The Artist in Midlife
I am a Guest on "Emerging Form"
This week I appear on the podcast “Emerging Form,” hosted by journalist Christie Aschwandan and poet Rosemary Wahtola Trimmer, talking about being an artist in “midlife” (assuming I live to be 114). Their description:
“Ambition. Perspective. Competition. Kindness. These themes are at the heart of our conversation with essayist and cartoonist Tim Kreider. Drawing from his essay, “The Ones Who Turned Back” we talk about mid-life changes in creative practice, plus thoughts on the tension between doing what you want and doing what you are rewarded for (or what people expect of you) and why you want to stay not only young at heart, but young at mind.”
Episode here.
I can't remember the last time I saw a Dik-Dik.
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Interestingly it sums up where I am with making art right now which is nowhere. Just biding my time to see if inspiration returns.