The Artist's Way with Hells and Rua

Send us Fan Mail After all that... Do we recommend The Artist's Way? Has it changed our lives? Yes, undoubtedly, but in ways we never imaginged. This is a slightly more serious recap episode where we run through the highs, the lows, the changes and the tips and advice we have to share. As you'll hear from the introduction at the beginning, there's a trigger warning as we discuss top...

Send us Fan Mail We made it! Slightly chaotic recording this week, but Hells and Rua are FINALLY finished the Artist’s Way. Tune in to hear what we thought of week 12. We also have a full summary of the artist’s way to come.  We would love to hear about your own Artist's Way journey! Stay in touch on Instagram @did_by_rua and @hellsgibson 

Send us Fan Mail Week 11 of the legendary Julia Cameron helping us to sort our lives out.  We would love to hear about your own Artist's Way journey! Stay in touch on Instagram @did_by_rua and @hellsgibson 

Send us Fan Mail Week 10 of the much acclaimed program created by Julia Cameron. This week Rua feels attacked, Hells looks into sociopathy whilst we become more sure than ever that Julia's on to something. The theme of this week is Recovering a sense of self protection. We discuss the Dangers of the Trail, Workaholism, Drought and Fame & Competition. We also chat about our love for our Qu...

Send us Fan Mail In week 9 we're recovering a sense of compassion.. we talk fear, enthusiasm vs discipline (inconclusive btw) & creative U-Turns.  We would love to hear about your own Artist's Way journey! Stay in touch on Instagram @did_by_rua and @hellsgibson 

Send us Fan Mail We had a slight pause on the artists way, but we explain all in this episode. Hells is painting and full of unstoppable inspiration, Rua is by the sea and trying to be calm and zen.  We discuss starting new things and how the time is going to pass anyway, and how small steps inevitably lead to big changes.  Rua gets an education on what an art school CRIT is (and it's a firm...

Send us Fan Mail In week 7 of us following the much Artist's Way program by Julia Cameron, Hells returns from living her best life in Tuscany and ends up locked in a toilet in London (which makes for some interesting audio quality and lack of oxygen). Meanwhile Rua gets surprises herself by getting on stage to perform at an event in Dalston.  The energy in this one is a little chaotic.. but w...

Send us Fan Mail Week 6 was a turning point where everything changed.. Julia came through on her promise of the morning pages changing everything. Tune in to hear some big life  decisions from Hells, while Rua tries to deal with being overstimulated whilst fuelled by nothing but Greggs vegan sausage rolls.  We would love to hear about your own Artist's Way journey! Stay in touch on Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail Phew, week 5. What can we say. A tumultuous week on the artists way for both Hells and Rua. This is week we felt ALL the feelings, and at times even wanted to quit the whole process.  In week 5 of our journey following the steps outlined in the much acclaimed Artists Way book by Julia Cameron we talk about the power of a good cry, the impact the morning pages is having on us and d...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to week 4 of The Artist's Way, where we share the lessons we learned on this week of the highly acclaimed 12 week programme by Julia Cameron.  This week is all about Recovering a Sense of Integrity and we discuss our take on the morning pages, artists dates and tasks outlined. Listen in to hear how we tackled the big challenge of reading deprivation - something that&a...

Send us Fan Mail Check out Week 3 of The Artists Way as we delve into what we got up to covering this chapter of the highly acclaimed book by Julia Cameron.  We cover off our morning pages, our artists dates and figure out.  We discuss the goal of this week: "Recovering a sense of Power" and talk through our experiences with anger, shame, synchronicity and and much more.  We would love t...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for Week 2 of the Artists Way as we share our highs and lows working through the much acclaimed book by Julia Cameron.  This week we discuss our artists dates and morning pages (well, morning-ish pages for Rua), and delve into the topic of "Recovering a Sense of Identity". We cover what we've learned about our own behaviours around poisonous playmates, crazy...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in to hear our take on Week 1 of the Artists Way, a 12 week program created by Julia Cameron. We embraced this week with excitement (and a healthy dose of optimistic skepticism) hoping to have some epiphanies and we were not disappointed! This week had the highs and lows we were promised in the introduction and had us at times questioning everything we thought we knew, with s...

Send us Fan Mail Have you heard of the much acclaimed book, The Artists Way? Join us on a 12-week adventure inspired by Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way."  We (Rua and Hells, hi!) are two artistic creatives based in London, and we're inviting you to embark with us on a journey to confront our artistic blocks and rediscover our creative passions. From music and DJing to pa...