In this short chat, Bird brings in fantastic historical and contextual expertise to join Griffin as he explains "Artners" and how to turn your own internal creative side into a helpful collaborator.

Bird aspires for a career of museum work driven by thier deep passion for the overlaps art and the social sciences, leading to thier pursuit of a dual degree. They're a jack of all trades textile artist who enjoys exploring every new skill and hobby they can. The true passion behind all this is being able to add beauty into the lives of those around them.
https://www.instagram.com/heavenfullcosplay/

Griffin Ess is a figurative painter with a degree in forensic psychology. His passion is stimulating the creativity of others and connecting folks of various backgrounds and mediums to cross-pollinate their inspirations. His proudest accomplishment is being referred to as a Fairy God Brother.
https://www.shadedareas.com

Special shoutout to artist Laura Lee Gulledge https://www.whoislauralee.com/ who introduced Griffin to the term artners, an introduction he has clung to and tried to further spread since. (But also an artist whose name escaped him while he was recording the episode)

In this very delayed episode, Archer Ezra Rosenbloom and I are highlighting and digging a little further into some of the key takeaways from the conversations of episodes 6-9.

(The episode was supposed to go up on August 5th but was delayed. Partly due to life but also due to Griffin discovering half the of the conversation was lost at a time that re-recording seemed too difficult to coordinate due to both co-hosts being heavily occupied... but the missing half was eventually tracked down and here we are.)

Support Create - Art - Repeat
https://www.patreon.com/createartrepeat

Credits:
Music: Douglas Appleman - http://www.Douglas-Appleman.com/
Copyeditor/Proofreader: Reed Floarea - https://www.floareaindexing.com/
Co-Host: Archer Ezra Rosenbloom - https://www.instagram.com/cos_and.effect
Co-Host: Griffin Ess - https://www.shadedareas.com/

Original date of episode publication: August 23rd, 2025

Lindsay June Griffin (she/her) measures her life in mornings spent with her cats, naps taken, and $1 slices. She was a company member of Honest Accomplice Theatre performing and devising shows about the queer experience. Most recently you may have seen her crying in public. You will have to pry her rent-stabilized lease out of her cold dead hands before she leaves New York City: Center of the Universe.

Where to find Lindsay online.
https://www.instagram.com/liffinabouttown

Support Create - Art - Repeat
https://www.patreon.com/createartrepeat

Credits:
Music: Douglas Appleman - http://www.Douglas-Appleman.com/
Copyeditor/Proofreader: Reed Floarea - https://www.floareaindexing.com/
Co-Host: Archer Ezra Rosenbloom - https://www.instagram.com/cos_and.effect
Co-Host: Griffin Ess - https://www.shadedareas.com/

Original date of episode publication: July 21st, 2025