The Art Journey Podcast

Asha Marinella | Allied Arts Hub

Hi, I’m Asha Marinella — a performing artist creating across dance, music, and film, with a love for poetry, painting, and more art forms. My journey began with dance, and now continues through a creative rebirth as a singer-songwriter. Alongside my art, I founded Allied Arts Hub, where I create simple, affordable digital tools to help performing artists feel more confident and supported in their careers. This podcast (formerly the Allied Arts Podcast/Alive With Art) is about my evolving artist journey, art as a career, art as growth - and everything about Making The World Come Alive With Art!

  1. 03/27/2025

    [Time Capsule, Day 117] musings one morning about shifting into a creative career path

    201010. Day 117 of #alivewithart - BTS concert- Feeling happy to be inspired by BTS as multimedia artists- getting better at balancing clouds and dirt - balancing dreams and aspirations- realization: during 2 pivotal moments in my life, i had a specific friend i caught up with ((is that a pattern??? or am i reading too much into things))- watching the greatest showman in 2018 I cried listening to the soundtrack over and over again because that was everything i wanted to do- feeling more financially secure hey self we owe it to our past self to eat and make the choice to eat- not eating because going through stuff :(- wanted to pursue the arts without knowing where to start- the desire to earn from dance came from a deep insecurity of not knowing where to start- the pattern : i pursue dance, it turns great, i get inspired, but things happen and life happens, and it takes a turn and i have to shift away from dance for awhile- signed up for UPW in 2019- rediscovered love for singing in 2019- March 2019: street singing superstar: WAS SCARED BUT I SANG IN PUBLIC- reflecting, isolated self to write songs and make content~~- June 2019: got a freelance project to do project coordinator!- 2019 (i forgot when) - i auditioned for a musical theater play - i failed it bigtime it but HEY I SHOWED UP- 2020 - rediscovered songwriting!- "what is it i can do regardless of how i am feeling?" i can write while i'm good and i- passion isn't necessarily something you love or makes you happy, it's also about what you're willing to work hard for- getting to work to make these crazy dreams happen :) ~ socials ~ TikTok https://tiktok.com/@ashamarinellaInstagram https://instagram.com/ashamarinellaFacebook https://facebook.com/ashamarinellaYouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ashamarinellaFor more, check out my socials https://beacons.ai/ashamarinella

    23 min
  2. 03/21/2025

    [Time Capsule, Day 855] not letting go of making art, the way i do it just looks different now!!

    221217. Day 855 of #AliveWithArt!- sung and dance in front of people for the first time!!! @ company christmas party!!!- excited for the coming months, but also scared that i'm letting go of what i wanted to do i nthe past- i'm countering that by telling myself that it's not that i'm letting go of making art, it's just that right now, the way i do it looks different :)- prioritizing myself as a human first and foremost :)- struggling to be ok with - it's hard to maintain that passion - passion (for me) is an extreme emotion, and it's hard for me to stay consistent with my passion- being consistent with things requires you to be comfortable with the mundane, boring, difficult parts of things- sometimes it won't even be difficult it's just boring like "oh just work"- for the longest time, i only wanted to pursue what brought me energy- but if u use too much energy, u will burn out!!!- learning to be comfy with my job not being my passion = 20 YEAR OLD ASHA WOULD BE SHOCKED AT THE AUDACITY- leaning more towards excited of what's to come more than saddened of what i've let go- ACCEPTANCE STAGE?!!- no thoughts of plans moving forward, trying to take it day by day- FCKN HAPPY 2 BE ALIVE :) (to have made it through 2022)-------~ join me on my journey here! ~TikTok https://tiktok.com/@ashamarinellaInstagram https://instagram.com/ashamarinellaFacebook https://facebook.com/ashamarinellaYouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ashamarinellaFor more, check out my socials https://beacons.ai/ashamarinella

    9 min
  3. 01/27/2025

    [Time Capsule, Day 286] fear of the cost of pursuing art

    210325. (10:46pm). Day 286 of #AliveWithArt(one of those days)- 1 year of lockdown :(- feeling low, want to get out of my head- exhausted, alone, family with me- directionless - what am i doing?- the things i want to do. i don't know if i can support myself- i want to pursue music, performing but there's also the fear that i have to be more open about the things i've gone through/what inspires me- i don't like being known as that kind of person- most people know me as high energy- so scary because i'd have to bear more of who i am - the good, bad- goal is to make happy songs- process of continuously trying to create- should i start with sadder songs or make new ones- so that i'm not waiting too long for myself- maybe i can trying wrting happy songs for myself so i can pull myself out of a rut- makeup- if i have to drag myself to my dreams it's the weight i'd gladly carry- at the same time, the pursuit of your dreams shouldn't come at the expense of the happiness we enjoy today- be who my old self needed- some days it's gong to be heavy, but we can trust ourselves to keep going at it- i feel like a dark cloud - but some daysoops i wasnt able to finish my notes on this one buuut i'll get around to it again next time!!! :) ~ join me on my journey here! ~ TikTok https://tiktok.com/@ashamarinella Instagram https://instagram.com/ashamarinella Facebook https://facebook.com/ashamarinella YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ashamarinella For more, check out my socials https://beacons.ai/ashamarinella

    13 min
  4. 12/31/2024

    [Time Capsule, Day 201] claiming my new direction for new year's eve!!!

    Hey there! :) If you're like me the past few years - maybe you just always have a quiet New Years Eve at home or what have you - here's a video from 4 years ago, to accompany you on this final night of the year :) Whether you had a great year or a really s****y 2024, I hope that tonight, you can pause, take time to reflect, and be grateful to just be alive - like me in this video! :)) Haha. To me, the me, Christmas/New Year 2020 was one of the worst seasons of my life, being peak depressed but also being saved by my life as a baby BTS ARMY!!! So much life-changing things happened this year as well in my personal life - at the time it was so stressful and anxiety inducing, but now in hindsight, it was just the beginning of my slow growth towards correcting some mistakes I made in the past :) (That's so vague and cryptic lol but sorry it's hard to share too much just yet!!! Maybe next time hahahehe). Despite all that shit though, I/WE GOT THROUGH and I am just so so grateful. I hope that if you're going through a s****y time this year too, that you may have faith that it can get better! Soooo with that... If you're watching, HI, ADVANCED HAPPY NEW YEAR, I'm glad you're here, and see you around next year ☺️ 🫶🏻 ------- 201231. (1:24am). Day 201 of #AliveWithArt 1st ever time capsule video I recorded - with the intention of it being a time capsule! 1) Last minute decision to put this up here. :) Moving into 2021 with a whole new heart. 2) As I type this today, on October 14, 2021, I am SO TEMPTED to watch this back and hear what I said HAHAHHA. But no. I want to treat this as something like a time-capsule video!!! I'll watch it back na lang. 3) 220101 Kept having interruptions when I was trying to record my reaction to this. SOOO I am taking it as a sign to just release this for end of 2022 😂 4) 241006 - It's my 1st time watching this as a whole, so here are my key points :P -------------------- ~ join me on my journey here! ~ TikTok https://tiktok.com/@ashamarinella Instagram https://instagram.com/ashamarinella Facebook https://facebook.com/ashamarinella YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ashamarinella For more, check out my socials https://beacons.ai/ashamarinella

    39 min

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Hi, I’m Asha Marinella — a performing artist creating across dance, music, and film, with a love for poetry, painting, and more art forms. My journey began with dance, and now continues through a creative rebirth as a singer-songwriter. Alongside my art, I founded Allied Arts Hub, where I create simple, affordable digital tools to help performing artists feel more confident and supported in their careers. This podcast (formerly the Allied Arts Podcast/Alive With Art) is about my evolving artist journey, art as a career, art as growth - and everything about Making The World Come Alive With Art!