Voicemail from Writer, Filmmaker, and Podcaster Rebecca Davey

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Voicemail from Rebecca Davey! Rebecca is an artist who discusses the significant role art has played in her life, particularly in navigating a painful platonic breakup during the pandemic. Rebecca shares how this personal experience became the inspiration for a new film she is writing, emphasizing the power and therapeutic nature of artistic expression in processing emotional pain. Rebecca and her sister Natalie Davey's podcast, Reframeables, focuses on changing perspectives on life's challenges. 

00:00 Welcome to Art Heals All Wounds

00:47 The Transformative Power of Art: A Personal Journey

01:19 Rebecca Davey and Her Upcoming Film

02:07 The Impact of Platonic Breakups in Film

04:03 Listener Engagement and Show Support

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[00:00:00] Pam Uzzell: Do you believe art can change the world? So do I! On this show, we meet artists whose work is doing just that. Welcome to Art Heals All Wounds. I'm your host, Pam Uzzell.

[00:00:47] Rebecca Davey: I love your question, Pam. And thanks for asking me about the role creative work has played in my life. And really, I don't, I can't remember when my life wasn't dominated by art making. Um, I guess I'm pretty obsessive. I turn everything into art. It's the only way I know how to do life. And it helps me, I guess, process things.

[00:01:19] I, I went through a really painful friendship breakup, uh, at the end of the pandemic. Uh, if you've ever listened to my own podcast, I bring it up now and again. Um, but I was able to process the breakup, uh, in a film. So it really fueled a new movie I'm writing, hopefully at the end of that writing process.

[00:01:46] And I will bring this film out into the world. I'm amazed at how I was able to utilize that pain and it became something productive, right? I don't necessarily want to use that word, but it was the seed of something that I think will speak to other people. I mean, it's kind of when I have shared the movie with people, uh, the screenplay, people have been really moved by the writing about a platonic breakup that has so much power and is maybe not talked about enough in screenplays or in movies.

[00:02:29] We don't, we haven't seen that portrayed as much, how it can feel almost like a romantic breakup, the same intensity. So I guess I was able to take my experience and take this pain and write something that I think will be meaningful, but certainly the process of writing it saved me.

[00:02:50] Pam Uzzell: You're listening to Art Heals All Wounds.

[00:03:17] Thank you, Rebecca Davey for this voicemail. Rebecca and her sister, Natalie Davey host a podcast called Reframeables, which is about how you can change your perspective on any given obstacle in your life. I can't wait for this film Rebecca's working on to be done. I'm so curious. Have you ever had a platonic breakup?

[00:03:39] I've had two that still haunt me years later. I would say that in some ways they're more painful than romantic breakups. Knowing Rebecca, her treatment of this topic is going to be amazing. Her insights are really nuanced and emotionally honest. I'll put a link to the podcast, Reframeables, in the show notes.

[00:04:03] To anyone listening, if art and creativity play a significant role in your life, don't be shy! Share your story with me in a voicemail and I'll put it on the show. Just go to my website, arthealsallwoundspodcast.com and click on the big button that says leave a voicemail for Pam. And if you want to support the show, you can always click on the link called buy me a coffee.

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