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Episode 12: Self-Hell

In the early innings of yet another new year, compelled to take on fresh resolutions and (likely short-lived) self-improvement projects, it can be difficult not to get overwhelmed by the incessant pressure to always be working on oneself. Of co...

January 20, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 12 • 2:02:30

Episode 11: Consistent Resistant

As difficult as it is, some days, to bring oneself to be creative, it can seem almost impossible to envision a life in which creativity happens on a consistent basis. This can seem even more insurmountable if one finds that, on those rare d...

January 13, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 11 • 39:20

Episode 10: The Re-Creative Process

When was the last time we really loved what we were doing? Really loved the art that we set out, however long ago, to create and the art made by others? For some of us (!?!),  maybe that was as recently as today, but for many of us, that l...

January 06, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 10 • 49:29

Episode 9: Hope is the Thing with Tethers

Is it just us or has everything been feeling a little stagnant lately? As we find ourselves caught in the monotonous whirlpool of tending to responsibilities, making ends meet, and feeling just that much older every time we come up for air, it ...

September 09, 2024 • Season 2 • Episode 9 • 37:05

Episode 8: The Limitation Game

What is true artistic freedom? We’d all almost certainly argue that it looks something like having no boundaries or restrictions to one’s creative process or the time needed to perfect it. Maybe it means having the resources to rent a studio an...

March 18, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 8 • 22:17

Fan Mail

Great episode! While I’m only a listener of music, the discussion of the freedom (and consistency) in the act of creating art really hit me. I’m gonna pick up Rubin’s book and see how it can apply to my art (food). Keep creating both your art and your podcast! PS - in future episodes if you recommend books, I'd definitely buy through an affiliate link (especially for an independent bookstore!). No pressure to commercialize your musings though. I'd also be thrilled to have y'all recommend music, whether it's just a recently listened to record or a playlist of 5 songs.

Collinsville, Illinois