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Today's episode is by request from my friend Vix, who asks:

"As someone who has been creating their own one-woman show, how do you show your work-in-progress if you’ve only got one act or partial act?  I’m specifically referring to residencies that ask for works to be shown as part of their program (ex. “one night performance open to the public to show WIP,” “two nights of shows that the venue will help promote,” etc.). Do I just put on my 4-5 min aerial piece and then talk everyone to go home? What if I intend to create a much longer show (be it one person or multiple people), but I just haven’t gotten that far in the process? I love the idea of a WIP showing but is this what these residencies are really asking for?"

Let's talk about it!

• The "danger" of coming to an artist residency from the context of a gig worker, and how that can derail your experience during the residency by focusing solely on the end-of-residency showing
• How does your context influence how you view the opportunity to share a WIP? 5:11
• How I totally forgot this in real life 7:00
• IF YOU LISTEN TO NOTHING ELSE IN THIS EPISODE, LISTEN TO THIS 8:40
• How it COULD get sticky 11:00
• For further listening about artist residencies, please see Episode 31:  Artist Residencies, wth is that? and Episode 37:  Artist Residencies for Aerialists

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What you'll hear:

• The Monstrous Feminine lives!  Congratulations to Georgia Schrubbe and the cast of fantastic dancers (and myself) for a triumphant evening
• Annabel Woodman Photography:  see a couple stills from the show here
• Me waxing on about how incredible it was to perform this show 3:30
• Charleston Artist Salon:  Sunday July 6th, 5-7pm at Arc Take 2 Studios
• Click here to be on my local list, and know about stuff like salons as they come up!  https://poser.ck.page/d604e26530
• See you at the Irish Aerial Dance Festival?!  https://irishaerialdancefest.com/ 6:00
• Episode 36:  Irish Aerial Dance Festival Survival Guide
• My beef with rest 7:00
• Episode 123 with Dr. Jen Crane on active rest and recovery
• Me bitching about how rest cannot by the all-encompassing solution to every problem and I'm tired of it being the only answer to every issue 8:30
• Raquel the Capacity Expert on IG, for a refreshing perspective on rest, self-care, and capacity 9:30

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Thanks for all the responses to my birthday ask for what you want to learn/see from me!  Here are some that I got through Instagram that I wanted to respond to.

What you'll hear:

• The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is going live on stage this Friday!  Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm.  
• "How do I not get hot with all this hair?"  2:45
• Why I won't teach gazelle anymore  3:27
• What's Bern's secret to being so cute?  4:00
• Here's a link to the story series all about Bern
• "I'd attend the hell out of a creative writing retreat with you" (any other takers??  Let me know!)  5:10
• "How to lead when you're falling apart?" 6:00
• Click here to listen to Episode 108:  Witchcraft for Grounding  9:15
• "What led you into your creative path?  What was the spark that started it all?"  12:00
• A god ignored is a demon born.

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Thanks to Vanessa for requesting part II!  What you'll hear:

• The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is live on stage June 20th in downtown Charleston!  You can get tickets here and please do:  https://www.eventcreate.com/e/yellowwallpaper
• Episode 12:  Cringey stories from yesteryear part I can be found here
• A story about being asked to speak at a Women's Studies class when I was working as a skrippah in college.  It did not turn out like I thought it would.  5:00
• Further good stuff on inclusive feminism from Reshma Saujani here:  https://www.instagram.com/reshmasaujani/ 14:30

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What you'll hear:

• I reference Episode 133:  How to be pissed off- a podcast about being angry 1:00
• Kasia Urbaniak's Unbound:  A Woman's Guide to Power 2:00
  • "We cannot afford to forget the love that lives inside of rage."
• When you get tired, stop fighting against- fight FOR 3:00
• Why low-work June (and December) isn't super optional for me 5:15
• The Movement Maestro's Mafia 8:00
• My birthday ask!  I would LOVE to know, if there is something you'd like to see from me or learn from me, please do share!  I'll be very grateful.  You can email me here.  12:40

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What you'll hear:

This episode is in response to a question I got from my internet friend and patron Bethaney, who asks:  How did you meet your husband and do you feel that your relationship has affected your art? In what ways do you feel a spouse/partner can influence our ability to create? And does a difficult partnership affect us creatively? 

• This could easily be considered Part II of a series, the first is Episode 29:  Relationships and the Performing Arts which is a very salty episode that I recorded a couple of years ago.  1:35
• How me and Manflesh met 2:15
• The factors that I feel contributed to the longevity of our relationship 5:15
• The idea that being in an angst driven state of survival is bullshit 15:15
• Why my capacity for drama and angst is best placed on the page or the stage, not in my daily life 16:45
• Does a difficult relationship affect you creatively?  (yes) 17:30
• If you or someone you love needs to leave their situation, there are a lot of resources here.  This link will take you to a self guided page for creating a plan to get to safety. 20:00
• Sign up here for Woo Corner! 

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What you'll hear:

• Alllll about how Creatrix 2.0 went
• 1st piece of advice:  get a great house.  The biggest changes I made from Creatrix 1.0 to Creatrix 2.0 2:00
• 2nd piece of advice:  How to handle the financial risk and being ok if it didn't sell 4:30
• 3rd piece of advice:  HAVE EXCELLENT SUPPORT! 5:50
• Episode 82:  Creating Creatrix and the gremlins I met along the way 6:21
• What to look for when you're looking for an excellent support person 8:05
• Me gushing over the attendees and all my favorite parts of the retreat 8:40
• The chant we used (easy simple) 15:10
• Lexa Walsh:  artist and chef
• Genese Gee-Schmidtk
• Satya Belly Dance 
• Kelly Jean Yoga
• Max Cooper Photography
• Kim Melohn
• Last advice:  bring bugspray to the beach!!!  17:00

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The episode that no one asked for but I recorded anyway.  What you'll hear:

• If you want to be on the waitlist for the fall cycle of The Audacity Project, you can do that here!  Exact dates TBD.  1:30
• Anger is an expensive emotion, but no we can't just not experience it.  3:45
• The NPR article I reference is here:  https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/12/1236973762/anger-management-types-purpose-cause 
  • defining the two kinds of anger:  core and defensive 4:38
• "I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief" 6:30
• Learn from my fails:  what happened after I suppressed my anger for 19 years 9:20
• Why suppressing anger is a side effect of perfectionism 10:15
• How can you tell the difference between kindness or people pleasing/codependency/perfectionist?  The answer is resentment.  13:00
• The Karpman's Triangle 14:00
• Actionable advice!  16:30
  • Name and claim your emotions
  • Let people have their own experiences/feelings/consequences
  • Fantasy role-play with your anger.  What does your anger want you to do?  What does it want you to say?  Fantasize your pants off about it.  It's ok if fantasies are harmful when they stay in your brain and help your brain achieve a sense of satisfaction and validation.  
  • Take any other actual, unharmful action necessary to care for yourself.

Please don't suffer in silence.  

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You'll find a link to a public google document below, as Jess gave me LOADS of supporting information for anyone who is curious!  Because of the character limit for shownotes this is my creative solution.  You'll find Jess' resources at the bottom, happy diving!

I was thrilled to sit down with my new friend artist activist Dr. Jess Allen to discuss the intersection of art and activism.  Here's what you'll hear:

• Is art activism?  (TL;DR: No) 3:00
• Jess responds to a critic who insists that art and activism cannot go together 11:50
• Defining durational work and Jess' walking art practice (did y'all know that was a thing?  cause I didn't) 21:15
• View the webpage for "Drop in the Ocean" the piece we discuss most here:  https://awyrol.co.uk/drop-in-the-ocean 28:50
• Adrian Howells wikipedia page:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Howells
• Advice from Jess for artists looking to use their art for activism 30:50
• What is emancipated pedagogy?  As defined by Jacques Rancière (1991) The Ignorant Schoolmaster. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 35:00
• The only model that most of us are exposed to in learning is hierarchical- so what would it look like practically to be in a learning environment that was non-hierarchical?  41:00
• Art activism and accessibility 47:00
• An adorable story about weeping over some chilis in a plastic bag 1:01
• View Jess' complete resources here!  (They would not fit into the character allowance on Buzzsprout, this link will take you to a public google document that you can view freely) 

Please do yourselves a great favor and peruse more of Jess' work here on her portfolio:  Portfolio

You can also follow Jess here on IG

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What you'll hear:

• A request for requests!  My list is getting pretty thin, don't be shy to reach out and let me know if there's something you'd like to hear about on this podcast. 1:00
• A 30 minute chunk of The Monstrous Feminine is being staged as part of "The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories" thanks to dancer/visionary Georgia Shrubbe.  You can buy tickets here!  https://www.eventcreate.com/e/yellowwallpaper
• Why creating is sometimes an extremely lonely and isolated experience 3:30
• The advice I've given 100s of times and am now being forced to follow myself 4:40
• What your job is during creation, phase 1 6:50
• How phase 1 is going for me (spoiler, it's SO MUCH FUN)
• Advice for anyone else in the creative trenches 9:50
  • Acknowledge what stage of creation you're in:
    • embryonic
    • Phase 1 (collecting material)
    • Phase 2 (editing and feedback)
    • Desert of Suck (can happen at any time, is not permanent
• TL;DR:  Just do your job.  

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