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Is a podcast hosted by Mel Mitchell-Jackson, an adventure artist, writer, musician, and slow hiker about how artists and creative humans can re-wild their practice to persist in making as a wellness practice and as an act of resistance. In this show we’ll question how status-quo systems, strategies, and ways of being an artist need to be re-molded to fit our real lives. We'll also discuss adaptation, chronic illness, and normalizing the rest or fallow period our bloom phases need
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Guest interviews
English
United States
19 episodes
since April 16, 2022
episodic
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If you are a kid of the ‘90s or the early 2000s, you probably remember a show on MTV called TRL or Total Request Live. I was a huuuuge fan. TRL ran for 10 years from 1998 to 2008 and had a very simple premise: Let the audience vote on what they wanted to see and hear. This is how I teach now in Eme…
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In this episode, Wes and I get into talking about carving time back from our day jobs, the impact of social media on fear and stagnation, and ultimately how community is at the center of creative persistence. Our chat today is a Book Club where we are discussing Art & Fear by David Bayles and T…
It's October, so let's chat about art challenges and why SO MANY of us rarely finish them.
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this episode is all about making art while taking care of my mom after she had a major surgery. If you are an artist who feels like so much gets in the way of your practice, this episode and the gentle prompts in it will support you in persistence this fall.
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In this episode, I’m sharing some exercises and human creative prompts to build a centered and compassionate season ahead in your studio.
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This week I’m feeling a little off from being sick, which means it’s time to check in around capacity. I’ll share a bit about how I use gentle energy level accommodations in my art practice, how the advice of our culture makes us push harder than we need to, and my advice for artists with day jobs.…
Wes and I went on a hike to discuss an idea that comes up all the time for our artist friends -- being stuck. We eventually landed on the importance of returning to a sense of creative home, and that's the portion you'll get to listen to here today.
I've been feeling into this frustration and analy…
Let’s get into the final episode of the Creative Cycles series, this one is all about the Learning and Research cycle. This was honestly the best thing I got out of art school and a really rich process to keep you moving towards long term, creative persistence.
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Farewell fickle algo, and what's next for my work! Today I'll be digging into my choice to take a massive and potentially indefinite break from YouTube. Why did I do it? What has changed? Let's discuss.
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This episode is an audio version of the July 2026 Creative Prompts I wrote in this article here. This is also where you can read the transcript of this podcast episode, or upgrade and access the exercise of an anti-artist statement for paid supporters :)
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