S2E6: Creative Couple, Alice Garner & Dave Bowers

Season 2: The Home SeasonWelcome to the second season of Creative Momentum with Meg. This season is features interviews with Australian writers and artists where Meg Dunley talks to them about their processes, routines, inspiration and more to explore how and why people do their creative work.Episode 6: Alice Garner and Dave Bowers, a creative coupleAlice Garner and Dave Bowers have been together since 1987 and have been making things, separately and together, for just about as long. Dave is a painter, illustrator, musician, songwriter, gardener and cook. Alice is a musician, actor, oral historian, audio editor and has discovered that a loop pedal is basically heaven. They play in a band Sunshine Tip with a couple of friends.In our conversation, Dave and Alice share what it looks like to live a fully creative life as a couple: how they carve out time, how they let go of precious bits that don’t work, and why they have never really had a territorial battle over who gets to take up creative space.They agree on the best piece of advice they can offer anyone trying to make things: get out there and be part of the community you want to belong to. The rest will follow.Connect with Alice & DaveDave Bowers:InstagramWebsite (for his art)Sunshine Tip band:BandcampWebsiteInstagramEmailFind all Creative Momentum with Meg show notes and interviewsA special thanks to Yvonne Morton for the music accompanying this episode. You can find Yvonne on Bandcamp and Instagram. Get full access to Musings with Meg at megdunley.substack.com/subscribe