Ever worry you're too normal to be a real artist? So have we. Matt and Mandy are joined at the table by Anselm artists Megan McCluskey and Gianna Soderstrom to talk about the struggles and benefits of being a normal person in the arts.
THE BELIEVE TO SEE PODCAST
The podcast of the Anselm Society Arts Guild. Hosts Matt Mellema and Mandy Houk go deep with artists about their craft, and also enjoy very serious conversations about very silly subjects. “Some things have to be believed to be seen." -Madeleine L'Engle
Christina, Mandy, and Matt discuss the question, “How do we love other people with our art?”
Matt interviews Rachel Shinnick, author of YA Fiction novel Moon Thief, discussing what led Rachel to writing her first novel, how she saw God working in the process, and the various trials of getting published for the first time.
What makes a good literature remix? What makes a bad one? And what is it about some classic stories that compel us to keep remixing and retelling them over and over?
Matt, Mandy, and Christina discuss Disney movie live-action reboots and whether any (or perhaps some) of the reboots are justified.
Matt and his wife, Danielle, interview fellow Anselm Arts Guild member Amy Lee and discuss Amy's new book "This Homeward Ache" and discuss what it means that God has set eternity in the hearts of man and how longing influences our lives.
Matt, Christina, and Evangeline discuss the concept of limitations as artists. While limitless possibilities may seem like what is needed to create, perhaps the best way to create is not boundless possibilities, but limits.
Evangeline and her brother Dr. John Case Tompkins sit down with Brandy Vallance to discuss symbols and symbolic language and their relationship with the Christian imagination.
Matt talks with writer G Connor Salter about his recent article on the classic book and movie The Princess Bride.
Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss cynicism in literature and what makes the difference between a good cynical story and a bad cynical story.