Art and The Monsters

In this short, reflective episode, I'll explore what has continued to resonate with me from The Artist's Way, what has left me, and what beckons me to return to it. 

In this final monster of the season from The Artists’ Way, I'll dive deeper into the subtitle of this book: "A spiritual path to higher creativity," and I'll explore the monster of faithlessness. 

In this episode, I'll explore how The Artist's Way can help you fight the wounds monster by exploring your artistic scars through the weekly tasks. 

In this episode, I'll explore how The Artist's Way can help you fight the monster of disconnect using the morning pages. 

In this episode, I'll explore how The Artist's Way can help you fight the monster of despair with artist dates. 

I lived by the critically acclaimed self-help and creative life book, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. In this season of the podcast, I break the book into the four monsters that the book can help you fight. In this first episode, I detail the structure and purpose of the book.

Art and The Monsters is a podcast about art and all the things that get in the way of making it. In this final episode of Season 1, we'll discuss the contrast between apathy and hunger, and we'll focus on how hunger can fuel us to find fulfillment through our art. I invite you to join me in discovering: What ignites your curiosity? For what do you hunger? How can you seek and honor your desire? I'd love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this episode. You can email me at artandthemonsters@gmail.com

Art and the Monsters is a podcast about art and all the things that get in the way of making it. Today we'll be talking about the deceptive monster known as imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is a monster that disguises itself as a safe place, but it's really an abyss. How can accept what you don’t know? How can you find evidence of what you do know and all that you have learned and celebrate that? I'd love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this episode. You can email me at artandthemonsters@gmail.com

Art and The Monsters is a podcast about art and all the things that get in the way of making it. Today we'll be discussing the unwise monster known as regret. Regret is a monster that looks backwards and worries over things that never happened in the past. What information can you glean from your regret in order to make more meaningful choices today? What are your values and how do your choices align with them?  I'd love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this episode. You can email me at artandthemonsters@gmail.com

Art and The Monsters is a podcast about art and all the things that get in the way of making it. Today we'll be discussing the formidable monster known as anxiety. Despite the cultural cliche of the suffering artist, moments of anxious anguish are more often setbacks to our art. How can you notice your anxiety before it spirals out of control so that you can transform it into fuel for your artistic endeavors?  I'd love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this episode. You can email me at artandthemonsters@gmail.com

Art and The Monsters is a podcast about art and all the things that get in the way of making it. Today we'll be discussing the heavy monster known as the fear of disappointment. Living in the fear of disappointment can hold us back from even trying to achieve our goals, but the opposite of disappointment is inspiration. Where can you find inspiration today? How can you fight that fear of disappointment in order to work toward your dreams? I'd love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this episode. You can email me at artandthemonsters@gmail.com

Art and The Monsters is a podcast about art and all the things that get in the way of making it. Today we'll be discussing the pernicious monster known as the artist's shame. There are two main ways that shame negatively impacts us, as artists, and that is through cultural and existential expectations, but we can try to overcome these thorny shame spires by examining our shame as a signal. What is your shame trying to tell you? How can you acknowledge your shame in order to stop fighting it all the time?  I'd love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this episode. You can email me at artandthemonsters@gmail.com 

Art and The Monsters is a podcast about art and all the things that get in the way of making it. Today we'll be discussing the lonely monster known as jealousy. Jealousy is a monster that blinds us to the present moment and steals our possibilities. How can you navigate through jealousy without letting it destroy your own self-efficacy? How can you focus more on the personal fulfillment that comes from the journey than the external prize of recognition and accolades? I'd love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this episode. You can email me at artandthemonsters@gmail.com