Starling
Topics and practices to explore creativity as a life enriching force. Artist and educator Amy Markham explores development in creative thinking meant to encourage personal growth and progress in all artistic endeavors. Join in as she discusses how an artistic practice can deepen and enrich our personal life experience. These discussions & exercise will engage your creative spirit and direct you towards finding your authentic expressive voice.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
In The Mundane
How does the mundane world provide inspiration and opportunity for artists? This week we discuss what creativity is and discuss practices for finding moments for artistic ideas to flourish, even when…
The Thread
Time Is On Our Side
Symbolism
In college, a professor of mine told me that if I was to teach my students anything, it had to be symbols. At the time I was like “of course”, but it wasn’t until later when I found the meaning and m…
The Fundamental Question
What are you answering with your creative practice. Art can answer questions and push us to ask more powerful questions. In this episode we discuss how questioning can guide us to use artistic develo…
The Artistic Realms
Join me on an expedition through The Artistic Realms as we discover the ways towards personal expression. I will take a few moments to point out important landmarks along the way and share a few meth…
The Fear
The theme of fear is one artists have a longstanding relationship with. In this episode we look fear in the eye in order to build an understanding of it, so that it can support our creative practice,…
Building The Foundation
In this episode I cover what I call the 4Ms that help build foundation for your creative practice. Understanding these foundational pillars will set the stage for creating your best work.
Where To Begin
How do you move forward in your creative development? By assessing where you are now. In this episode we discuss how to begin the process of personal skill assessment and why it is important. I will …
Starling: Introduction
Well, here we go...This episode is just an introduction and a little about me, Amy Markham, as I begin Starling. A podcast about enriching our lives through creative practices. I have online course …