Hey, this is Jake, and this is not a typical episode. This is actually an archived episode that we're pulling out to reshare. It's one that I come back to a lot, and I think about a lot. And so I figured if I'm continually thinking about this episode, there's something to it, and I should probably

reshare it.

Now, why didn't we record a new episode this week?

We're busy.

Will, Lee, and I are currently, you know, heads down working on our new course, self-publishing

pro.

And so the planets didn't quite align this week for us to get a

a new fresh podcast out to you guys. So we thought, let's find one of our favorite

podcasts episodes from the archives and share it this week. So that's what we're doing.

This is Samantha Cotarillo. It's our interview with her. And from the archives and share it this week so that's what we're doing uh this is samantha cotterill

uh it's our interview with her and i want to ask you a question is social media ruining your

creative practice are you spending more time worrying about likes and your posting schedule and

staying up with comments and DMs,

then you are with actually creating the art.

And that's what we get into in this episode.

Illustrator Samantha Coterole joins me and Lee,

and we discuss the pros and cons of social media.

We talk about limiting distractions, adapting to physical changes,

and so much more in this insightful episode.

One of the things I really love about Samantha's work is her sort of shift and focus

into creating cut- and painted sort of craft images that she then

photographs. So it's like 3D illustration that she's making from cut out paper and building

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