I loved talking with my February 2020 Artifice Podcast guests about the wiggly nature of authenticity. It’s easy to assume that there is some finite, fixed truth about who you are in a moment—about who you are over time—but the more I consider this topic, the clearer it seems that authenticity is ever-changing. Each of […]
The Bravery of the Unknown Endpoint
I hope you all have loved the Artifice Dallas Series as much as I have! It was so incredible for me to reconnect with Sergio and Shannon, my old college buddies. Interviewing my brilliant uncle Jonathan was one of the best things in all of 2019. And meeting+interviewing Jose and Michael (two artists I would have had NO other earthly reason to get to […]
Winter Moods Playlist
I often feel like my favorite season is whichever season I’m currently experiencing (except summer . . . summer is never my favorite), but there is something so special about the winter. It has such a duality. Sometimes it is cozy and joyful and bright. And sometimes it is the loneliest, most melancholy time. I […]
Art and Artist as Ephemera
This monthly essay is becoming a habit I value so highly. I hope you’re loving them, too! December 2019 featured: Daniel Charon, Choreographer (December 2, Ep. 37) Rebecca Jensen, Illustrator (December 10, Ep. 38) Ryan Nielsen, Jazz Trumpet Player (December 17, Ep. 39) My guests had some striking new insights in to my ever-evolving Art vs. […]