Here we are, 77 episodes into “Art For Your Ear”, but today is something a little different. Yep, this was recored at a live event in Portland! Artist/illustrator Lisa Congdon and I showed up at a gorgeous shop called Hand-Eye Supply. But we weren’t alone, oh no, we had an amazing live audience there too! Lisa and I decided to sort of interview each other (really it was just a good excuse for me and Lisa to talk… which by the way we could do for HOURS.) I think my favorite part was at the end, when the audience asked questions. They were tough, but oh so good! You can listen right up there under the lovely Lisa, or you can subscribe on iTunes.
Alright, first up. Where were we? Right here:
Hand-Eye Supply is such a beautiful, creative space! This looks like me talking about when I started working on “Your Inner Critic Is A Big Jerk”… I had dinner with Lisa in Oakland about a week after I signed the contract, and to be totally blunt, I was freaking out. I have a feeling this was me saying, “Um, how do I write a whole book, Lisa!? You just wrote “Art, Inc.”, so TELL ME WHAT TO DO!” And no surprise, she had fabulous advice.
Next up, flowers, patterns, and Lisa finally being ready to put her own work on her own body:
Yes, there it is {photo taken today!} Her brand new tattoo, on her drawing arm no less. She has lots of tattoos, but this is the first one that is her work. I love the story around this, so if you’re not listening yet… hit play!
We were talking about showing “in progress” work, and I always love an excuse to post images from an artist’s studio, so here you go:
Ah, gorgeous! So happy and filled with life… much like Lisa herself!
Ok, here we go. Some of my collages because we talked about them and so I’m gonna show them, no matter what ‘Arlo’ has to say:
Oh, that wasn’t so hard. The titles of these three (because, for me, the titles are a huge part) are:
“saturday’s jazzercise class had, like totally, transformed candace both physically and, like, spiritually.”
“another saturday night, and without fail, margot left it ALL on the dance floor”
“they always said she had a real flare for fashion”
And finally, once the recording was over, we all headed back into Hand-Eye’s main shop area for chattin’ and book signin’:
Sigh. It was such an amazing night. I want to do lots and lots of live recordings now! Who’s in?
Ok, thank yous are going to pour out of me now… Thank you so much to Lisa for always being up for whatever I ask her to do; giant thanks to Hand-Eye Supply for hosting us and to their fabulous in-house go-to-guy, Matt, for doing the recording; thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that showed up to hang out with us even though there was a protest/riot going on that very same night (?!) ; thanks to Saatchi Art for supporting this episode; thanks to audible.com for making my new book into an audio book – it’s officially available now – and of course, thank YOU for listening. There will be more art for your ear next weekend. xo
Other links:
Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk (book)
Art, Inc. (book)
Lisa’s new online course!
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