Stephen Roach is the founder of The Breath and The Clay creative arts organization and host of the Makers & Mystics podcast. He is a creative coach, author and multi-instrumentalist with a background in ethnomusicology. His musical project, Songs of Water, composes for film and television including the award-winning Australian animated short, Teacups. He has contributed to the works of recording artists Ricky Skaggs, Josh Garrels, Jonathan and Melissa Helser, John Mark McMillan and many others. Stephen lives in North Carolina with his wife Sarah and children Evangelyn Belle and Isaac Brighton.