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Soberful

283: The Call of the Self with Sarah Gillespie

Soberful

Veronica Valli & Chip Somers

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8611 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Artist and director of the Create Now Academy Sarah Gillespie joins Veronica to discuss The Call of the Self. How addiction prevents us being who we really are. And that the calling of an artist is the same as the calling to stop drinking.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting

0:10.2

that story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning That you might be a treasure

0:21.8

I could touch but never hold

0:25.6

Hey everybody and you are listening to the Soberful podcast

0:31.8

And I am here joined by Sarah Gillespie

0:35.5

Hi Sarah

0:36.4

Hi, thanks for having me back Yeah Yeah, second time. I think it's

0:41.3

a second time. Probably going to do more than this. So Sarah wrote and recorded the song that you

0:48.4

just heard when you listen to the podcast. So tell everybody just a little bit about yourself what you do.

0:55.8

Okay. I am primarily a singer-songwriter. I have five critically acclaimed albums and quite a few

1:03.2

EPs. And for the last 15 years, I've been touring all over Europe and the UK and playing in the

1:09.6

United States,

1:15.3

performing with my band and solo, my own original music.

1:18.4

I also am an expressionist painter and I have a book of poetry published by Oxford Beatnik Poetry Press.

1:24.4

Cool.

1:25.4

So when we started the show and we needed some intro music, I was like, well, I only know what musician. And you luckily had this most perfect piece of music because the line that we use in it is just like perfect at the beginning of the show. I can't remember the... When I came to in the morning or something like that. That's it. That's it. It came to in the morning and something needed warning.

1:46.3

Yes.

1:46.6

I can't remember exactly.

1:48.0

Yeah.

1:48.6

Yeah.

1:49.2

So we're here today because we're going to have a conversation about belonging and identity.

1:55.3

And this is like, I just feel that we met when we were 16 and we have had many adventures together many many adventures

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