Confessing Animals

The Redemption Journey: Poet Jen Harris

Jen Harris & Vanessa Aricco Season 3 Episode 2

Poet Jen Harris (she/they) is a creative entrepreneur based in Kansas City, Missouri. A sought-after performance artist, Harris is the co-host of Confessing Animals Podcast, interviewing seasoned and fresh-faced artists (of every genre) to discuss how to make creativity work within the complexities and challenges of adult life. She is the founder and host of The Writing Workshop KC, whose mission is to nurture creative curiosity and inspire confidence within prompt-based writing workshops.

Find her online at www.poetjenharris.com and @poetjenharris on Instagram.


Show Notes:

A Mother’s Hunger by Amanda Roth https://www.blurb.com/b/10772878-a-mother-s-hunger

Meow Wolf Santa Fe

Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

William Blake, poet 

John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul

Saturn Return 

Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas

James Baldwin

Nina Simone 

The Heretics http://heresiesfilmproject.org/archive/


Seasoned and fresh-faced artists (of every genre) discuss how to make creativity work within the complexities and challenges of adult life. Confessing Animals podcast co-hosts Jen Harris + Vanessa Aricco, both working writers, unveil the secrets and struggles of creative living in a rapid fire capitalist society. One guest at a time, Jen + Vanessa ask, How Does Your Life Translate to Art?

Intro & music provided by Ashley Raines www.ashleyrainesmusic.com

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