Celebrating Life, Art & Travel in The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny

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Join me as I chat with Zoe Disigny, author of The Art of Traveling Strangers, listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction.

View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dYPEJThuFqk

• Inspiration for The Art of Traveling Strangers, based on an experience Zoe had while hosting art tours of Europe in the 1980s
• How her background as an art history professor helped her write her novel
• Making art accessible in The Art of Traveling Strangers
• The four Davids in The Art of Traveling Strangers: Donatello, Michelangelo, Verrocchio, and Bernini
• A favorite David?
• Intertwining the art travelogue with the story of Claire's journey to self-realization
• The long process of turning a 22,000-word travelogue into a novel
• Reading from The Art of Traveling Strangers
• The work of Niki de Saint Phalle, mentioned at the beginning of the novel
• The work of James Tyrell at Count Panza's villa in Italy
• The theme of The Art of Traveling Strangers
• One thing Zoe Disigny learned from writing her novel that she didn't know before
• Advice for authors starting their writing careers later in life
• What Zoe is working on now

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Zoe Disigny's website: https://zoedisigny.com/

Places mentioned in the podcast:
Tarot Garden in Tuscany
Queen Califia's Magic Garden in Escondido
Villa Panza in Varese

Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson

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