Drawing Your Own Path

John F Simon Jr

Since publishing "Drawing Your Own Path : 33 Practices at the Crossroads of Art and Meditation" with Parallax Press in 2016, John Simon has begun organizing a community of creative contemplatives; people interested in exploring Art and Meditation. For this community podcast, he is recording discussions and interviews with contemporary artists and contemplatives about their personal experiences and lessons from their practices. Enjoy!

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Top 10 Drawing Your Own Path Episodes

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Episode 18 : Olivia Gatwood

Drawing Your Own Path

08/17/18 • 60 min

Poet, performer, and author of "New American Best Friend," Olivia Gatwood joins me for a discussion of poets on the road and the storytelling sources of her creativity. Find out more about Olivia Gatwood at oliviagatwood.com

Episode 13 : Joan Bankemper

Drawing Your Own Path

03/20/18 • 62 min

I visit the Black Meadow Barn for a rollicking dialog with Joan Bankemper just days before her opening at Nancy Hoffman Gallery @ 520 W 27th Street in New York City. Find out more about Joan here: joan-bankemper.com

Episode 20 : Michael Rees

Drawing Your Own Path

11/30/18 • 58 min

Michael Rees and I are friends from the early digital art days in NYC. He is an innovator in the integration of technology and sculpture experimenting with robotic marble carving, 3D modeling of inflatables, and AR activated imagery.

Episode 17 : Deborah Haynes

Drawing Your Own Path

07/30/18 • 55 min

Deborah J Haynes is a giant whose shoulders I stand on! Her experience and practice as a creative contemplative inspire me and show me the way to a deeply integrated and engaged studio. https://deborahjhaynes.com/

Episode 14 : Amy Jenkins

Drawing Your Own Path

04/19/18 • 56 min

Award winning documentary film maker and visual artist Amy Jenkins discusses the difficulties and joys that arise when intimately mixing art and life in her new release "Instructions on Parting" Trailer and information here: http://www.on-parting.com/

Episode 12 : Shelley Marlow

Drawing Your Own Path

02/23/18 • 64 min

Artist and author Shelley Marlow and I discuss the finer points of creativity, gender identity, the writing process, and living in New York City that flowed together to make her novel, "Two Augusts in a Row in a Row."

Episode 7 : Nancy Princenthal

Drawing Your Own Path

10/23/17 • 61 min

Nancy Princenthal joins me to discuss creativity and meditation in the life of Agnes Martin, the subject of her 2015 book, "Agnes Martin : Her Life and Art". I also ask her about creativity in her own writing process.

Episode 6 : Cody Rounds

Drawing Your Own Path

09/14/17 • 63 min

From here in Sugar Loaf, NY, I talk to Cody Rounds, an artist, meditation teacher, community leader, and all-around magic person. We talk over her artistic growth and debate the sources of creative energy.

Episode 4 : Amy Maricle

Drawing Your Own Path

07/18/17 • 63 min

Amy Maricle and I discuss the benefits of daily creative practice, working with the inner critic, and her efforts to help others through MindfulArtStudio.com and the Facebook group called CreativeSelfCare.

Episode 19 : John F Simon Jr

Drawing Your Own Path

10/05/18 • 74 min

After interviewing Deborah J Haynes in episode #17 the conversation hasn't stopped! In this episode the tables are turned and Deborah interviews me. We delve deeply into studio practice and the source of creativity.

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