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	Podcast:		Futuresteading
	Episode:		Megan Grant - Futuresteading artist on noticing the weeds at the service station
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:49:45
	Publish Date:		2023-04-09 20:00:00
	Description:		The talented Megan Grant bought the futuresteading book to life with her vibrant depictions of a seasonal, intentional and ritual rich life. After a year of being asked, this introvert who dreams and thinks in colours and pictures finally said yes to being interviewed. We chat about her intuitive approach to creativity, her deep need to keep trying despite making plenty of work that doesn't make her happy and how a magnificent collaboration with clothing brand Gormon came about - but why she rarely wears the pieces herself. Show notes Making art her life by intuition She thinks and dreams in pictures Why picture making is her language to connect to other people Developing her style via lots of work that doesn’t make her happy until the ones that make her happy appear Her love of children's art more than anything - tapping back into the innocence of children art - her main goal when she paints she has two brains that are in conflict which each other Finding the balance between art that is intellectualised and art that is intuitive Letting accidents happen and feeling her way through them In art it’s important to make terrible work over and over again The value of sleeping on things to clarify perspective Being reflective to ensure evolution Being happy for her work to represent her The story of her involvement in the futuresteading book Collborating with Gormon clothing Being the kids of creative parents Art becoming part of your DNA when you’re the child of an artist Being prolific in your creativity The balance of being an artist that needs to fit ‘normal’ life into it The financial compromise of being a full time artist. Part by design and part by necessity The life long sacrifice of being an artist despite the reward of being able to create freely Creating commission pieces Setting out with blind faith and hope Despite a 20 year career, she is ‘only just getting started’ The breathtaking discovery that you could ‘paint for a living’ Tapping into art for arts sake Why art is an important part of simply being alive Art brings peace, purpose and the bleeding obvious through interpretation Why artists are the provocateurs of our community Feeling fortunate to have an endless source of hope and optimism because she has art in her life Painting for mental health Self containment that comes from her creativity Grappling with the need to use art as a statement maker Beauty is its own reason for being Why art is culturally soothing Noticing the weeds at the service station Advice for her daughter We have to go and make the inspiration happen by doing Finding a drive, style and direction in your own time “You can’t wait for the inspiration to come” References Fenton and Fenton Megan Grant Instagram Gormon clothing Gary Miles Art Podcast partners ROCK! Nutrisoil Wwoof Australia Buy the Book - Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters Support the show Casual Support - Buy Me A Coffee Regular Support - Patreon Support the show
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