Art Horse

Just trying to document this as it's happening: I'm slowly finding a way around some fears that have been holding me back for a long time.

• I have been blocking the flow of creativity with fear - 'they'll never put my event on the marquee', 'I'll offend the dance teacher by negotiating me not putting on this event for free'
• I didn't realize how much this was limiting my opportunities - ...

Wait, I can do whatever I want at the studio! Including record episodes. Which is good because if I'm not at the studio I'm not alone and can't record lol

• What if you invest in FUN (instead of blowing $1000 on stage lights)
• An illuminating lesson on fiddle and designing for community
• A previously unknown artist career path - but the catch is you have to dabble and explore everything your heart desires

I mention:

A walking episode from an imperfect member of the human group.

• Never say never: a polka do-over
• Dress, saved by the belt
• "T he worst thing that could happen would be that I waste my life thinking about it, but never actually take a bite out of it because it feels like too much work" yikes
• How to survive when someone breaks up with your creative project (no, I'm asking)

I mention:

• Patsy Blouse by Charm Patterns...

In this episode:

• HOW DID THE FUNDRAISER GO?
• I hate when people take video at The Function (takes video at The Function)
• What if you just learned easier songs and could actually play them?
• If you miss dancing with your friends so much, why don't you just teach 'em how???
• We're all hurtling by on the conveyor belt of time and will eventually be in The Past just like everybody else (shit)

I mention

• Fiddler/caller ...

Andrea Holmes (of A. Holmes Art Studio) is mural painter, art mentor, fellow "bird lady", and now AUTHOR! based in McKinney, Texas. Andrea recently wrote a book with her friend Beth Fields called "Art Makes Magic", a guide for emerging artists around career, mediums, and mentorship.

She's also got a thrilling, audacious goal: 100 bird murals around the world. 4 down, including one in Hawaii! Is your wall nex...

In this episode:

• Updates: the kiln works! the boat works! the yard... works!
• Gnarled, magical gardens all start somewhere, right?
• Women's fair: if I get to decide how I want to feel, I'll spend 10 hours with my back to the audience
• Surviving (thriving?) square dance practice

I mention 

• Paul Silveria's "Old Time Dance Party": https://paulsilveria.bandcamp.com/album/old-time-dance-party-full-album-and-...

A post-skunk solo walk.

• Maybe you can't make something (community) from nothing (no community)
• Spirited and joyful fiddle energy, plus the opposite (hunch-backed and wide-eyed)
• Finally, we're learning to call barn dances. By signing up to call a barn dance.

I mention:

• Contra Calling: A Basic Text by Tony Parkes
• Old Time Dance Party by Paul Silveria
• 13 Ways to Kill Your Community by Doug Griffiths
• 1000 Hours Outside p...

A walking episode:

• Man was I ever burnt out just now
• Refilling the creative well with classes and books
• A childhood home remembered, a map made
• Letting kids use the Good Paint
• Taking another crack at that damn quilt

I mention A GREAT MANY THINGS in this episode:

• Fluent Forever pronunciation trainers
• Anki, the flashcard app
• The Good Ship Illustration Picturebook Course
• Martin Salisbury, author of 100 Great Children's Picture...

A walking episode: January in review!! In which we did 5 events in 10 days (wtf?), including Life Drawing and Still Life painting.

In this episode

• Apparently nobody comes to anything in January, even if they did in December
• Sell your early work, QUICK before you become a different person
• How do you teach someone to love something?
• Becoming a gym girlie in your thirties (maybe)

I mention:

• Syllabus by Lynda Barry
• Painting Portra...

A walking episode with *GASP* a microphone! Thanks Greg! Lots of old stuff comes back around in this episode.

• Getting a baby-size sweater pattern by scaling down and hitting "Print"
• "Color Notes" and painting colours not things
• Confidence and competence over time, with practice? WHAT!?

I mention:

• Didi pullover by Fibre Mood: https://www.fibremood.com/en/patterns/707-didi-pullover
• Good Ship Illustration (f...

Kristen Egan is a mixed media artist – primarily gourds, wood, and paper clay – based somewhere in the woods of Pennsylvania. Her folkloric and characterful masks drip with personality and take illustration 3 dimensional. See her work on Instagram at kristeneganart. You can hear more from Kristen in episode 126 and 130!

This episode is so good! And also there's a little bit of background fuzz but I'm practicing i...

And here we are within it. In this walking episode, some successes and their accompanying fears.

• What if you could get paid to just show up and be yourself?? well then I wouldn't have time for anything else like another kid or taking my stuff to the dump so I'd better not
• Maybe have a snack and give yourself a little break from the intensity of hating your own work
• Some ideas for visual artists to overcome art block

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In this walking episode:

• That oil painting class emboldened me
• Polka disaster
• I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band?
• A revelation: what if life after social media just keeps getting bigger? and better???

I mention:

• Paul Silveria (square/folk dancing): https://paulsilveria.bandcamp.com/album/old-time-dance-party-full-album-and-booklet
• Coffee Coffee Cake from "Dessert Person" by Claire Saffitz
• The Coura...

Gabrielle is a learning and development coordinator in a small town in BC - and she got married this summer! In this episode we talk about planning the wedding she never let herself dream about, planning events to match your values, and reclaiming girlhood.

• You can do what you WANT
• ..... and how do you know do you want?
• A "full reset" isn't real
• It's never too late to learn to paint your nails (if you want to!)
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