The three-point perspective, the podcast is about illustration, how to do it, how to make a living at it, and how to make an impact in the world with your art.

I'm Jake Parker.

I'm Lee White.

And I'm Samantha Cauderold, and let's jump into it.

All right.

How's everybody doing?

Well, not so great.

Do tell, do tell.

It's been a rough couple of days.

And honestly, I think I'm glad that you asked that just because I know there's probably a ton of other artists out there who also deal with it too,

and it can be pretty isolating.

So deal with what?

Well, let's talk about autoimmune disease.

It's a fun little topic that I'm sure many an artist has, but for anyone who is listening, it doesn't know, I mean, I've talked about it a little

bit before that I have rheumatoid arthritis.

And the tricky thing, and I learned this very quickly shortly after diagnosis, is that

when most people hear that, they think, oh, it's like my uncle Eddie's knee.

He's got like a really stiff knee.

I totally understand what you're going through. And I think the problem is the arthritis word makes it seem like it's just about creaky joints. And I think of it as like an overachiever immune disorder where it's someone an immune disorder with a huge ego that's like,

I'm just going to go all out and I'm just going to have fun with you.

And basically it's my immune system, throws a tantrum and attacks the lining of my joints,

which is what most people think of when they think of the arthritis, but it's a systemic thing

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