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Gaelynn Lea was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Her parents were loving, cash-strapped theater kids, and she grew up racing about in her first electric wheelchair, having adventures with her siblings, and handing out playbills at her parents' dinner theater shows. Transfixed by an orchestra performance in 5th grade, Gaelynn was determined to play the cello. When her shortened limbs made playing the instrument challenging, she employed a familiar tactic: adapting. What if she held a violin upright in her wheelchair, like the world's tiniest cello?

Join musician and disability rights advocate Gaelynn Lea for a weekly conversation about creativity and resilience with a different guest artist every episode! What started as a response to the pandemic has morphed into a veritable talk show that features different musicians, poets, and writers from all over the country (and sometimes other countries). You can watch these conversations in full on YouTube and support Gaelynn Lea on Patreon.