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Celebrating Life, Art & Travel in The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny
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Join me as I chat with Zoe Disigny, author of The Art of Traveling Strangers, listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction.
View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dYPEJThuFqk
- Inspiration for The Art of Traveling Strangers, based on an experience Zoe had while hosting art tours of Europe in the 1980s.
- How her background as an art history professor helped her write her novel
- Making art accessible in The Art of Traveling Strangers
- The four Davids in The Art of Traveling Strangers: Donatello, Michelangelo, Verrocchio, and Bernini.
- A favorite David?
- Intertwining the art travelogue with the story of Claire's journey to self-realization.
- The long process of turning the novel from a 22,000-word travelogue into a novel.
- Reading from The Art of Traveling Strangers.
- The work of Niki de Sant Phalle, mentioned at the beginning of the novel.
- The work of James Tyrell at Count Panza's Villa in Italy.
- The theme of The Art of Traveling Strangers.
- One thing Zoe Disigny learned from writing her novel that she didn't know before.
- Advice for authors starting their writing careers later in life.
- What Zoe is working on now.
Press Play now & be sure to check out The Art of Traveling Strangers on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels/the-art-of-traveling-strangers
Zoe Disigny's website: https://zoedisigny.com/
Places mentioned in the podcast:
Tarot Garden in Tuscany
Queen Califia's Magic Garden in Escondido
Villa Panza in Varese
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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