the power of invisibility, what happens when women are not pressured by male gaze, Eastern cultural diversity and genius, Manal’s creative genesis and process, fatherly love, and why it’s good to have a job to support you until you can make it as an artist.

Co-hosted by Poet Murielle Mobengo and Awarded Artist Maria Linares Freire

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Part 3 dives deeper into Amos's life, explores the emotional dimension in his art, and shows how he was constantly pushing himself to the next level.
 
🔹 Ann Lemon
🔹 Amos Lemon Burkhart
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Part 2 introduces to Amos and discusses the mission of the Amos Lemon Burkhart Foundation, different thinkers, artistic excellence, and why creatives consume drugs and alcohol. 

💘 Ann Lemon
🔱 Amos Lemon Burkhart
💘 Amos in Revue {R}'s Temple of Poets
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QELP, The Poet's LIFE podcast is brought to you by Revue {R]évolution, a polymath review of Poetry and Art based in New York with branches in Paris and London, and a Learning Center. Support our mission:

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This 20th episode of QELP is longer than usual: 3 parts. Why? Because we want your attention.

Part I asks important questions on creativity, polymathy vs conformism, and introduces you to Ann Lemon, a former art director who has influenced fashion and Fortune 500 brands, and the mother of art prodigy Amos Lemon Burkhart (1998 - 2018). 

Co-editor-in-chief for the arts Maria Linares Freire joins us for the conversation.

🔹 Ann Lemon
🔹Amos Lemon Burkhart
🔹 Donate to the Amos Lemon Burkhart Foundation

QELP, The Poet's LIFE podcast is brought to you by Revue {R]évolution, a polymath review of Poetry and Art based in New York with branches in Paris and London, and a Learning Center. Support our mission:

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