Why Mental Rehearsal Is a Powerful Tool for Artists

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Your brain automatically runs scripts on repeat. But are those scripts helping you or playing like mini horror movies in your head? With the right mental rehearsal approach, you can create scenarios that help turn around any unsatisfactory results of your art practice. In this episode of The Savvy Painter Podcast, we’re going to get into what mental rehearsal is and why it’s one of the most powerful, yet underutilized tools for artists. You’ll discover how you’re always mentally practic...

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0:00.0	Hello, my friend. Welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter podcast. I am your host,
0:08.8	Antrice Wood, and if you've been listening for a while, welcome back. And if you're new here,
0:14.5	I am so glad that you have found this podcast. Savvy Painter is the podcast for artists who want
0:20.4	practical tactical tactical tips to create a meaningful art practice that is both this podcast. Savvy Painter is the podcast for artists who want practical
0:20.8	tips to create a meaningful art practice that is both fulfilling and supports you.
0:27.9	So there is a hidden pattern that is controlling your art practice.
0:34.3	Have you ever found yourself playing out a disaster scenario in your head you imagine a show
0:41.1	where no one shows up or a studio session where everything falls apart or a conversation about
0:49.1	your work where you sound like a complete idiot you're rehearsing failure before it even happens. And here's the
0:58.1	thing. Your brain is constantly practicing. If you imagine failure repeatedly, your brain learns
1:07.3	failure. And if you imagine success repeatedly, your brain learns success. The best part of that
1:14.6	is that you get to choose which one you reinforce. So here's what we're going to talk about today
1:20.9	in this episode. We're going to talk about why mental rehearsal is one of the most powerful
1:27.4	and underused tools for artists.
1:31.4	We're also going to cover how your brain is already practicing something, whether you realize it or not.
1:37.9	And I'm going to show you how the results that you already have in your studio are proof that you are already executing on these
1:47.9	patterns. And then finally, we're going to talk about what happens when you change what you
1:53.5	rehearse. We're going to talk about the difference between artists who stay stuck and
1:58.5	artists who succeed. This is one of my favorite topics. This is exactly the kind of work
2:05.6	that we do inside Grow Studio because if you don't take control of this process, your brain will
2:11.1	keep replaying your worst case scenarios instead of creating the confidence that you need
2:16.4	to create the art practice that you want to create.
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