How are you persevering right now? What is all the uncertainty, isolation, and concern of the future doing to your creative impulse, your sense of joy? In this episode of Artists for Joy, Merideth shares stories of artists facing criticism, pandemic panic, and other difficulties… and how Vincent Van Gogh offers some wisdom for how we might choose joy in the face of them.
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Madonna, Tom Hanks, Maya Angelou...what do all these artists have in common? They struggle with their inner critic. In this episode, Merideth Hite Estevez shares an approach to managing these voices and cultivating a knack for creating from a place of joy instead of insecurity, fear of failure, or a need for approval.
Madonna, Tom Hanks, Maya Angelou...what do all these artists have in common? They struggle with their inner critic. In this episode, Merideth Hite Estevez shares an approach to managing these voices and cultivating a knack for creating from a place of joy instead of insecurity, fear of failure, or a need for approval.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw famously said, "Life isn't about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself." A quote that might seem at odds with writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton's adage: "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." So which is it?
Playwright George Bernard Shaw famously said, "Life isn't about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself." A quote that might seem at odds with writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton's adage: "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." So which is it?
Can the act of creation help you live into or find your identity? Does identifying as an artist have to mean a life of turmoil and hardship? Join us for this week's episode to find out.
This episode includes music of Claude Debussy, J.S. Bach, Georges Bizet, and Angela Sheik, including performances by Jani Parsons (piano), Gabriel Benton (piano), Merideth Hite Estevez (oboe) and the Carolina Youth Symphony.
Read more about the whale study Merideth mentions in the episode here.
There are still a few spots in the new, recently added section--now on Wednesday evenings-- of the Artist's Way Creative Cluster! Learn more and register here.
Pablo Picasso said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." This week host Merideth Hite Estevez explores how our inner artist child can help us to discover what sparks joy in our work as adults.
Pablo Picasso said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." This week host Merideth Hite Estevez explores how our inner artist child can help us to discover what sparks joy in our work as adults. She'll offer ways to make the most of quarantine by (re)discovering the art of true play.
Read more about the 'Harvard Center for the Developing Child" mentioned in the episode here.
Register for the next Artist's Way Creative Cluster (which starts on May 12 via Zoom) here.
Are you an artist who struggles with perfectionism? In this episode, host Merideth Hite Estevez explores an antidote to that feeling and more ways to find joy in the creative process. This episode features music of Angela Sheik, Darius Milhaud, Claude Debussy, and J.S.
Are you an artist who struggles with perfectionism? In this episode, host Merideth Hite Estevez explores an antidote to that feeling and more ways to find joy in the creative process. This episode features music of Angela Sheik, Darius Milhaud, Claude Debussy, and J.S. Bach with Merideth Hite Estevez, oboe with Jani Parsons on piano and Thea Lobo, mezzo soprano with pianist, Eunmi Ko. Learn more about Thea's project mentioned in the episode here and register for the next Artist's Way Creative Cluster here.
A little taste of what's ahead with Artists for Joy!