How to Collaborate With a Ghost with Chelsea Granger

How to Collaborate With a Ghost with Chelsea Granger —multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and curator of visual medicine.

We open episode 2 of season 3 with a hand-picked bouquet for the beloved dead, inspired by Chelsea’s painting in her gorgeous and comforting book on grief, death and joy, So Many Ways to Draw A Ghost. 

In this conversation, Chelsea shares, with sweetness, levity and frank engagement, the many ways she collaborates with her mother through the veil. We dive into the “boring magic” of a suburban psychic medium, the inheritance of a generational bipolar diagnosis, and the complicated, beautiful friction of the mother-daughter bond.

We also reflect on the deep wealth found in the chosen family that taught Chelsea how to become a companion to the bereaved, and the shifts in her vision, and her art, after her own great losses.

A note on the pace: These episodes are intended for slow listening. Carry them with you on a long walk, through a restless night, or on the road. This project is about the practice of living creatively alongside grief. 

All episodes are available on Spotify, Apple, and wherever you get your podcasts.