3 Questions We All Ask - Nicholas Wilton - Ep 153

Art2Life

Nicholas Wilton

Self-improvement, Education, Visual Arts, Arts

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

https://Art2Life.com - Retreats help uncover improved artistic skills and are a way to fuel your inspiration and enthusiasm. What participants are really looking for on a retreat is not just improved artistic skills but a lifelong practice that fuels continual personal and creative development.

In this episode, I’ll answer three questions that we all ask from time to time:

How do I find a path to my authentic art?
How do I make and set intentions for my future Art?
How do I keep going once I get home?

So many rich experiences and insights come from participating in artistic retreats. Retreats offer an immersive environment for artists to dig deep into their creativity while aligning their artistic pursuits with their overall life goals.

You can pursue what excites you and fills your soul because true artistic growth stems from aligning with your deeper desires and instincts. Learn how to stay inspired in this episode.

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LISTEN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN…

[2:16] How do I find a path to my authentic art?

[5:46] Reflect on past work to inspire future art

[7:29] Identify what energizes and inspires you

[11:34] Finding energy and setting intentions for art can lead to breakthroughs

[15:43] Create art that feels effortless and celebratory—are you flourishing?

[19:03] Sound healing fosters gratitude, community, and inspiration

[23:10] Be mindful, and you’ll find inspiration in everyday life

[25:01] Trust your soul's relentless guidance despite fears or societal expectations

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

Esalen Institute Holistic Retreat: https://www.esalen.org/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	We make art, we throw it over our shoulder, and it starts to pile up behind us.
0:05.4	Each day we make something every other day, every other week, and there's things behind us,
0:10.1	and we can peer into that work, and we can look for things that we feel connected to,
0:17.6	that we like more, even parts of our work. The clues, the breadcrumbs of where our future
0:25.7	art is, is in the past work we've made. It's in the experiences we've had in making the art.
0:32.5	When was it that you made art in the last year that it felt really good? When did you feel really good?
0:40.8	What in your life did things feel really great? What were you doing? What did that feel like?
0:46.7	What are it's the feelings you're craving?
0:51.4	Hey everyone, welcome back to the Arts of Life podcast.
0:59.8	I'm down in about the fifth day of teaching a retreat in Pliadale-Karman.
1:01.3	It's been amazing.
1:03.4	I'm in one of the tents right now.
1:04.6	It's pretty warm.
1:06.3	It's been so, so great.
1:16.6	And what comes up a lot at retreats, especially in the middle of them and towards the end of them, are some questions, three in particular.
1:19.3	And they've already started to come up.
1:23.0	And they're really some of the most important questions that people ask.
1:30.7	So I thought I would just take this time to share them with you and answer them because they're game changers, right?
1:39.2	These are the bigger questions around our art practice and making our art and doing it in a way that fits with our life and actually pulling it off.
1:43.1	And they've already started to come up for this particular group. It always happens.
1:50.3	Welcome to Art to Light, a podcast for the Creatively Curious.
1:54.4	My name is Nicholas Wilton, and each week I'll help you rediscover not just the art of your life,
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