Podcast interviews …
Fantasy Creates Reality - Rima Staines: Reaching for the Otherworld
Ben Patrick Holden says:
“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:
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'.”
The Alchemy of Art - from A Wave Away by Waverly Davis
Waverly says:
“I have Rima’s “The Old Songs” and “Maiden, Mother, Crone” paintings hanging above my desk, they offer me daily inspiration.
In this episode, Rima and I discuss:
Rima’s creative process and where she draws creative inspiration from Art as alchemy
The weaving of many art mediums and Rima’s experience with not only fine art and painting, but also bookbinding, publishing, puppetry, and music
Mothering and what it has taught and is teaching Rima
How Rima balances motherhood and art making
The grief of mothering without a village
Living with epilepsy and what it has taught and is teaching Rima
I cannot encourage you enough to look at (and purchase!) Rima’s incredible paintings, they are so unique and speak deeply to the liminal spaces of life.”
Julie Mullen’s Cakehole
Julie says:
“The first interview of the season with Rima Staines. Rima is living proof that life is what you make it. Rima, a multi-disciplinary artist talks about her work as a publisher, her paintings, music, theatre she has made and the puppets lurking in her heart. She placed in my hand a small book of postcards depicting her glorious paintings. She has a following across the world and I am not surprised. To be honest, it was less of an interview and more of a happening. I feel completely awe struck by this person; her gifts, so gently described, her passion, so fully revealed, her kindness and above all her beauty. Everything about her implores attention, the world needs to know Rima Staines. I stepped into another world the day I met Rima Staines.”