41. exploring the space between: interview with river
Episode description
today we've got a real treat on the podcast - the magical human we are so lucky to know - river! we have a wonderful, philosophical discussion of art and creativity and process and life. enjoy!
a lil about river:
River James Stofleth (They/Them)
I’ve been living and working in Seattle for about 21 years now and love it. I’m heavily inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and you can easily see that inspiration in my paintings and other visual art projects. I like to draw from the myriad of wild and strange images found here in our neck of the woods…The imposing mountains and volcanos, the thousand-year-old trees, the silly birds or the warm sun over Puget Sound.
in this episode we discuss:
- cakearoke - the best night of the week: vegan cake + karaoke, which river hosted and how we met
- exploring the desire to be heard, and hearing without pretense
- exploring the identities of creatives and what it means to choose them, how to know if you are "enough" to call yourself an artist or a writer or any creative title
- leaning into the "mess" + radical self acceptance
- always coming back to yourself and the question "how am i feeling right now?"
- being versus doing + making time for spaciousness
- you are here and that is true and that is perfect
- simple doesn't always mean easy
- river's wisdom: take your own advice, you're the wisest person you know
connect with and learn more about river:
what's next?:
schedule a call with me: right here
get weekly love notes: right here
hang with me on instagram: right here
intro and outro music by young go hards: bandcamp here
grab my solo ep + merch, hot tub socks: bandcamp here