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**** – (): artist like you have to believe that

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**** – (): giving up even if you are bad if you’re

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**** – (): doing a crappy job if you are just even

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**** – (): barely making it our artists or mostly

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**** – (): an extension of Who We Are

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**** – (): the more comfortable that you become

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**** – (): are the more you embrace your own

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**** – (): hey you guys welcome back to the Arts to

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**** – (): Hearts podcast this is your host charaka

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**** – (): and I’m very excited to be on the

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**** – (): podcast today to share my thoughts and

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**** – (): some things that I’ve been recently

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**** – (): um if you are a regular listener thank

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**** – (): you so much for joining me today by

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**** – (): myself in this episode where I’m going

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**** – (): to share six questions I would ask

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**** – (): myself if I was starting

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**** – (): um as an artist today and you know why

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**** – (): I’ve been thinking about this a lot um

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**** – (): you know sometimes

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**** – (): um we you know I’ve been looking at a

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**** – (): lot of um other artists I’ve been

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**** – (): looking at younger artists today and how

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**** – (): differently they are doing things and

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**** – (): um how their work is evolving and how

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**** – (): they are taking this career path and I

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**** – (): keep asking myself that is there

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**** – (): something I would do differently today

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**** – (): or if there’s something I would um I

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**** – (): would have done if I had to redo but

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**** – (): before I go into that I really wanted to

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**** – (): say um a big thank you to all of you

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**** – (): who’ve supported us with the studio

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**** – (): visit book um the new call for art and

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**** – (): uh Magazine with Rachel working with

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**** – (): Rachel has been such an amazing amazing

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**** – (): experience you know launching the

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**** – (): magazine issue three with Rachel Burke I

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**** – (): make Instagram I make Instagram I don’t

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**** – (): know how we call that but Rachel has

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**** – (): been such a dream you know her work I

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**** – (): think it’s the happiest issue we’ve just

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**** – (): made so far and I think that was the

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**** – (): idea the Brighton bold issue for the

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**** – (): summer we wanted to produce

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**** – (): um a magazine issue that would really

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**** – (): bring smile

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**** – (): um on your faces would look like

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**** – (): happy

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**** – (): um addition to your desk your coffee

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**** – (): table uh your morning bedside you know

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**** – (): all that Glam but I’m very excited

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**** – (): because this issue has been one of my

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**** – (): personal favorite and we have some

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**** – (): amazing amazing editions within it you

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**** – (): um

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**** – (): interviews with Alicia and Kat as our

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**** – (): creative gurus to having some exciting

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**** – (): um interviews with artists from all

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**** – (): parts of the world in our curated

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**** – (): section which is essentially one of the

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**** – (): most exciting where we pick new batch of

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**** – (): artists every Edition and what’s even

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**** – (): more exciting that now we’re working on

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**** – (): our Autumn Edition which is uh the call

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**** – (): for art which is going to be ending very

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**** – (): very soon so if you are interested in

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**** – (): being a part of the automation for which

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**** – (): the theme is sanctuary and I really

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**** – (): wanted to talk about this theme because

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**** – (): you know when I was thinking about the

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**** – (): theme that we would want to keep for an

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**** – (): Autumn

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**** – (): um Edition I really was thinking about

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**** – (): what would go what does autumn make me

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**** – (): feel like what is you know what is that

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**** – (): we can do how can artists respond to

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**** – (): this Edition and I think for me I look

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**** – (): at Autumn as a season of uh to going

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**** – (): inwards I think a lot of that season

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**** – (): starts with going inwards from finding

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**** – (): Comfort

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**** – (): um I think Summers is a lot about going

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**** – (): out going in the wild and you know just

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**** – (): taking the Sun and I love fall but I

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**** – (): think what’s even more exciting the

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**** – (): period before that where you know we’re

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**** – (): all in this transition mode where we are

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**** – (): actually enjoying

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**** – (): um where we are actually enjoying the

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**** – (): outdoors but also our retreating in our

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**** – (): own sanctuaries in our own homes in our

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**** – (): own Comforts and that is very exciting I

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**** – (): think

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**** – (): with the idea of sanctuary as a theme we

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**** – (): were not only looking for essential in

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**** – (): word of the you know I think about the

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**** – (): animal kingdom and I think about I don’t

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**** – (): know I think about homes and I I think

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**** – (): about

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**** – (): um my my dogs and I think about anything

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**** – (): that helps you go inwards I think that

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**** – (): is very

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**** – (): um that that is what I think this Autumn

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**** – (): issue would be to me and what I how I

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**** – (): translate this um

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**** – (): theme so I think I’m very very excited

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**** – (): to look at the submissions and Dinah who

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**** – (): is a guest curator for this Edition I

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**** – (): think she really fits in well with her

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**** – (): own work with her own ideologies I think

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**** – (): we uh with every Edition we always try

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**** – (): to bring you know uh the heart of the

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**** – (): curator and the theme of the magazine

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**** – (): together so it even fits even better

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**** – (): we’re very excited to release

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**** – (): you know the cover artist for this but

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**** – (): this wouldn’t happen until we’ve

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**** – (): actually come through the magazine

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**** – (): prepare the Edition and we’ll announce

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**** – (): that you know just in time so if you’re

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**** – (): interested make sure that you visit

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**** – (): okay now I want to come back in this

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**** – (): episode I really wanted to talk about

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**** – (): what would I do differently and

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**** – (): what would I ask myself if I were to

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**** – (): start as an artist today and this point

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**** – (): in time when I started my career I

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**** – (): really had no idea absolutely no idea

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**** – (): what being an artist meant I had been

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**** – (): working

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**** – (): um before I actually decided to be an

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**** – (): artist I didn’t come from an art school

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**** – (): I had studied in a design school and I

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**** – (): was finding my way as a designer and I

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**** – (): had been working here and there quite a

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**** – (): few years in the startup in design in

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**** – (): quite a few Fields here and there but I

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**** – (): just

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**** – (): felt I wasn’t in the right place I

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**** – (): really felt this in the core of my heart

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**** – (): and I know this now because every time

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**** – (): even when there is a low season even

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**** – (): where things don’t seem to work fine

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**** – (): today I know it in my heart that I’m in

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**** – (): the right place and I think this is a

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**** – (): question that has really like this has

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**** – (): made me really feel comfortable because

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**** – (): in in in I think close to 10 years now

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**** – (): point and I have done quite a few things

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**** – (): doing that I think that has been one of

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**** – (): the most incredible learning course for

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**** – (): relationships and the learnings that

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**** – (): I’ve had uh you know dipping my hands

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**** – (): into these new things has been amazing

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**** – (): and I think um

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**** – (): it’s exciting and sometimes it does get

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**** – (): confusing but also you understand with

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**** – (): within your own self when you speak to

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**** – (): yourself and you hear yourself okay this

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**** – (): fits in I feel I belong here I feel even

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**** – (): if I’m not just the right perfect you

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**** – (): know and I think we’re not

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**** – (): we’re never the perfect piece but we

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**** – (): working as a designer I was always very

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**** – (): even then but I think there was this

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**** – (): feeling of wanting more or feeling of

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**** – (): disappointment also because I think

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**** – (): isn’t that and I think that is exactly

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**** – (): what I felt I felt like

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**** – (): I was trying my best but I knew that my

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**** – (): best wasn’t coming out and I think it’s

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**** – (): an important part so

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**** – (): looking back at all these years I

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**** – (): talk to you about what do I what would I

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**** – (): ask myself the questions I would ask

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**** – (): myself

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**** – (): today the first question I think I would

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**** – (): it takes and not only artists but any I

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**** – (): it’s not like okay if I like something

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**** – (): mathematics there’s no like right and

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**** – (): am I willing to put an unwavering faith

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**** – (): in my own self in my own creativity am I

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**** – (): and personally I feel like um if I were

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**** – (): to ask myself

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**** – (): um I would really ask you know if am I

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**** – (): ready

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**** – (): to believe and to act and live like an

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**** – (): I personally feel that uh there’s so

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**** – (): much of imposter there’s so many

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**** – (): and I’m going to put all my faith in my

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**** – (): so if you are at any state and you feel

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**** – (): like um

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**** – (): you you know you want to take your

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**** – (): identity as an artist and I’m

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**** – (): challenging you if you want to be an

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**** – (): artist are you ready to put your un

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**** – (): ending Faith unwavering faith in

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**** – (): yourself in your creativity and take

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**** – (): this um identity are you ready to call

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**** – (): yourself an artist even if whatever kind

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**** – (): of art you make you mean make the best

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**** – (): art and still not be okay with it and

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**** – (): maybe just in the beginning of your

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**** – (): career and beginning of your skill and

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**** – (): still feel like an artist I think

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**** – (): there’s no right way and right stage or

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**** – (): a right start of being an artist we’re

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**** – (): all artists in our own stages and we

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**** – (): just have to believe that okay now let’s

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**** – (): come to the second question now this is

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**** – (): an interesting one and it particularly

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**** – (): may not be specific to artists but I do

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**** – (): feel like as artists as creative people

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**** – (): this happens to us a lot more

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**** – (): my question would be

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**** – (): am I ready to fall a million times and

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**** – (): get back and pull myself again together

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**** – (): am I ready to

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**** – (): pull those pieces of mine that have been

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**** – (): you know scattered away and get up again

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**** – (): and again and again because I feel like

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**** – (): the creative Journey a lot of time feels

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**** – (): like that

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**** – (): um you know there’s so many days even

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**** – (): today I feel like oh I have lost my way

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**** – (): I have uh lost my um space and my

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**** – (): identity uh and a lot of that up happens

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**** – (): because uh there’s so much that is

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**** – (): happening in my life if I’m not being

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**** – (): able to take

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**** – (): um actions as I would want and a lot of

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**** – (): times I feel like

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**** – (): um we fail and we fail and we make

**** – (): 13:04

**** – (): mistakes and we learn and this really

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**** – (): happens a lot in in a state in a in our

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**** – (): careers when we’re trying to grow we you

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**** – (): know being an artist does not come with

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**** – (): the rule book and we all make our own

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**** – (): rule books and we all make our own

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**** – (): mistakes and then we all make our own

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**** – (): answers and it takes a lot of hit and

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**** – (): um there is no one formula that fits us

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**** – (): all so

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**** – (): that means in that process you will fall

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**** – (): that means in that process you will feel

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**** – (): like you are lost and uh you will have

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**** – (): to any time that you feel oh now that

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**** – (): you found yourself there will be another

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**** – (): day where you will feel like oh my god I

**** – (): 13:44

**** – (): think I’m lost again or now I don’t know

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**** – (): I feel like I can’t get up and that is

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**** – (): when you have to pick yourself up and I

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**** – (): can I really cannot even counter my

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**** – (): fingers now I mean I can even when I

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**** – (): look back today I feel like there’s so

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**** – (): many days that I can so many places I

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**** – (): can look back at and I’m like oh my God

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**** – (): I felt miserable I felt so hard and

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**** – (): I’m so proud of myself because I pulled

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**** – (): myself together at that point to brought

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**** – (): me here you know

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About Charuka Arora

Charuka Arora is the host of the Arts to Hearts podcast. She is an artist and designer who started her career in the design industry before transitioning to become a full-time artist. Charuka is passionate about helping other artists and creatives navigate their own artistic journeys.

Summary:
Charuka Arora shares six important questions she would ask herself if she were starting as an artist today. She emphasizes the importance of believing in oneself and having unwavering faith in one’s creativity. Charuka also discusses the need to embrace one’s own identity and love oneself fully in order to create authentic and meaningful art. She encourages artists to be willing to fall and get back up again, to go beyond the surface and dig deeper in their work, and to let go of judgment, both from others and from themselves. Finally, Charuka highlights the importance of writing one’s own story and crafting a life that aligns with one’s artistic vision.

Key Takeaways:

To be an artist, one must believe in oneself and have unwavering faith in one’s creativity.
Embracing one’s own identity and loving oneself fully is essential for creating authentic and meaningful art.

Artists should be willing to fall and get back up again, learning from their mistakes and continuing to grow.

Going beyond the surface and digging deeper in one’s work allows for greater emotional depth and connection.

Letting go of judgment, both from others and from oneself, is crucial for artistic freedom and expression.

Artists have the power to write their own stories and craft lives that align with their artistic visions.

Quotes:

“To be an artist is to believe to be an artist like you have to believe that you’re an artist.” – Charuka Arora

“The more comfortable that you become with yourself, the more loving of who you are, the more you embrace your own identity, the stronger you feel associated with your art.” – Charuka Arora

“Am I ready to fall a million times and put myself back together again and again and again?” – Charuka Arora

“Am I ready to dig deeper, am I ready to feel my emotions fully, am I ready to ask myself those difficult questions and take those difficult experiences of my life and fully embrace them?” – Charuka Arora

“Am I ready to let go of others’ judgment of myself and my work?” – Charuka Arora

“Am I ready to love and accept myself fully and wholly?” – Charuka Arora

Charuka Arora is the founder of the Arts to Hearts Project and Host of the Arts to Hearts Podcast. She is also an acclaimed Indian artist known for her contemporary embellished paintings. Her unique blend of gouache, collage, embroidery, painting, and drawing explores the intersection of art, culture, heritage, and womanhood. Through her work, she tells stories of female strength and encapsulates them in pieces that can be treasured for generations.

Charuka’s work draws inspiration from Hindu mythology, recognizing women as vessels of Shakti, the cosmic energy. She beautifully portrays powerful goddesses like Durga Maa riding a tiger or lion, symbolizing their unlimited power to protect virtue and combat evil.

Through her art, Charuka invites us into the world of women, showcasing their beauty, strength, and resilience. Her creations not only exhibit exceptional talent but also serve as an inspiration and a symbol of hope for those challenging societal norms.

Arts to Hearts Podcast is a show delving into the lives and passions of renowned artists. From running creative businesses and studio art practices to cultivating a successful mindset, Charuka Arora engages in heartfelt conversations with her guests. Experience your personal happy hour with your favorite artists, right in your studio.

Through candid discussions, Charuka and her guests reveal the joys and challenges of a vibrant creative life, both within and beyond our studios. Get ready to be inspired and uplifted as you tune in.