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Johnson’s work draws on a vastness of experience and a persistent desire to make paintings that explain the world through color and shape. He has always moved seamlessly between abstraction and representation and the art historian Peter Selz described Johnson as an artist who makes “realist paintings that are basically abstract paintings and abstract paintings that are figurative.”   Mitchell Johnson moved to California from New York City in 1990 to work for the artist, Sam Francis. In New York, Johnson studied at Parsons School of Design with former students of Hans Hofmann: Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Nell Blaine, Paul Resika, Larry Rivers and Robert De Niro, Sr. Johnson adopted their reverence for art history and their emphasis on drawing and painting from life as the source of a personal direction.   Beginning in the 1990s Johnson embarked on long painting expeditions to Italy, France and New Mexico with rolls of canvas packed in a golf bag like a modern day Corot. Wading through unfamiliar landscapes, often on foot, he worked to understand the ever complex geometry of land and sky. He prevailed not to capture some ideal sense of place, but to see better and to go deeper into painting.    Johnson has been a visiting artist at The American Academy in Rome, Borgo Finocchieto, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and Castle Hill in Truro, MA. In addition to attending Parsons, Johnson studied painting and drawing at Staten Island Academy, Randolph-Macon College, The Washington Studio School, The Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts and The New York Studio School. His paintings are in the permanent collections of 29 museums and over 700 private collections. Johnson is the subject of three monographs: Mitchell Johnson (2004, Terrence Rogers Fine art), Doppio Binario (2007, Musei Senesi) and Color as Content (2014 Bakersfield Museum of Art). A fourth monograph, Where The Colors Are, will be published in summer 2021. ​ Johnson's paintings have appeared in numerous feature films, mostly Nancy Meyers projects, including The Holiday (2006), Crazy Stupid Love (2011), and It's Complicated (2009).       TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -current exhibition at Pamela Walsh  -the large paintings did not happen overnight, it took time to cultivate -Working with people from 9th Street Women -Working with Leland Bell - Introduced to the questions he would spend his career working on -Working for Frank Stella & Sol LeWitt -Traveling through Italy and France -Digital Photography -Color -Smaller paintings and bigger paintings are different problems -”What does the painting want?” -Freedom - Abstraction and Representation -”Make the painting feel special” -Keep enjoying the struggle -curious about transformation -On some level the paintings must sustain you on an emotional level    LINKS:  https://www.mitchelljohnson.com/ https://pamelawalshgallery.com/artists/mitchell-johnson/artworks/striped-chair-sideways https://www.artforum.com/spotlight/mitchell-johnson-85170   I Like Your Work Links:   Exhibitions Studio Visit Artists I Like Your Work Podcast Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows Studio Planner

Matt Bollinger is an artist living in Ithaca, NY who works across painting, animation, sculpture and music. Bollinger earned his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2003 and his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2007. He has had 6 solo exhibitions at Zürcher Gallery, New York and 3 solo exhibitions at Galerie Zürcher, Paris. His animations have been included in numerous film festivals and screenings in the US and Europe. His work is in the collections of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, MO), Museum of Fine Arts (Dole, France), and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME) Recent solo exhibitions include Extended Present, at the South Bend Museum of Art (South Bend, IN) and Labor Day at M+B (Los Angeles, LA). In 2020, Zürcher Gallery participated in the Armory Show for the first time with a duo-presentation of Staver and Matt Bollinger in the Focus Section, curated by Jamillah James.   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Everything comes from drawing -Base idea for work coming from a sentence -Creating character sheets for different paintings -Researching his work -Vulnerability and empathy of the characters - The primary direction of light -Think in tone -Always looking -Making the soundtrack for his animations -How much sound impacts the work -Drawing with sound - Never being shy about talking about his work -Kerry James Marshall - Remove process hurdles - How COVID impacted his practice - Finding ways for freedom    LINKS:  https://www.mattbollinger.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mattlbollinger/?hl=en   I Like Your Work Links:   I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

Dana Frankfort’s paintings engage the history of abstract painting and feature bright colors, gestural brushwork, and text. She earned a BA in the History of Art from Brandeis University and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art. She attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was a Core Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting in 2006. Frankfort’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions internationally. She currently lives in Houston, Texas where she is an Assistant Professor of Painting at the University of Houston.   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Working with amazing faculty -British landscape painting as an influence -Taking a break from painting -The importance of text in her work -Painting as a sign or billboard -Painting as a long game -There isn’t one way to be an artist -The painting will be there -Color influxes -Accessibility of language -”Paint what I know” - We create our own opportunities -Investing back into the community     LINKS: https://www.uh.edu/kgmca/art/about-the-school/faculty/ https://www.instagram.com/dmfrankfort/ I Like Your Work Links:   I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

Mark Joshua Epstein is a gifted storyteller and artist. If you want a great evening, hang out with Mark and talk about what you are working on and be prepared to laugh and think differently about what you have created. Born in Rockville, Maryland, Mark spent his early school years at a conservative Jewish Day School and his summers at a progressive camp learning about Third Wave Feminism. This duality in his formative years hints at his later exploration for a new and alternative space in his work. Something that pushes back and asks why it must be one way or another, both or neither. He achieves this by stacking fiberglass shapes to create new forms that function as a shaped canvas but also protrude slightly to make you question if it is also a sculpture. What is the line? Is there a line and if so, should it be there?   This questioning also arises in the pattern that is applied to the work. Some of the pattern points to op-art while other areas remind us of the hand and tools making the piece. In Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing, Ink splotches are dripped onto the surface and encapsulated by a line forming a circle. This pattern radiates out and brings to mind cells in the body.  His knack for storytelling comes through in his titles such as Small Talk at the Salad Bar. These titles add another level to his work. The seemingly abstract pieces begin to shift just enough for us to see a figure, or what could be a stand in at least, challenging us to wonder, does the piece have to be either or?   Mark Joshua Epstein is an artist, educator and curator. He received an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College London, and a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Epstein has had solo or two person shows at Ortega y Gasset Projects’ Skirt Space (Brooklyn, NY) SPRING/BREAK Art Show (NY, NY), Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY), NARS Foundation Project Space (Brooklyn, NY), Caustic Coastal (Salford, England) Vane Gallery (Newcastle, England), Demo Project (Springfield, IL), Biquini Wax Gallery (Mexico City, Mexico), Breve (Mexico City, Mexico) and Brian Morris Gallery (New York, NY).    Selected group shows include Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, VA), Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, IA), Collar Works (Troy, NY), Good Children Gallery (New Orleans, LA), Monaco (St Louis, MO), DAAP Galleries at the University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH), and Beverly’s (New York, NY).    Epstein has been a resident at Vermont Studio Center, Millay Colony, Jentel Foundation, Macdowell Colony, KHN Center for the Arts, I-Park and Saltonstall Foundation amongst others. His work has appeared in publications such as New American Paintings, Art Maze Magazine and Dovetail. He works as a lecturer at the Penny Stamps School of Art and Design, at the University of Michigan.   “Reckoning with the change that accompanies a new studio and landscape, new shaped paintings, my largest to date, delve deeper into queer ornament and graphic excess, while limiting their color schemes. Taking inspiration from pattern and decoration, op art, and furniture design, these works continue the use of ornate patterning and overlapping panels that confound perception, while relishing in a new discomfort of compositional order. One painting’s title, Finding refuge in inefficiency (2021), nods to the pleasures found in the laborious and time-consuming nature of pattern-making exemplified in these recent works. And, as with earlier paintings, these works continue to challenge a viewer’s sense of taste and orientation.   Recent photographs, stemming from an interest in index and documentation, further emphasize my painting process. The images reproduce hand-made cut-outs, created from scraps of paper, which I often use to generate repetitive patterns within my paintings. Normally meant to deliver flatness and depth, shape and form to my fiberglass surfaces, the cut-outs in these photographs reframe the landscape immediately surrounding my studio.   My current work, both in painting and photography, refuses the either/or of binary polarities and opposing geographic pulls. All the while, by latticing together different planes, motifs, and marks, my work never forgets its own amusement.”-MJE   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Growing up with progressive summers and a conservative school year -Dealing with anxiety due to change -Moving to Canada to pursue a different major -Gap Year - “Leap and then Look” -Graduate School in London -Working in museum education -Interior Spaces and being inspired by his grandfather -Excubert rooms and wild interiors -Hustling in the art world -Making work that takes time -Bathroom colors -Leaving NYC -Leaving a little bit at a time -his current show -Staying open when curating a space   ARTIST SHOUTOUTS: Christian Maychack @cmaychack Yvette Molina @yvette_molina Adam Liam Rose @adamliamrose Zahar Vaks @zaharvaks Elizabeth McMahon @elizabethwmcmahon   LINKS:  Website: www.markjoshuaepstein.com Instagram: @markjoshuaepstein Current solo show at Ortega y Gasset: www.oygprojects.com/the-skirt-current Current group show at Arlington Arts Center: www.arlingtonartscenter.org/exhibits/2021/stretched/ Upcoming outdoor group show in New York: www.bravinlee.com/regrowth-riverside     I Like Your Work Links:   I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

Since becoming a mother in 2014 Hofer has been involving her children in her painting process, creating a 44-piece series with her first son and will soon be launching a new collection with her other 2 children in fall 2021. Brandi continues to be extremely prolific with her 3 little boys at her in-home studio, creating several bodies of self-motivated artwork, custom commissioned pieces, stunning large-scale interior/exterior murals, prints, custom artwork, & working with designers. Tiny hands play a role in all that she creates! Hofer is a well collected Canadian Artist, exhibiting internationally and across North America. Her main focus is figurative, abstract and portraiture painting, she explores themes of empowerment, positivity, love, and inclusion. Her work has been featured on national television and can be found in international publications. She has experience in creating custom artworks for designers and translates her artwork into large-scale murals. Hofer has attended residencies at Red Deer College, Toronto Island, the Marnay Art Centre outside of Paris France, and Montreal, Quebec. You can listen to her interviews about her life and process on several podcast platforms. Her work has appeared in HGTV’s House of Bryan, and featured in a General Motors commercial. Most recently herself and her family have partnered with a HUGE brand for an international commercial, but shhh we can't share just yet!! Stay tuned! Brandi Hofer's studio where she works and creates is located in the Canadian prairies. Hofer studied in Red Deer, Alberta, at Red Deer College from 2004 - 2006 before transferring to the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008.She has been ambitiously pursuing her career upon attaining her BFA degree. You can find all of our studio adventures on Instagram! There you will find our podcast features, live interviews, and new collection releases.   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Choosing to move closer to family -How personal loss can open your eyes -Melting together family and art work -Post Partum Depression and the NICU -Spending time with kids in the studio -E-book she released -Pennyland Shen -Burn out and recovery -Mentoring People -Having goals -Getting Outside to Fight Burnout -Self-care -Deciding what you can and can’t do - Words of advice to moms who want to be an entrepreneur -Finding role models -Don’t get on a path that makes you miserable -Work together -Everyone starts somewhere   LINKS:  @brandihoferartist https://www.brandihofer.ca   I Like Your Work Links:   I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

I have followed Jessica Pinsky’s work since 2007 because this woman was my best friend in graduate school at Boston University. We would visit each others studios, talk about art over drinks and overall support and give feedback to each other. Jessica’s drive to create artwork and start major projects is unmatched which is evident in her prolific work and the space she has created in Cleveland, OH Praxis Fiber Workshop that houses looms, a gallery space, a shop, a dye garden and now a digital weaving lab.    In this episode, Jessica and I talk about her current body of work that responds to her pregnancy journey, taking risks in your work, setting up parameters in your work, and starting a fiber workshop.   Jessica grew up in Akron, Ohio and moved to Cleveland in 2011 after receiving a BFA in Studio Art from New York University in 2006 and an MFA in painting from Boston University in 2009. She began teaching at Cleveland Institute of Art in 2011 and is currently serving as faculty in the Sculpture and Expanded Media department. Together with Cleveland Institute of Art, Jessica founded Praxis Fiber Workshop, a community textile studio in June, 2015 and continues to serve as the Executive Director.   “My work is planned and executed based on degrees of equality. Previous work has closely examined color and form within cloth, and is consistently pushing the boundaries of the structure of woven cloth. With lots of experimentation I discovered I could make cloth behave very differently with the same basic materials, but changing just a few things about those materials. For example, I can hand spin yarn to be very tight and twist upon itself, or very loose so it hangs without body. My weavings explore a metaphor about how human beings are made of the same material, but can behave very differently.”   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Taking a risk in your work -Starting a new medium - “If you don’t feel a little bit afraid there is something wrong” - “We just have ourselves and our inner voice” - Always be learning - Her experience buying a building  - Starting Praxis Fiber Workshop - Creating a natural dye garden - Digital Loom - Creating a residency program - Working in strict parameters - Making more personal work - Healing Imagery - Stolen hours in the studio - Knowing yourself   Artist Shout Outs:  Rowland Ricketts http://www.rickettsindigo.com/ Cathryn Amidei https://www.cathrynamidei.com/ Tina Cassara LINKS:  https://www.jessicapinsky.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jpinsk/?hl=en https://praxisfiberworkshop.com/   I Like Your Work Links:   I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

The work of Will Hutnick is filled with movement and plays off of the landscape and pattern.  As an artist, he draws inspiration for his work through what surrounds him such as objects he collects or the landscape that shifts as he travels between Brooklyn and Wassaic. In this episode, I learned Will has a background in music and plays the cello. Music has historically impacted and inspired artists from Matisse who played the violin daily, to Stuart Davis and Mondrian. As I look at Will’s paintings, I cannot help but think of this background as strong rhythms of pattern and form move me through his work. These rhythms found throughout his work are created through his application of black paint through various methods to create a ground to react to. He continually re-examines his work and his surroundings to build the pieces. In addition to his work in the studio, Will is also an active curator and is the Director of Artistic Programming at the Wassaic Project.    Will Hutnick is an artist and curator based in Wassaic, NY. He received his M.F.A. from Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) and his B.A. from Providence College (Providence, RI). Recent exhibitions include: Geary (Millerton, NY), Satellite Art Club (Brooklyn), Craven Contemporary (Kent, CT), Collar Works (Troy, NY), Standard Space (Sharon, CT, solo) and One River School (Hartsdale, NY, solo). Hutnick has curated exhibitions at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Trestle Projects, Pratt Institute, Wassaic Project and Standard Space. He has been an artist-in-residence at Yaddo, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works, DNA Gallery, Wassaic Project, Vermont Studio Center and a curator-in-residence at Benaco Arte and Trestle Projects. From 2015-20, Hutnick was one of the Co-Director of Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run curatorial collective and exhibition space in Brooklyn. He is currently the Director of Artistic Programming at the Wassaic Project, a nonprofit organization that uses art and art education to foster positive social change.   “I create topographical relics that record and reinvent my physical and sensory surroundings. Through idiographic mark making, personal artifacts and architecture become the impetus for pattern and form. I implement various printmaking processes - through the use of paint rollers and black paint on raw canvas - to create marks that resemble fractals, glitches, Xerox prints and stop-motion animation. These marks distort linear and expected notions of time. With a nod to queer ecology, my paintings disrupt the perception of a binary worldview that eschews the inherent interconnection of sexuality, landscape and lived experience.”   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -One day a week all day be in your space with your work -Eliminate other concerns -Time Management  -Being a collector of objects and how that impacts his work -Process of building his paintings -Unpredictable layers and responding to that in his paintings -Reacting to the marks that accrue -The importance in creating space for other artists -Trestle Gallery -How location impacts work -Be proactive -Make the space you want -Who are your people?   Artist Shoutouts: Mark Joshua Epstein, NIckola Pottinger, Polly Shindler, Jack Arthur Wood Jr.   LINKS: Website: willhutnick.com IG: @willhutnick Interview: Art Spiel, “Will Hutnick - Artist as Facilitator”, August 24, 2020, by Etty Yaniv As The World Turns at Geary (Millerton, NY)  Current curatorial project Nickola Pottinger: Fosters Relief at The Wall at Trestle Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)  NYC Crit Club Ortega y Gasset Projects Wassaic Project     I Like Your Work Links: I Like Your Work Podcast Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

Madeline Donahue’s work functions on multiple levels. Her figurative paintings have a strong abstract presence that allow the shapes to create the narrative on the canvas. The figures depict sweet chubby babies in the midst of creating chaos. Funny and dark, filled with love and  overwhelm, all these emotions grapple for center stage in her work.    Madeline was born in Houston, TX to an artistic family where she first learned that you can build and be a part of a community of artists. Encouraged by her mentors to move to the east coast Madeline studied in Boston and ended up in Brooklyn where she currently resides. In our talk, she shares how she started grad school soon after having children and how this ended up fueling her work.   She has exhibited with Public Gallery, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, Field Projects and The Every Woman Biennial in Manhattan; Paradice Palase, Underdonk, and Greenpoint Terminal Gallery in Brooklyn; TJ Boulting in London and Elephant Gallery in Nashville, TN. Her paintings were included in Making (It) Work at California College of the Arts. Her debut Manhattan solo exhibition, Attachments, at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects was reviewed in Hyperallergic. She joined SHFAP with NADA Fair 2020. She has a limited edition screen print with Kayrock Screen Printing Brooklyn. She has been interviewed in Elephant Magazine and on the podcast Sound & Vision. Madeline is an upcoming artist-in-residence at Interlude Residency, was an artist-in-residence at The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY and at Byrdcliffe Artist Colony in Woodstock, NY.   She has an upcoming show at Praise Shadows Gallery in Boston, MA on view April 22-May 23.   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Growing up in an artistic family showed her how to build a community of artists -Encouraged by mentors to move to the east coast  -Seasons as a structure to the year -Being young and having a goal can be overwhelming -Be uncomfortable -Make work and let go of it -Painted friends and family -Lean into what we try to hid -Finding something that is yours -Starting with a joke -Notecards close by to sketch quickly -Each medium or joke has a different power -2/D-3/D conversation -Make one thing at a time -She finished everything in a day -Art History jokes -Get to your studio ready to work -Getting into the studio with intent -Working with in restrictions -Enjoy the time with your kids -Don’t feel like you have to give up newborn time for your career -Just keep doing something creative   ARTIST SHOUTOUTS: Tala Madani https://www.davidkordanskygallery.com/artist/tala-madani Joan Brown http://www.artnet.com/artists/joan-brown/ LINKS: http://www.madelinedonahue.com/ https://praiseshadows.com/   I Like Your Work Links: Preorder the Spring Exhibition Catalog I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

How do you take the leap from working full-time to becoming a full-time artist? Erika Lee Sears did just that when she felt unfulfilled by her day job. In this episode, Erika shares how she planned her exit, how she got her work out there by applying to everything which  led to her work being featured in Portlandia and on the cover of Lana Del Ray’s recent album and book of poetry.   Erika Lee Sears is an oil painter from Portland, OR. As a self-taught artist who has painted all her life, Erika took the leap to retire from her profession in the banking industry to pursue her artistic endeavors full-time. She has gone on to be wildly successful in her social media endeavors striking up a following on Instagram of over 239 thousand followers. Erika is dedicated to making every day and shares insight into her studio practice, inspiration and how she balances her creative work with the business side of being an artist.  Erika has a passion for capturing nature and elements in her immediate surroundings from fruits, food, and moments captured alone such as her bathtub series.    “You can always try something and see if it works for you and if it doesn’t, you are no worse for the wear”- Erika Lee Sears   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Take six months to plan your exit from your day job -How she stays creative as a parent -Be creative everyday -The importance to having kids who know their mom is a business woman. -Apply to everything  -The importance of networking -Show up for your art -Social media and connecting with people who love what you do -Licensing your work -Multiple streams of income as an artist -Be authentic with your journey -Allowing yourself to try something new -How Erika deals with too many ideas -Organization as an artist   ARTIST SHOUTOUTS: https://www.augustwren.com/ https://www.gailbakerartmaker.com/   LINKS: https://www.instagram.com/erikaleesears/ http://www.atinyrocket.com/   I Like Your Work Links:   I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

The work of Anissa Lewis dives into memory, yet is entrenched in her current community. Her photographs depict the present-day area in Covington, Kentucky, where Lewis grew up, and addresses the societal changes such as race, identity and relationships that have impacted the area over time. Images of the former residents are superimposed over images of the houses, to tell the stories of the people who made up the neighborhood decades ago. Lewis’s community-based signs address the here-and-now of citizenry, giving individual voices space to speak positively together. Lewis’s artistic work is intertwined with the community, and is constantly engaging with and responding to how the community shifts and changes over time.    In this episode, she describes her shift from a more traditional art background to finding and embracing social practice art. Anissa R. Lewis, community and teaching artist, was born and raised in Covington, KY by way of Philadelphia, PA—where she relocated after receiving her MFA from Yale School of Art.  Lewis’ deep belief in community, identity and voice led her to many projects and collaborations including: an arts-based women empowerment classes for a Philadelphia County prison drug and alcohol abuse unit; a rites of passage program for black and brown teenage girls; student driven mural projects aimed to address civic engagement, neighborhood relationships and identity, and others.    Lewis’ work focuses on the power of place in her hometown neighborhood for which she has received a Creative Community Grant from the Center for Great Neighborhoods.  Her photo-based prints, love letter yard signs and maps seek to reconcile her memories of childhood with the present-day neighborhood's changing social fabric, identity and the architecture of homes still present and those lost.  “While walking down a street in my hometown, many of my childhood friends’ homes are either boarded up or gone and now exist as open lots.  The change of the neighborhood does not stop at physical structures, but includes race, age, socioeconomics, a community’s identity/culture, its aspirations and relationships.  At the end of my walk down the street and memory lane, I realized that the neighborhood where I grew up no longer exists.  New stories lay atop mine.  This is nothing new in and of itself.  I accept my insider/outsider perspective created by my relationship to a place that lives in a time past rather than what is physically present now.   ​ In my photo-based prints, I seek to reconcile past and current my thoughts and experiences regarding these separate yet overlapping places about my childhood neighborhood.  I do this by taking childhood photos and transposing them atop current houses in the neighborhood.  As such, I am attempting to have a conversation about:  What are the new stories alive and here now?  Who is telling these new stories?  In what ways do they differ from mine?  What, if anything, remains from years ago that resonates with what now exists?  Or, are stories and experiences parallel to the point where one longtime resident said, “I feel like a stranger in my own neighborhood." -AL   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Discovering things you thought weren’t for you but now are for you. -Where you are born and where you find community -Being Different-all valid and important to celebrate - FInding support and the importance in that -When a one year sabbatical turns into a more substantial stay. -Working for a non-profit about conflict resolution -Discovering an interest in mixed-media -The early 2000s was not as community based in terms of art practice -Wanting to give back -Navigating becoming a social practice artist -”Do not need to split myself and do this art or that art.” -Being civically engaged -Believing in the power or words -Neo Soul -You are always right on time -Dare to be clear and dare to be deliberate in your work -Inappropriate comparisons   Thank you to our sponsor Sunlight Tax! Tax and money specifically for artists! https://www.sunlighttax.com/   Artist Shoutouts: Blade of Grass https://abladeofgrass.org/ House full of Women Amy Sherald http://www.amysherald.com/ Mary Clare Rietz http://maryclarerietz.com/ LINKS: https://www.anissalewis.com/   I Like Your Work Links:   Apply to our Show I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

The time in between is something we all deal with in life. The time between waking and coffee, the time between arriving in a doctor’s office and waiting to be seen, the time spent in transportation going from one point to the next. Hilary Doyle took that time and claimed it not only as studio time, but it became a jumping off point for her recent work.    Hilary Doyle is an artist, teacher, curator and gallery co-director. Doyle’s work includes painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture about gender, class and psychology. She is newly represented by Taymour Grahne Gallery in london. Recent solo shows include “Metropolis” with Taymour Grahne online in august 2020, as well as “Echoing Voices” at One River School in November 2019. Her work has received press coverage in Hyperallergic, Bushwick Daily, and New American Paintings Blog.    Doyle is faculty at Rhode Island School of Design. She has taught for the last 8 years at various schools including Purchase College and a three year appointment with Brown University.    Doyle founded and co-directs NYC Crit Club with co-director Catherine Haggarty which was just included in observer magazines Arts Power 50: Change makers in the art world. She is also a gallery Co-Director and curator at Transmitter gallery in Brooklyn.    Doyle received an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has an upcoming group show with Taymour Grahne Projects Contemporary Domesticity and Solo Show there in 2022. She also has an upcoming group show “The Symobolists: Les Fleurs du mal (the flowers of Evil)” at Hesse Flatow in Chelsea in February.   “Worcester, MA, where I grew up is one of many downtrodden, post-industrial cities across the US, filled with dilapidated factory buildings, joblessness, and overgrown yards. In cities everywhere people travel through similarly distressed spaces daily: the streets and subways full of zoned-out people caught up in the daily grind, staring with purple rings under their glassy eyes. This work examines contemporary working-class life. Focusing on the conditions in which people live helps us examine the rituals, psychology and emotions of daily life.   The work starts with mundane moments observed while commuting or while at home: a man staring at his phone while laying in bed or a woman balances on a yoga ball holding a baby. From these moments I make sketches, videos, iPhone drawings, or sculptural models to inform drawings and paintings. I experiment to discover relevant marks for each subject: a quick mark for the view out a window of a speeding bus, or a slick mark for tiles on the wall of a subway station.   Strangers, although unknown to us, are always leaving evidence about themselves as we catch a glimpse of them. People reveal their disposition in their folded arms, baby carts, laughing eyes, tightly clutched bags, or work uniforms. These clues spark imaginary narratives about peoples lives in each work. To examine fragments of people's lives, brings attention to the joys and struggles of ourselves and others.    Since the pandemic the work has become more imaginative and symbolic - using paintings within paintings to talk about the subjects within them.  In our new surreal pandemic era fiction has become reality.”- HD   TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   -Claiming “in between time” as your studio time -Tips on Monotype Printmaking -Printing at home -Not wasting materials by planning ahead -Using digital mediums  -Guerra -Consider everyday a studio day -Make art at any moment -Working while breastfeeding -Try not to go a single day without being creative, even if it’s just thinking -Becoming more inventive -Becoming more fearless after becoming a mother -NYC Crit Club -Transmitter Gallery -”Stack your life” -Having a routine   Artist Shout Outs: Thank you to friends who do text critiques with me over the years  Catherine Haggarty, Claudia Bitran, Francisco Moreno and Meredith Iszlai.    LINKS: HilaryDoyle.com Represented by Taymour Grahne Projects in London Recent solo shows include “Metropolis” with Taymour Grahne online in august 2020, as well as “Echoing Voices” at One River School in November 2019.    She has an upcoming group show with Taymour Grahne Projects Contemporary Domesticity and Solo Show there in 2022. She also has an upcoming group show “The Symobolists: Les Fleurs du mal (the flowers of Evil)” at Hesse Flatow in Chelsea in February.    I Like Your Work Links:   I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

Amy Reidel makes work that I can relate to. She brings the viewer into her world that is filled with color, sparkle, and rainbows but all the while, underlying insidious imagery creeps in to complete the picture. Amy’s painterly vocabulary allows for her sophisticated application of materials to slam up against visions of the figure in various states of psychological distress.  Through her work, she shows us the underbelly of care, and the mess of loving another human. Glitter coincides with a face that forces itself to manically grin but leaves us with a foreboding feeling that there is nothing to smile about...or is there?    As mothers or primary caregivers, we are told that our experience will be filled with saccharine moments but the emotional turmoil many will face is only whispered about. This dichotomy comes through clearly in Amy’s sculptural, “Mombies”. Mombies are defined as: “A mother who is consumed by raising her children to the point of being sleep-deprived or simply obsessed, and hence zombie-like.” In her ceramic pieces,  the mother or caregiver in question, attempts to become three-dimensional but continues to present themselves in two-dimensions with their painted on face gazing out towards the viewer, mouth agape.    Reidel’s work lays bare the complicated experience of loving another. To love is to straddle a line between sorrow and joy and she walks this line with precision, balancing the wide-eyed, struggle of her figures with colorful, dazzling, sparkly hope.   Amy Reidel is a St. Louis-based artist who has exhibited work nationally since getting her BFA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and her MFA at The University of Tennessee. She has been awarded residencies at ACRE (Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) based out of Chicago, the David and Julia White Artists’ colony in Cd. Colón, Costa Rica and at the Luminary Center for the Arts in St. Louis. Reidel’s artwork has been exhibited at the Contemporary Art Museum-St. Louis, The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries, Granite City Art and Design District (G-CADD), Lambert International Airport, Flood Plain Gallery, ACRE projects gallery in Chicago, Fluorescent Gallery in Knoxville, and the Amarillo Museum of Art among others. Her work has been showcased through media like Young Space, I Like Your Work podcast, Brenda Magazine (UK), St. Louis Public Radio, the PBS program Living St. Louis, the international publication Daily Serving and the Studio Break podcast. Reidel received a Critical Mass Creative Stimulus award in 2016 and the Regional Arts Commission Artist’s Support Grants in 2014, 2019 and a COVID-19 artist relief grant in 2020. Amy Reidel is an Assistant Professor of Art at Southwestern Illinois College.   “Through painting, drawing and sculpture, I abstractly combine imagery to illuminate the bittersweet conditions of motherhood, family and sexuality; topics most people experience but are not encouraged to discuss professionally. The innocuous, inherited patterns of Grandma’s scarves and decorative rugs merge together with darling babies and scared caregivers in an absurd representation of home and love.   My work results from a cacophonous use of materials, layering and erasure, which have become my primary language as a progressive mother in the conservative Heartland. Personal and political issues conflate in my work and result in aggressive but candy-colored marks reflecting the dualities of fear and joy, rejection and protection. The saturated spectrum is used as a defense mechanism to make magic of this earthly existence.”-Amy Reidel       TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   - Dealing with LGBTQIA issues as an adolescent and teenager through artwork - Being an Ally  - Confronting the pressure to present yourself as a “professional” in the artworld - “The Artwork is Not Judging Me”  - Being the boss of your work - Taking a break from making work and how we, as the art world, have deemed certain reasons as “honorable” or allowable.  - “What are you making Work About if you Aren’t Living Life” - “Mombie” -Working with craft materials -Exploring other media to take the pressure off  -How Amy works through her pieces -Embracing autobiographical imagery     LINKS: www.amyreidel.com @amy.reidel Instagram https://www.brenda-mag.com/post/on-motherhood-amy-reidel Jered Sprecher http://www.jeredsprecher.com/ Marcia Goldenstein https://marciagoldenstein.com/home.html Jessica Dickinson https://www.jessicadickinson.com/ Rachel Dove http://www.racheldove.com/ Michael Giles https://fieldhat.com/home.html Jim Hodges https://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/jim-hodges/works Polly Apfelbaum http://www.pollyapfelbaum.com/   I Like Your Work Links: I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

Welcome to this week's Friday jam session. I'm so happy you're here. This is always one of my week's highlights, and I love spending time with some awesome people and answering some great questions. If you'd like to join in on the fun each week head over to takeactioncrew.com, it's totally free, and we get together every Friday at 10 am Eastern, where I answer your questions about your business.    Today we're going to be talking all about how to use your Pinterest traffic to build out your email list. Now it's time to sit, back, relax, and lets officially kick off this week's jam session!    Can You Drive Pinterest Traffic to Build Your Email List   Yes, it's definitely possible to build out your email list using Pinterest traffic. However, it's important to make sure that you're creating the right type of content that targets the right people you want to bring to your website.    Today I'm going to answer this question in detail and go over what it looks like with a few examples. Let's dive right into Pinterest and learn how to make it happen!    When you create a piece of content to put on Pinterest or your website, you always want to make sure that it's specific to the person who is visiting your site or searching for topics related to that content.  The Power of a Good Lead Magnet   When you're ready to create a lead magnet to help drive traffic to your website and encourage people to sign up for your mailing list, always make sure that it's relevant and fulfills a need for someone visiting your website. Think about what type of problem they might be facing if they click on your Pin on Pinterest and go to your site. What type of content can you create to help solve that problem?    The goal of using Pinterest is to create assets that people can save to their own boards to reference later and share with others. When someone clicks on the pin, it takes them a specific webpage on your site related to the topic described on the pin.     When someone gets to your site from Pinterest, a pop-up, or signup where they can get a freebie that will help them solve their problem is a great way to capture their interest. You're giving them something of value, and in exchange, they're giving you their email address. This makes them feel like it's a good trade instead of just asking them to sign up for an email list without giving them anything upfront.    Note: Always make sure to confirm that a visitor wants to receive the freebies and include the word "yes" to make sure they know what they are agreeing to.    Avoid Generic Opt-In Forms    Honestly, no one wants to sign up to be on a mailing list without incentive. If you just ask someone to sign up for your list without anything in return, they won't know what to expect, and chances are they won't sign up.   They want a specific piece of content that will quickly help them solve a problem quickly. Consider creating a lead magnet that piques a person's interest and encourages them to signup for your mailing list to get the piece of content.    An opt-in form is a great way to show visitors what they are getting. Make it well worth their time and give them something they can actually use.    Avoid making people have to go through extra steps to give you their information. Keep in mind, the more barriers you create, the less likely they will stick around long enough to sign up. Like I mentioned earlier, always make sure the opt-in is tailored for your specific audience. The problem you're helping to solve on Pinterest should be similar to the content you're offering on your website.    Note: Never ask for a person's last name. For an opt-in form, you just need a person's email address and first name.   Think Outside the Box    I recommend avoiding using the words subscribe to your opt-in forms. Instead, just say something like "get your free guide" and include a similar phrase such as "yes I want my free guide" at the bottom of the form.    Make sure it's easy to read, simple, and the fonts and colors aren't overwhelming and detract from the content you're offering to visitors.   If you're driving traffic to your site, you should always have either an opt-in form on your sidebar or header (using Hello Bar plugin), a pop-up, or embed the opt-in within the content.    Drive visitors directly to your blog instead of an opt-in form so they can have access to all the resources you have to offer.    A Final Note From Scott    I hope you found this Friday, Jam session to be helpful!     You can definitely build an email list on Pinterest, but it shouldn't be your main focus. Instead, I recommend always driving visitors to your blog instead of directly to an opt-in form so they can have access to all the other resources that you have to offer.    As a reminder, if you ever want to attend one of our live Friday jam sessions, head over to takeactioncrew.com to join us. We'd love to have you.   Thank you for listening. I enjoyed having you here!    Remember, I'm here for you, I believe in you, and I'm rooting for you!   Now it's time for you to take action and go rock your brand!    Takeaways From This Episode   1. Can You Drive Pinterest Traffic to Build Your Email List (1:35)  2. The Power of a Good Lead Magnet (4:45)  3. Avoid Generic Opt-In Forms (13:45) 4. Think Outside the Box (17:10)   Quote:  Drive visitors directly to your blog instead of an opt-in form so they can have access to all the resources you have to offer.  Or When you're ready to create a lead magnet to help drive traffic to your website and encourage people to sign up for your mailing list, always make sure that it's relevant and fulfills a need for someone visiting your website     

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Agusta Harting was Miss Iceland in 1956, married a US Navy Officer, and became a Mormon convert after moving to the United States. Over the next several podcast episodes she shares a fascinating story of she and her husband's journey in and then out of Mormonism and into a grace that healed their lives and allowed them to flourish for many years until Dan's death a couple of years ago.  QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE The Mormon people were so nice and so many things seemed to make sense ~ Agusta

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE In the acceptance and resolution stage you begin to feel more stable and seek out relationships again. Respect and love are now more important than ever. Nothing matters more than Jesus. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES In the Flesh… (Philippians 3) Suffering the loss of all things (Philippians 3:8-10) Characteristic of someone who loves (1 John 4:7-12, 18) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Some people experience several stages of grief while transitioning from a performance based religion. They are very real emotions that include shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Listen as Lynn Wilder shares the desperate need for help as she experienced these stages of grief and received a steady confidence of peace, trust and joy. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Lynn shares from her life in performance-based religion, and how she thought she was good.  When she started reading the Bible all that changed. Jesus changed everything SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE What does gambling have to do with grace? What’s the risk? It’s all on the table, no negotiating. What’s the guarantee?   SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Deciding to stand firm of proving what she believed through Mormonism, Lisa agreed to study the Bible confident she could defend her faith. The gods of her life began to be exposed by God for how weak, small and lifeless they were. December 20, 1990, all the chains and addictions fell off. Being compelled to love she had a desire to share with her parents, her family and all who would listen about the intimate God she had found. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

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TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Can I have a direct relationship with God without organized religion or the Church? We must figure out truth. Performance based religions have an authority based structure of who can hear from God. Jesus is our mediator, we have direct access no need for anyone else but is there a biblical paradigm from hearing from God? SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Warnings were given to Anna to be careful of what she read or researched because the devil is working against the one true church. Preparing to be baptized and join the Mormon Church she was so baffled when she began to see the church was hiding many things. The difference between what the Bible said and what the Book of Mormon said was drawing her to question what is truth. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Anna raised in a Christian home was drawn to Mormonism through a romantic relationship. Drawn to the family unit and someone who was very dedicated to his faith. She was on the path to study Mormon scriptures, become baptized and become a member of the LDS Church. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES Grace by faith (Ephesians 2:8-9) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE Sometimes relationships blinds or clouds our perspective

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Micah Wilder shares how God made a radical change in his life. Because he loved people so much he wanted to share what he found and he did so through a ministry called Adams Road. Five friends that had the same radical change and having a unique background of music started writing music and formed a band. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Stefan and Sarah were a faithful LDS couple who began to read the Bible and ask questions regarding the differences between the Mormon faith and what the Bible said. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES God does not live in temples made with hands (Acts 7:48) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE Doubt is always the first penetration of new truth Asking for the truth, scales fell from my eyes –Sarah Jesus is enough-He is sufficient!

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Our guests are a married couple who were faithful to the LDS Church together. Stefan coming back from his Mormon mission on fire to live a faithful, worthy life as a husband and father. Desiring to be even more worthy after the birth of their first child, Stefan questioned his worthiness and began reading the Bible diligently with the Mormon scriptures. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

  TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE What is it like to die to an old life and to move on to a new life? The fear of the unknown can sometimes be greater than what actually happens. The Word of God has a patterned that tells us what to do for our entire life. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Confronting a family that for generations was LDS. Alicia began to understand that Jesus was more important than family. Holding on to faith and hope knowing that God was there she confronted the cost of losing family, friends and career and moved away from Utah and pursued following Jesus and the truth of His Word. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Alicia, Lynn’s daughter-in-law, grew up as a little “righteous girl”. Born into a Mormon family, she did her absolute best at living up to the standards but yet once in college at BYU felt like she was missing something, having uncertainties, feeling insecure and worthless. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES Jesus is the Word (John 1) Become like a child (Matthew 18:3-4) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Anna continues to share her story of validating and highlighting concerns she began to have about the Mormon faith. Comparing verses from the Bible and Mormon scripture, internet research and digging into apologetics. Struggling with what to believe, where true faith was and holding on to the romantic relationship she longed for she continued to study. Rejoice with Anna as she shares answers to prayer and the peace and joy she has finally found! SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

For business owners, consistent growth is an expected goal. How can we ensure that becomes a reality for our companies? What must we do to ensure that our business continues to thrive without adding more work to our own schedules? On this episode, we talk with Rob Ellerman who shares insights on how he has built a successful team and what it’s done for his business. Takeaways From This Episode Build a team and continue to grow it by training new agents. Never stop marketing your services. Even in times of recession, people are buying and selling property. Make sure you’re the agent they come to. Aim to be involved in more than one area of real estate. Start as an agent, and then own rentals and flip houses. There are so many opportunities.     The real estate industry is filled to the brim with opportunities, and it would be a shame not to take them. Start by developing a team and you’ll open up more time for yourself to explore new prospects and find more success. Work with the intention of not needing to work as hard, and keep investing yourself. There is so much to achieve- you just need to attain it. Guest Bio- Rob is the team leader of The Rob Ellerman Team. He started his career in real estate straight out of college. Every year since, he’s seen phenomenal growth. That growth was facilitated by a growing team that allowed him to work strategically and maximize the hours he wants to work. Rob credits much of his success to having honorable intentions, and emphasizes the importance of having your client’s best interests at heart. Learn more about Rob here:https://www.therobellermanteam.com/

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Anna Banister was raised in a Christian family but was drawn away to Mormonism through a relationship with a Mormon man and his family. Mormonism taught her that the more persecution she received for pursuing Mormonism was a confirmation that she was choosing the right path. QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE Mormonism was giving me control over my own salvation – Anna

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Garron Brown shares the adventure God has taken him from the Mormon Church to belief in true Biblical Christianity. Garron’s spiritual thirst for God came from his feeling of drought even in the midst of a successful Mormon mission. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES All fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE God is so faithful. He can take our ashes and build it into something beautiful-Garron

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Garron Brown shares his testimony of growing up Mormon, being in seminary, his mission work and his turn just 7 months ago to a personal relationship with God. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE What is performance based religion? The basis of eternal life is very different from a performance based religion than that of the New Testament scriptures.  SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Lila LeBaron’s testimony of forgiveness to her father and the timing of being willing to submit to God’s will for her life. Lila needed to forgive her father and the abuse that was experienced by her mother and her 32 brothers and sisters. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Lila LeBaron’s testimony of being a part of a polygamist family from Mexico and her transition to Christianity. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES Be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2) Perfect love casts out all fear (1 John 4:18) We love him, because he first loved us (1 John 4:19) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE God heard my cry and prepared my own aunt and uncle to come back to the polygamist community to lead a Bible study.

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Communication from LDS friends in transition. God is always at His work! The work of God is to draw people to faith in Jesus so they may know they have eternal life. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES God is a rewarder of those who seek him (Hebrews 11:6) One God, One Mediator between God and man (2 Timothy 2:5) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE Read the scripture without any helps or cross references. Look with fresh eyes in a different translation

UGP 014: Making a Grace Escape  TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE You can make an escape from performance based religion without anger and destroyed relationships. The zeal for the truth can have the opposite effect to those who aren’t ready to accept the truth. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Can Christians live anyway they want to and God will still save them? Jesus gave his life as a free gift but it was not cheap-it cost him everything! As a man becomes a new creature in Christ, the disposition to sin becomes less and less as the Holy Spirit works in that man. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE God is a unique, one of a kind being, a spirit, not physically bound, omniscient, and omnipotent. Post-modernism creates our own reality, morality and faith. God wants to bring grace into our lives so we both experience Him at a deeper level and impact others around us. We become agents of transformative change! SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE What is our identity with Christ alone? Is your faith about Jesus or what you can do? Grace says that God wants us to be dependent on Him. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES Passing judgments (Colossians 2:16-23) Saved through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9) Distorted gospel (Galatians 1:9) Deceiving spirits (1 Timothy 4:1-5) No condemnation (Romans 8:1)   QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Performance based religion is very different than grace.  The idea of following rules to be acceptable to God can define a performance based religion. A religion that requires standards of behavior and the performance of those behaviors can actually run the risk of not having a relationship with God. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Our hope as imperfect people is that we can be perfectly loved by God because of grace. Grace can be bring reconciliation to the worst scenario. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES Grace extends to thanksgiving (2 Corinthians 4:15-18) Ministers of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:14-21) Grace is also for the future (Romans 8:18) The friends of Job not exhibiting the hope of reconciliation (Job 4-23) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Human touch can be a real healer. A touch of grace makes a difference. Jesus is the one who wants to let grace heal and touch you. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE What does gambling have to do with grace? What’s the risk? It’s all on the table, no negotiating. What’s the guarantee? SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Joel shares his testimony of grace. What happens when you fall off the “gerbil wheel”? If I mess up, how do I fix it? Pride makes me feed my performance and look for honors from men. What is legalism? It’s all about performance; rules; standards of behavior; the better you perform the more pleasing results you will have. The New Testament shows us the God of love, mercy and forgiveness SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Experience a grace that heals. Grace is defined as an unmerited favor. A gift we receive but don’t deserve. Gratitude. You can have a grace that heals. Replace shame with acceptance, guilt with forgiveness and fear with confidence. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Lynn Wilder continues to tell her story of finding grace during one of the rawest most difficult times of her life and the life of her whole family. Grace can change your life and relationships. How can you respond to others struggling? SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES Love one another, as God has loved you (John 14:34) All things work together for the good of those who love God (Romans 8:28) QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE What happens when I surrender all things to God? Obedience to Him and not to a list of rules or expectations. The love of God is personal and He gives us the taste of intimacy we are searching for. QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE “Many a soul begins to come to God when he flings off being religious…” Oswald Chambers “There is reliable evidence of biblical accounts, I could trust this God!” Lynn Wilder LINKS MENTIONED

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Lynn shares from her life in performance-based religion, and how she thought she was good.  When she started reading the Bible all that changed. Jesus changed everything SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Grace is defined as Kindness, Charity, Benevolence, Blessing, Honor, Mercy, Reprieve, Peace, Clemency, Compassion, Forgiveness, Acquiescence, Tranquility, and Gift. Grace extends vertically and horizontally. Vertically with our relationship to God and horizontally with our relationship to people (spouses, children, parents, co-workers, friends) SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

We continue our series on technological innovations designed to enhance the way we provide clinical care, deliver and receive information and education to and from our patients and families, leading to increased engagement, compliance and ownership by them. Today we talk to Rachel Trobman, Founder and CEO of OUCHIE an online platform for tracking and effectively managing chronic pain using multimodal treatments.  Takeaways From This Episode  How a FREE online platform is used for tracking pain, mood, function etc., how it’s used for education, pain management and creation of community for chronic pain patients.   How this platform can be used by any HCP for better care of their pain patients and how it can be customized to their particular needs and therapies.   What they do to ensure that patients, despite their pain, focus on what they CAN DO, rather than what they can’t.   Links Mentioned in this Episode Ouchie Rachel Trobman Pedia Pain Focus Episode 3 Pedia Pain Focus Episode 4 US Pain Foundation American Pain Society