Bird Bohannon & the Uncanny Familiars of Fern Hill

Bird Bohannon & the Uncanny Familiars of Fern Hill

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Bird Bohannon & the Uncanny Familiars of Fern Hill episodes

  • Leaving Breadcrumbs In Your Art Practice

    This episode might inspire you to create time-capsules for your art practice, in the form of artist statements and project descriptions.

    Transcript:  https://www.birdbohannon.com/podcast/8-leaving-breadcrumbs

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    9 min
  • Journal Prompts - Maybe with Tarot?

    A short gentle Podcast Episode inspired by Tarot as a tool for journaling and Thinking familiar thoughts differently, including several prompts to help you deep dive with your own introspection.

    Transcript + Episode webpage:  https://www.birdbohannon.com/podcast/7-journaling-prompts-maybe-w-tarot

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    Prompts:

    1.  Who am I afraid of not becoming?  What qualities do I most want to exhibit as a human?  How do I want to be?

    2. If I could focus all of my energy to eliminate one fear I have, what fear would I choose to resolve?

    3. How would tomorrow play out if I had no fear and only curiosity in my everyday regular existence and normal self?

    11 min
  • Campfire Chat: Intrusive Thoughts

    In this episode, Bird speaks extemporaneously from the heart on the subject of intrusive thoughts and what she/they have been doing to ground themself.  Tune in to hear how they have turned triggers into cues for self care, using the drawing process as an opportunity for practice.  Or read along with the Show Transcript available at:

    https://www.birdbohannon.com/podcast/6-campfire-chat-intrusive-thoughts

    16 min
  • Three Personal Stories

    In this episode, Bird reads three stories about times when she has lived up to personal challenges in art.  While these anecdotes center around learning experiences in drawing from life, the main theme is cultivating a mission with your art and being open to a pivot or growth opportunity.

    Read along with the transcript at:   https://www.birdbohannon.com/podcast/5-three-stories

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    Download original zines for free/sliding scale at:   https://ko-fi.com/birdbo

    23 min
  • Accessible Supplies Series: Part 1

    What are accessible Supplies?  In this episode I cover the following aspects of accessibility:  Affordability, freely available, Do it yourself or DIY, not too fancy that you feel like a mistake would ruin the supplies. To what end?  Process! Journaling means daily, so whether it’s planning, or working through ideas, recording the obvious or drawing for relaxation, for attunement between your emotions and actions.  My focus with Journal Stew is on the additive behaviour over time, on consistent practice as exploration. 

    Full Transcript:  https://www.birdbohannon.com/podcast/4-accessible-supplies-part-1

    The illustrated zine: https://ko-fi.com/s/7272bd985f

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    41 min
  • Beaver Archetype
    You are so busy creating community! Give into your impulse to make art just-for-fun: like a beaver who follows their urge to gnaw saplings, you too can provide increased resilience and diversity of experience to nurture your busy-ness practice and community.
    15 min
  • Journal Stew zine reading
    In this episode, we listen to a reading of the first Journal Stew zine. It's half manifesto and half how to guide. You can view and download your own copy, to print or view on screen, at ko-fi.com/fern or learn more at birdbohannon.com
    15 min
  • What, who, or where - is Fern Hill?

    who - or what? - is Fern Hill?   Here's the background on an intimate concept I have begun to express in different ways.  Fern Hill is my mind palace. Have you ever heard of a mind palace?  Do you use a similar concept, intuitively?

    12 min
  • Journal Stew - Trailer
    Bird Bohannon is the creature behind the microphone, speaking on behalf of the Fern Hill Familiars.  Tune in to learn about simple ways to be more creative & self accepting through a semi-structured "Blank-book habit."
    Through the Journal Stew method of daily, analogue creative expression, folks can adapt unique ways to work through unconscious resistance and negative self-talk. This approach focuses on the creative process as a safe space to practice radical personal honesty and self-acceptance. The ultimate goal is Personal Liberation (from shame, from the misplaced "should's") for the Earth Collective. 

    2 min

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Bird Bohannon is the creature behind the microphone, speaking on behalf of the Fern Hill Familiars. Tune in to learn about simple ways to be more creative & self accepting through a…