putting it into words for people why art is a good idea is a good. Hi and welcome to episode 94 of our juices is honest generous and humorous

conversations to feed your creative soul and get you thinking with me

Louise Fletcher.

And me Alice Sheridan and today we're going to be talking our

main topic is about giving art as gifts or rather how can we make our saleable as a gift. But before we get into the main

topic I wanted to read out a message that we got from Mary in Littleton, Colorado in the US and she said I just came across your

podcast a few weeks ago while randomly searching. I've only listened to

about four episodes so far and I just felt called to email you and thank you.

I feel like it touches me personally as if you are both talking with me and my thoughts.

It's been such a joy. I can't wait to listen to more. I'm 27 years old, a full-time artist and

art teacher and just over the summer I gave birth to my first child. Knowing a child

would put a wrench in my creative flow, I have been trying hard to keep painting.

It's a hard balance for sure, but your podcast came at the right time when I needed inspiration and encouragement to keep going.

Keep inspiring others.

Thanks again from Mary.

So, it's very lovely.

So thank you Mary.

It was a lovely email and I wanted to say Mary if you're listening to this one if you're when you get to it. Hello. If you're listening I would really recommend the book by Marissa Huber and Heather Kirtland called The Motherhood of Art.

We had Marista on the show a while ago.

It took them over two years to compile this book and it is such a fantastic collection of stories of women

and how they keep their art practice going with children of all ages so that would be a really good

thing that you could ask for as a Christmas present, which is what we're going to be talking about this week.

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