{"id":97,"date":"2021-09-21T05:10:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T05:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T23:00:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/?page_id=97","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container video-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-sizes-top:0;--awb-border-color:#cc00aa;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:8%;--awb-padding-bottom:6%;--awb-margin-top:-60px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 70%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fullwidth-video\"><video preload=\"auto\" autoplay playsinline loop muted><source src=\"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Making-Note-And-Listening-Music.mov\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/div><div class=\"fullwidth-overlay\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 70%);\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" 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class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;letter-spacing:2px;font-size:1em;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:6%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#2200cc;--awb-font-size:25px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><strong>Your Host \u2013 Marianne<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: 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class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Marianne has always been a creative person. Whether that is with traditional art, or the performing arts, doing voice-over work for radio promotions in the USA or advertisements for radio \u2013 it is something that has always been a part of her life. As an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/ap\/\">artist<\/a>, she has worked in multiple media \u2013 from <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/mother\/\">sculpting in clay<\/a> to<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/1847\/\"> silver-smithing<\/a> and creating <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/fine-sterling-silver-collar-with-paua-shell\/\">artisan jewellery<\/a>, to more traditional art. She has a great love of working with <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/lovers\/\">pastels<\/a> and oils \u2013 but also dabbles in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/une-femme\/\">acrylics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/moonlight-on-raglan-harbour\/\">watercolours<\/a>. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/father-and-child\/\">sculptures<\/a> have found homes internationally. Marianne is a published illustrator and is also an author of a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127172434\/http:\/\/marianne.co.nz\/portfolio-items\/whats-for-dinner\/\">children\u2019s story<\/a> that she is currently working on illustrating.<\/p>\n<p>She spent most of her early working career as a nurse, both in public and in private hospitals throughout New Zealand. Her last area of nursing (and her favourite), was Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular surgery. A work accident forced her retirement from a much-loved career, so she returned to university and retrained herself, completing a degree in Computer Graphic Design. She especially enjoys designing &amp; creating websites, illustrations and label designs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\">\n<p>Spiritually, she has always had an absolute fascination for all things that go bump in the night, or haunt your dreams. For the unknown, the unexplained, and the paranormal. This started from a very young age when she had her first experiences with UFO\u2019s, Star People, and Earth Spirit, which are ongoing to this day. Marianne is spiritually sensitive and has had many experiences with the unseen realms here on this planet. She is not shy about speaking out about her UFO &amp; Star People encounters. So she considers herself very fortunate to be able to combine her love of doing voice work, with her experiences throughout her life in her podcast show Walking the Shadowlands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-row\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"About","_seopress_titles_desc":"About the host of Walking the Shadowlands, Marianne.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4067,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/4067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkingtheshadowlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}