Rima Staines Reaching for the Otherworld

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Rima Staines is a painter / multi-disciplinary artist whose work has its roots in the invisible and oft-forgotten soul worlds that lie just behind or just inside this one. • In this conversation we talk about the longing for that otherworld, the difficulty of reaching for it within a technology/social media saturated world, and whole bunch of other stuff (see timestamps below). • Rima's website: https://www.rimastaines.com • Support Rima on Patreon: / rimastaines • Timestamps • 7:08 - Numinous, Longing for the Other World, Faerie, Folk Tale, Faerie Tale, Faery, Painting as Doorways to the Other World • 11:02 - Rima's Experience with Epilepsy • 15:07 - Multiple ways to truth, Iain McGilchrist, and being in Story • 22:45 - What is myth? How does Rima relate to myths and work with them? • 29:11 - Colour, beauty, courageous sensuality, and 'The Alchemist' painting • 47:02 - Aesthetic insult, soul armour, and learning to see 'star blood' • 52:36 - Left and Right Hemispheres, Iain McGilchrist • 58:56 - Is animism more widespread than we think? • 01:02:42 - Rima's background as a travelling artist • 01:13:58 - Hedgespoken and the spirit of the hedge • 01:21:10 - Social media and the commodification of magic • 01:34:18 - Counter spells and protection magic • 01:40:55 - Tension between homelife and 'the quest' • • Support the Fantasy Creates Reality YouTube Channel: • / benpatrickholden

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