Art Stuff Podcast

This week I talk with Lauren Sapala. Author of The INFJ Writer. Lauren enlightens us about the creative process for INFJ and INFP personality types. You will love this episode if you have ever felt scatterbrained concerning your creativity. If you are the type of creative person who has several projects going at once and you feel guilty because you can’t pick just one. Then you NEED to listen to this episode.

This week I talk with my long-time friend Anna Luther about how she found herself after being forced to completely upend her life and went through the worst depression she has ever experienced.

In this episode, Jessica talks about the growth 2019 has forced upon her and the internal work she had to do in order to move past her creative blocks and finally get back to work.

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Links Mentioned in this Episode:

 

How to Get Your Intuition Back (When It’s Hijacked by Life) by Judi Ketteler

Jake Parker's Creative Bank Account Video

Insight Timer The best meditation app ever.

Jenny Lawson Books

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jon Acuff - Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done

In this episode I chat with artist Michelle Therrien about the Art Police. The bullies, gate keepers, and overly opinionated artists who want people to follow the rules about what is and isn't art. They try to force people into using their mediums in specific ways, make arbitrary rules about whether or not you should trace anything, and other "rules" that only end up excluding people from the joy of creativity.

Gretchen Warsen is an abstract painter who incorporates line and texture in her art in absolutely stunning ways. In this episode, we talk about some technical details about how she paints on plastic Yupo Paper using her non-dominant hand, about what keeps her going back to her canvas day after day. But then we cross over into mental health and Gretchen shares how she worked through a bad depression to get back to her art and into the career she has now.

Carolina is an interior decorator, turned printmaker, turned painter. She has a great style and has a wonderful perspective on making art. I really enjoyed chatting with Carolina. We covered topics like finding art, changing careers, making personal and paid work and how we need to think about moving forward when we are going through an ugly phase and hate our work.

Ep1: I'm so excited to share the first episode the weekly Art Stuff Podcast with you. In this introduction episode, I'll talk about who I am, what I do, why I started the podcast and what to expect in future episodes.

I hope you’ll join me every week for discussions on creativity, inspiration, simplifying our lives and, of course, all things art. You can find more information on the website at https://artstuffpodcast.com