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Your Art Is A Spell

Edgar Fabián Frías

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Welcome to Your Art Is A Spell, the podcast that ignites inspiring and transformative conversations about art as a magical practice. I'm your host, Edgar Fabián Frías—a multi-passionate artist, witch, therapist, and proud mutant shape-shifter. My art spells have reached audiences through social media, billboards, and skyscrapers and have even been placed on the surface of the moon! Join us as we explore how reclaiming your unique artistic voice and embracing bold creativity can transform you ...
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 18 In this magical episode of Your Art Is A Spell, Edgar Fabián Frías sits down with the incredible Opal Starlight (they/them), a queer hairstylist, witch, and healer based in the Bay Area. Opal shares how they transformed their journey from working in celebrity salons to creating Magic Spell Studio, a deeply in…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 17 In this episode, “The Power of Belief: Awakening Your Psychic Gifts in a Time of Crisis,” I explore how belief shapes our psychic capacities—and why systems of control are so invested in suppressing them. From interspecies communication to remote viewing, from being in the G.A.T.E. program to experiencing spo…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 16 What if shadowbanning isn’t just an algorithmic glitch—but a curse? A silencing spell cast on witches, weirdos, and worldbuilders? And what if breaking that curse means reclaiming your visibility, your voice, and your magic—one uncensored post at a time? In this bold and galvanizing solo episode of Your Art I…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 15 Join Edgar Fabián Frías in conversation with Paris-based digital artist Anne Horel as they dive into AI art, AR filters, witchcraft, veganism, and the magic of making art in the post-internet age. From Vine to the Grand Palais, Anne shares her visionary practice and spells for the future. #AIart #DigitalWitch…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 14 Is your art more than just art? 🎨✨ In this episode of Your Art Is A Spell, Edgar Fabián Frías unpacks the power of art spells—creative acts infused with intention, feeling, and transformation. Discover how your creativity can become a portal, a protest, and a sacred force of change. 🌱🔮 Learn what makes an art…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 13 Is this the future of art? 👁️🌐✨ We explore 3 mind-bending digital art exhibitions in LA—featuring AR, AI, glitches, and queer futurities—with artist @lineadeluz of the @TheSelfieInstitute as our guide. 🖼️ Featured Exhibitions: Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film at the Los Angeles Co…
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🔥 What if the stories we’ve been told about money and art are keeping us broke? In this episode of Your Art is a Spell, I’m breaking down 5 transformative money mindset shifts every artist needs to break free from financial struggle. So many artists are taught that making money means selling out… that art and business can’t mix… that struggling is …
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What if the way we resist capitalism is actually keeping us broke? In this episode, I dive deep into "punk damage" - that voice telling you making money equals selling out - and how it accidentally reinforces the very systems we're trying to dismantle. So many of you requested this topic in the comments, and I'm finally addressing the uncomfortable…
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This episode includes the song STRANGER IN PARADISE by Bocrew (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/BOCrew/36395 Ft: BOCREW / DEBBIZO / ALICE Larch photos by Thomas Chizzali. About Missing Witches Amy Torok and Risa Dickens produce the Missing Witches Podcast. We…
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Have you ever felt like the system was deliberately keeping you broke? Like your creativity was being celebrated—but never compensated? What if the lack of financial education for artists isn’t an oversight… but a spell cast to keep us disempowered? In this no-holds-barred episode of Your Art is a Spell, we break the silence around the hidden force…
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Can you turn words into spells that conjure real community? Michelle Tea has been doing it for decades—and she's ready to share her secrets. Have you ever felt like your writing was more than just words on a page? Like it could actually summon people, create connections, and build worlds? What if the stories you tell could literally manifest the co…
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This episode was written and produced by Risa Dickens, featuring the song Marram by Matt Carmichael About Missing Witches Amy Torok and Risa Dickens produce the Missing Witches Podcast. We do every aspect from research to recording, it is a DIY labour of love and craft. Missing Witches is entirely member-supported, and getting to know the members o…
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Have you ever created something and felt like you weren't entirely alone in the process? Had an artistic breakthrough that seemed to come from somewhere beyond yourself? What if your creativity isn't just happening here and now but is connecting across dimensions? Most of us have been taught that art is simply self-expression – a one-way street fro…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 7 Join host Edgar Fabián Frías for an inspiring conversation with Eva Aguila, a Mexican-American interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of Coaxial Arts Foundation. In this episode, Eva shares her journey from hiding her artistic passions from her immigrant parents to creating a groundbreaking nonprofit space fo…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 6 Are you tired of the "starving artist" stereotype? Feeling trapped between your creative passion and paying the bills? You're not alone. Many artists struggle with turning their talents into sustainable income, but it doesn't have to be this way! Today's episode tackles creative people's biggest challenge: mak…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 5 In this enlightening episode of "Your Art Is A Spell," host Edgar Fabián Frías welcomes multi-dimensional healer and artist Reina Prado, founder of Healing Queen and the Healing Queen School of Sacred Alchemy. Reina shares her journey from college professor to full-time spiritual guide and holistic energy prac…
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Your Art Is A Spell Season 1 Episode 4 Ever feel trapped in a job that drains your soul instead of feeding it? Dreaming of a career where your many passions can coexist instead of competing with each other? You're not alone. So many of us bounce between different interests, never quite finding that perfect role that embraces all of who we are. Meet…
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Patty Krawec is an Anishinaabe/Ukrainian writer and speaker belonging to Lac Seul First Nation in Treaty 3 territory and residing in Niagara Falls. She has served on the board of the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre and co-hosted the Medicine for the Resistance podcast. Patty is a founding director of the Nii’kinaaganaa Foundation which challenge…
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Join me in conversation with global art sensation Kira Xonorika, a groundbreaking Guaraní artist, writer, and AI researcher from Paraguay whose work brilliantly merges indigenous wisdom with cutting-edge technology. In this intimate discussion, we explore how Kira's Guaraní heritage infuses her AI and digital creativity approach, creating a powerfu…
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In this conversation, Edgar Fabián Frías and Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins explore the themes of astrology, tarot, and the significance of the Hermit archetype for the year 2025. They discuss the importance of community, personal practices, and the integration of art and spirituality. The conversation also delves into astrological insights, partic…
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What if that painting you're working on isn't just a painting? What if your latest poem is actually a spell waiting to be cast into the world? Most of us see our creative work as just that—work. But what if it's something far more powerful? Meet Edgar Fabián Frías – artist, witch, therapist, and host of "Your Art is a Spell" – who discovered that a…
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Join multidisciplinary artist, psychotherapist, and spiritual practitioner Edgar Fabián Frías as they introduce Your Art Is A Spell - a podcast exploring the transformative power of blending art and magic. Edgar recounts their artistic evolution from the underground DIY and punk scene to featuring their art in museum exhibitions, as well as on the …
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