#385: You Are An Artist! Finding Your Creative Spark with Autumn Skye

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In this episode, I welcome artist and educator Autumn Skye. We explore artistry and activism as Autumn share’s more about her artwork which reflects reverence for nature and humanity. Autumn and I talk about her intuitive creative process which emphasizes presence and surrender to inspiration and we discuss challenging the separation of humans from nature. We also dive into the topics of impermanence, connection to the universe, and embracing creativity as a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Autumn speaks to and celebrates art's transformative power in shaping personal narratives and embracing imperfections. Surrendering to the creative process, balancing discipline and spontaneity, and finding joy in daily experiences are highlighted as keys to creating art that resonates with depth and authenticity. Tune in for a profound episode that invites us all to connect with our own inner artist and to remember the interconnectedness of all things. As a self-taught artist, she is forever a student of the intuitively creative process. Autumn Skye’s style weaves together refined realism, iconic imagery, archetypical symbolism, and spiritual principles. She’s inspired by the magnificence of this incredible planet, the potency of these extraordinary times, and the mysteries of the cosmos. Through her work, she seeks to honour the resiliency of the human spirit and the intricate connections between all facets of life. Autumn Skye exhibits and teaches worldwide, and otherwise thrives and paints in the beautiful temperate-rainforest of coastal British Columbia, Canada. Considering herself immensely blessed to do what feeds her soul, she strives to support others through creative empowerment, the gift of beauty, and the perpetuation of inspiration. —Veil Painting Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2f5uoRSv-9/?igsh=MXZtanN2M2JtZTRrcA== —Autumn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autumnskyeart/ —Autumn’s Website: https://autumnskyeart.com/ —Autumn’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Autumn-Skye/145084220260 —Autumn’s ETSY Shop: http://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/AutumnSkyeART?ref=shop_sugg —Autumn’s Additional Links: https://autumnskyeart.com/links If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://dexa.ai/markgroves Themes: Artistry, Activism, Nature, Humanity, Creativity, Spirit, Impermanence, Connection, Self-Discovery, Empowerment, Transformation, Imperfections, Discipline, Authentic Art, Authenticity, Belonging, Spirituality, Purpose Contact us at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, or just to say hello!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Any spiritual practice, you know, meditation, yoga, like all of these practices, the fruit is not in the perfect sun salutation or the perfect, like, spacious open mind of Vipasna.
0:13.7	The fruit is in the struggle.
0:15.0	You know, the fruit is in making yourself sit down on that cushion, step onto the mat mat sit in front of the easel whatever it
0:22.5	is that we need to do and get to work hello and welcome to another episode of the mark
0:30.2	groves podcast today i am joined by the brilliant artist autumn sky welcome thanks mark thanks for. Is that your artist's name? That is my artist's name and it's my real name. You can check my passport if you want. But I grew up as Sky. I was like, that name's so good. I'm like a can. It's got to be like a pen name, you know. My mom gets all the credit for that. People are like, wow, she knew you. Seriously. But I did grow up as Sky. So casually, most people still call me Sky.
0:54.3	Autumn is my first name. And now professionally,
1:00.0	I use them both. And I don't really have a preference. So you can just alternate and call me whatever
1:03.8	one. Well, you go by either. Yeah, either one's fine. I discovered your art far before I
1:10.0	discovered you. Like in that someone had sent me the, I forget what it's called, but it's the older woman with the tree behind.
1:18.7	Forgotten elders.
1:19.9	Yeah, which is my favorite piece, which I now own.
1:24.1	And it is just so incredible.
1:26.2	And when I found your art, it was probably about i want to say
1:30.2	about three years ago and my wife and i were just like nerding out on it because we were just so
1:36.0	captivated by we didn't understand the sort of deeper undertones of it of the feeling i got was just sort of this um which let's see if i could be
1:48.6	an art uh interpreter but i really got this sense of connectedness to nature remembrance um
1:58.9	depth humanity like just this it felt really a lot like you're capturing depth, humanity.
2:08.4	Like, just this, it felt really a lot like you're capturing the mystical and the 3D.
2:10.8	Is that fair?
2:12.3	That's beautiful.
2:12.6	That's beautiful.
2:13.2	Beautifully put, yeah.
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