Examining reality's ups and downs of Bipolar, this creative hacks through the confusion of today. While her insights will amuse you, as her experiences enlighten. What is it really like being tripped up by disorder? Going beyond my disorder now this tangentalist speaks with Artists about their imagination, insights, and inspirations. What is it that led them down this creative path as a career choice? How does their chosen medium continue to motivate them creatively? Where do they see their ...
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Episodde #2:Gord Moss: Graphically Musing Rhythyms
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On today's show we have the multi-disciplinary Graphic Designer and Artist Gordon Moss. With years of experience Moss shares with us what inspired him down this path. How does his love of music play a part in his creativity? Has he found a platform for the two fields to balance each other? How has he seen Graphic Design change over the years? What …
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Episode #3: Graeme Luey: Desert Floods His Graphics
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Being a Graphic Designer has been an exploratory career for this Creative Professional. Graeme has been a director of a Toronto Art Gallery for over a decade, and has now found his footing internationationally in Mexico. What led him to bringing his innovative business south of the border? In this podcast we dive deep to discover what is behind the…
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Episode #1 Claudia Dorey: Envisioning A Whole World
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Speaking with Montreal based Artist Claudia Dorey she reveals her process, her inspirations, and how she develops her imagination. Why is she happy when people dislike her art? And the meaning behind her fluid ingenuity. How do people react to her unique style? How does she gain her introspection? And how does she deal with the challenge of finding…
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#31 Sharpen My Karma By Redirecting Energies
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How can we define this word karma? Is it only a spiritual definition? Or can we reframe it and spin it to mean something that we can individually perceive to be special and unique for ourselves in our own lives? In this episode we discover new strategies to balance the seasonal affective blues, we discuss our current tools, and how discovering othe…
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Let’s just drown in it today for this episode. It’s an overwhelming feeling this week. I don’t know what happened, but I just woke up today and nearly cracked. I would almost cry while doing the dishes!? I would wonder what is wrong with me?! I just realized I can’t do this routine that I had set up for myself this summer. I burnt out because I had…
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Episode #30 Squinting Creativity: As I Do An About Face
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Over the years since graduating university I thought being successful as an artist would just happen; that it would just fall in my lap. I think things like that only happen to the really wealthy people out there. Going to school for art was sort of an Alice in Wonderland kind of experiences in some ways; I was able to spend excessive amounts of ti…
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Episode #29 Empathy Lacks: When Rudeness Is Apparent
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Losing sight of the reality of the situation I had put myself in was the least of my worries. I had put myself in a precarious situation, and I had to untangle myself from it - easier said then done, especially since I was in the ICU and was in a coma. Building relationships again, starting fresh, and being mindful of my stumbles. Join Macy Gage as…
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Episode #28 Abstracting Nature: Expanding Our Freaks
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I have leaned on those first two words to becoming my focus as an artist, as a thinker, and how I see the world around me - I am always attempting to abstract the nature I see around me. Whether that be the physical natural world I like surrounding myself with; or the behaviors and relationships I see in the characters in stories, or even the peopl…
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Episode #27 Stonehenge, Stories, and Possibilities
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This monumental arrangement of massive stones in Wales is how I sometimes saw Jude. How he carried himself, his strong, secure, and unmoving persona in his values, beliefs, and work ethic; has shown me how important he is in my life, and how I have taken him for granted for too long. His family are great to, similar to those ancient stones that sta…
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This is a repurposing of the word noose: It has been a difficult two years but I know that in the face of trauma most of us can shine brighter because we see how fragile life really is. There is a time for recover, reflection, regrowth, regrouping, rebirth – it has many names wink to Renaissance. We need to treasure our family, our friends, and our…
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This episode just so happens to coincide with the anniversary of my trauma, also known as my car crash. It happened 25 years ago this May. I don’t want to celebrate it, but I do want to acknowledge it and how it actually saved me. If you’ve been following my Podcast you’ll be familiar with the episode #6 called: Wonderland Made Me Wonderful. This i…
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Episode #24 Killing Myself Softly: The Price Of Behavior
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Awareness and self esteem play an important role in either building us up or tearing us down. I had a low self esteem; but I presumed, that this was part of being a teenage girl. That I would get over it later on. It wasn’t something that deserved my attention. Boy, was I wrong. Join Macy Gage as she discusses landing in teenage angst, leading to h…
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Why did I need to feel lousy about myself? Why didn't I see any value in me? I learned the price of my behavior was one tough lesson, or more specifically my lack of awareness; and how it plays an important role in either building up confidence, or tearing it down. Am I right or am I wrong? It needed me to shake it out of that nonsense. I knew that…
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Episode#22.5 Time Management: Where Does It Go?
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Time management where does it go? Does it evaporate?? Is time a construct? Are we prisoners of our own lives by creating these routines we live by? Or is it how we frame it in our minds that gives us the fulfillment we seek? Join Macy Gage as she uncovers some skills and strategies that make every day that little bit easier to navigate. While https…
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Episode #22 5000 Sided Memory Cube: Side Note Forgetting Everything
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Outrageous events sneak into our 5000 sided cube of memories; as if it belongs there; when the every day just flies by. Where is the limbo section? What gets in there, and how? Can we replace crisis with clearer versions of adventure and happiness? Macy Gage lists 5 top websites with key strategies to improve your memory with links available at: ht…
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Episode #21 Jumping Down The Stairs on Stilts
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Climbing out of discontent I put together some thoughts that have been floating around my brain. I shared them on the Tangentalist Facebook Blog and have gathered them here with additional insights. Generational themed Loser anthem, changing how you think can change your world, talking about talking, memory on stilts and jumping down the stairs . A…
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#20 Part 2 Searching For Happiness: Descent Into Winter
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Season of Illusions and delusions perpetuate my psyche these days. The days getting shorter, the retreating sun behind the clouds has never affected me as much as it has this year. That being said there are a few gems to share on how I make sure it doesn't get the better of me. Support the Show.By Macy Gage
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This is how I saw it back then. Or at least I thought I did. I was inviting danger into our perfectly set up flat in the Gay village. I mean it wasn’t perfect as one window didn’t have a screen and the bathtub was pink, but it was really big with a great layout. It over looked Church Street the hub of the gay community in downtown Toronto, Canada. …
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There is a lot to be said about Memory, Friends and Ego. How does memory get into a landslide? How do friends show value with reciprocity? I didn't think the friends that I had helped me get to the trajectory that got me to where I am. As I think some of us are aware that we always want what we don't have. Moving too much, diverting from friendship…
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Being tripped up by disorder while going to university, I didn't see it that way at all. This aside my faculty was organizing a trip to the Big Apple and for some reason I though it was a good idea to go. The only problem was I had no money, I was spending it like mad because I was undeniably manic - even though I wouldn't admit it. Jude had a frie…
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I was a mess back then, the demands of school, managing my condition, and trying to find where I fit, in the big city socially and economically. Finding my purpose, or a thread that seemed to fit that idea really gave me focus then and now. In a way knowing early on that I was artistically inclined helped to give me direction. Over the years I have…
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Episode #17 Trauma Text: Shivering On The Inside
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This took some time to process, because a toxic person from my past contacted me via Messenger - who knew they could get through even when they're blocked. Even bad actors have some form of intelligence. Actually it is more a case of opportunity accidentally resembling innovation. That aside I was shivering on the inside when I skimmed over it duri…
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From one listeners feedback this episode summarizes the up to date content into little summaries with a brief description on what is to come. These little glimpses into The Tangentalist podcast give an overview of what this Podcaster/Blogger is trying to achieve. It also refers to the insights that are provided in most episodes and their location. …
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Episode#15 Ruined Train Rides With French Seduction
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Feeling entitled , I was not realizing that was my disguise. I flaunted it like a new pair of shoes. There was no reason for it but a previous lover having a free pass. Blinded by the allure of the french men in Montreal I floated on my manias until the police came for me. Support the Show.By Macy Gage
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Episode #14 Posing Nude With Foreign Computers
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Putting myself in precarious situations seemed to be my specialty. Nude modeling seemed exciting, but the scariest part wasn't the nudity. Rather it was the shame that went with it. Correctly framing things, chunking, and thinking differently moved Macy into a better way of seeing her surroundings. Support the Show.…
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Episode #13 Gazing At Our Tropes With Rampant Expectations
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Expecting too much of our undeveloped minds. Jude and I made it our mission to succeed at OCAD. Along the way I had to duck and dive from my own ubiquitous attitudes. Join Macy Gage as she uncovers hidden structures of stability and sanity amongst her obvious stumbles. Support the Show.By Macy Gage
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Episode #12 Part 2 of Extraordinary Strawberry Fields
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With the ying and yang symbol there is balance, interconnectedness, and duality. The same can be said for Bipolar. During the confusion of college, being caught stealing, complex relationships, and my birth mother disappearing. The Tangentalist shares some strategies, reviews, and insights on boundaries. Join Macy in how she found some perseverance…
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Episode #12 Part 1 Extraordinary Strawberry Fields
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Awkwardly Forever, or so it seemed back then. Macy Gage and her bipolar trip her up every time. Especially when she decided to go to Post Secondary School. She tries to fit in, but has a hard time, when she shares catastrophic moments of her life as an introduction to one of her life drawing classes. Madness seemed to ensue, yet she managed to meet…
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Trust is dismantled, as I am overwhelmed. College applications abide, OCAD accepts as I dash back to my hometown. Dissolving relationships as brand new downtown room mates fold me into a table and discard. Support the Show.By Macy Gage
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Episode #11 Birth Mother Arrives In A White Truck
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Mother arrived in a white truck. We get drunk and disguise the truth in alcohol. She disappears in a flash, as my family lives in another country. Support the Show.By Macy GageMy
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Episode #9: COVID Tips: While Sabotaging Girl Bands
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While I imagined I was in love with Mr. Sonic Pumpkin man; I was applying to a number of schools. I was still recovering from my brain injury, but that wasn't going to stop me. According to the right people I was fine. The only problem was I really wasn't all there. I mean I was, when you looked at me you saw a girl in her early twenties who had ma…
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Scrutinizing how I survived the repercussions of trust and recovery I share with you the mishaps that happened on the 401 that left me a girlfriend in a coma; traveling warp speed into sonic dreams of becoming the figurative idea of Sugarkane. Support the Show.By The Tangentalist
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Episode #7 School Tragedies Did Not Divert
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Collecting these traumas like wreckage from an accident or a fire, while being distracted by adolescent angst. I wasn't aware as I experienced them. In a way I was seeing them as if I was watching myself on the television. It was like I was separate from myself. It was happening around me, but it did not impact the direction I was going. I was on m…
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It was originally suppose to be a school trip to a Nationally recognized theme park for the graduating class; but we took it upon ourselves to do something different. I didn't know it was going to change the rest of my life. I thought it was just another road trip going somewhere fun. It became something else that I didn't really take seriously eno…
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Finding the thread to keep me focused while at the same time losing myself to the darkroom, the sketch book, and the exhilaration of youth. Moving to Eastern Ontario meant a lot of changes. I was changing into a teenager, while everything around me was new to. Including the man in his 20's who started dating me. It seemed sexy, dangerous, and cool …
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Was I twice removed from my youth? Or were there other distractions? Did I cause any of it with the move? Brain Injury and Bipolar what do they mean? What celebrities have it? Getting distracted while finding the thread of music and art to keep me stable kept me wandering. Support the Show.By Macy Gage
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When I was quite young I fell hard for Bowie. His Space Oddity spoke to me, it seemed directly. Feeling alone in outer space. 'Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. Planet Earth is blue, there is nothing I can do...' His uniqueness, ambiguity, his constant growth and change as a musician, I felt like there was a connection. He spoke to th…
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Is a title of a book by a Canadian author I read when I was just going into high school. It didn't make much sense to me then and still doesn't now. Back then nothing made sense, teenage angst with hang ups of exploration rooted in the structure of education. Support the Show.By Macy Gage
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Chaos, Catastrophe, Catalysts how do they start? Why do they start? Where do they start more often? On an individual scale, with me well they began with a beginning. Dancing With Applesauce is what I call it: Where it came from - adoption, moving and - we'll get into that later. The search begins: Support the Show.…
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