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

S2 E158: Possible Futures of Writing

Another grounded episode on a topic I hear alot about by writing: does writing have a future? What will that future look like? I attempt to answer a few of this questions in a manner I many might find unusual. 

S2 E157: Audio Literary Memoir II

In this second installment annually produced I delve into what i have been doing as a writer, especially in this particularly challenging time of Covid, and try to make it relatable on the show to others who might be working or dealing with similiar issues.

S2 E156: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Rod Serling

In perhaps my most personal voyage into a writer I explore all that was social and creative in the astounding teleplay, screenplay writer Rod Serling.
We cover in this episode: depression, twilight zone, creativity, planet of the apes and the meaning of prejudice as a root of global calamity.

S2 E155: Mailbag V: 2020 in a Nutshell

In the final mailbag episode in a rough and uncertain year, 2020, we go through some of the email about show and about the journal, Ariel Chart.
 
Covered are the following topics:
Fantasy in Writing
Keeping a Journal
Dark Side of Guilt
Covid
Bukowski
Truth
Evil Words
Creativity and Mental Illness
 
 
 

S2 E154: The Creation of Concrete Minimalism

In one of the most unique episode STBH explores Mark Antony Rossi's innovation micro-writing style (fiction & nonfiction) "Concrete Minimalism."
Intro to Innovation
Fiction Passages
  Philosophy of Rent
https://www.arielchart.com/2017/07/philosophy-of-rent.html?m=1  
  Waiting Room Madness
https://madswirl.com/short-stories/2015/07/waiting-room-madness/
  Tampa Bay Tantrum
https://www.scarletleafreview.com/short-stories1/category/mark-antony-rossi
   I Will Melt the Robots the First Chance I Get
https://www.blakejonesreview.com/flash-fiction/i-will-melt-robots/
  Kind
https://underwoodpress.com/ruescribe/2018/10/04/kind-by-mark-antony-rossi/
 
Nonfiction Passages
World Peace Through Intimacy
https://pinklitter.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/world-peace-through-intimacy-editoral-by-mark-antony-rossi/amp/
Modern Forces and the Meaningful Metaphor
https://fragmentedvoices.com/2020/02/24/modern-forces-and-the-meaningful-metaphor-by-mark-antony-rossi/amp/
Book Review -- Sun and Moon -- Michel Weatherall
https://booksmugglersden.com/2019/09/18/sun-moon-by-michel-weatherall/
Book Review -- Wonderful Wasteland and other natural disasters --
                         Elido La Torre Lagares
https://www.arielchart.com/2020/10/book-review-wonderful-wasteland-and.html?m=1
 
 
 
 

S2 E153: The Performance of Spoken Word

In this episode we briefly examine the good and bad of spoken word poetry. 
Light Side -- test run one's material before an audience
Dark Side -- forget about print and then get forgotten -- yourself
Notes:  post-covid world might have less eating establishments, no movie theatres and folks less willing to be community-oriented, spoken word might need to learn to adapt to a new reality

S2 E152: An Afternoon With Michel Weatherall

In our 2nd conversation I speak with Canada's, Michel Weatherall, novelist, poet and publisher about his projects, his press, his marketing and his interesting take on anthologies and promoting literary projects in the age of Covid.

S2 E151: Identity, Integrity and Creative Cohesion in the Arts

In the final episode for September 2020 we delve into the meat and marrow of what constitutes identity, how it is lost, how it is gained, how it is maintained and how large a role it plays in the creative life of an artist.

S2 E150: Keeping a Journal, Jiving a Memory

STBH brings another facet of creativity by encouraging the practice of journaling. In this episode we cover:
 
1. Informal Journaling (collected note-taking)
2. Formal Journaling (in actual journal with extensive commentary)
3. Notes on Notes

S2 E149: Toying With Tangents -- Fantasy in Writing

The last in the series takes us to Fantasy, in this episode we will talk about some of the greats and classics in fantasy novelization:
 
JRR Tolkien -- The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
C.S. Lewis -- Chronicles of Narnia
Ursula K. Le Guin --- Tales of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness