The Artist and the Hunter

Robin & John sit down at the mic after a brief summer hiatus to talk about expanding their shared weekly creative practice into writing. Robin has had a handful of experiences publishing written work; John is more or less brand new to the party. Both experience imposter syndrome. But keep writing anyway!  Robin's FreeWrite device: https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler

John and Robin recap their birthday trip to Hawaii, John's hunting in Hawaii . . . and their fight in Hawaii. 

John and Robin recap John's first day of spring turkey, where John harvested a Jake within the first ten minutes of the season! Robin is fascinated and delighted by the idea of antlered does and bearded hens, and or any representation of tomboys in the wild.  John got his Jake within ten minutes of the first day of hunting, so he spent the rest of the day preparing a Steve Rinella-style camp...

John and Robin beat their track record for the last two years and record their second episode of 2025. In this episode, they talk about two different theories of the stages of learning: Four Stages of Learning: 1) unconscious incompetence 2) conscious incompetence 3) conscious competence 4) unconscious competence Three Stages of Motor Learning: 1) cognitive 2) associative 3) autonomous

Robin and John are back at the mic for their first and hopefully not only episode of 2025. Robin discusses her recent discovery that the knots she ties in macrame and crochet are WAY too tight, almost like she's tying to strangle the ropes she's working with. She wonders if she might need to loosen up, in art and in life. John suggests that it might be part of her mastery journey, learni...

John and Robin sit down again after a long hiatus, but grateful and excited to be back at the mic. Their topic for today's episode: collaboration. What's it like to collaborate with others, in hunting and in art? The Artist and The Hunter dig into their personal experiences and preferences, and discover by the end of the podcast that they may be actually be talking about teaching . . . o...

John and Robin return for season 3 episode 1! Robin and Murphy joined John for a turkey hunt in April. Robin discusses her reactions to that pleasantly idyllic experience. They saw a bald eagle, and Robin crocheted a hat! A vague agreement has been reached that when Robin joins John for a hunt, the day will end with slightly more glamorous accommodations. Robin’s conditions for hunting include: go...

 - The Artist brings The Hunter to a museum: The Art Institute of Chicago!  - This was John's first time to Chicago, and to AIC  - Robin loves a museum. Can't get enough of them.  - AIC is what's called an "encyclopedic museum" which means it collects and exhibits most if not all periods in art history  - One of Robin's favorite things about museums is going with a ne...

- Robin and John discuss "Stars in the Sky" by Steve Rinella, available on Netflix - Robin is an "A" student with excellent notes on discussion topics. - The movie addresses the rift between hunters and non-hunters. - R&J discuss how nutritional philosophies also lead to great rifts in ideology. - Robin describes her own journey of making food choices based on ethics to mak...

A longer episode this week, with the excitement of a technical difficulty! After about 30 minutes of hearing about John's elk hunt, the feed was cut (maybe accidentally by Robin . . . ) so they re-recorded the last 20 minutes. All in a day's podcasting! -John and Robin discuss the results of John’s recent elk hunt. -Highlights included the vast open landscape, many encounters, and Robin’...

Robin and John are back after a summer hiatus! And they're glad to be back at the mic.  - John is about to leave on a weeklong elk hunt in Nevada.  - Robin forgets the word "calf" and refers to elk calves as Elk Children. She might even refer to a sow as a Lady Pig.  - John's tag in Nevada is for muzzle-loader only; an ornery weapon if there ever was one.  - Robin is curious if...

 - Robin thinks its adorable/hilarious that John spends time in the wilderness pretending to be girl animals and/or emotionally manipulating boy animals (as the girl animals surely do).   - John recounts telling a client who works in a school (and gets a little cut off in the recording) about the behaviors of animals he hunts; the client says these animals sound like teenagers.   - Robin thinks Da...

Robin shares something she's been making - an Op-Ed, advocating for greater insulin access and affordability. It's a challenging topic, but when is craft not challenging?

Robin and John, both coaches, discuss the quote and concept from Winston Churchill: "Plans are worthless, planning is priceless." Please pardon the audio on this episode! It comes in a bit tinny; our audio producer (which is Robin) is learning on the job.

An old episode, recorded in late 2021 - Robin talks about using up materials in the studio and getting used to this Etsy shop thing (and even feels differently now, a few months later); John talks about (still) hunting Elk in AZ, and the gravitas of taking a life, and not injuring one.  Robin realizes that artists and hunters are both explorers.

A longer episode! John talks about his upcoming Elk hunt in Arizona; Robin rambles about the challenges of opening an Etsy shop; and they vibe for awhile on the idea (from Steven Pressfield) of "The Panic Threshold" and take a deep dive into the concepts of mindset and mastery.

Robin shares her creative process with her latest project in the studio - a big, beautiful dream catcher.  Find Robin (and the dream catcher!) on IG @robincressman or @robincressmanstudios

In today's episode we hear about John's wildly successful hunt in the Los Padres National Forest - in which he brings home not one but two big game animals. And Robin expresses her newfound love of "liquid gold."

Today the Artist and the Hunter ask their baseline podcast questions of each other: what is John hunting, and what is Robin making? They discuss California hunting zones, butchering skills, and seeing God in the cavity of a still-warm animal; parameters in the art studio, utilitarian art materials, and Robin not knowing where her on/off switch is.

Robin wants to go a'hunting about as much as John would like to go a'weaving. Which is not very much, for either. Good thing they like listening to each others' stories. John talks about getting started in hunting, Robin talks about autoimmunity, and things get spiritual at one point. And they both talk about what Robin should do in the studio with all these bones and antlers!

Welcome to The Artist and the Hunter Podcast! John and Robin shake the rust off and get used to this microphone thingy, and plan what this podcast is going to be. John cops a great weaving pun. Robin laughs too much. She might be flirting.