All That We Perceive

All That We Perceive Podcast Season 2 Episode 6 Visibility, Safety, Muses and Mentors. Why visibility and feeling safe to be who we are is a beacon enabling us to find likeminded muses and mentors along our creative life path. “Share the light of our common humanity, recognising each other’s beauty in adversity as well as in joy…visibility is recognising our responsibility to share the full array of colours with other human beings and our poetry is a weapon of truth and love – it’s love made visible” (WR). Discussion shared and poems read with Gabrielle Journey Jones and Wilfred Roach.

All That We Perceive Podcast Season 2 Episode 5 Community Building and Truth-Telling.  Why integrated, intersectional, intentional community building and truth-telling from and with the voices of queer folk and people of colour matters. “Poetry community - vulnerability as strength.  We thrive given the opportunity to express our voice and vulnerabilities by actually being vulnerable and literally speaking our truth with someone else, secure in the knowledge that they will still love and accept us" (GJJ); “It takes courage to live bravely” (WR).  Discussion shared and poems read with Gabrielle Journey Jones and Wilfred Roach.

All That We Perceive Podcast Season 2 Episode 4 Geographic Isolation and Connection.  Why we choose to live in geographic isolation from other writers who share the same experiences. Discussion shared and poems read with Gabrielle Journey Jones and Wilfred Roach.

All That We Perceive Podcast Season 2 Episode 3 Vulnerability and Participation. Why we feel vulnerable yet still engage in mainstream (straight, white) poetry events. “Hatred won’t be tolerated”. Discussion shared and poems read with Gabrielle Journey Jones and Wilfred Roach.

All That We Perceive Podcast Season 2 Episode 2 Cultural Safety and Creative Community. Why feeling safe within creative community is essential for poetic expression and empowerment. “Find your people, go to your events – you are welcome”. Discussion shared and poems read with Gabrielle Journey Jones and Wilfred Roach.

All That We Perceive Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 Invisible Wounds and Holding Joy. Why the invisible wounds of racism and homophobia in creative community should be addressed and how we hold joy.  Discussion shared and poems read with Gabrielle Journey Jones and Wilfred Roach

All That We Perceive - Episode 6 Bravery. Wil and Journey discuss:  How do we as writers of colour find the courage to share our work with the world? How do we walk into events time and time again where we can't see ourselves represented and speak confidently?

All That We Perceive Podcast Episode 5 - Beauty
How do we find and define beauty as writers of colour striving to bring our stories, poetry and other art forms to the world?

All That We Perceive - Episode 4: Beliefs.  Journey and Wil explore these questions:  How do our belief systems influence our creativity? How are we impacted as writers of colour by what society believes about us as evidenced by how we are treated in the world and historically how writers of colour have been marginalised?

All That We Perceive - Episode 3: Boundaries. Wil and Journey explore these questions: How do we as writers of colour build and maintain our personal well being, emotional resilience, self care, personal and professional boundaries, mental, physical and spiritual health?

All That We Perceive - Episode 2: Beginnings
 Journey and Wil explore these questions: How and when did we decide to share our words, stories and poems with the world? Why do we do it and what do we gain from publishing our work?

All That We Perceive - Episode 1: Belonging.
Wil and Journey explore these questions: How do we as writers of colour define and experience belonging? What shapes the expectations we have of creative community? How do we ensure our inclusion and visibility?