Painting Plus Prayer with Emily McIlroy

“This Plus That is a show about connecting the seemingly un-connectable and why it matters. Struggle to weave together all of the seemingly un-connectable parts of yourself? Tired of feeling like you can only ever be one thing? Or, sick of being told there’s only one “right” way to be, so you feel like you have to cut off pieces of yourself in order to belong? This podcast is for you.

Join me as I interview people creating lives at the intersections of all their interests and complexities—even and especially if those interests seem paradoxical. Is art the same thing as prayer? What does it mean to be mystical? Is it possible to have immense doubt and still be a person of “faith”? Is getting on your knees the only way to talk to God? And, who and what are “God,” even?

In this conversation, I talk with Emily McIlroy about the intersections of Painting + Prayer. As you’ll hear us discuss, “prayer” can simply mean a posture or a way of being. Or maybe even a way of living inside of a question. One without resolution—something that just is, but that we are in active dialogue with, in our work and our relationships, and everything else.”

Brandi Stanley

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