Does your creativity need nurturing? Do you need to feel empowered to push past what's holding you back from your creative calling? Tune in for holistic approaches to authentic creativity and interviews with other creatives who are showing up to stay vulnerable and playful, facing their inner critic, and bringing their hearts to the world. We hope it inspires you to do the same. Join Jane Boutwell for the Growing Creative Podcast.
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How does creativity intersect with our spirituality? Conversations with artists to explore our humanity and spiritual identity through the integration of art and faith.
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Season 9 EP6: The Artist & Burnout w/ Andrew Nemr
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Andrew Nemr is an international tap artist, TED Fellow, speaker, mentor, and writer. Andrew started tapping at the age of 3 being mentored by Gregory Hines starting at a very young age. He’s a solo artist in dance, visual art and music but also travels the world as a speaker, mentor, and coach in a variety of settings and has had his life story fea…
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Season 9 EP 5: Embodied Preaching w/ Jaclyn Williams
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Jaclyn Williams is a preacher, chaplain, educator, and performing artist. She is an assistant professor of the practice of preaching and chaplaincy at Fuller Seminary. She joins the podcast to talk about embodied preaching and the unique style she has of integrating her performing art skills to enhance her pedagogical practice with students. As wel…
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Season 9 EP 4: Embodying the Pace of God w/ Mark Buchanan
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Mark Buchanan is a professor of pastoral theology at Ambrose University. He has authored several book on spiritual formation and rhythms of the soul. He joins the podcast to talk about his book, God Walk-Moving at the Speed of Our Soul. We discuss the spiritual practice of physically walking and how formative it is for our faith when we slow down e…
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Season 9 EP 3: The Embodied Language of Dance w/ Julianna Rubio Slager
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Julianna Rubio Slager is the artistic director and co-founder of Ballet 5:8 dance company out of Chicago. She returns for the second time to the podcast to talk about the powerful language of the body through dance and how it can speak in ways words cannot. We discuss misconcenptions about the body and dance among church culture and the importance …
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Season 9 EP 2: Embodiment & the Brain w/ Dr. Curt Thompson
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Dr. Curt Thompson is a leading psychiatrist in the field of interpersonal neurobiology and spiritual formation. We discuss why art and artists are invaluable to understanding what it means to be human and to live a purposeful life. Curt specializes in helping others seek and discover the intrinsic desire we all have to feel known, loved, and connec…
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Season 9 EP 1: Embodied Art & Worship w/ David Taylor
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David Taylor returns to the podcast to talk about his latest book, A Body of Praise-Understanding the Role of our Physical Bodies in Worship. Click to Order A Body of Praise We discuss our five senses as the way we experience God's closeness and grace and how artists give us language and portals to engage our senses more fully in worship and life. …
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Season 8 EP 9: Art Led by Listening w/ Jane Boutwell
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Jane Boutwell is an artist who describes herself as having an inquisitive mind, a heart connected to nature and a soul yearning towards God…a child of dirt and dance…a beauty bringing blessing writer… a poetic painter and potter. Her creative work includes tactile, intuitive, and deeply-in-touch-with-nature ways of being in the world. She finds her…
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Season 8 EP 8: Sacred Strides w/ Justin McRoberts
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Justin McRoberts returns to the podcast to talk about his newest book, Sacred Strides: The Journey to Belovedness in Work and Rest. In this episode we discuss the myth of finding balancing but rather discovering the tensions and rhythms in different seasons of life. We also talk about the significance of practicing a day of Sabbath and the pitfalls…
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Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist with an inquisitive mind, a heart connected to nature and a soul yearning towards God…a child of dirt and dance…a beauty bringing blessing writer… a poetic painter and potter. Starting wit…
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S3E5: Hospitality in the Creative Process with guest Steven Homestead
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This episode is a conversation with multidisciplinary artist, Steven Homestead…. Such a beautiful conversation around the topic of hospitality- how the artist welcomes the ideas and the process, as well as Steven’s experience inviting his communities into art making. There is so much to glean for the creative journey as well as a wonderful contempl…
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Week 5 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent. Each Lent episode is an exceprt of a more in-depth writtten series that includes movement prayer and visual art as well as poetry and scripture. Visit Lent Week 5 to go deeper Music provided by Dear Gravity Journal Prompt Questions: What are some ways you can slow down…
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Week 4 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent. Each Lent episode is an exceprt of a more in-depth writtten series that includes movement prayer and visual art as well. Visit Lent Week 4 to go deeper Music provided by Dear Gravity Journal Prompt Questions: What are some things that make you feel securely planted? Wh…
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Week 3 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent. Each Lent episode is an exceprt of a more in-depth writtten series that includes movement prayer and visual art as well. Visit Lent Week 3 to go deeper Music provided by Dear Gravity Journal Prompt Questions: What are the main daily influences on your imagination and y…
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Week 2 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent with poetry, an embodied prayer practice and journal prompts. The audio recordings are an excrept of an in-depth written Lent series that also includes movment prayer and visual art. Visit Lent Week 2 to participate. Music provided by Dear Gravity Email: artandfaithconv…
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Week 1 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent. The audio recordings are an exceprt of a more in-depth written Lent series that includes movment prayer and visual art. Visit Lent Week 1 to participate Music provided by Dear Gravity Email: artandfaithconversations@gmail.com Instagram: @artandfaithpodcast…
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S3E4: Rabbit Trails & Growth Mindset with Tim Mills
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Tim Mills is a visual artist living and working in Bangkok, Thailand. Primarily working in clay, his practice employs various mediums and explores events, objects, and the lived experrience through themes of memory, hope, and the passage of time. Follow the ceramic art and creative experiments exploring time and natural processes that Tim Mills sha…
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S3E3: Building a Life of Listening - Part 3
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Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. Join the email list to learn more about special offerings : https://www.janeboutwellstudio.com/contact Find out more about the Growing Creative Intensive : https://www.janeboutwellstudio.com/product-page/…
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S3E2: Building a Life of Listening - Part 2
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Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist with an inquisitive mind, a heart connected to nature and a soul yearning towards God…a child of dirt and dance…a beauty bringing blessing writer… a poetic painter and potter. Starting wit…
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S3E1: Building a Life of Listening - Part 1
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01/30/23 The Growing Creative Podcast S3E1: Building a Life of Listening - Part 1 To kick off 2023, Jane shares a three-part series on building a practice of listening. Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist with an inquisitive…
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Season 8 EP 7: Re-emergence of the Arts w/ Melanie Penn
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Melanie Penn returns to the podcast to talk about some of her latest music and how creative work is needed now more than ever. She describes beauty as an act of defiance against the dark times of the world and how artists play a significant role in healing from the events since 2020. We discuss the many changes and new norms we've all experienced i…
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S2E5: Gifts & Needs of the Highly Sensitive
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12/14/22 Growing Creative Podcast S2E5: Gifts & Needs of the Highly Sensitive Many people that are highly creative are also highly sensitive. This episode offers encouragement and guidance for navigating what can sometimes feel like a negative experience. Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture an…
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Season 8 EP 6: Art in Advent Bette Dickinson
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Bette Dickinson returns to the podcast to talk about the inspiration for her series of paintings in her new book, Make Room in Advent: 25 Devotions for a Season of Wonder. Bette appeared as a guest on the podcast in Septemeber to tell us about the book. In this episode we dive deeper into why the Church needs to integrate more art into spiritual pr…
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Season 8 EP 5: Spiritually Formed Through Art w/ Phaedra Jean Taylor
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Phaedra Jean Taylor is a visual artist exploring the disciplines of encaustic painting and watercolor. She is inspired by ideas of play, journey, memory, and belonging which we discuss as being healing concepts in her spiritual journey after being raised in a thrid generation Jehovah's Witness family. Her art making is hard to describe without hear…
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Season 8 EP 4: Liturgies to Light the Way
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Co-authors, Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore, recently released their first book, Liturgies for Hope-Sixty Prayers for the Highs, Lows, and Everything in Between. Hear the story of how the prayers orginated as anchors of hope for their church in NYC in 2020 at the height of the pandemic to becoming a published book. The liturgies include everythi…
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Season 8 EP 3: The Invitation to Create w/ Rachel Marie Kang
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Rachel Marie Kang is an author and poet releasing her frist book, Let There Be Art: The Pleasure and Purpose of Unleashing the Creativity within You. The book serves as an invitation to create right where you are and dispels the myths that art is reserved for only an elite few. She explores the ordinary acitivities of life such as cooking, play, si…
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10/4/22 Growing Creative Podcast S2E4: Inhale Exhale Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist with an inquisitive mind, a heart connected to nature and a soul yearning towards God…a child of dirt and dance…a beauty bringing bless…
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Mike Yeager, executive pastor, producer, and songwriter at Awaken Chruch in San Diego talks about thier newest project, Move of Heaven. Mike received his PHD in structural engineering and spent time in Florence, Italy studying cultural heritage and structural assessments of buildings and monuments. We discuss how his heart was drawn back to the chu…
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On 9/11 I was flying home to the United States from Switzerland when the pilot came on the intercom and said we'd be landing in Newfoundland due to attacks on the U.S. I share my story every year in written from so decided to put it in audio form on the podcast. It is one of hope and mercy on one of the darkest days in history. Please consider a do…
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Bette Dickinson is a prophetic artist, writer, and speaker who invites audiences to connect with God through visual parables of the spiritual journey. Bette earned her MDiv through Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and has worked with ministries like InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, World Vision, Infinitum, and Kensington Church to awaken the sou…
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Season 7 Finale: An Honest Talk & Benediction
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A short seaon finale wrap up episode with host, Libby John, who shares some of the honest truths about keeping a podcast going. She also gives a commission to artists to be confident in their role as "border-stalkers" who don't ever feel like they quite fit in like artist, Mako Fujimura, talks about in his book Culture Care. Don't miss the special …
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Gregory Andrus is a photographer, author and speaker who has a powerful story of overcoming alcoholism and homelessness. After a near death expereince, he found he'd been given a second chance at living. This became a catalyst to him discovering his artistic gifts and callings to highlight the diginity of others through sharing the portraits and st…
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Michael Gatlin, along with his wife, have served as senior pastors of the Vineyard Church in Duluth, MN since 1997. Michael is also a member of the National Board of the Vineyard movement and has helped plant many churches over the years. Before his full time career in pastoral ministry, Michael worked as a designer and also had a thriving vocation…
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5/9/22 Growing Creative Podcast S2E3: Interview with Tiny & Snail Today's episode is a conversation Jane had with Grace Peterson and Leah Fitzgerald, the dynamic sister duo behind the heartfelt, whimsically fun Tiny and Snail. They create stationary and art prints with the motto: "If it doesn't make us laugh out loud or ache with the beauty, go bac…
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Allison Davis is a writer and photographer who chose to embark on an adventure of photographing the west coast of the United States in 30 days. It was the height of the pandemic, her calendar of doing wedding photography was wiped clean and she was ready to take a risk. Fueled by passion and faith, she set out to capture all that she could with her…
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4/20/22 Growing Creative Podcast S2E2: Accepting Endings Join Jane in a conversation about the painful but essential dormant phase, as things must be pruned in order to bring new life. Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist wit…
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Ryan Diaz is a writer, a poet and a theologian from Queens, NY. He talks about the deep well of cynicism he had found himself in even though he had been active in the church most of his life. It was his return to reading and writing poetry that revivied him and awakened him to the awe and wonder of God all around him. Ryan is an award winning write…
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4/5/22 Growing Creative Podcast S2E1: Childlike Beginnings "There is a humility and a child-likeness that's necessary for being an artist and letting your creativity grow. A certain willingness to be foolish is inherent in the work of seeing the flicker of a half-formed idea of something new & giving it the respect, the belief, the credence . . . t…
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Season 7: EP 2 A Few of Our Favorite Things
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Hosts, Joy Ike and Libby John, wrap up 2021 with reflections on the year and how things have gone. They then each share a few of their favorite things they've been enjoying recently which range from a favorite album or podcast to a favorite food or spiritual practice. Links to favorite things shared in the episode: Sara Groves New Album Being Known…
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Episode 12: Love Dwells - Vulnerability in Love
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12/15/21 Growing Creative Podcast S1E12: Love Dwells Join Jane in a conversation on vulnerability. You can check out her accompanying collection, Love Dwells, at janeboutwellstudio.com Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist wit…
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Season 7: Advent Meditation "Into the Darkness"
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An audio contemplative meditation on Advent with scripture reading, reflection and poetry. "Into the Darkness" reflects on the dark or desert places we find ourselves in, waiting for God to answer our prayers. Through this Advent meditation, we are reminded that we are witnesses to the light and the darkness has not overcome it. Poetry by Madeline …
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Episode 11: Creative Hearts Connected to Nature with Poet Amy Schmidt & Natural Artist Julianna Chapman
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12/8/21 Growing Creative Podcast S1E11: Creative Hearts Connected to Nature with Poet Amy Schmidt & Natural Artist Julianna Chapman Join Jane for a conversation with Amy Schmidt & Julianna Chapman on the connection between nature & creativity. Resource Links: - More on Amy Schmidt - More on Julianna Chapman - Julianna Chapman's Patreon - Wallace St…
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Episode 10: Redeeming Heartache with Cathy Loerzel
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11/29/21 Growing Creative Podcast S1E10: Redeeming Heartache with Cathy Loerzel Today Jane sits down for a conversation with Cathy Loerzel of the Allender Center on suffering & the healing process. Resource Links: - Learn more about Cathy Loerzel - Allender Center Story Workshop - Redeeming Heartache by Dan Allender & Cathy Loerzel: Jane Boutwell i…
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11/19/21 Growing Creative Podcast S1E9: Small Cups In this episode, Jane talks about how freeing it is to accept our limitations & stay close to the sources that fill us up. You can check out the accompanying collection at janeboutwellstudio.com/shop Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and emp…
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Episode 8: Conversation on Creativity with photographer Vanessa Condon
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11/12/21 Growing Creative Podcast S1E8: Conversation on Creativity with photographer Vanessa Condon On this episode, Jane talks with Vanessa Condon, a photographer & visual storyteller all the way in Sydney, Australia! You can check out Vanessa's work at: https://www.tinysparrow.com.au/ & her social media at: https://www.instagram.com/vanessa_tinys…
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Matt Tommey is an author, mentor and woven sculpture artist based in N. Carolina. He teaches and leads visual artists through his mentorship program, The Thriving Christian Artist, where they gain skills in their craft and business but also in co-creating with the Holy Spirit. in his new book, "Prophetic Art", he talks about what prophetic art is, …
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10/12/21 The Growing Creative Podcast S1E7: Creativity & Grief - Nurture Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist with an inquisitive mind, a heart connected to nature and a soul yearning towards God…a child of dirt and dance…a b…
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9/29/21 The Growing Creative Podcast S1E6: Wonder Walk Resource Links: - "Wonder Walk, Worship Walk" Blog Post by Jane Boutwell - "Time of Wonder" by Robert McCloskey Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empower others to pursue their creative callings. "I am an artist with an inquisitive m…
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Episode 5: The Creative Process of the Dandelion
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9/18/21 The Growing Creative Podcast S1E5: The Creative Process of the Dandelion Resource Links: - "The Creative Process of the Dandelion" Video by Jane Boutwell - Tessa Steenbergen - My videographer friend mentioned - Every Moment Holy Prayer Book Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to nurture and empow…
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Episode 4: The Value of Creative Community
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9/10/21 The Growing Creative Podcast S1E4: The Value of Creative Community In today's episode, Jane dives into the importance of have community as you dig into creativity - for encouragement, accountability, & inspiration! Resource Links: - "Blessing for a Creative Community" by Jane Boutwell - "The View from the Studio Door" by Ted Orland - "Forty…
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Episode 3: On Being a Courageous Beginner
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9/3/21 The Growing Creative Podcast S1E3: Beginners In today's episode, Jane dives into the unnerving & courageous act of being a beginner - and reframes how we view our own amateur experiences . Resource Links: Deep Play by Diane Ackerman See the full transcript of this episode here. Jane Boutwell is an artist & creative coach based in Atlanta, Ge…
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