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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"Coffee is number one, and being completely engrossed with coffee and sucked into the whole world of the good espresso... that's been my key focus for majority of the business. And then accompanied by a really good panino, which in my life and my growing up has been very important, whether it's just a staple lunch on a Saturday afternoon with mortadella and provolone or something a little bit more with your giardiniere and your prosciutti..."
I interviewed Nathaniel Praino, who runs a successful café in Adelaide's east. He welcomed me into his space where we spoke about coffee, panini, family support, setting up a second location, setbacks during his start-up phase, and more...
05:43 - What drove Nathaniel to open up the cafè
10:17 - Why Nathaniel did not expect the cafè community to develop in the way that it did
11:58 - “It’s not your job to create”
15:18 - On family support + 30,000 panini!
17:42 - On work life and balancing parenting
19:14 - Opening despite a pandemic
20:27 - Winning an award for best coffee
22:38 - Opening up a second location
28:30 - Working around not having a full kitchen
30:48 - Attracting friendly staff and people
33:46 - Advice for someone wanting to start up their own cafe
38:52 - Nathaniel’s signature Portuguese tarts

Learn more about the café and join the local community on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nathanielscoffeeandpanini/
Follow Nathaniel's café updates on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nathanielscoffeepanini/
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I interviewed Paul Atkins who runs Atkins Photo Lab in Adelaide - Australia's oldest print lab! We spoke about the importance of the physical print, nostalgia, re-branding in business (with design-led innovation), finding your people, wedding photography, and the highs and lows of carrying on a family business.
"I'm terrible at change. It's my biggest problem... so for me to survive that is to trust people who are better at change and to let them do their thing... and then to help them, and to still be the person that they can turn to, and be carrying the load of nostalgia with them..."
Find out more about Atkins Lab - http://www.atkins.com.au
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Paul's boat website - https://paulsboat.wordpress.com
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Rust Salt Tar by Tony Kearney - http://www.rustsalttar.com/
The carousel scene with Don Draper from Mad Men - https://youtu.be/suRDUFpsHus?si=45skYIxGT3NYfD5b
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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