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A podcast exploring the the intersections of creativity, healing and artmaking. Each episode muses over a theme from self expression, creative risk taking, discomfort, body-art connection and more. Alternating weeks, host Liana Berry is joined by a guest from helping professionals, everyday hobbyists, educators and soulful creatives. Liana Is an art therapist and artist passionate about engaging the skeptical, empowering the individual and nourishing the creative craving. Join her to ask the ...
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Ever been excited to learn something new and then started only to be confronted by feeling terrible at it? It wasn’t the picture you had in your mind was it? This episode is all about normalising the creative visions we have, the feelings of vulnerability and the ups and downs of learning. Host Liana reflects on the role of mastery in wellbeing, th…
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In this episode Pia Jones generously shares her insights and wisdom as a creative arts psychotherapist and author on the topics of fairytale, folklore, myth and storytelling. A dynamic conversation explores how we make meaning, find commonality and express our inner-worlds; including our pain, grief and yearning through storytelling. Pia shares the…
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It’s all about perspective isn’t it? I mean it’s all we have, the lens through which we see the world; shaped by our experiences, our emotions, our social and cultural contexts. In this episode host Liana dives into the relationship between creativity and perspective. Including how it’s a core foundation for empathy. She curiously unpacks how our p…
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This episode unpacks the experiences of early career artist Rebecca Hepworth as she shares her creative practice as a painter, illustrator and prophetic artist. Topics include studying visual arts, forging identity and building creative habit as well as artmaking beyond inspiration and interweaving faith. Rebecca graciously shares her insights, her…
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Do you struggle with creative habits and making your art a routine? Perhaps it is always on your to do list but never gets done. First things first, you are in good company. This episode muses over the drive we have to create new habits, the barriers we experience in successfully making them and explores how re-framing perspective, considering your…
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Rounding out season two is a Q & A episode. Host Liana Berry answers some of your burning questions about art therapy, creativity and herself! Lured in by the complex, dominant and prevalent human experience of inner criticism, Liana spends the first part of the episode walking you through practical ways to approach, understand and work with that r…
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Joelie Russell is an environmental activist and artist working from the Cocos Keeling Islands. In this episode she chats with host Liana Berry about transforming plastic rope and debris into beautiful hand woven baskets and earrings. She shares how this process has nourished her with much needed inspiration and hope and become a key way to share th…
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Join host Liana Berry as she muses over the little and localized ways art creates change, spreads kindness and has impact on the things that matter. She brainstorms ways that you can use art as a form of activism in community, kindness and environmental contexts from fundraisers, felt hearts, elephant blankets and themed artworks. It's a diverse to…
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There’s something irresistible and enchanting about hand printed cards, notebooks and inspiration decks; products made from a magical, old world slowness and precision with press machines close to a century old. This episodes guest is Emily Shingleton from The Little Press; a specialist letter press printer, artist and shop owner. She will have you…
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The pace of art is, well, slow. Yes, Yes I know its not what you wanted to hear. And whilst we have all (at times) been engulfed in inspiration, striding through creativity with unrelenting force, creativity has a fundamentally slow pace. From the physical processes themselves to the ways we find inspiration and process and express our inner landsc…
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Good pairings might include pears and cheese, boots and puddles, flowers and glass, snow and scarves, but what about poetry and medicine? Join us for episode 20 with Loredana Poloska-Knit as she discusses the interweaving of her life as a doctor and poet. Loredana advocates to never give up something you love for something else, that each of us has…
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A courageous musing into the layered and conceptual world of language and words. Host Liana Berry discusses the value, challenge and nuance of language in expression and how it can be harnessed in creative process. the episode will introduce you to symbolism and it’s duality as an individualized and unifying form and how to identify, generate and e…
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Join a worldly chat with well traveled papier-mâché sculptor and artist Osa Rosti. Osa shares her processes, inspiration and the deep connection she has with her craft. Purpose, joy and encouragement weave their way through Osa’s conversation with host Liana Berry as they discuss the transformative qualities, the unexpected artisan history and the …
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A well worn promise, transformation is readily coupled with the process of art-making and creative soul searching. But just how does transformation happen in art-making? what does it actually look like and can you elicit it? Perhaps transformation is as slow as evolution. Join host Liana Berry as she muses over one of healing arts biggest secrets; …
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An interview with family photographer Cat Timms brings rise to musings on authenticity, play and finding your creativity. We discuss the importance of capturing joy, our ongoing desire to memoralise the people and moments we care about and that the path to knowing yourself is a slow one. Cat is also a strong advocate for small business, women and m…
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From 10 reasons why you should make art with family (a.k.a anyone you have a connection with), to explaining the differences between collaborative and parallel approaches to art making with others. Host Liana spends episode fifteen exploring some of the depths and discoveries of relational art-making and the things to consider and embrace on the jo…
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Episode 14 is an interview with artist, slow fashion designer, educator and contemplative soul; Leuca Jane Zimmons. Leuca and host Liana Berry discuss breaking and challenging self and socially attributed definitions in order to embrace a creative practice that encompasses multiplicity. Leuca reflects on balancing the work of the runway with intima…
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Curious about the ways you piece together inspiration, whats the difference between being inspired by and copying? Why is art history so fascinating and what is our responsibility towards environmental care. In this episode Liana discusses and explores the theme of interconnection in creativity. A fascinating and empowering episode that will get yo…
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Join host Liana as she shares activities for self reflection and intention setting and muses over the collective desire to be introspective at this time of year no matter what the weather. She shares some of her own achievements for 2023, highlights that most of us have bumpy roads through life and some of her exciting goals for the next lap around…
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A heartfelt conversation about self expectation, life's ups and downs and creative comfort with craft enthusiast and crochet queen; Elli Anderson. Elli joins host Liana to chat candidly about creativity, motherhood, cystic fibrosis and powering your own creative belonging. If you're not yet convinced, let Elli assure you creativity and craft is for…
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It's a natural human craving to seek comfort and in the right dose it can be so good for you! In this episode Liana explores the balance between comfort and discomfort, how creative comfort can be a self applied salve, the importance of flow and ways to understand, amplify and benefit from comfort in your creative practice. Get into your comfy clot…
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Here to discuss the nourishing coupling of yoga and artmaking, Birmingham based artist and yoga teacher Sophie Rey joins host Liana Berry for this episode. With infectious joy and humility Sophie offers her insights into the potential of body work and artmaking together and shares her evolving journey as teacher and somatic practitioner. You can fi…
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There is a lot to say when it comes to art making and the body, episode 8 explores how the body is engaged dynamically in making art (including some practical suggestions), the mind-body connection and how our emotional and bodily experiences can be a muse for creativity itself. A thought provoking episode that will have you thinking creatively abo…
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This episode of the podcast is an interview with Kate Andrews; lead educator, founder and pioneer of Wild Creative. Kate is an advocate, a nature enthusiast and a big heart-ed creator who think critically and isn't afraid to do things differently. We get ourselves into all sorts of topics in our conversation from festivals, photography, knives, ado…
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A conversation with Forth Magazine founder Ella Kolomyjec about the discomfort of creativity, small business and balancing wellness. We explore that its so often the little things that make a difference, the power of collaboration and discuss the unfolding of Ella's journey into publication following her own experiences with mental illness. A hopef…
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This episode dives into the gritty nature of creative discomfort and how leaning into it and learning about yourself is worthwhile. Weaving unlikely comparisons between cold exposure, running and art-making with the concept of window of tolerance, this episode is at once serious, playful and encouraging and will get you musing about discomfort in a…
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Exploring themes and cycles of life, death (and much more!) through evocative and conceptual textiles and fabric installations and watercolour and process led art-making Deborah is a fascinating and passionate artist. In this episode she chats with host Liana about her navigation of self inquiry through creativity and how she weaves her creative pr…
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There's no question that art is a vehicle for self expression, but how exactly and what does it mean to pursue creativity in search of insight and self-articulation? Art making is deeply personal, highly variable and a journey that is full of challenges and rewards for all of us (weather novice, hobbyist or creative professional). Join host Liana B…
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Welcome to Art Muse, if you're curious about art and healing, art therapy or creativity then this is the podcast for you. This first episode takes you on the journey of the host, Liana Berry and her business Sunflower and Ivy and gets all the basics covered so we can dig into juicy creative questions and themes in future episodes. Find Art Muse Pod…
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