Megan Sant is a friend of Kailea’s from Los Angeles (and she is married to Jack Shih, another podcast guest from this season). Megan is a trained fine arts painter. She shares her trajectory to becoming an artist, and how her career was impacted when she became a mother to her two daughters (ages 13 and 9). After the pandemic and loss of her mother, Megan has been trying to find her way back to her art. She shares the immense vulnerability required to reclaim this part of herself, and how much flexibility she needs to let it look differently than it once did. Megan is driven by the desire to model courage for her kids - this is something we can all learn from and be inspired by.

Megan’s path to becoming a painter, including attending the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore and attending graduate school at CalArts in Los Angeles. 
“Art World” beliefs Megan was exposed to such as: “You can’t be a serious artist before age 40”, “Painting isn’t a legitimate art form,” and “You need to be asked to have an art show”.
The dichotomy in her mind that formed: “You can either be a serious artist OR you can be a mother – you cannot be both”.
Do we want to be a “serious” artist by these definitions? Who makes up these rules? Can we reject them? Who are the gatekeepers of this world and what if we opt out? Can we create our own definition of legitimacy?
Can painting what is in front of me (as a mother) become radical in its own right?
Moving through the fears, insecurity and voices in our heads that tell us why we can’t do it.

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In This New Season is recorded and produced by Greg Alsop at Don’t Wake Baby Studio: www.gregalsop.com