Art Horse

Fiona and Jess chat with their friend Jackie about just doing the thing you love with a shrug and a smile. You’ll love this episode if productivity and self-worth for you means stress and pain and you’re looking for a way out --- or you just love to laugh! She’s a hoot n a half and seriously inspiring.

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We mention:
Underpants and Overbites
Blankets by Craig Thompson

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE! If the pod is doing somethin for ya, please leave us an iTunes review! It makes us feel all floppy inside.

Website: arthorsepod.com

Did you make art while listening, or feel inspired to do something big? Let us know on instagram @arthorsepod or send us an email to [email protected]!

Tweet Fiona nonsense at @fionaofarthorse

Jess’s zest for a creative project goes down the toilet. Fiona delivers a screed on her feelings about Amanda Palmer’s “the Art of Asking” feat. an embarrassing nugget from her past. Neither of them know whether sharing your sparkly new ideas is good or bad for creativity. 

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We mention:
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE! If the pod is doing somethin for ya, please leave us an iTunes review! It makes us feel all floppy inside.

Website: arthorsepod.com

Did you make art while listening, or feel inspired to do something big? Let us know on instagram @arthorsepod or send us an email to [email protected]!

Tweet Fiona nonsense at @fionaofarthorse

Delving into the past brings frustration for Jess and inspiration for Fiona. Jess tackles a tiny fiber art project and explores possible reasons for her creative inhibitions, while Fiona takes herself on a kitschy artist’s date to refill her “image well”. 

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We mention:
The piano hammering video by Amanda Palmer
Brené Brown on comparative suffering
Judith Just and her juicy tapestries
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE! If the pod is doing somethin for ya, please leave us an iTunes review! It makes us feel all floppy inside.

Website: arthorsepod.com
See the images for this episode on Instagram: @arthorsepod

Did you make art while listening, or feel inspired to do something big?
Let us know on Instagram, or send us an email to [email protected].
Tweet Fiona some nonsense: @fionaofarthorse

Fiona beads. A lot. Like, a LOT. Jess frantically bails out the sinking ship that is an ambitious pastry project. Both struggle to work on their creative projects in the presence of others.
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We mention:
A workshop with Erika Lee Sears
"Foolproof" macarons
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE! If the pod is doing somethin for ya, please leave us an iTunes review! It makes us feel all floppy inside.

Website: arthorsepod.com
Did you make art while listening, or feel inspired to do something big? Let us know on instagram @arthorsepod or send us an email to [email protected]!
Tweet Fiona nonsense at @fionaofarthorse

Fiona sells the craft supplies that are guilt tripping her and takes a painting workshop with her Instagram art crush. Jess is stood up by creative flow, but still finds unexpected joy in an ordinary medium. A question from The Artist’s Way brings up some big thoughts on sacrifice and selfishness. 

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We mention:
Sofi Tukker - Batshit
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Making Comics by Lynda Barry
Oil painter extraordinaire Erika Lee Sears
The Oil Painting workshop!
You Are Not A Rock by Mark Freeman

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE! If the pod is doing somethin for ya, please leave us an iTunes review! It makes us feel all floppy inside.

Website: arthorsepod.com
Did you make art while listening, or feel inspired to do something big?
Let us know on Instagram: @arthorsepod or send us an email to [email protected] 

Fiona copies a piece of modern art and Jess experiences life without Birdstrips. Both share some time tested strategies for avoiding difficult thoughts and feelings.

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We mention:
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
3-Ingredient Fermented Ginger Beer (thanks Karli!)
An interview: Lynda Barry talks about her style of comics and teaching non-artists to draw.
“Blanche” by Anne-Sophie Tschiegg
Jess Franks Art

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE! If the pod is doing somethin for ya, please leave us an iTunes review! It makes us feel all floppy inside.

Website: arthorsepod.com
Did you make art while listening, or feel inspired to do something big?
Let us know on Instagram: @arthorsepod or send us an email to [email protected]

Fiona feels overwhelmed by creative possibility and Jess falls into the gap between the stories she wants to tell and the ones that come out. Both draw some unexpected comics.

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We mention:
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Making Comics by Lynda Barry
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer - (“human delicacy”)

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE!
Website: arthorsepod.com
Find pictures from this episode on Instagram: @arthorsepod
If you were inspired to do something creative this week, send us an email: [email protected]!

Fiona’s first self-portrait in years suffers some proportion problems, but she recognizes an important connection between creative energy and eating disorder recovery. Jess (and Fiona) attend an online comics workshop. Jess is moved by the power of storytelling and Greg delivers her some juicy insights.

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We mention:
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
Making Comics by Lynda Barry
Comics Journal Workshop with Ebony Flowers
Untamed by Glennon Doyle

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE!
Website: arthorsepod.com
Find us on Instagram: @arthorsepod
Send us an email: [email protected]

Fiona experiences the growing pains that come with trying to orient her life in a new direction; this involves a frenzied 4-hour late-night job application panic spiral. Jess bravely hooches on and recalls a time when she paid a man $1000 to let her help him build his cob mansion. Both agree on the awkward, frustrating pain of starting out on a new path as a beginner, and relish in the feeling of being truly alive when you do something new.

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We mention:
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Making Comics by Lynda Barry
Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers
Art of Making Memories by Meik Wiking

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Thanks for listening to ART HORSE! If you want to connect with us online, you can find us @arthorsepod on Instagram, or at [email protected].

This week, Fiona realizes the value of “good enough” while doing her makeup, and digs into her past to try to discover why she feels jealous of the disinhibition of others. Jess takes the first wobbly steps towards a new adventure with a milk-jug and a quarter-pound bag of “unique” balloons.

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We mention:
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
Mark Freeman, who wrote You Are Not a Rock
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Episode transcriptions: arthorsepod.com
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Send us an email: [email protected]

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