Creativity conversations for artists, or just artsy types. Joy and Teresa are two life-long friends who have been having a 40-year conversation about culture and creativity, and they've expanded the conversation to include you. They both have day jobs, but what they really love is creating and talking about art, writing, music, metalsmithing, painting--figuring out how to create something from nothing.
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Art In Progress: Sketching on Location, Creating a New Collection
Joy and Teresa update one another on current projects. Joy reveals she is leaving on a trip and wants to try sketching on location. Teresa has been getting into a flow at her workbench and is allowing a new collection to emerge on its own. They’ve both been busy writing one-line stories to read out loud. The conversation begins by featuring listener comments to the question, “Why I Create,” and ends by swapping memories of 1980s scents—both good and bad.
~Show Notes and Links~
Point and Line to Plane (https://ia800506.us.archive.org/16/items/pointlinetoplane00kand/pointlinetoplane00kand.pdf)by Wassily Kandinsky (https://ia800506.us.archive.org/16/items/pointlinetoplane00kand/pointlinetoplane00kand.pdf)
Edward Hopper (https://whitney.org/collection/works/6289)Study for Route 6, Eastham (https://whitney.org/collection/works/6289)
Liz Steel Travel Sketching (https://www.lizsteel.com/travelsketching/)
Love's Baby Soft (https://danaclassics.com/pages/loves-baby-soft?srsltid=AU7gw4UWTfjr-68vk3lT_T9fb9XH_cycMp8Q0yPua1U1zRTtGL0rJ2bH)
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16 Sept 2026
Why We Create
Hearing Barry Manilow explain why he writes songs has Teresa and Joy asking each other why they create? Joy has one word that captures her motivation as a creator, and Teresa pinpointed several words that drive her metalsmithing. Miniature paintings and one-sentence-stories have led Teresa into a rabbit hole, and Joy reads up on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Comments are still coming in from the digital detox episode, including one from Insta artsytypespod follower aeaea.jewellery. The episode wraps up with Jordache jeans and a favorite clothing item from Esprit.
~Show Notes and Links~
Lorain Loots 365 Day Miniature Painting Project (https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/09/postcards-for-ants-a-365-day-miniature-painting-project-by-lorraine-loots/)
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (https://shipwreckmuseum.com/product/the-gales-of-november-the-untold-story-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-book/)
One Sentence Stories on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/onesentencestory/)
The Hemingway Six-Word-Story Challenge (https://hemingwaywhiskeys.com/pages/six-word-challenge?srsltid=AU7gw4VnjPc59M__bShTw7_YG-204sn-x44qRKwaaDAhbjmOotjg4hNQ)
Background on Clothing Brand Esprit (https://www.thenarrativevintage.com/detailsdigest/details-digest-esprit)
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3 Sept 2026
Where Do Ideas Come From?
Finished works of art are born from small ideas. Tiny seeds—sometimes just a few scattered thoughts—somehow nestle into our minds, find ways to grow and finally make their way to a pencil, a paintbrush, piano keys, a mound of clay or a piece of enamel. Joy and Teresa talk about using an annoying crow, a haunting photograph, and an inflatable kayak as launchpads to creativity. In Rabbit Holes and Recommendations, Joy finally discovers the mastery of author Claire Keegan and Teresa explores the unique music of British composer Matthew Wilcock. Their childhood gym class staple, Dodgeball, is in the headlines, and the episode wraps up by highlighting a new Instagram follower, artist and studio jeweler aether_.studio.
~Show Notes and Links~
Musician/Artist Matthew Wilcock (https://matthewwilcock.com/)
Review of Foster by Claire Keegan (https://calirb.com/foster-by-claire-keegan/)
Joy's Short Fiction "Crow Dad" (https://joyspaintbrush.com/2026/09/02/the-crow-dad/)
Teresa's Cuff Bracelet Set "Where Bluebirds Brood" (https://silverpoet.com/blogs/gallery/h1-where-bluebirds-brood-2018-stack-h1-p-class-sub-title-p)
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.6 / 5
17 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 13 / 100
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Social presence
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YouTube
0
Engagement
51
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