False Starts

Hosts Sarah Turner and Gabriel Garbow return to tackle the frustrations that accompany false starts and dead ends. The episode kicks off with a lengthy discussion of pizza. Eventually, we do get around to discussing the topic at hand: projects that just don't come together successfully. When you encounter a potential brick wall, how do you decide when to keep trying, when to move on, and whether or not to revisit that project again later? Topics include: recent travel destinations, a lack of ambition, toilet paper privilege, Young Joni, so many feelings, terminology, a sports metaphor, trash talk, mild hoarding, keeping a trimmings folder, other things you can do with pieces you've decided not to finish, the circle of art-life, more terminology, conscious uncoupling, posthumous x-ray paintings, "The Constipated Monkey and Other Tales from Camp", MORE terminology, the crap-drawer, growing out of pieces, toxic femininity, a cadre of artist friends, trusting yourself, and a final goof.