Welcome Back to Jonah Asks!In this episode, we meet Emily. A visual artist, a lover of the natural world, a citizen of Portland, Oregon, and a compassionate human.music: "Colors" by Black Pumas"Karma Chameleon" by Boy Georgemovie clip: Steve Buscemi from "Fargo" Coen BrothersEmily's websitehttps://www.emilykepulis.com/OpeningGreetings, pandemic time, dogs0:16Art in the Family. Emily's mom and grandma have always made art. 0:21The Blank Page/Canvas.Emily discusses the process of confronting the blank canvas. 0:25Water Briefed, a series of printshttps://www.emilykepulis.com/water-briefed0:27Mortality and the Natural World0:37On Time: Sixteen Minutes Means Nothing0:39Restaurant Work0:45Working from Home vs Working at a Studio0:50To Minnesota! Emily's father's family arrived in the upper Midwest after migrations from Latvia and Germany and then England.  Her mother's family are from Austria and Bohemia.1:00To Parent or Not to Parent1:10Sustaining CreativityJonah discusses his mom and poetry. 1:14Anne Carson's poem - "A Salmon Answers When We Ask"A salmon answers when we ask. Some conversations are not about what they’re about. The word conversation means “turn together.” Turn a salmon turn home turn Prometheus a hopeful god. Turn organize his life! Do not turn betrayal not kiss. Night bones. Day sleeper. Girl. Not stark naked not stark itself. What do you want to be in your next life. A salmon. Why. A rescue. How. A play. Whose. A reading. When. A Friday. No. Is that why they call it the Rec room.-after Anne CarsonRichard Powers "The Overstory"1:20Noticing, Observing and Slowing Down