Artistic Accomplices
We all could use a little creative nudge every now and then that will prod us, encourage us, and give us a shot of inspiration. Artistic Accomplices is the podcast that gives you small doses of motivation and creative encouragement as you make, create, play, and live. Join Eric Scott as he shares his thoughts on art, creativity, and learning and interviews artists, writers, educators, and more. Like the gym buddy that motivates you to hit the gym on a regular basis, Artistic Accomplices is that little voice in your ear telling you to hit the studio, or pull out the paints, or pick up the pen.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
Episode 47: Inspiration
Inspiration can feel mystical and hard to understand, and we can feel like we are merely copying or imitating others. But if we look at the things that we consume — the artists and designers, the mus…
Episode 46: Pushing Your Creativity
It’s easy to feel stuck or stagnant in our creating. It’s easy to feel like we don’t know how to move ourselves forward. In today’s episode, I share three strategies for moving yourself forward creat…
Episode 45: Intuition
The magic of creating may be just tapping into our intuition, and by tapping into our intuition, we give ourselves permission to play — to try new ideas and to explore new territory. We get into a …
Episode 44: Flexibily
I continue my look at the four classical elements of earth, fire, air, and water. I’ve already gone into the earth, fire, and air elements, and today I dive into the water element and how we need to …
Episode 43: Ideas
How do you come up with ideas?
In today’s episode, I continue my look at the four classical elements of earth, fire, air, and water. I’ve already tackled the earth and fire, and today I discuss the ai…
Episode 42: Passion
In today’s episode, I dive further into how we can understand our creativity through the lens of the four classical elements — earth, fire, air, and water, and focus on how we can focus on the fire e…
Episode 41: Grounding - Part 2
In the second part of talking about this notion of being grounded in our creativity, I talk about some of the practical things that we can do to get ourselves into a sustainable creative practice. I …
Episode 40: Grounding - Part 1
Keeping ourselves balanced as we create can be a difficult task, but thinking of a readily accessible framework can make it easier. In Episode 38, I talked about the four classical elements of art, f…
Episode 39: The Hero's Journey
We’re all heroes of our own story.
Recently, the Hero’s Journey has been popping up in my life. I’ve heard it mentioned on a couple favorite podcasts, and I’ve been contemplating it a lot in my art, m…
Episode 38: The Force and Bending Air
I still have balance on my mind, but I take a look at it from a couple different points of view. As a fan of Star Wars and Avatar: The Last Airbender, I look at a framework for creativity and finding…
Episode 37: Balance
When the pandemic hit back in March, it was like hitting a big pause button. As everything was cancelled or postponed, I hunkered down in my house, making art, creating videos, livestreaming, and wor…
Episode 36: Crystal Neubauer
I interview collage and encaustic artist Crystal Neubauer. Crystal shares her artistic journey and discusses how many of her ideas and themes for her works develop organically as she works. We also, …
Episode 35: Walk Through the Fire
We are walking through the fire now, and recent events have me pondering what’s important. Even though the pandemic, protests, marches, and political turmoil have stirred up a lot of overwhelming emo…
Episode 34: Spirituality
In the simplest of terms, creating is a spiritual act. Creating is a way that we make sense of the world and discover understanding and meaning. Author Brené Brown says, “As long as we’re creating, w…
Episode 33: Amanda Jolley
I interview Kansas City artist Amanda Jolley. We talk about her journey from accountant to artists, and we discuss how she come to her main passions of encaustic painting and paper folding and where …
Episode 32: Priorities
We are in an unprecedented crisis that has left many of us panicked and scrambling. But can we find the time and the energy to figure out what is truly important and reprioritize some of the things i…
Episode 31: Steve Loya
I interview good friend and artist Steve Loya, and we talk about our current situation with the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders. Steve gives some advice on how he’s dealing with the crisis and ho…
Episode 30: Amplify
What a crazy time right now! So many folks are affecting in so many unpredictable ways. Things are unpredictable, and there’s a lot of stress and anxiety in the world. Instead of closing down and shu…
Episode 29: Artistic Actions
Instead of setting out to make a work of art, or to write a novel, or to create a symphony. What if we simplified our approach? What if we set out to have at least one artistic action each day? Inste…
Episode 28: Discovery
“Your hand needs time to wander enough to be able to find something you weren’t aware of…” Lynda Barry
There might be a fundamental misunderstanding about making and creating. Many people feel that c…