Comparison is inevitable—but does it help us grow, or hold us back? In this episode of The Artist Is In, Kat and Nina dive into the ways comparison can both paralyze and inspire artists. From self-doubt and social media façades to sandwich metaphors and T.S. Eliot quotes, they unpack how to recognize when comparison steals your voice and how to shift it into a tool for learning and growth. Together they explore: How comparison disrupts creativity through self-doubt, procrastination, and exter...
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Comparison is inevitable—but does it help us grow, or hold us back? In this episode of The Artist Is In, Kat and Nina dive into the ways comparison can both paralyze and inspire artists. From self-doubt and social media façades to sandwich metaphors and T.S. Eliot quotes, they unpack how to recognize when comparison steals your voice and how to shift it into a tool for learning and growth. Together they explore: How comparison disrupts creativity through self-doubt, procrastination, and exter...
What Needs to Be Said: Courtney Barnard on Painting from Within
The Artist Is In
37 minutes
4 months ago
What Needs to Be Said: Courtney Barnard on Painting from Within
Guest: Courtney Barnard In this episode of The Artist Is In, I talk with intuitive abstract expressionist Courtney Barnard about painting as a form of inner truth-telling. For Courtney, art isn’t about external expectations—it’s about listening inward, honoring what needs to be said, and letting it pour onto the canvas. We explore how creativity becomes a declaration of self, how we choose who we are through what we make, and why the act of creating is enough to claim the title of artist. Thi...
The Artist Is In
Comparison is inevitable—but does it help us grow, or hold us back? In this episode of The Artist Is In, Kat and Nina dive into the ways comparison can both paralyze and inspire artists. From self-doubt and social media façades to sandwich metaphors and T.S. Eliot quotes, they unpack how to recognize when comparison steals your voice and how to shift it into a tool for learning and growth. Together they explore: How comparison disrupts creativity through self-doubt, procrastination, and exter...
