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How to art with intention with Amy Maricle

How to be an Artist Podcast In this podcast, I chat to Amy Maricle about art with intention. Amy shares some of her most profound views on how to become more aware and intentional in your art practice. We discuss: what it means to be mindful, how mindfulness...

Introducing the Season of Reflection

Get Messy has come a long way. You have come a long way. I'm proud of us both. This season we are taking some time to reflect on that journey. It's time for us to take a step back and meditate on our character, actions, and motives. It's time for us to reflect on at...

How to maintain a creative habit with Anika Lacerte

How to be an Artist Podcast In this podcast, I chat to Anika Lacerte about creative habit. As someone who is currently on her 9th 100 day project, Anika is kind of an expert at it. She shares her top 16 ways for fitting art into your life every single freaking day....

Introducing the Season of Habit

How do you become an artist? You make art. This season, a host of incredible artists will be taking you on a creative journey focused on what I believe to be the most important part of being an artist: HABIT. But habit isn't easy. Cultivating a creative habit is...

Inspiration is not real

how to be an artist podcast Inspiration does not exist. It's a lie. Inspiration is not real. True inspiration is the kind that leads to immediate action. Inspiration that leads to nothing tangible is... nothing. There's something tangible standing between an idea and...

How to create art with a purpose beyond yourself with Morgan Harper Nichols

How to be an Artist In this episode of the podcast, I was awed by Morgan Harper Nichols. Yup, that's right. The Morgan Harper Nichols. MHN and I talk about how selflessness is important to her artistic process. How she finds purpose in her art by creating beyond...

How I went from lazy and passive to deliberate and goal driven

How to be an ArtistLet's officially kick off the podcast with my story and the reason I'm here. I used to be what I will graciously call passive.I had (and have) a really good life. I was born into a self-made wealthy family. Every bit of my life (and the lives of my...

Introducing the Season of Starting

Lauren and I have always planned our seasons the year before. They served as our guide for the year in our business as well as for our creativity. This month is the first month without Lauren. I almost thought about changing the season. But it's kind of serendipitous....

How to be an Artist

How to be an Artist Making art should be easy. Turn up the music, select your arty weapons of choice, crack your knuckles and then, well, make art. But let’s be honest: Art is messy. (Heck, life is messy!)So even though it’s so important to you to be an artist and...