The Art Edit- conversations on art, reinvention, and the quiet return to what matters.

Barbara Mosher

The Art Edit Podcast offers short reflections on creativity, reinvention, and the quiet moments that shape a life. Artist Barbara Mosher draws on decades in the studio and a nonlinear path through business and reinvention — part essay, part invitation.

  1. 6 ngày trước

    The Box I Built

    Sometimes the thing we build to protect our work becomes the thing that closes the door on everything else. In this episode of The Art Edit, I tell the story of the memoir I wrote in four intense months - and the box I built around it. The fear that if I stepped away, even for a day, the flow would break and I'd never find my way back in. The box served me. I finished the book. But it also kept a painting waiting on my studio wall, and I want to be honest about what that cost. It's a story about devotion, and the quiet difference between protecting something and hiding inside it. Barbara Mosher is a painter, writer, and the host of The Art Edit. She is currently querying her memoir and building The Mosaic Method™, a framework for people whose nonlinear paths have been undervalued. Find more: The Art Edit blog: barbaramosher.com/blog The MosaicMethod™: https://soulfirecreative.gumroad.com/l/MosaicMethod? Instagram:@Mosherstudios LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-m-07727622/

    7 phút

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    Comfortable

    Stepping away was supposed to be rest. In this episode of The Art Edit, I tell the truth about the stretch when I stopped painting, how a planned, necessary pause quietly turned into something I got comfortable with, and how busy-ness moved in to fill the space the studio used to fill. It's a story about the thin, quiet line between rest and avoidance, and about the day that finally brought the spark back. And it ends with a question I want to leave you with — one you can answer just for yourself.

    5 phút
  3. A Tap on the Shoulder

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    A Tap on the Shoulder

    A painting on my studio wall had been waiting two years for me to listen. In this episode of The Art Edit, I tell the story of Gentle Guardian , a canvas I thought was finished, until it wasn't. About what it means to listen with your heart instead of your ears. About the quiet, persistent calling of work that isn't done with you yet. And about a small question I want to leave with you, in case something in your own life has been tapping at your shoulder too. Welcome to a slower kind of conversation. Come back and sit with me again. There is always more to the story, and as the mosaic takes shape, I hope you will join me.

    4 phút

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    The Quiet Ways Life Tries to Reach Us.

    There are moments in life that don’t seem important when they happen. A conversation overheard in a coffee shop. A feeling that returns repeatedly. A growing restlessness we can’t quite explain. A pull toward something creative, meaningful, or unfinished. In this episode of The Art Edit Podcast, Barbara Mosher explores the subtle ways awareness gathers over time—not through dramatic revelations, but through the quieter patterns, experiences, and observations that slowly shape our understanding of ourselves and our lives. Blending lived experience, creativity, perception, and reflection, this episode considers how life often speaks to us in fragments long before we are ready to fully listen. Barbara's Art The Mosaic Method tm Creativity, Awareness, Creative Life, Art & Observation

    6 phút

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    What Writing a Memoir Actually Does to You

    There’s something no one really tells you about writing a memoir. It’s not just about remembering. It’s about what comes back—and when. In this episode, I talk about the unexpected side of writing my memoir. The names I thought I had forgotten. The moments that quietly returned. And the realization that some parts of a life only make sense once you’ve lived far enough beyond them. This isn’t about writing a book. It’s about what happens when you go back and look at your life… and begin to see it differently. ⸻ If you’ve ever wondered what stays with us—and why—this conversation may feel familiar. If you’d like to see the work that comes from this way of thinking, you can find it at BarbaraMosher.com Topics: memoir, reinvention, creativity, personal history, storytelling, art and identity

    4 phút
  6. Time- A Companion or Foe?

    12/09/2023

    Time- A Companion or Foe?

    How does time affect our everyday lives? Are there ways to slow it down? We delve into that and ways to slow time in this episode. ANNOUNCEMENT: I will be having an Open Studio on Whidbey Island September 17th Noon-4:00pm Come on by! If you cannot or live too far away... I will be having an Original art giveaway at the open studio, but if you cannot attend in person, you can still enter HERE. Be sure to put your email and then your name and Sept. 17 giveaway in the Message box. Winner will be announced September 18th. Good Luck To see my art:

    8 phút
  7. Work in Progress

    07/02/2023

    Work in Progress

    Being an artist is having a work in progress.  But we all are a work in progress.  Are you really living, the life you want. View my art

    6 phút
  8. Let's Go on a Scavenger Hunt

    09/11/2022

    Let's Go on a Scavenger Hunt

    With the holidays coming up, planning a scavenger hunt for the family or to entertain a group of kids, seems like a great way to spend the time. If you are creative, maybe get a group together and find elements for a collective piece or art. So many ways this could be devised and created. What about a cooking scavenger hunt with the final collection of items is used to create a meal, or dish or even a pizza. I’m just having fun in thinking of all the ways and ideas for a scavenger hunt. I haven’t been involved in one in such a long time I thought it might be fun to get everyone that listens to play along. While we can’t get together as a group or divide into teams, this one will be an individual event. So here goes, if you aren’t driving, jot down this list for your own scavenger hunt. Find someone that needs a hug. Find something that is your favorite color Find a newly fallen leaf and look closely at its color and detail Follow the smell of someones fireplace fire and pause and send them warm wishes (no need to knock on the door…just anonymously while outside) Find something you can make a gift for someone Find something to make a piece of art with Find someone and ask them about them. Find a tree and thank it for its strength and wisdom Find something to give to someone else that makes them smile. Find something that makes you happy. See my Art

    5 phút
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The Art Edit Podcast offers short reflections on creativity, reinvention, and the quiet moments that shape a life. Artist Barbara Mosher draws on decades in the studio and a nonlinear path through business and reinvention — part essay, part invitation.

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