Authentic Obsessions
Inspiring stories and practical tips from artists, curators, photographers, and writers in hot pursuit of their lives. Guests reveal their creative obsessions, fears, joys, uncertainty, and the impact they hope to have, leaving you feeling less alone as you proceed down your own creative path. Acknowledge the mess and keep going!
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 110
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Chelsea Littman - Glass
Takeaways
1. There are endless possibilities if you’re paying attention to what [the glass] wants.
2. “I will stop underestimating the power of my drive and what I can accomplish.”
3. Stop being so hard…
Nicole Shaver - Geology
Kassandra Palmer - Framing
Takeaways
1. Our bodies are not machines.
2. Prioritize how things FEEL vs caring about how things LOOK.
3. Sometimes you can have a tricky relationship with things leaving the studio.
4. Language happen…
Frank Juárez - Art
Takeaways
1. The beauty of art is that you’re always looking for a solution, and sometimes the solution isn’t always singular.
2. “Art is my savior and art is my destruction.”
3. Be willing to try even …
Sketchbooks with Mel and Sandi
Takeaways
1. “If you are producing good work, you likely have a lot of bad work holding it up.” Sandi
2. “Just drawing what I saw in front of me grounded me and I just felt like I could breathe again.…
Amy Weil - Light
Takeaways
1. It’s ok to do a whole bunch of different things. That’s why we work in series - to do something with all these ideas.
2. Persevere even if you have a lot of anxiety, insecurity and self-do…
Ginnie Cappaert - Color and Books
Takeaways
- We're just doing what we do hoping it speaks to somebody.
- Saying "no" is one of the hardest but one of the most important things we can do for ourselves.
- Just because you don’t like one of you…
Jenna Freimuth - Patterns
Takeaways
1. The graveyard of ideas that never got finished is where all of the hang ups live.
2. Be open to the opportunity to bring people into your life. You meet the people you need when you need i…
Amy Jarvis - Eyes
Takeaways
1. Nature is like sketchbook in real time; it makes you feel like it’s going to be ok.
2. You have to interact if you want an audience. (You have to be a friend to get a friend.)
3. "You need …
Gill Edwards - Vessel Shapes
Mentioned
Follow Gill Edwards on Instagram
Follow Gill Edwards on Facebook
Alice Sheridan’s Connected Artist Club
Paula DeStefanis - European Travel
Amy Maricle - Patterns in Nature
Mentioned
Follow Amy Maricle on Instagram
Join Amy’s Creative Self Care facebook group, Mindful Art
Check out Amy’s website, Mindful Art Studio
Follow Amy on Pinterest
Amy’s YouTube channel
Jo York - Walking
Mentioned
Follow Jo York on Instagram
Find Jo York on Facebook
Jo York’s website
Lamicall Gooseneck Bed Phone Holder Mount
Brimham Rocks, North Yorkshire
Jen…
Iris Fritschi-Cussens - Searching for Feelings & Meaning Through Art
Follow Iris on Instagram
Iris’s YouTube channel - Iris Impressions Art
Iris’s website
Haribo sweets (the Deutsch site of course!)
Primrose Hill in Regent’s Park, London
Listen to Iris on the Get Messy Art…
Melissa Helene Mason - Details
Takeaways
- When it’s really overwhelming, go outside with the dogs.
- Be more flexible with yourself.
- “How you spend your days is how you spend your life.” Annie Dillard
- You don’t have to fit nicely into a …
Caroline Storie - Supportive Communities & Creativity Chats
Takeaways
1. It's looking in and finding out, “what is your special thing?” That's going to be your key to starting the thing you want to do.
2. We all think other people are doing it better and have i…
Rachel Ho - Story
Takeaways
1. Beauty matters.
2. Beauty is a whisper of our humanity.
3. If you’re going to use the wheel, break the rules.
4. Even extroverts need quiet spaces.
5. The reason art and beauty exist is to re…
Sandi Hester - Enjoying the Process
Takeaways
1. Creating fuels creating.
2. Be content with whatever that day holds.
3. “I’m not gonna let anything with self-talk get in the way.”
4. “Fight for joy in whatever that season holds. The joy t…
Jo Payne - Big Skies and the Sea
Takeaways
Don’t worry about how it’s perceived but what it feels like.
Take the shoulds out of it.
Eventually you'll get the right outcome and it's not an outcome until it’s right.
This is totally about …