Tranquility du Jour #401: Finding Your Inner Artist
Tranquility du Jour
Kimberly Wilson
4.6 • 554 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Finding Your Inner Artist with Susan Prolman. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, learn how to transition from a person who doesn't make art to one who does, ways to improve your artistic skills, and a few books to assist your artistic journey.
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Featured Guest: Susan Prolman

Susan Prolman is an advocate by nature. Susan has lobbied against factory farming and for environmental protection in Washington, DC for years. She served as Executive Director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and as Director of International Campaigns for The Humane Society of the United States. While a student at Georgetown University Law Center, Susan helped to create the school's first animal law course. Earlier, she served as New Hampshire State Director for presidential candidate Paul Tsongas, who won this first-in-the-nation primary election. Susan currently leads Activism For Animals.
For fun, Susan is a world traveler, writer, vegan recipe developer, artist, and jewelry designer. She runs the Etsy shop Veg Shop. She's is also a certified laughing meditation instructor. You can learn more about Susan at SusanProlman.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Tranquility DeJure, July 24th, 2017. |
| 0:09.9 | Hello there, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 401st edition of Tranquility DeJure, |
| 0:18.6 | recording from the Pink Palace, which is a tiny little condo, in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:24.8 | And I'm excited to share with you today's podcast, which is finding your inner artist with |
| 0:30.0 | Susan Prolman. |
| 0:31.7 | And in this week's edition, you're going to learn ways to transition from a person who doesn't make art to one who does. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm sure many can relate to this. |
| 0:41.8 | I definitely did. |
| 0:43.4 | Before I read the artist's way, I never thought of myself as an artist. |
| 0:48.2 | Ways to improve your artistic skills. |
| 0:52.0 | And a few of our favorite books to assist your artistic journey. |
| 0:57.4 | Also, one of the things Susan has done beautifully is incorporated her activism into her art. |
| 1:03.5 | So you'll learn more about that, including an Etsy code that will allow you a discount on her |
| 1:09.3 | darling Etsy shop. |
| 1:11.1 | And you'll see in the show notes a couple pieces that I have of hers that are just so cute. |
| 1:15.6 | And of course, they are pigs. |
| 1:18.1 | Now before we hand this over to Susan, I wanted to say a thank you to everyone who has |
| 1:23.2 | reached out about the 400th episode. |
| 1:26.4 | A, those of you who took the time to send an email, |
| 1:28.9 | many of you really long, thoughtful emails about the 400th episode follow-up that I'd ask for |
| 1:34.9 | feedback on, what were you curious about, what did you want to know more about, what were your |
| 1:39.7 | takeaways? And so thank you, thank you, thank you. And then some of you, of course, |
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