This is the first episode of a new series exploring the creative process in art with Lynn Schwartz, American artist based in France, and Bianca Vinther, creator of The Pointless Artist Blog and The Pointless Artist Podcast.

In this episode and in the first blog post of the series called „The Creative Process in Art: All you need to know“, we answer the following 5 most frequently asked questions:

• 1. What is the creative process in art and what is the key to the process?

  2. How can the art-making process feel successful and rewarding though challenging and, perhaps, hard at times?

  3. Creative processes are individual actions. Although every creative process is unique and different, they all seem to have something in common. What is that?

• 4. What does it mean to be a process-driven artist: does it mean to not have any idea or outcome in mind at all?

• 5. Does a creative process have a beginning and an end?

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This sharp and to the point podcast episode with Lucianna Whittle, a Brighton-based process-driven painter, is about meaning in art and audience response.

Does art have a purpose? Do and should contemporary artworks have a meaning, a specific content? Can and should they be interpreted?

How does contemporary audience response look like? What shouldn't visual artists expect from their audiences?

And how should visual artists make art best: with the potential buyer and his expectations in mind or, like the Sudanese painter and Tate Gallery artist Ibrahim El-Salahi once said, "with no idea whatsoever about what [the artwork] is going to look like"?

Take a listen to this poignant conversation with Lucianna Whittle, and come talk with us next time on The Pointless Artist Podcast about purpose in art, the art-making process, and audience response!

Via The Pointless Artist Blog and The Pointless Artist Podcast, I support the creative energy of life and the artists who contribute to transforming this world into a freer, kinder, more inclusive, caring, transparent, and compassionate place to live. I firmly believe in the passion for art, the importance of sharing knowledge and experiences, and the power of personal stories to bring us together.

In this podcast episode, Sandy Kilpatrick, Scottish singer-songwriter based in Portugal, unfolds his life story, and gives us an insight into his creative process.

He first takes us back into his formative years, when he was a student in Lancaster and then a Manchester-based singer in an indie-rock band. Further, he discusses the transition from a fast-paced professional life in England to a family life in Portugal. One of the highlights of our conversation is Sandy’s almost idyllic description of his large forest, the lush green hues of the leaves, the dazzling variety of his fruit trees, and the wonderful fragrance of orange blossoms. As he confesses in this podcast episode, in such moments of pure grace, when he feels most clear and free, Sandy becomes receptive to inspiration and he allows it to flow. If his guitar happens to be around, then he freely plays its strings, the magic occurs, and a new song is being born. The floodgates open when he silences his self-critical voice for a while.

Sandy argues convincingly that making peace with the inner demons and getting rid of the tyranny of the mind, an expression he borrowed from his wife, is essential for personal growth and creativity in art.

Listen to this podcast episode with Sandy Kilpatrick and feel his joy and creative energy! They're contagious :-)

Via The Pointless Artist Blog and The Pointless Artist Podcast, I support the creative energy of life and the artists who contribute to transforming this world into a freer, kinder, more inclusive, caring, transparent, and compassionate place to live. I firmly believe in the passion for art, the importance of sharing knowledge and experiences, and the power of personal stories to bring us together.

From Germany with love,

Bianca Vinther