Confronting Art (with Tara Leaver)

About this episode

Nicole Cloutier discusses the concept of art with painter Tara Leaver, exploring various themes including creativity and the balance between structure and freedom.

Oh, hello to all you pioneering poets, luxurious linguists, and visionary verb-ivores. In this week's episode Nicole sits down with painter and artist, Tara Leaver to discuss the fascinating word art. Together, they wander through etymology, creativity, discipline, abstraction, suffering, collaboration, and the tension between structure and freedom. So get ready to taste all the flavors, take a deep dive in the ocean, and pick up where nature ends... as we define art. Further Research Check out Tara's website here - https://taraleaver.com/ Find her Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/taraleaverart/ As always, you can reach the team at itsallpoetry.podcast@gmail.com

People in this episode

Host: Nicole Cloutier

Guest: Tara Leaver

Topics covered

• art
• creativity
• etymology
• collaboration
• abstraction
• structure
• freedom

Keywords

• art
• creativity
• etymology
• Tara Leaver
• abstraction
• collaboration
• structure
• freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tara Leaver's website, Instagram

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