Art Horse

A walking episode with a dog and a very chatty baby. In this episode:

• Just thread the machine and walk away
• Showing Up is a superpower that you can just choose to have
• Letting things sit and developing your taste and knowledge in the meantime

I mention:

• Start with Hello by Shannan Martin

Emily Schanowski (from episode 84) returns to us as a full-time artist, now based in Appleton, WI. Moving to Appleton has been a big juicy change and now she's making her own markets and (finally!!) making zines! In this episode:

• making an art market in an eager and supportive community
• paying it forward with vendor mentorship
• a book binding class as a catalyst for finally making zines
• what do you do when your heart says yes but your body politely declines?

Find Emily's stickers, prints, and zines here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmTheJackalope

Found a clip of myself in a competition and here's some reflection, clarity and compassion.

Mentions the competition clip from episode 136: https://youtu.be/x2rcgBJbUnc

A walking episode, featuring

• ego obliteration and recovery
• fear does not keep you safe
• the "not so bad" trick
• you're (I'm) acting like it's life or death and it ain't
• do I... learn to shuffle?

This episode mentions

• Sarah J. Maas: https://sarahjmaas.com/ 
• Shuffle inspo: https://youtu.be/emcVExxKJFU
• Solo jazz competition (see what I mean? I was in the crowd and saw this one live!): https://youtu.be/Fx77E7m85Ic
• OH MY WORD I'm in this one, #73 hiding in the back: https://youtu.be/x2rcgBJbUnc

FINALLY A WALK! Some recent inspiration while carrying a big baby and walking a different big baby (the dog).

Topics include:

• Oil paint inspo-timidation (and giving it a shot anyway)
• A short list of things that are Not Better
• Continued jamming
• Making friends in a small town is maybe like thrift shopping
• Dipping a toe into a new therapist (...... ew)

I mention:

• Oil painter Audrey Elaine Garwood
• Painting Into the Light by Jenny Aitken
• Painting Brilliant Skies & Water in Pastel by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
• Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

Caitlin McIver is a sculptural ceramicist based in Seattle, WA. We last heard from Caitlin in episode 122, where she was wondering how to do more ceramics and less... other stuff – AND SHE'S FIGURED IT OUT!!

A few big thoughts from this episode:

• (re: jobs, residencies) if I have to hear "no", I'm going to at least apply to things I care about (and apply to so many things I forget what I applied to)
• Joining a peer group can be a big growth experience
• Am I not trying this because I don't want to? Or because I think I can't?
• How do you let yourself be known? (please, tell us)

You can see her work on her website: https://www.cmciver.com/, or her instagram @cmciver.studio.

We mention:

• Ridwell: https://www.ridwell.com/
• Hanako O'Leary: https://www.hannyagrrrl.com/ 
• Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haeckel

In this episode:

• Living a little (aka spending the night in a coffin full of mosquitos)
• A square dance caller with a twinkle in his eye
• Good news is everyone starts in the same place (knowing nothing)

Elisa Mack is a watercolour artist, teacher, and watercolour-teaching-small-business owner (Paint with Magenta), in Salem, Oregon. You can find her on Instagram @paintwithmagenta and on her website https://paintwithmagenta.com/

For Elisa, a serendipitous encounter with The Artist's Way leads to the rewriting of a long-held personal narrative around Discipline, namely: a) I need it and b) I don't have it. Also: a big breakthrough around creating a body of self-directed work outside of commissions and teaching classes.

What happens when you stop telling yourself you can't?

We mention:

• The Artists Way by Julia Cameron
• A Rick Rubin book, probably "The Creative Act - A Way Of Being"
• Zak Foster
• Art and Soul retreats: https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/

This episode is a walk sans dog(s), about some things I'm excited about lately:

• (Finally,) a kiln update!!
• Doing regular things but except outside (like olive-oil blueberry pancakes)
• Cancelling classes and refusing to feel bad
• Taking virtual fiddle lessons instead of (and in addition to) feeling embarrassed in front of other people

I mention

• There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather by Linda Åkeson McGurk (oops!!)
• The Opt-Out Family by Erin Loechner
• Until the Streetlights come on by Ginny Yurich
• 1000 Hours Outside Podcast
• Out There: a Camper Cookbook by Lee Kalpakis
• Alexis Nikole: https://www.instagram.com/blackforager/

Kristen Egan is a mixed media artist – primarily gourds, wood, and paper clay – based somewhere in the woods of Pennsylvania. Her folkloric and characterful masks drip with personality and take illustration 3 dimensional. See her work on Instagram at kristeneganart. You can hear more from Kristen in episode 126!

In this episode:

• You're not at the mercy of whatever gallery will show your work
• Short, frequent bursts of practice are better than long ones far between
• Bagpipe villaging

We mention:

• The Immense Journey (specifically "The Snout") by Loren Eisley
• Masks: Faces of Culture by John Nunley