Are you perpetuating cycles of fear, division and violence in YourSelf or are you becoming Music in the Pursuit of Social justice? Are you becoming an Axe or Music?   Award-winning Author, Writer, Activist & Artist Ari Honarvar bypasses your analytical mind and goes straight to your heart in this penetrative, joyous and restorative exchange. If you want to make the world a better place (but find that too lofty of a concept), feel compelled to explore a new art-form (even if you aren’t trained in it), want to support the largest women-led revolution in modern history and heal from trauma in community joyfully, this episode is for you.    Ari Honarvar is the founder of Rumi with a View, dedicated to building music and poetry bridges across war-torn borders. She conducts Resilience through Joy workshops for refugee shelters and other organizations on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. An award-winning writer-translator, her work has been featured in The Guardian, Washington Post, New York Times, and elsewhere. She is the author of Rumi's Gift Oracle Cards, bridging elements of the Western Tarot and the ancient art of Persian poetry divination. Her novel, A Girl Called Rumi weaves a tale of immigration, redemption, and the power of storytelling and is based on Ari's experience growing up in post-revolution Iran.   You will learn:   How Ari could recite the great Persian Poets before they could read or write (not only unique to Ari, but many people of Iran) The 15 year magical artistic process of bringing their award-winning novel to life (+ the the cosmic guidance they received in the process) How Ari studied molecular biology, worked in cancer research & biotech firms (she was never a trained writer) How Ari understood in childhood there was something available to them at all times even during terror-filled nights (+ their pursuit of cultivating that sanctuary within themselves ever since) When Ari had to put poetry on the backburner in order to survive & assimilate as a teenager (+ the way in which poetry came back to them) The conception of her work ‘Drop Poems not Bombs’ (alongside world-class musicians)  Resilience Through Joy: Ari’s workshops with refugees around the world (+ the transformations that take place) Tangible ways to support Iranian protesters in their quest for freedom (+ the intersectionality of social justice) How we all have internalized ‘morality police’ (even in the US) Ari’s quest for reparative re-humanization, restorative justice & healing (while doing it joyfully!) How so much of our work as People & Artists is Inner Work (+ body budgets & how to replenish your sacred self) Global day of DANCE FOR FREEDOM : let your body be the bodies of those who are not allowed to dance (just as your voice amplifies their voices) Ari’s upcoming TED Talk in 2023!      And SO much more. Be sure to take a screenshot of this episode and tag Ari & me in your IG stories @rumiwithaview + @serabanda + @actortoartist to share your radical discoveries and takeaways!   :: Ways you can connect with Ari TODAY ::   Ari on Instagram Ari on Twitter Ari on TikTok Ari on Facebook Ari’s Website : Rumi With A View   ACTOR to ARTIST on YouTube Join the International Ensemble on IG: @actortoartist   Haven’t left a review yet? If you’ve had an artistic ah-ha or breakthrough from the show, all you need to do is head to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-actors-wish/id1534942951  to share some love! Before you submit the review, be sure to take a screenshot and send it over to impulse@actortoartist.com to receive my Free Creative Child Meditation, as a thank you for spending your time with me and sharing it with the partners you care most about.