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Listen "05: Soul of an Artist"
Episode Synopsis
This conversation with one of my best friends from college, Jess, is a conversation that changed the direction of the entire conversation about creativity for me. It gets to something in my question about what it means to be an artist that I haven't quite articulated yet.
We talk about what it means to be an artist of our lives, taking creative agency over our choices and our experience rather than being a victim of our circumstances and subconscious habits. Jess talks about the God of Ambition, which she has, for most of her life, obeyed, but which she is now questioning as she turns to another creative driver. We also talk about what kind of art inspires us to create vs what kind of art feels inaccessible.
This conversation is jam packed with tons of metaphysical and practical philosophy about creativity and life in general. I hope you glean something useful and new from it.
Huge thank you to Jess for being willing to go on this philosophical journey with me and to share so much about her life with my audience. You can follow her on Instagram @jesskiers
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Jess's short film, which I called the "grocery store video" I think
https://vimeo.com/330254569
The Michael Singer books she mentions are "Unteathered Soul" and "The Surrender Experiment." They're incredible. Find them and read them.
Jeff Tweedy's Memoir is called "Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)" and here is the Amazon link, you should buy it right away!
https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Can-Get-Back-Discording/dp/1101985267
We talk about what it means to be an artist of our lives, taking creative agency over our choices and our experience rather than being a victim of our circumstances and subconscious habits. Jess talks about the God of Ambition, which she has, for most of her life, obeyed, but which she is now questioning as she turns to another creative driver. We also talk about what kind of art inspires us to create vs what kind of art feels inaccessible.
This conversation is jam packed with tons of metaphysical and practical philosophy about creativity and life in general. I hope you glean something useful and new from it.
Huge thank you to Jess for being willing to go on this philosophical journey with me and to share so much about her life with my audience. You can follow her on Instagram @jesskiers
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Jess's short film, which I called the "grocery store video" I think
https://vimeo.com/330254569
The Michael Singer books she mentions are "Unteathered Soul" and "The Surrender Experiment." They're incredible. Find them and read them.
Jeff Tweedy's Memoir is called "Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)" and here is the Amazon link, you should buy it right away!
https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Can-Get-Back-Discording/dp/1101985267
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