As artists, how do we craft animal characters in a way that is nuanced, ethical, and true to the heart? Pamela Harris--writer, painter, screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker--offers stories from her life on the ways animals have attuned her to higher ways of knowing and being. In this episode, Juliana and Pamela discuss the animals of New York City, quiet, and the importance of retreat in order to see clearly.
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Conversations with Animals is a monthly podcast hosted by Juliana examining our interconnection with nonhuman animal lives. Expect interviews with ecological writers, filmmakers, vegan chefs, animal-related spaces, artists, and more! Each month, a fresh companion newsletter is published. Subscribe: www.julianaroth.com/drawinganimals
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Pamela Harris has packaged a pilot with 20th Century Fox; she was selected for the Writers Lab; she directed and co-wrote a short film, ‘En Route,’ that screened at many festivals; and as a playwright is a happy member of Honor Roll and the Dramatists Guild. Pamela is also an artist and has exhibited extensively. She’s currently wrapping up a memoir, How I Learned to Swear. Learn more on her website here.
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Juliana is a writer, filmmaker, educator, and performer. She formerly lived as a volunteer on an organic farm in Maine, out of a backpack in the wilderness of Utah’s La Sal Mountains, and worked for the Ecology Center. She was selected as a VIDA Fellow with the Sundress Academy for the Arts for her fiction. Her writing appears in The Breakwater Review, Irish Pages, Los Angeles Review of Books as well as being produced as independent films that she directs. Her web series, The University, was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television for Best Drama Writing and screened at survivor justice nonprofits across the country. Her new film, Final Curtain Call, inspired by the life of Radio City Music Hall's Chief Organist, is currently screening at film festivals. She teaches writing at NYU.
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The creatures of New York City with Pamela Harris