Art Horse

The Juicy Bits

• The fun is over if you do it all at once
• Earrings DO deliver you a bigger life
• Doing things with ur body treats ur brain good
• Going ham on Marketplace is like intuitive eating: learn your limits by Doing
• You know you’ve made it when you make a mistake and don’t feel like a piece of shit
• You’re allowed to have Things that have history and stories. You’re also allowed to dismantle those things and use them for something else.

See some clinky clanky earrings on our Instagram @arthorsepod

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Tell us what you'd do if (hypothetically*) this was your last 10 years on earth at [email protected]

We mention: 

The Divorce Club https://play.acast.com/s/thedivorceclub
*9 years left https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-9-years-john-kerry/

The Juice:

• More time to work on a commission can sometimes just mean more time to worry about it 
• It’s ok to move in stages towards better habits instead of quitting old ones cold turkey
• There’s more than one way to generate ideas --- it doesn’t have to be so stressful!
• Taking time away from staring at a screen to move yr bod feels good (who’da thunk)
• Scanners don’t scan neon?!?!

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The Juice:

• It’s okay and makes sense to use ur living space to reflect ur identity back to urself and others
• It’s okay to use ENOUGH PAINT
• The addictiveness of social media is real and it’s on purpose
• Stashes are good but only if you can readily see and use what u have
• Be mindful of the pull of pretty shiny things and how they suck up ur money and space and time
• It is okay to rest when you are tired

See the rooster and Jess on the toilet on our Instagram @arthorsepod

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We mention
Rachel Makesy
Judith Just
Felicia Semple ( the craft sessions) and the Stash Less project
Good day night sweater
The YouTube video of Amy Sedaris’s apartment
The all-seeing Julia Cameron and The Artist’s Way

In the middle of a move, Fiona deals with the irritation of not having her crafting space set up (“where’s mY SHIT?!”), but manages to squeeze out a painting nonetheless.  Jess crashes unceremoniously back down to earth after an intense month of preparation for her gallery show. They end up talking about the changing nature of their creative partnership since the start of Fiona’s new job. 

See our paintings from this week and also Frown Town on our Instagram @arthorsepod

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Tell us how you live in your home: [email protected]

We mention:
The illustratious Margaret Kimball
Margaret's marvelous map workshop with The Believer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgf9OEFGWys
Lisa's fine photography: https://www.instagram.com/lizabethbennett/
Painter and inspirator Emily Powell: https://www.emilypowellstudio.com/

Early-morning comedy workshop host Jane joins Fiona and Jess for a serious chat about comedy, creativity, and mental health. They discuss: what to wear so people will listen to you, how to generate garbage ideas (and a few gems), and how good it feels to take no shit and focus on your passions as you get older. TW: brief mentions of sexual assault and suicidal ideation.

Find Jane on Twitter and Instagram @_Jpostlethwaite
On TikTok @castmeimjane
www.jane-postlethwaite.com
www.writesomecomedy.com 

See Jane’s grumpy baby face and proof of mannequin heritage on our Instagram @arthorsepod

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We mention:

The Ghost Inside My Child: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Inside-My-Child-Season/dp/B00ECU20HA

Men's vs. women's fears: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a15300130/sexual-consent-versus-coercion-aziz-ansari/ 

Miniature greenhouse: https://www.rolifeonline.com/products/rolife-cathys-flower-house-dg104-diy-miniature-dollhouse 

What the bookshop _should_ look like
https://www.rolifeonline.com/products/rolife-sams-study-diy-miniature-dollhouse 

Fiona paints herself as a child and experiences a migraine attack, both of which turn into opportunities to let go of some guilt and practice self-compassion. Jess discovers a unifying theme in her recent paintings and gets freaked out by the newspaper guy. Both agree that Jane Postlethwaite’s comedy workshop was 10/10 --- but they probably won’t do any more 3 AM events.

See pictures from this episode on Instagram @arthorsepod

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Tell us stuff at [email protected]!

We mention:
Jan Postlethwaite and Write Some Comedy: https://www.writesomecomedy.com/
Portrait Artist of the Year - some wholesome art TV : https://youtu.be/6abKz2LlD_s
YNAB: https://www.youneedabudget.com/
Financial book money raymond: https://www.daveramsey.com/
twenny twenny five, i sound like i'm from twenny twenny five i'm twenny five: https://youtu.be/9Vrx5DR4YYI

Fiona experiences what it’s like to be a fully-employed human with only evenings and weekends to be creative, but finds it surprisingly easy to turn to painting after work. Jess paints her hardest to prepare for a gallery show (!!) in February. Both try on someone else’s style and unexpectedly find their way back to themselves.

We mention Jane Postlethwaite and her comedy workshops:  https://www.writesomecomedy.com/womenscomedyworkshops

Painter Emily Powell chats with Fiona and Jess about how she elbowed her way into a painting career. She encourages Fiona to go big instead of increasingly smaller, and tells Jess (and you) where to find big “canvases” (spoiler: you may already have everything you need).

She encourages us to paint with what we’ve got at hand (😉), sing our own praises, and use our feelings to guide us with colour. Contrary to our perfectionist tendencies, she shows us why “failure corner” is actually a surprisingly good place to be.

Find Emily Powell on Instagram at @emilypowellstudio, and on her website https://www.emilypowellstudio.com/ 

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If you're listening from the shower with your two parrots, we want to hear about it. Send us an email to [email protected]

Emily's paintings we talk about in this episode:

Naked in the bathroom with parrots: https://www.instagram.com/p/CHGNDlSH6M1/ 

The ponies of Dartmoor https://www.instagram.com/p/CJGJhVDnyEC/ 

29 fishermen with heads and one without: https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvWvufHwwn/ 

Fiona and Jess look forward to the creative dreams and schemes of 2021. Jess resolves to paint BIG and start budgeting for creative enrichment. Fiona hopes to find her creative “weapon of choice”, find a balance between her new job and art, and summon the courage to create anything that people will see without Jess as co-conspirator.

See pictures from this episode on Instagram @arthorsepod

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Tweet Fiona nonsense at @fionaofarthorse

Tell us about your art projects: email us at [email protected]!

Jess and Fiona take stock of this past year’s successes, failures, baby steps, and big creative shifts.

Fiona, a chronic dabbler, looks back at all the pies she stuck her toes into since starting Art Horse. Jess reflects on a year of big changes (1000 days of Birdstrips, living with her parents for 6 months, moving across the country) and how her creative practice has changed for the better.

Despite (in spite of?) 2020 and all its restrictions, creativity has brought immense growth, change, and excitement to these 2 pony pals.

No pies were harmed in the making of this episode.

Here are the questions from this episode - we would LOVE to hear your answers:

1. Where were you and your creativity at the start of 2020? Where are you now?

2. What have you dabbled in this year?

3. What have you felt the most engaged with / interested in / excited by?

4. Best creative memory of the year?

5. What did you make this year that you're most proud of?

6. What was your biggest creative shift this year?

7. What did you do in the direction of your goals that you were terrified of?

8. Has your big scary dream changed? What was it before and what is it now? Have you gotten any clarity on it? Did you make any progress toward it this year?

9. What is a goal you gave up on that you're glad about?

We mention:
Emily Powell - she paints BIG! @emilypowellstudio 

Jane Postlethwaite, a professionally funny lady, does comedy writing workshops: https://janepostlethwaite.com/workshops-with-me 

Julia S. Pretl makes tiny boxes out of tiny beads?! - https://www.beadcave.com/julia/ 

Washington Improv Theater does free beginner’s improv classes online: https://witdc.org/ 

Julia Cameron - The Artist’s Way

Lynda Barry - Making Comics (“sister images” exercise)