The Circle of Pollination

In this episode, we follow on from a theme that has been present throughout all our talks, but began to come to the fore in the last episode when we explored Input versus Output (see episode 10). There is a quality of inner quiet that can infuse our work as artists - and our life as human beings. It is a state that exists below the busyness of our mind and that is independent of any external circu...

We live in times where an amazing richness of content is available to us from many different sources - podcasts, blogs and articles, magazines, books, webinars, online and in person courses, vlogs and videos, social media, and so on. Add to this the conversations and interactions we have with our colleagues, friends and loved ones, where they may be telling us about what they have seen, heard, fel...

It would seem that being an artist is about freedom of expression. Isn't this something we long for in our creativity as in our lives? And yet, we also need the creative tension that some level of constraint brings. Some artists will always use the same colour palette, or return to a subject over and over, or always paint on the same size and shape of canvas or paper. Something in us needs ce...

In this episode, we explore the promise of the creative year that lies ahead. Is there a way to approach the coming year that doesn't have us boxed in by goals and expectations before we are even a week in? Can we leave a little space for the unexpected? Be more fluid? Let the year find and shape us a little more, rather than us imposing a shape upon it? Can we make room for the unknown and t...

In this episode, we explore how the act of NOTICING is fundamental to us as human beings. It sits at the very heart of both our creative life and our consciousness. Noticing seems to be something that we humans are born to do. Yet, in this era of technology and screens, the dominant demand is on our seeing and our hearing. Are we jettisoning the deeper reaches of our attention? What happens when w...

In this episode, we explore Creative Practice: what it really means, what it offers us and why it is a vital resource in our life. A Creative Practice is not some rigid amount of time that we set aside each day in order to do exercises and 'be creative'. Yes, it involves us showing up consistently, but it is far more than something we timetable in: it is actually a way of being, and some...

In this episode we explore spaciousness and the creative void. What does it mean to give our art and ourselves room to breathe? We both experience creativity arising from the space between things. It is a mystical, living energy which is always revealing itself to us. When we show up to do our art or our work in the world - making time and space for it - we create a fertile space for it to appear....

In this episode, we explore the way that pressure can look like it is a requirement in life - not just in the field of art, but in any profession. As artists, we can feel under pressure to produce art and then produce art in a unique style, to get into galleries, to sell well, to be as good if not better than our peers, to become successful and well known, and so on. What if none of this is real a...

In today's episode, we explore the quality of energy that infuses the things we create. Does it change the nature and quality of something we have created when we are trying to produce something we think others  want, rather than creating that which feels deep, inspiring and juicy for us? To connect with either of us, please use the links below: Clare Brown: Coaching and Art: www.clarebrown.c...

In this episode, we explore a foundational piece - how having an attitude of play in our creative life and work enables us to grow and learn through our successes and our apparent 'failures'. To connect with either of us, please use the links below: Clare Brown: Coaching and Art:  www.clarebrown.co.uk You can view the accidental ink dog here:- https://www.instagram.com/p/CtuRQcCo_px/?igs...

A warm welcome to our first episode, where we introduce ourselves and give you a taste of the conversation you can expect from us. To connect with either of us, please use the links below: Clare Brown Coaching and Art:  www.clarebrown.co.uk Rachel Singleton: Art: www.rachelsingletonart.com. Coaching: www.rachelsingleton.com If you like the podcast, please consider leaving us 5 stars and/or a revie...