Drawing Health

Drawing Health Podcast
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Presented by the Sequential Artists Workshop and hosted by acclaimed comics artist and teacher Georgia Webber, the Drawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine.  Each week, episodes alternate between community interviews and guided audio practices, with a focus on the practical. Listening to this podcast will be an active participation, to give you choices and experiences of change in your creative world. If you want to  nurture your creative practice, find inspiration, and create a kinder relationship to your health — this podcast is a resource for you.  New episodes every Sunday. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you. Explore www.drawinghealth.com for more.

  1. 4 HRS AGO

    Creative Commons with Aaron Comeau

    For this, our last episode of the Winter 2025/26 season, we have a special one for you. I decided to share some ramblings at the start of this one, about how practice becomes skill, and skills become automatic. In this world, our burdens are enormous, and we need to find balance between effort and ease — all while living with integrity. Listen to the first 20 minutes of this episode to hear how I explain the connection between practice and skill, ease and integrity. The second half of today’s episode is a BONUS INTERVIEW with none other than Aaron Comeau, the composer of our theme music for this season: Magic Hours, from his album Fully Unformed.  On the surface it seems like music and comics are very different art forms, and very different practices…but they might have more in common, and more to offer each other, than you think. Fuck AI-generated art! Every season we’re gonna meet the humans behind the theme music that carries the season, and learn more about how each artist creates. Listen to the whole first season, WINTER 2025/26 with new ears after this episode. Spark new creative channels for yourself, make new connections across artistic media and genres. We make great things together! A new season of Drawing Health starts next Sunday: Spring 2026! Episode Links Main St. Music Library website: mainstmusiclibrary.com Main St. Music Library Bandcamp: https://acomeau.bandcamp.com/ Aaron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaroncomeau/ Music acknowledgement Our theme music is Magic Hours by Aaron Comeau made for the Main St. Music Library. The Main St. Music Library hosts instrumental music created with simple parameters, with scores and instructions for listeners to recreate the music themselves . Musicians, artists, & listeners are encouraged to borrow freely from the library and return the materials in a different form than they found them. Find out more at mainstmusiclibrary.com. Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care. #drawinghealth #thememusic #fuckaimusic #supportartists #creativehealth

    1h 5m

  2. MAR 8

    Practice: Settle Softly

    Get cozy. Lie down.  Softness is all around us, and still hard to find if we’re locked into tension. When I taught this practice, it was because I needed it desperately - and if you watch the video, you’ll see my curling up on the floor to lie down while I guide you through. We start with softness, and grow into acceptance, permission, and getting out of our own way. If you need to notice the softness today, this practice is for you.  Get cozy, get your drawing materials, and sink in. = If you want to practice in sync with others, join my live Drawing Health class every Saturday on Zoom. Sign up at sequentialartistsworkshop.org or drawinghealth.com. Our theme music is Magic Hours by Aaron Comeau made for the Main St. Music Library. The Main St. Music Library hosts instrumental music created with simple parameters, with scores and instructions for listeners to recreate the music themselves . Musicians, artists, & listeners are encouraged to borrow freely from the library and return the materials in a different form than they found them. Find out more at mainstmusiclibrary.com. Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care.

    28 min

  3. MAR 1

    Living Anatomy, with Kriota Willberg

    This episode brings you the one and only Kriota Willberg! Kriota’s career has been constructed of her own passions, no matter how different they may be - and as a result, she has a completely unique position as a bridge between the medical and comics communities.  Our wide-ranging topics include the emotional significance of memoirs, trends in health awareness, the importance of bridging art and medicine, anatomical exploration in understanding the body, paving a new path for others to learn from, and so much more. Kriota offers instructions to explore your forearm and all it can do, so listen to the end and feel along with us to learn more about anatomy through experience! = Episode Links & Resources Kriota’s zines for sale through Birdcage Bottom Books: https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota Kriota’s blogspot: https://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kriotawilberg  = About the podcast Drawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you.  About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today! Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care.

    1h 9m

  4. FEB 22

    Practice: Pain points, and lines, and shapes

    This one’s gonna hurt.  And that’s okay, pain is part of life. We all feel it, so let’s give it the grace of our attention.  You may have heard the phrase, “sore spot” or “trigger point” in reference to both metaphorical pain, and physical pain. Does your pain belong to a spot? Is that spot a circle, or more angular, or square? Does it have a third dimension? Is one sore spot connected to another? Pain is the impossible, words never touch what we feel, not really. By approaching pain in a new language of shape, colour, texture, dimensions, there is room for something new: curiosity. Instead of fixating on solution to the pain, or avoiding it altogether, we make a third option by offering our attention without a goal.  Just to notice it with our drawing eye.  = If you want to practice in sync with others, join my live Drawing Health class every Saturday on Zoom. Sign up at sequentialartistsworkshop.org or drawinghealth.com. Our theme music is Magic Hours by Aaron Comeau made for the Main St. Music Library. The Main St. Music Library hosts instrumental music created with simple parameters, with scores and instructions for listeners to recreate the music themselves . Musicians, artists, & listeners are encouraged to borrow freely from the library and return the materials in a different form than they found them. Find out more at mainstmusiclibrary.com. Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care.

    29 min

  5. FEB 15

    Chronic Illness Comics Club, with Zareen Choudhury

    Zareen is relatively new to the comics scene, but her clear ambitions and community-building projects are a beacon for artists living with chronic health and disability experiences. As a person with chronic pain and disabilities myself, I was so excited to connect with Zareen, and you’ll hear me reaching with my words toward things I haven’t yet imagined, because our shared experiences allow me to try.  We talk about challenges of balancing work and health while navigating chronic illness, Zareen's journey from a STEM-focused education into comics, her love of New Yorker cartoons, the shift from humor to narrative storytelling, the importance of community care, mutual aid in the context of chronic illness, and more! Zareen was one of my first interviews, and I got so carried away with our conversation I forgot to ask her for an exercise you, the listener, could try. You can always play with what makes you curious! = Episode Links & Resources Zareen’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catch.some.zees Zareen’s website: https://www.zareenchoudhury.com/ Crucial Comix: https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/chronic-illness-comics-club/ How To Touch Grass Anthology: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/powerandmagic/how-to-touch-grass/posts = About the podcast Drawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you.  About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today! Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care.

    1h 20m

  6. FEB 8

    Practice: Unwinding

    I’d been told I need unwinding for my drawing parts, after years of habits and strain have wound me tight. What it means may be different for each of us, and this practice is a method to find out for yourself. Unwinding, for a long and happy life in drawing Drawing Health is a weekly class to connect with your body and creativity at the same time. We draw, we talk, we move, we notice. This practice was recorded from a class, and you can join that class every week on Saturday mornings. Sign up at www.drawinghealth.com. = Our music Our theme music is Magic Hours by Aaron Comeau made for the Main St. Music Library. The Main St. Music Library hosts instrumental music created with simple parameters, with scores and instructions for listeners to recreate the music themselves . Musicians, artists, & listeners are encouraged to borrow freely from the library and return the materials in a different form than they found them. Find out more at mainstmusiclibrary.com. Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care.

    30 min

  7. FEB 1

    Comics in care work, with MK Czerwiec

    Today’s guest is MK Czerwiec, one of the stewards of the Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) and co-host of the Graphic Medicine Podcast that I was a guest on this month. Podcast swap! MK was the person who told me that my comic, Dumb, was actually part of a larger movement in comics, the genre and practice of Graphic Medicine. She changed the trajectory of my life with that information, and the lives of many more with her comics, nursing career, teaching, and advocacy!  For this interview, I wanted to focus on MK herself, as an artist, because she spends a lot of her time talking about GMIC already. MK is so passionate about Graphic Medicine because she makes it herself, using it in her own life, teaching with it. At the end of the interview, MK offers a beautiful practice that you could try yourself to engage with Graphic Medicine in moments of high stress and pressure. Listen to learn a new tool for your self-care toolbox. = Episode Links & Resources MK’s website: https://comicnurse.com/ GMIC: https://graphicmedicine.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mkczerwiec/ = About the podcast Drawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you.  About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today! Our music Our theme music is Magic Hours by Aaron Comeau made for the Main St. Music Library. The Main St. Music Library hosts instrumental music created with simple parameters, with scores and instructions for listeners to recreate the music themselves . Musicians, artists, & listeners are encouraged to borrow freely from the library and return the materials in a different form than they found them. Find out more at mainstmusiclibrary.com. Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care.

    1h 20m

  8. JAN 25

    Practice: Growing a Visual Health Vocabulary

    Where do you start, making graphic medicine about your health experiences? You start with yourself! Your own feelings, your own symptoms, your own language of comics. It can be daunting to do it with your mind, which is why I made this practice, for you to be guided without thinking too hard. Start with the body. Start by listening. Start with this episode, and discover the language you’ve already got, waiting to emerge visually. = Our music Our theme music is Magic Hours by Aaron Comeau made for the Main St. Music Library. The Main St. Music Library hosts instrumental music created with simple parameters, with scores and instructions for listeners to recreate the music themselves . Musicians, artists, & listeners are encouraged to borrow freely from the library and return the materials in a different form than they found them. Find out more at mainstmusiclibrary.com. Disclaimer This podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care.

    23 min
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Presented by the Sequential Artists Workshop and hosted by acclaimed comics artist and teacher Georgia Webber, the Drawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine.  Each week, episodes alternate between community interviews and guided audio practices, with a focus on the practical. Listening to this podcast will be an active participation, to give you choices and experiences of change in your creative world. If you want to  nurture your creative practice, find inspiration, and create a kinder relationship to your health — this podcast is a resource for you.  New episodes every Sunday. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you. Explore www.drawinghealth.com for more.

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  • Creator
    Drawing Health Podcast
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Drawing Health Podcast

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