Makers & Mystics
Makers & Mystics is the podcast for the art-driven, spiritually adventurous seekers of truth and lovers of life.
Makers & Mystics
Latest Episodes
Art As a Spiritual Gateway: Classical Music and Rediscovering Creative Joy
What happens when the art form you once loved becomes a way of proving your worth?For oboist, educator, and author Merideth Estevez, classical music began as a source of joy and wonder. As a child, it was even a language through which sh...
The Art of Slow: Making Things That Last with Jake Weidmann
We live in a world of fast content, instant communication, next-day shipping, and things designed to be quickly replaced. But what happens when an artist chooses to work against the grain of social norms? Jake Weidmann is one of onl...
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Seeing Through The Tropes: How Art History Shaped Women's Identity | Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
How do the images we see shape the way we understand ourselves and one another?In this episode of Makers & Mystics, Stephen Roach sits down with art historian and author Eli...
Strange Glory: A Case for Unconventional Art
What does it mean to glorify God through art?For many artists, the desire to glorify God can become an expectation that their work should communicate an explicitly religious message. But what happens when that expectation begins to const...
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The World Needs Your Art: The Spiritual Roots of Why Artists Suffer | Stephen Roach
Every great artist from Caravaggio to Frida Kahlo has fought the same invisible war, and Stephen Roach makes the case that it is not a coincidence.In this solo reflection, Stephen traces a decade-long question that has haunted him: why ...
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