Episode 16 Creative Visual Art Film and Poetry with Candace Howze

In this episode, we're talking with Candace Howze about her work as a creative visual artist and poet. Candace talks about her love of art and how it's influenced her work as a visual artist and poet. Candace's work is beautiful and inspirational, and I'm excited to have her on the show to talk about her work. In this episode, we'll explore the connection between art and poetry, and learn some tips on how to create beautiful visual art and original poetry. Tune in to learn more about Candace's work, and be inspired by her creativity! For her, It all started with a Lisa Frank notebook. She purchased her first journal, embarking on a creative journey that's currently over 15 years in the making. As An Ohio native, she currently resides in North Carolina with plans to see and take the world by storm. Always obsessed with "capturing the present moment," she nourished a passion for documentary filmmaking as an undergrad at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was part of an award-winning multimedia team at The Daily Tar Heel.   Since then, Candace has pursued many crafts. She has had work published in Glass Poetry Press, Quiet Circle Magazine, Bop Dead City, Yellow Chair Review and more. Her nonfiction credits include Urban Faith, The Huffington Post, CRWN Magazine, and MTV. In 2016, she self-published her first book called Letters About Losing You. Candace was a 2017 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Grant recipient and a featured poet at the 2017 West End Poetry Festival. She also has a podcast where she features other creatives called Meraki Mentors It is her goal to create, capture and inspire. In this episode, we have such a bonding conversation over creativity. If you are a natural creative, this episode is for you. Here Candace Talks About: Having a support system, traveling, tuning out naysayers and inner negative voices, the ups, and downs of the creative journey and what she learned What she does, Where she is from, Where she has traveled to and where she wants to travel to Why it is important to keep creative juices flowing How old she was when she first tapped into her inner creative What stopped her from starting to and continuing to create Where she would be if she was not creating and being a consultant How she discovered her purpose She shares her ideal life as an artist How to get past the opinions of naysayers and haters And Who inspires her Here is where you can find her on the web: https://www.candacehowze.com/about https://www.facebook.com/merakimentorspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/howzeart/ Subscribe/Follow/Listen: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TdAZ87 Google Play: http://bit.ly/2NzzSup Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=378763&refid=stpr Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2NYapeh