Intuitive Artist Donna Spatidol and Being 'Exactly Where We Are Supposed to Be' - #07

10/24/23 • 66 min

I interviewed Donna Spatidol, who is an intuitive artist. She sold her home on the US East Coast and is currently travelling. We spoke about her art journey from high school age, self-discovery via a business course, being widowed, art as therapy, living a solitary life, and the search for a home base again...
"I am learning that home is right here. Where I am. Home is in my heart. Home is who I'm with. And a lot of times, most of the time it's with myself."
Find out more about Donna and connect with her at https://www.instagram.com/spatidol/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wa6I1PH3qlw
00:05:10 - Recent challenges as an artist
00:13:49 - Significance of peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
00:16:00 - Dancing it out on social media
00:18:42 - Loving your art like you love yourself
00:23:13 - The grieving process
00:29:58 - Choosing art
00:32:10 - Not receiving positive encouragement in art journey
00:41:42 - Peter Crone
00:43:43 - Art as therapy
00:54:05 - Importance of the creative workspace
01:00:47 - Home

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10/24/23 • 66 min

Better Loud Than Too Late with Genevra - Intuitive Artist Donna Spatidol and Being 'Exactly Where We Are Supposed to Be' - #07

Transcript

Donna Spatidol: [00:00:00] I have a Beautiful friend who I met, um, on social media, who's an artist who taught me to love my art like I love myself. I think before I was taught to judge, I think we're as artists and musicians and anyone in the arts as people, we judge ourselves and we judge our art. And she taught me to, um. to treat my art like myself or like my children and you wouldn't, you know, be nasty to your children.

So I used to just walk into my studio b

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