Audacity Works

Send us Fan Mail For today's aural offering I've brought aerialist and filmmaker Sasha Galitzki back to talk about her new film Embers , creating art out of tragedy, and advice to new filmmakers. What you'll hear: Listen to Sasha and I's first conversation about Wild Aerial here:  Episode 97:  Making Art in the Extreme with Sasha Galitzki Life 1.5 years after losing everything...

Send us Fan Mail Based on a true story.  Or many. What you'll hear: Aerial Serpent:  Circus for Life has a private room and a private bathroom available!  1:00 The Parable of the Stump 1:56 How the post office is also a stump 8:40 The stump, and the post office, are excellent metaphors for gremlins.  Resistance to them isn't based in reality, they are couched in emotions we aren't w...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is inspired by a conversation I had with a current student in The Audacity Project about getting someone else to design their website for them. What you'll hear: Janelle Peters has open slots for therapy (Wyoming and Colorado) AND mental health coaching (worldwide!), I cannot recommend their genius enough.  They have SUCH a gift for taking a wad of chaoti...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Tiny story about why you should listen to the people that you serve, der 1:00 Why I'm excited to suck in front of people tonight 3:00 Episode 143: Your 5 non-negotiables- finding balance during crunch time 4:08 Purchase or download Andrew Simonet's How to Make Your Life as an Artist 7:00 What is a task...really? 7:27 Question #1:  How can I make th...

Send us Fan Mail An episode by request from a listener who asked:   Podcast topic request for a friend: backing out/canceling contracts. When is it worth it? Can you do it without burning a bridge? What you'll hear: an honest question- "what do you need?" and a little story about me being asked this question 1:00 Go follow Janelle they are wonderful.  They exploded my brain around 3...

Send us Fan Mail Firstly, putting this here so it's easy to find COME HANG WITH ME AND KRISTINA IN MEXICO!   What you'll hear: a brief and brilliant follow up tip on last week's episode from wise sister Shannon!  1:00   Introducing my very dear friend Kristina Cañizares of Fit & Bendy 2:00 Immediately go into a rando tangent on sleep paralysis lol 3:45 How we met way back in 200...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is by request from my friend Kim who asked, "job postings that exist through a paywall.  Are they worth it?  Is it bullshit?" What you'll hear: me talking about my life for a long ass time 1:41 Reminders that Aerial Serpent:  Circus for Life still have 10 spaces left in Mexico this coming January with me and Kristina Nekyia ! 4:04 (actually as of this p...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is by request from my friend Susannah who asked about tarot readings:  how it's done, etc.  Let's talk about it! What you'll hear: I never learned tarot from anyone else but I have learned A LOT from my other magical teachers, including: Denise Litchfield Ikeoma Divine Andrea St. Amand (she has a book coming out this month!!) How I taught myself tarot,...

Send us Fan Mail 150 episodes baby!!!  Hell yeah!  Thank you for being here! What you'll hear: The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling this week only!  Until Friday September 12th at 11:59pm EST Celebrating my 1st $100/month patron!  Amazing!  It only happened because it was available- gotta be a lesson in there somewhere 4:30 Episode 42:  Morning Pages, how to do them, how not to do them...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Woo corner is coming out in the next couple of days, hop on into the sandbox !  This will also be the best place to learn about when The Audacity Project opens to the public next week.  Request #1:  "Guilt about landing a contract and not enjoying/liking it" -Anya  2:45 Why I think not liking an opportunity is pretty exciting (as long as you use th...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Why I chose to reclaim the word "Audacity" The Instagram post I am referencing at 0:55 is here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DN0lgTY2uCc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== My friend Luke Haynes , follow him cause he's awesome. 1:44 Being surrounded by legendary talent was actually pretty useful in being able to differentiat...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is by request from Nicole who asked " Can you do an episode about the seriousness of art?  I can't help feeling like a lot of art is pretentious." What you'll hear: Little updates from my own life The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling very soon!  You can hop on the waitlist here:  https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/the-audacity-project...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Some updates from me on wheelchair recovery, floods in my living room, and why I still think my life is an embarrassment of riches 1:00 Salty content warning 4:00 A previous episode for further listening- Episode 30:  The Trap of the Independent Woman Why hyper-independence isn't gendered, although it is experienced in different ways that are gendered 8...

Send us Fan Mail Supporting materials: This is a companion episode to Episode 145- One month as a wheelchair user- what I learned The insights shared here were generously given to me by Erin Ball of Inter Complementary Journeys- you can follow Erin and Maxime here Episode 33:  Is it imposter syndrome, or is it misogyny? (or racism, or transphobia, or agism, or ableism...) #SayTheWord:  read the pu...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Episode 141:  Blame the Snake this is how I ended up in a wheelchair for a month First thing I learned:  everything you do will take 2-4x longer than you're used to 2:30 How to request an SSR (special service request) at the airport 4:15 My dear friend Alec Stoddard sent me this useful reading of the Air Carrier Access Act , very useful if you are trave...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: No idea what the snake bite story is?  You can hear it here:  Episode 141:  Blame the Snake What this episode is really about...when you invest a community with yourself, magic happens.  4:45 One of your greatest superpowers is your attention and where you place it 7:00 How receiving attention relates to havingness levels (and how it relates to performing ar...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is by request from my friend Fallon, who asks, " How do you find the balance between the art consuming you and the other important things/people in your life?  Do you let it overtake you for the month(s) before, and then have a break after?  Are you able to find breaks in between?  If so, how??" What you'll hear: shitty sound quality because I don'...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: My girl Cris asked me to talk about this post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDehqMypsT_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Mindless media consumption is "nothing box" and is by nature, easy passive pleasure 4:00 Both this and addictive behaviors are driven by dopamine 5:42 We tend to judge ourselves for these behaviors as though they are a...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is all about me.  What you'll hear: I was bitten by a copperhead snake on the 4th of July, so here's the story of how that happened, and what transpired afterwards. Why they wait a certain time before they'll administer antivenom after a venomous snake bite 7:50 The coolest solution to peeing in bed ever 12:00 Just in time for Disability Awareness Month...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is by request from my friend Vix, who asks: " As someone who has been creating their own one-woman show, how do you show your work-in-progress if you’ve only got one act or partial act?  I’m specifically referring to residencies that ask for works to be shown as part of their program (ex. “one night performance open to the public to show WIP,” “two nights...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: The Monstrous Feminine lives!  Congratulations to Georgia Schrubbe and the cast of fantastic dancers (and myself) for a triumphant evening Annabel Woodman Photography:  see a couple stills from the show here Me waxing on about how incredible it was to perform this show 3:30 Charleston Artist Salon:  Sunday July 6th, 5-7pm at Arc Take 2 Studios Click here to...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for all the responses to my birthday ask for what you want to learn/see from me!  Here are some that I got through Instagram that I wanted to respond to. What you'll hear: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is going live on stage this Friday!  Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm.   "How do I not get hot with all this hair?"  2:45 Why I won't teach gazelle any...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Vanessa for requesting part II!  What you'll hear: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is live on stage June 20th in downtown Charleston!  You can get tickets here and please do:  https://www.eventcreate.com/e/yellowwallpaper Episode 12:  Cringey stories from yesteryear part I can be found here A story about being asked to speak at a Women's Studies class wh...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: I reference Episode 133:  How to be pissed off- a podcast about being angry 1:00 Kasia Urbaniak's Unbound:  A Woman's Guide to Power 2:00 "We cannot afford to forget the love that lives inside of rage." When you get tired, stop fighting against- fight FOR 3:00 Why low-work June (and December) isn't super optional for me 5:15 The Move...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: This episode is in response to a question I got from my internet friend and patron Bethaney, who asks:   How did you meet your husband and do you feel that your relationship has affected your art? In what ways do you feel a spouse/partner can influence our ability to create? And does a difficult partnership affect us creatively?  This could easily be conside...