Frayed nerves, broken glass, and really ... what's the point? [69]
Art Juice: A podcast for artists, creatives and art lovers
Louise Fletcher/Alice Sheridan
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week, we address an email from a listener who writes “Could you and Alice address the “what’s the point of art”, “what do I do with all this crap” sort of issues? I’ve not listened to the news for a while now, but am actually listening to very little at all. Sometimes I find people too jolly, too positive, so I guess I’m looking for gentle, encouraging, empathetic. I can’t seem to pull myself up at the moment.”
In response, we discuss how much it is our responsibility to change our mental state ... and how can do it. We also suggest that the question should be 'what is the point of art for ME?' Understanding this gives you motivation to show up even when you don't feel like it. Interestingly, we feel differently about this question and have different solutions, so hopefully you will resonate with one of us. We also discuss the 'butterfly effect' and why it might be a good thing and we share the ways in which we change our own moods (including a rather drastic strategy Alice recently employed - and is not recommending to others!)
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Extras outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_thjUPE1i4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQMg8Ve1Gy0
Abraham Hicks: https://youtu.be/1ddJyJoSOrg
Art in Isolation episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoqTM4IljJM
Gretchen Rubin Four Tendencies Quiz HERE
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| 0:00.0 | but I think that feeling of wanting something that you're not quite getting, |
| 0:04.3 | that's where I think don't just keep doing what you've always done. Okay, off we go. Welcome to another episode of Art Juice. |
| 0:23.0 | This is the podcast that brings you honest, generous |
| 0:25.9 | and humorous conversations that will feed your creative soul |
| 0:29.2 | and get you thinking with me Alice Sheridan. |
| 0:32.4 | And me, Louise Fletcher and |
| 0:33.4 | Louise Fletcher and today we're smiling yes it's an improvement on last week |
| 0:39.3 | last week was difficult. It was |
| 0:42.6 | We'll tell you about that. |
| 0:43.6 | Yeah, we'll talk more about it shortly. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah, we'll tell you about that in a minute. |
| 0:48.6 | So why are going to be talking this week? We've had a listener question which is going to remain anonymous, |
| 0:55.4 | but that's kind of prompted our discussion this week, which is really what's the point of making |
| 1:00.6 | art and what do I do with all this crap? So we're going to be talking about that a little bit later. But first of all, what's your week been like? What have you been working on this week? |
| 1:11.0 | Well, I haven't been working really on art because the building merchants reopened in our time and that meant we could |
| 1:18.8 | have a delivery of cement and things to finish the steps going up to my studio which were just really a pile of cemented together brief blocks |
| 1:27.6 | and they weren't very nice looking so now they're all being dressed with stone and today he's flagging but it's meant |
| 1:34.0 | there's been concrete on the steps and I can't it's been wet with cement or wet with |
| 1:37.8 | concrete and I'm not allowed anywhere near it so I can't I can't kind of |
| 1:41.3 | of scrubble up the slope and kind of... |
| 1:43.4 | I know it's like really steep. |
| 1:45.4 | Like I'd have to, I suppose I could put a ladder up there but no because then there was a landing |
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