The Art Peace Experiment

This week, we’re talking about emotional exhaustion, rejection, and what helps us keep going anyway—like safe friendships, creative courage, and unexpected symbols (hello, snail 🐌). We explore the nervous system’s role in feeling unsafe to create, how found family supports healing, and why encouragement from the right people can change everything. Whether you're weary, wobbly, or just lookin...

Before diving into our artist retreats, we revisit a big topic from last week: the pressure to have the “perfect” space before you start creating. Spoiler alert—it’s not true. From there, we share how our retreats unfolded (with a few surprises), the resistance that came up, and the unexpected creative detours that still held meaning. We talk about the messy, beautiful reality of making space for...

In this heart-opening episode, we’re talking about the guilt, fear, and perfectionism that often creep into our creative process, and how we’re learning to let them go. From decluttering our spaces to unlearning childhood conditioning, we explore what it means to make room (physically and emotionally) for your creative voice. If you’ve ever felt like you needed a reason to create - or worried your...

We started recording back at week 1, but between tech glitches and wobbly beginnings, week 3 felt like the real beginning. So that’s where we’re starting. In this first shared episode of The Art Peace Experiment, we’re diving into the conversation that brought it all to life - week 3 of our 52-week creative journey. We talk about what it means to flourish as a human, the fears that keep us from st...

In this second half of Week 3, we’re checking in on what we actually made during the week and how it went. From sketching on iPads to embracing the “wrong” way that turns out to be exactly right, we’re reflecting on how creativity feels when we let go of pressure and follow what delights us. We talk about the fear of the blank page, the temptation to compare, and how small choices (like lighting a...

You don’t have to be great at painting. You don’t even have to call yourself creative. But if part of you misses making things - misses yourself - this is for you. We’re Tasha and Briana - two friends and artists starting a podcast called The Art Peace Experiment .  We’re not experts - we’re explorers. For 52 weeks, we’re each making one tiny creative thing a week and sharing the fears, breakthrou...