In the Atelier

In the Atelier

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In the Atelier episodes

  • Watch Out for Wisdom

    In matters of art, wisdom is rarely conventional. 

    Mentioned in this episode: Anthony Minghella; American movies; screenplays; three-act structure; Hollywood; formulas; plot; revision; Agnes Jaoui; Ingmar Bergman; Nicole Holofcener; Noah Baumbach; Wim Wenders; Minghella's "The English Patient"; Henry James; B.S.-detector; self-reliance; New York Times; William T. Vollman; movie deal.  

    Music: "SnowJah" by Peter Spacey; "Homemade Apple Pie" by Jamie Bathgate; "Likes" by Swirling Ship 

    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

    10 min
  • Art As War and Heresy

    Two books to console and inspire creative people.

    Mentioned in this episode: "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield; "True & False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor" by David Mamet; "Art As Experience" by John Dewey; "What Resists Us Helps Us" by In the Atelier.

    Music: "My Own Back" by Katrina Stone; "Wild" and "Northern Saints" by Swirling Ship; "Arcade" by Generation Lost

    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

    10 min
  • Time for Everything
    In 1825, the great English essayist Charles Lamb wrote about his unexpected retirement and his struggles adapting to his sudden overabundance of time. In some ways, this could not be more relevant right now. Mentioned in this episode: Romantic Poets; John Keats; Percy Bysshe Shelley; William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Lamb's "The Superannuated Man"; East India Company; office life; drudgery; desk job; retirement; vacation time; leisure; depression; eternity; slowness; inactivity; thoughtfulness; freedom.
    Music: "Hands of Time" by Narrow Skies; "Fall" by ANBR; "Sails" by Rodello's Machine
    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)
    15 min
  • Incredibly Shrinking Selves

    Being "oneself" could mean any number of things. That's a scary -- and inspiring -- thought. 

    Mentioned in this episode: Throwing your back out; Nicolas Cage; Michael Caine; "The Weather Man" (2005 film). 

    Music: "A Look Out" by Assaf Ayalon; "Depth Perception" by Sean Solo; "The Beauty of Your Life" by Rodello's Machine 

    (All music used by courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

    Episode reprised from the ITA archives.

    9 min
  • It Is Natural to Need Help

    Once upon a time I relished the idea of “making it” on my own. I didn’t foresee the hazards.

    Mentioned in this episode: Being a lone wolf; acting versus writing; self-reliance; the rat race; grants and fellowships; Malcolm Gladwell; Gladwell's "Outliers"; Thornton Wilder; meritocracy; Alain de Botton; Botton's "Status Anxiety"; Andrew Carnegie; success myths; moral debts; editors

    Music: "Killing Time" by Stanley Gurvich; "Drift" by Be Still the Earth

    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

    10 min
  • Measures of Success

    How does a writer know whether or not they are "a Success"?

    Mentioned in this episode: Netflix; Dreamworks; Carnegie Hall; New York Times Bestseller list; midlist author; awkward party conversations; shelving at Barnes & Noble; being on Oprah

    Music: "Ohio" by Low Light; "Second Smile" by LMOP; "Rising Up" by OFRIN; "Once and For All" by Ian Post

    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) 

    9 min
  • The Future Is Worth Expecting

    For some consolation in this time of crisis and beyond, we're introducing a new podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves

    Bluebird sounds by Richard E. Webster, XC502284. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/502284

    Music: "Nesting" by Evolv; "Walking in Forests" by Ben Winwood

    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) 

    10 min
  • The World According to Tharp
    "There's a difference," writes Twyla Tharp, "between a work's beginning and starting to work." This episode shares thoughts on Tharp's book The Creative Habit. (All music used by courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.)
    8 min
  • Defending the Imagination in 1799
    As a person is, so they see. In 1799 the English mystic, poet, and painter William Blake sat down to pen a lively document in defense of the imagination, the inventively eccentric, the artistic spirit.
    Mentioned in this episode: William Blake; Reverend John Trusler; unorthodoxy; Visions of Eternity; Moses; Solomon; Aesop; Homer; Plato; John Keats; Blake's "The Tyger"; Alfred Kazin; living on a dollar a day.
    Music:
    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)
    12 min
  • Four Ways to Unleash New Ideas

    It's our task not only to produce something when our ideas start to flow, but to keep ideas flowing in the first place.

    Mentioned in this episode: Henry James; notebooks; Ralph Waldo Emerson; weekly planners; Kazuo Ishiguro; Ernest Hemingway; Hemingway's A Moveable Feast; inspiration; two-headed lions; Joseph Campbell.

    Music:

    (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

    12 min

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In the Atelier is a creativity podcast for writers & artists that explores the life of the imagination. Each installment brings you real talk on subjects like the highs & lows of making art,…