{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/f8cf3133-0543-5b5b-85cb-e7a4e48bfaf5/2ef5ccd0-ba4f-4b41-b634-846b74e0d310?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Using Your Art to Be a Voice For Others with Reema Zaman","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6202ac9f5668e761825372c3/6202acf6484f8e001435882b.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Reema Zaman, writer, visual artist, and actress joins us to talk about using her art to become a voice for people who don’t have one.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Highlights:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><strong>How curiosity enables us to cultivate self-awareness</strong></li><li>Leveraging writing to find clarity and comfort in our lives</li><li><strong>Becoming the author of your own life&nbsp;</strong></li><li>The golden thread that exists in each of our lives</li><li><strong>Creating narratives of resilience and choice&nbsp;</strong></li><li>How to deal with the questions we’ll never have answers to</li><li><strong>Why pain gives us an opportunity to gain strength&nbsp;</strong></li><li>Why forgiveness is the greatest gift you can give to yourself</li><li><strong>Creative lessons learned from the world of acting and theater</strong></li></ul><p>Quotes&nbsp;</p><p>Art gives voice to so many other things that would otherwise remain quiet.&nbsp;</p><p>Every time something painful happens it tests your loyalty to yourself</p><p>For me watching pain turn into poetry is the biggest high – Reema</p><p>When you’re an actor you’re the instrument that communicates the story&nbsp;</p><p>You don’t want to tell the story, you want to feel the story.&nbsp;</p><p>All art is an act of intimacy and vulnerability.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.reemazaman.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Reema Zaman </em></a><em>&nbsp;is a writer, actress, and artist from Bangladesh.&nbsp;</em></p>","author_name":"Srinivas Rao"}