SOPHIE’S ART PODCAST

Episodes of Sophie’s Art Podcast.

Death and Life : Episode 121 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson - About The Tings

121 – DEATH AND LIFE

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is all about Death, with a lil bit of Life, thanks to lilDENNiS and Kitty, who have been at it all week creating baby lilDENNiSES :)

The episode is a brain dump therapy type session, where I talk about Death and see what comes out. What comes out is tings like:
Connecting With Our Higher Self,
The Interconnection Between All Tings,
The Cosmogonic Cycle,
Finding Courage,
Calling Death a Dick,
The Paradox of Time,
What Happens When We Die,
Are We Immortal?
Suicide,
Keeping Awareness Through The Death Phase,
Reincarnation,
and Driving A lil Bus Between Lifetimes.

I also talk about a recent book I finished called Room, by Emma Donoghue, and two Lucid Dreams, which I’m calling ‘Death Is The Space Between Tings’, and ‘That Experience Was Death’.

Hope you enjoy this one :)

Face Masks and Freedom : Episode 120 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

120 • FACE MASKS AND FREEDOM

No Kitty Kisses for lilDENNiS this week … or are there? Face Masks and Freedom are the topics for this weeks episode, which sees me talking about the recent law that forces all UK people to wear Face Masks in shops.

Is it right? Has our free will been taken? Is there anything we can do about it? Should we do anything about it?

Lots of Topics on this one, such as:
How We Always Have A Choice,
Finding Courage,
How You Have To Be In The System, To Change The System,
Concentration Camps,
Suicide,
Protesting Face Masks,
Taking Offense To Stuff,
and lilDENNiS and Kitty get dressed to do a bank job lol

Hope you find this one interesting.

FOUR-WORD CHARACTERIZATION with DUNG HO - a Character Design Quarterly Magazine Article : Episode 119 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

119 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘FOUR-WORD CHARACTERIZATION WITH DUNG HO’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 5 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Four-Word Characterization, with Dung Ho’ was the topic for this weeks episode, and I found this one to be super powerful.

Topics covered on this one include:

Dealing with the Overwhelm of a Blank Canvas,
How Story is Everywhere,
Wondering What Happens to Discarded Ideas,
Turning Words into Characters,
How to Get Started,
Ways to Engage the Viewer,
and Being Mindful of What Your Drawing :)

lilDENNiS also introduces us to his new girlfriend lol

Hope you like this one :)

CREATING CREATURES: Sketching and Concept Development, with BRYNN METHENEY - a Graphite Magazine Article : Episode 118 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

118 • GRAPHITE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ‘CREATING CREATURES, WITH BRYNN METHENEY’

An Art-Ickle from Graphite Magazine Issue 2, entitled ‘Creating Creatures: Sketching and Concept Development, with Brynn Metheney’ was the topic for this weeks episode, which saw me and lilDENNiS pick up a lot of lil art tips.

This Art-ickle was really fun, and all about Exploring ideas and designs when Creating Creatures. I came away form it thinking How The Drawing Process Never Stops!

Topics covered on this one include:

Combining Creatures,
Sketching Shapes,
Should You Keep or Throw Away Old Art Work?
Letting Go,
Taking Risks,
Imagination Vs Realistic,
Digital Vs Traditional,
and The Importance of Studying and Drawing Real life.

Hope you enjoy this raspberry blowing episode :)

Lucid Dreaming • My Recent Lucid Dream Experiences Part 6 : Episode 117 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

117 • LUCID DREAMING : MY RECENT EXPERIENCES PART 6

This ‘About The Tings’ episode is about Lucid Dreaming, and some of my recent Lucid Dream Experiences.

The Sub Conscious is the main Focus with such Lucid Dreams as:
Are You My Sub Conscious,
What Are You Wearing?,
and Don’t Slow Me Down.

I also talk about: Dream Interpretation, Struggling to Stay Lucid, Fears, Robert Waggoner, False Awakenings, Dream Diaries, Inner Child, and film some Squirrels eating biscuits in the Park.

Hope you enjoy like it :)

Acceptance : Episode 116 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

116 • ACCEPTANCE

This is one of them Therapy sessions, where I empty my Mind on the topic of Acceptance.

It’s something that popped into my awareness this morning, after a dream I had last night where I was face to face with my Dad, talking about his inability to accept me as Transgender.

Acceptance is such a big topic that I’ll most likely cover it again on a future podcast, but on this episode I ask the question, Do You Need Acceptance From Others To Accept Yourself?

Other topics include:

How The Outer World Is Linked To Our Inner World,
Suicidal Thoughts,
Dream Diaries,
Automatic Writing,
Dream Interpretation,
What To Do If Someone Won’t Accept You?
Transitioning Tips,
Reincarnation,
How We Have To Be Mindful Of Where We Focus Our Energy,
and there’s a lil talk about Internal Burps :)

Hope you find this one thought provoking.

THE NATURE OF FAERIE ART WITH MARC POTTS - an ImagineFX Article : Episode 115 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

115 • IMAGINEFX ARTICLE ‘THE NATURE OF FAERIE ART WITH MARC POTTS’

An Art-Ickle from the ImagineFX Art Book Fantasy Creatures, entitled ‘The Nature of Faerie Art, with Marc Potts’ was the topic for this weeks episode, which saw me and lilDENNiS dive into the world of Fairies, and other strange creatures.

Topics covered on this one include:

Are Fairies Real?,
How Psychedelics seem to be linked to FAERIES,
Other Artists Faerie Art,
How to Fuel your Imagination,
Brian Froud’s Art Book,
Folklore,
Mythology,
Being With Nature,
Where to find Inspiration,
How Not Drawing can help your Drawing,
and the Conflicting feelings of Faerie Art.

I even wonder if some of the entities in my Lucid Dreams could be shape shifting Fairies?

Hope you have fun with this one :)

DESIGNING A COVER with SARAH CONRADSEN - a Character Design Quarterly Article : Episode 114 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

114 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘DESIGNING A COVER WITH SARAH CONRADSEN’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 12 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Behind The Cover Art – Designing The Cover, with Sarah Conradsen’ was the topic for this weeks episode; Found this one to be Super Fascinating and Fun.

Topics covered on this one include:

Mood Boards,
Coming up with Story Ideas,
Sketching,
Relationships between parts of the Creative Process,
The Power of Colour,
Light and Shadow,
How to Tell Stories Visually,
Questions to Ask when Designing a Cover,
The Power of Writing,
Being Fearless,
The Importance of Playing and Exploring Ideas,
and so much more.

There’s also a Bunny on a Carrot lol

Hope you enjoy this :)

The lil Angels And Demons In My Head : Episode 113 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson - About The Tings

113 – THE lil ANGELS AND DEMONS IN MY HEAD

This ‘About The Tings’ episode goes pretty deep and made me cry, but I really enjoyed it. The main topics are Anxiety, the lil Demon and Angel inside my head, and the Power of Nature.

I had no idea where this one was going to go, but I started off with a recent Lucid Dream, before covering other tings like:
Facing Fears,
My Transgender Journey So Far,
OCD
Free Will,
Negative and Positive Energies,
Our Creator,
The Earth,
Birds,
Habits,
Being a Human,
and how Thoughts are like Fractals.

lilDENNIS enjoyed this one, and I hope you do too :)