Episode 154: How to Show Up Consistently Without Losing Joy ft. Cindy Wysocki
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How did Cindy rediscover painting during a difficult season of her life?
Artists will spend hundreds of dollars on supplies that they may never use, but they'll hesitate to do the one thing that could actually transform their work, which is taking a workshop. Yeah, you can watch lots of tutorials online, but you can't raise your hand and get real-time feedback or feel the energy of the room with the other artist or have someone help you break through that one thing that's keeping your work stuck that you might not even need. No. So that's the magic of an in-person workshop. And I just released seats to my next workshops. They sell out very quickly. I would love to meet you and help you transform your work. You can find out more at the link in the show notes. Look at us, you're already killing it, Cindy.
You're already doing great. Welcome back to the Honest Art Podcast, everyone. I'm your host, Jody King, and today uh we have um a special guest and it's part of a series that we have started running where uh I do live coaching, although this is not live, but um I do live coaching. Well, it is for Cindy, it's very live. Uh but I'll do live coaching with artists um who are part of the Honest Art Society, which is my membership program where we talk about everything from art to business to um spiritual practices. We trainings on how to paint, how to do b all kinds of different things. And Cindy Waisaki did I say it right? Oh yes, I got it. Uh Wendy Cindy Wai Waisaki, um, I met through uh the the uh program, the Honest Arts Society, and I just you sh you're such a bright light and it's been such a joy to meet you through that.
And you you always come with such insightful questions but also You're so encouraging of the other members of the you know, you're always the first to clap. You're always the first to encourage. So I really appreciate that about you.
That's great. Yeah. I mean I just love Valenist Art Society. And every artist in there is just that they all bring something special and it's so much fun and you learn so much. So I really appreciate that.
Oh, I'm so glad. I'm so glad to hear that. So let me give you a little background about Cindy. So Cindy is a mixed media painter based in Waukeshaw, Wisconsin. Um, but I I think your story is really interesting. We were talking about this a bit before we we got on the call. So you do really expressive work. Um you talk about it being alive with color. Yeah. But tell people a little bit about your background and how you got into this.
Sure, sure. I am a uh myofossal release therapist and we work with people with chronic pain and um, you know, sort of trauma. Right. So we work a lot with the things that we hold within our body. that emotions or happenstance that we hold within our body that causes chronic pain. And when I started painting, um I was at a chaotic time of my own life. And um you know, the little seeds started. Um, I had wanted to paint as a little girl. And I put it aside because I compared myself to others and didn't think that Um That I was good enough. I didn't think I could do it. And when this this chaotic time happened, I ended up having two surgeries. During COVID, And yeah. And um Life was on pause and I was gonna have lots of recovery, so what do I do?
And I heard this little voice inside me just kinda say Well, you always wanted to learn to be an artist. You always wanted to learn to paint. So but as I'm learning, and it was really 2023 before I even took my first class um in art, but as I'm learning, I discovered how much the principles of art and myofascial release kind of go hand in hand. Yeah. The um, you know, you can't control the process, you can't control what's gonna and present in the moment and There's a lot with myofoshi release where um Sometimes you're working on someone and subconscious movements start to happen. Well when you reach that state of flow with painting. you also and are tapping into the emotion.
Yeah.
It's it's a subconscious process. You're just moving and that's somewhat why I paint big because then movement is bigger and the emotion is able to express and move through me.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Cindy rediscover painting during a difficult season of her life?
0:00–5:36
2
What is the connection between myofascial release therapy and the creative process?
5:36–11:10
3
Why does forcing a style block an artist’s authentic voice?
11:10–15:47
4
How can artists show up consistently without turning art into a chore?
15:47–20:39
5
What practical steps can help artists build a body of work and a recognizable style?
20:39–24:21
6
How can artists use social media authentically to reach the right audience without losing joy?
24:21–29:16
7
What mindset and timeline strategies support creating a cohesive body of work?
29:16–34:12
8
How does joy and playfulness sustain a long‑term art practice?
34:12–38:24
Speakers
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