You're listening to The Savvy Painter Podcast, episode number 371.

Hello, my friends. Welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter podcast. I'm your host,

Anne Trees Wood. And if you've been listening for a while, welcome back. If you're new here,

I am so glad that you found the podcast. Sabby Painter is the podcast for artists who want

practical tactical tips to create a meaningful art practice that is both fulfilling and supports

you. I hope you are doing fabulous this week. I am recording this, getting ready to go to Mexico for a retreat that I am super, super

excited about. I'm about to spend 10 days. Actually, as you are listening to with us, I will

already be there with a amazing group of artists and we are going to have so much fun

wandering around O'Haka, looking at the pyramids, seeing all the color and all the beauty

that is in that amazing city. So today I'm recording this episode, packing my bags, making sure I've got

everything. And I know my dogs know something is up. They are so funny. They are absolute Velcro

today. And all weekend. It's been kind of amusing. So some of you might remember I plan this trip

with my friend Gabriela and we are going to

just spend 10 days gathering inspirations, sketching and wandering around, looking, noticing the

things that stand out, noticing colors, noticing textures, and all the flavors of

Ohaka.

It's been something that we have been working on for months and months and months to design

this retreat to make it really, really special.

So I'm so excited that it's finally here.

And that idea of noticing is kind of what this

episode is all about. In this episode, I want to talk about something that sounds deceptively simple,

but it might be the most powerful thing that I teach. And I almost didn't make an episode about it

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