Strength To Be Human --Global Arts & Affairs Podcast, Hosted by Mark Antony Rossi

Another wonderful podcast of inspired listeners asking questions about various shows and topics. Featured are questions on Doubt, Faith and the History of Writing. 

Brief reflections and thoughts on the life, works and statesmanship of Czech playwright, poet and President, Vaclav Havel.

In one of our more lengthier episodes I tackle the carelessness of positive writing by pointing out how lighter writing need not be boring, cliched or inconsequential. 

Intro: 

Light vs Lightweight

Honest Renditions of Nature

Inner Life and Family

Making Your Subjects Relevant

Writers need to invest themselves in their writing or risk producing distant jumbles lacking life. 

Intro

Bridging the Distance

Standing Your Ground

A full show on the subject of literary submission tracking:

Submission Tracking

a. do's and don'ts

b. free software

c. paid software

d adapted software

e. paper and pencil

Submittable

a. it's purpose

b. built in sub tracking

c. discover research magazines

d. do's and don'ts

e. final word

In one of our most controversial episodes we take to task writers who instead of being active observers of society become parrots of propaganda and in essence stop being writers. 

The act and even thought surrounding writing has changed throughout the centuries as we have evolved from papyrus to digital. The following sections outline each major change:

Writing in Stone

Writing in Paper

Writing in Memory

Writing in Vinyl

Writing in Digital

Faith rounds out the trio of influences on writers (Fear and Doubt being the other two) and we explore in three sections the meaning of faith in writing:

Faith in Creation (Writing) with quote from Antonine de Saint-Exupery

Faith in Communication (Submission) quote from Goethe

Faith in the Human Condition (Humanity) quote from Robert Anthony

We tackle the common foe of Doubt in this episode by dividing the show into two parts:

Doubt in Self

Doubt in Writing

Fear is the eternal enemy of humanity in my opinion. It can effect creativity in various negative ways. Outlined are three areas of concern:

Fear of Family/Friends

Fear of Self

Fear of Art