04: The Give and Take of Great Critiques
Lines and Lines
Hosts Gabriel and Sarah are joined by D.P. Tran; a Minneapolis-based writer and playwright. Despite some sound issues, the trio discusses the benefits and etiquette of giving and receiving critique, how to use it, and some tips on how to find resources for feedback. Along the way Sarah shares her struggle, Dan gets vulnerable, and Gabriel makes jokes in order to avoid confronting his real feelings.
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"Exposure" vs. Pay
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Hosts Sarah Turner and Gabriel Garbow address the topic of exposure vs. pay, perhaps the most frequently asked of the frequently asked questions of creative types: will you do this for free? They discuss considerations artists should make when the topic arises and what those looking for free work from creative people should keep in mind (spoiler: exposure is one of them!).
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False Starts
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Hosts Sarah Turner and Gabriel Garbow return to tackle the frustrations that accompany false starts and dead ends. The episode kicks off with a lengthy discussion of pizza. Eventually, we do get around to discussing the topic at hand: projects that just don’t come together successfully. When you encounter a potential brick wall, how do you decide when to keep trying, when to move on, and whether or not to revisit that project again later?
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First Steps
Lines and Lines
Hosts Sarah Turner and Gabriel Garbow kick off their brand new podcast making promises they may or may not keep for the future of the show. Gabriel offers a sketchy account of how he starts a new painting. Sarah shows her visual arts bona fides as well as her techniques for starting a new writing project. Then both of them cover a wide range of tangential tidbits.
info_outlineHosts Sarah Turner and Gabriel Garbow return to tackle the frustrations that accompany false starts and dead ends. The episode kicks off with a lengthy discussion of pizza. Eventually, we do get around to discussing the topic at hand: projects that just don’t come together successfully. When you encounter a potential brick wall, how do you decide when to keep trying, when to move on, and whether or not to revisit that project again later?
Topics include: recent travel destinations, a lack of ambition, toilet paper privilege, Young Joni, so many feelings, terminology, a sports metaphor, trash talk, mild hoarding, keeping a trimmings folder, other things you can do with pieces you’ve decided not to finish, the circle of art-life, more terminology, conscious uncoupling, posthumous x-ray paintings, “The Constipated Monkey and Other Tales from Camp”, MORE terminology, the crap-drawer, growing out of pieces, toxic femininity, a cadre of artist friends, trusting yourself, and a final goof.