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When I first stumbled upon Margo Tantau\u2019s <\/span>Windowsill Chats: Real People and Their Creative Paths<\/span><\/i>, I immediately imagined myself sitting in a windowsill, with Margo sitting in hers across the way, and simply chatting about all our creative endeavors and how to overcome obstacles\u2014the kind of chit-chat you can\u2019t have with your \u201c<\/span>normal<\/span><\/i>\u201d friends who aren\u2019t creatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Raised with a rich oral tradition, I\u2019m familiar with the concept of windowsills, front porches, kitchen tables, and dual rocking chairs as venues for deep thought and silly talk. Often, those talks center around what\u2019s new in town, who\u2019s dating who, and what\u2019s new in each other\u2019s life. Rarely in my circle do we talk about the pains of being creative or brainstorm new projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With Tantau\u2019s podcast, I have that virtual fellowship through the conversations with her guests. It covers topics like how to follow my own instinct and write my own story, how life\u2019s changes evolve one\u2019s artistic vision, and how to stop worrying about what others think of you. Common themes throughout the podcasts are empowerment, validation, intuition, and the pursuit of scores of different arts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although I\u2019ve only scratched the surface of almost two years of podcasts, I\u2019m planning to take this one to the beach and back.<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 2022 Issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  When I first stumbled upon Margo Tantau\u2019s Windowsill Chats: Real People and Their Creative Paths, I immediately imagined myself sitting in a windowsill, with Margo sitting in hers across the way, and simply chatting about all our creative endeavors and how to overcome obstacles\u2014the kind of chit-chat you can\u2019t have with your \u201cnormal\u201d friends who aren\u2019t creatives.\u00a0 Raised with a rich oral tradition, I\u2019m familiar with the concept of windowsills, front porches, kitchen tables, and dual rocking chairs as venues for deep thought and silly talk. Often, those talks center around what\u2019s new in town, who\u2019s dating who, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":12964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[365,3434,3433,3431,598,3432],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n