Inside the Creative Process; Conversations with Artists, Writers, Performers, & Creatives

In this episode, Alicia rants about the 11.8 million dollars that are meant to be cut from the City of San Diego's budget leaving funding for the arts in Sad Diego at zero. She pleads with the arts audiences, the parents, and the appreciators to take a stand for the arts in their community. But overall it's about encouraging ourselves to value the art we make and the industry as a whole.  To take action: https://docs.google.com/document/d/192LgknYvbwpaIkRzdCUkYTKNxCkvwVw4gqWqGwFEnRU/edit?usp=sharing MIGRATION: A dance piece at the San Diego International Airport (terminal 1) Thursdays 5/7 & 5/14 from 5-7pm Work with Alicia: 1:1 Breathwork for Creativity and/or At the Edge of Sleep audio series: https://mailchi.mp/900f71ff42c6/aliciapetersonbaskel

In this episode, I talk about the artist's difficulties entering unknown territory. As much as I love the mess in the middle of a process, I find myself blocked at the beginning of a process. I share about my own personal (current) experience of starting something new and the fears that come with it.  If you enjoy this episode, check out this episode about the messy middle: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-conversations-with/id1600742208?i=1000701239978 If you'd like to work with Alicia privately in her 1:1 breathwork practice, check out her calendar here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=category:Breathwork Follow Alicia on Instagram at @aliciapetersonbaskel

There are at least two outcomes that occur as a result of Improvised Dancing: vulnerability of the artist and organic composition. For me, these are two of the most sought after experiences when witnessing art: depth and surprise. In this episode, I look at two pieces of art I've recently encountered: a dance piece called CURRENTING directed by K.J. Holmes and the speculative memoir IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen Maria Machado.  If you'd like to work with me more deeply, join me for a 1:1 Somatic Breathwork Session: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=category:Breathwork Or Find me on Instagram @aliciapetersonbaskel

In this episode, Alicia not only encourages artists to create work that is unedited but she actually embodies this practice by publishing an unedited podcast episode and allowing the final product to live as is. Its a liberating experience but also helps the creation of artwork to be more sustainable, risky, and raw. Please consider becoming a monthly patron to the podcast: https://square.link/u/qRH77sKf Follow Alicia on Instagram at @aliciapetersonbaskel

Michelle and Alicia discuss the way dance and creative practice reflects the beauty of life when we as artists and healers make ourselves available to something "bigger" than us. Michelle brings in her knowledge of human design (and a multitude of other embodied modalities) to articulate the importance of each us learning to listen to our own alignment. You can find more information about Michelle by heading to her website: https://www.michelleboule.com/home/ Or following her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelle.boule/ If you enjoyed this episode, you will definitely enjoy this past episode with Michelle: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-conversations-with/id1600742208?i=1000600879652 And if you enjoy journeying into the spiritual aspects of Creativity, please check out this episode with visual artist Kelly Heaton: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-conversations-with/id1600742208?i=1000610592229 ______ Follow Alicia Peterson Baskel on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ There's still time to get $50 off your 1:1 Breathwork with Alicia by using the code "healthyholiday" through Dec. 31, 2025 https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=category:Breathwork  

We hear the word Consistent often as a goal to aspire to. As a trait that makes us worthy and often the only solution to be productive or gain the attention we seek. But Alicia wants to look at OTHER ways to be productive, creative, and "consistent". The truth is that we are each uniquely built down to the way we process and create. There is no "one size fits all" approach to getting into your most creative space. So why not explore what works for you? If community and focus would serve your creative process, join Alicia Monday 12/8 or 12/15 at 9am pst for a 60 minute session that includes both Breathwork and Studio Time. It's all over Zoom. To register for free: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=86491935 If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest: A conversation with Michelle Boulé : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-conversations-with/id1600742208?i=1000600879652 Alicia's ongoing performance process thus far with collaborator Omar Ramos: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-conversations-with/id1600742208?i=1000722091117 Alicia's picture book writing process: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-conversations-with/id1600742208?i=1000724184254 Thank you for tuning in. If you'd like to stay connected with Alicia, follow her over on Instagram at @aliciapetersonbaskel or subscribe to this podcast to be notified when a new episode is released. 

In this solo episode, Alicia shares one of her longest ongoing creative processes to date: 13 years of writing and editing a still unpublished picture book series. She takes you through the pivots and the pleasure of being inside a process that relies heavily on trust and intuition during her agonizingly detailed editing process. If you are a writer, this episode is for you.  If you enjoyed this episode, please check out these other conversations with writers about their creative process: Conversation with Author and Breathwork Guide Danielle Herring: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-inspiration-from-artists/id1600742208?i=1000556681578 Conversation with Children's Book Author Jonna Watson: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-inspiration-from-artists/id1600742208?i=1000673610364 If you are an agent or a publisher you can reach Alicia at [email protected]  

In this solo episode, Alicia grapples with her own personal difficulty witnessing creatives deny their creativity and she ponders ways that we can reimagine a creative process that can exist in our current lives. If you need a creative motivational boost, this is the episode for you. If you want more of this kind of energy, join Alicia for a FREE online workshop: Monday August 25th at 9am PDT for 1 hour. Register here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=74530187 If you'd like more information about the 10 week course (starts Sept. 8th) that will get you moving toward your next masterpiece, check it out here: https://square.link/u/D1GqlHsI  

In this episode, Alicia continues her conversation with collaborator Omar Ramos as the two stage artists reveal the emerging process for their next performance piece. Listen in on where they are in their process and how they imagine this work unfolding, as they hold onto the optimistic view that the work already exists somewhere in the future. Listen to the rest of the conversation with Omar Ramos: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000721190527 Sign up for the FREE Creative Rhythms workshop with Alicia on Monday, August 25th @ 9am pacific (recording will be available to anyone who can't make the workshop live): https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=74530187  

In this Episode, Alicia talks with friend and collaborator, Omar Ramos, a multi-hyphenate designer with a passion for integrating emerging technologies into stage performances. Omar speaks about his process when working to support the vision of directors, choreographers, or playwrights and the two artists dive into the details of dance pieces they've made together and how they support and challenge one another and the work they're making. Check out the performances mentioned in this episode: Untitled: Center of the Universe - https://youtu.be/QAij4QXIegM?si=2A3qXvd31jpV6zYn Space Between (trailer) - https://vimeo.com/25787249 ------------- To learn more about the work of Omar Ramos, please check out his website: https://www.omarramosdesign.com To be in touch with Alicia, please feel free to email: [email protected] or find her on Instagram at @aliciapetersonbaskel  

In this first episode of season 4, Alicia speaks frankly about the difficulties in motherhood of maintaining the creative process and seeing ourselves as artists when we are so enamored/distracted by the responsibility of caring for a child. Alicia shares her journey and the shifts that she made to keep making art including shifting genres, creating new processes, and finding ways to be creatively efficient.  If you enjoy this episode, please check out these interviews with artist mothers who speak about how they balance motherhood and their creative process in our conversation.  Conversation with Visual Artist Carolyn Mara: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-inspiration-from-artists/id1600742208?i=1000549121922 Conversation with Playwright Jennifer Barclay: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-inspiration-from-artists/id1600742208?i=1000551417037 Conversation with Opera Director Cynthia Stokes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process-inspiration-from-artists/id1600742208?i=1000555095993 Please follow Alicia on Instagram at @Aliciapetersonbaskel

In this episode, Alicia shares her experience in witnessing and processing the dance piece EVEROTHERWISE by Leslie Seiters. Alicia shares how deeply she is moved by the humanity of this piece as she is transported into worlds she knows nothing about but is encouraged to witness with love.    You may be interested in listening to Alicia's interview with Leslie Seiters before or after listening to this episode.    Follow Alicia on Instagram at @aliciapetersonbaskel

In this episode, Alicia speaks about her delightful experience attending an intimate sharing of a work in process trio performance. She was invited to witness a WIP showing of the dance theatre piece, Best Worst Advice, and left satisfied and amazed that she was one of only a few to have witnessed THAT performance.  "I highly recommend that if you are in San Diego on July 12 or July 19, you go see it for yourself." - Alicia Please consider donating to fund Best Worst Advice's journey to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  Find the fundraising information here: http://spot.fund/zgzk3wnsc Find the Open Rehearsal/Performance information here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DL7hU8WuQ-h/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MXhxamt2ajc3OHk1aA== Again, it's July 12 (open rehearsal) 3-5pm at the City Heights Performance Annex and July 19 (performance) 3-4pm at the City Heights Performance Annex.  For more from Alicia Peterson Baskel - follow on Instagram: @aliciapetersonbaskel

In this episode, Alicia talks about that place in the middle or the process where things NEED to be allowed to be messy. She goes from her kid's school Art Show to her own experience making her thesis project in graduate school to watching Idina Menzel in the new musical Redwood last year and how ALL of these very different productions had to experience a messy middle and overcome it.  The Messy Middle is that space in the process when you may know where you are headed, but its not showing up yet in performance, on paper, or in your art work. This is not an end point but rather a test of your own devotion to your work. Take the challenge. Go through it rather than avoiding it.  Alicia also wants to invite you to join her for the second segment of Creative Rhythms; The Art of Pause, Play, & Epiphany which is all about how devotion/dedication supports or sabotages our creative process. If you are interested in learning more about this program, please visit: https://square.link/u/D1GqlHsI If you'd like to hear more from Alicia, please follow her on Instagram - @aliciapetersonbaskel

In this solo episode, Alicia speaks about the importance of being in the body when we create. So often, our society prizes the gifts of the mind but forgets the wisdom of the body. When we stop separating them into two parts of us, we can integrate the whole body at once and utilize all of us as we create our creations.  This episode comes in response to studying the head center in Alicia's class Creative Rhythms. If you'd like to join the next three week segment of Creative Rhythms, we'd love to have you: Sign up for April: https://square.link/u/D1GqlHsI **Segment Two (April 7 - 25) Finding your Flow; How we align, commit, and emote in our creative process Wk. 1 - G Center: An Artist's Compass Wk. 2 - Heart Center: The Drive to Create Wk. 3 - Solar Plexus Center: The Emotional Pulse of Art

In this solo episode, Alicia examines the human design charts of the actors from the movie WICKED, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera. Alicia has been obsessed with the movie since before it came out and even more after seeing it. When she saw the two main actors' human design charts, Alicia realized how they were truly made for these roles and designed to work together.  If you are interested in looking at your own creative process through the Human Design lens, allowing more alignment into your practice and therefore more breakthroughs, join Alicia in her Course: Creative Rhythms; The Art of Pause, Play, & Epiphany! Class starts March 10th & the early bird bonus ends March 2nd! Check it out: https://square.link/u/D1GqlHsI To pull up your own chart: https://www.geneticmatrix.com/free-foundation-chart/ If you enjoyed this episode, another episode you may be like is: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000669289666 To find Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/

In this episode, Alicia talks about her favorite part of the creative process, the epiphanies that surprise and delight all of us and give clarity about the direction our work is going. Alicia also talks about how she creates space to allow more epiphanies to happen by allowing herself to be in the process of experimenting and playing as often as possible. But it's not always easy in the "real" world to make time for creative play. Producing a final product becomes our obsession as artists. But what if this thought is actually stunting our creativity? Alicia has created a course, Creative Rhythms; The Art of Pause, Play, & Epiphany that is meant to support you in forming a habit of play and authenticity. On February 24th at 9am pst / 12pm est, Alicia will host a free intro class. If you are interested, please sign up: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=74530187 If you enjoyed this episode, please check out Episode 31 about Play in the Creative Process: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000685308673 Or Episode 30 about stillness: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000684385459 Follow Alicia on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/

In this episode, I speak with Alyssa Rose and Jesse Greenfield about some simple and loving ways to be inclusive of transgender and queer people in our community. They share what it feels like to be trans in this anti-trans world we are living in and how micro-affirmations can make all the difference between life and death. Alyssa Rose (they/them) is an artist and dreamer of liberation. They create paintings, collage, sculpture, movement-art, and healthier cultural ecosystems in dance communities. Currently, Alyssa serves as the Operations Coordinator at DISCO RIOT, a community-centered dance nonprofit based in San Diego that supports local independent artists. As a disabled and queer/trans person, Alyssa feels called to guide and empower marginalized people through embodiment. Alyssa’s ongoing interests span research around Buddha Dharma, collective liberation, neuroqueering community care, and how these areas of focus can be expressed through art and artistic process. Find them at https://www.alyssarosecreative.com/ Jesse Greenfield (they/them), MPH, CHES is a public health educator and improviser who loves using storytelling as a tool to empower individuals and communities to live their fullest and healthiest lives. Jesse facilitates applied improvisation workshops to support people in improving their spoken and unspoken communication with others, creating joyful connections, and being effective advocates for themselves and their communities. Find them at: https://www.kaleidoscopetrainingcenter.com/ Please subscribe to this podcast and follow Alicia on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy my interview with Danna Yehev about the essence of creativity: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000669289666

Yolande Snaith is an interdisciplinary artist and dance practitioner, navigating the merge between diverse creative practices. She has worked collaboratively in the worlds of dance, theatre and film for over forty years across Europe and the United States.  In this episode, Yolande speaks about a tragedy that created a rupture in the timeline of her journey, the death of her son Alexander. She speaks vulnerably about how she was catapulted into a new existence and how her creative expression helped save her life.  Please learn more about Yolande Snaith by visiting her website: https://www.yolandesnaith.com/ Please follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like to listen to this solo episode about grief as part of the process: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000614660816 Or this episode near the beginning of my podcasting journey about my father: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000549882922 Thank you for listening. - Alicia

In this episode, Alicia considers the language we choose to describe what we do. Creativity, creative process, and artistic process seem to be used interchangeably, but is this really true? In attempting to answer, Alicia poses more questions. Listen in and consider your own relationship to the language you use around your art making process.  Other episodes mentioned in this episode: 1. The Essence of Creativity with Danna Yahav: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000669289666 2. The Shared Language of Creative Process with Tara Knight: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000664732630 3. The Creative Process behind EVEROTHERWISE with Leslie Seiters https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000674445541 Follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/

In this solo episode, Alicia makes a case for Play as some of the most important work we do as artists. By play, she's talking about experimentation, exploration, and a letting go of preciousness that can come with the push of trying to MAKE something of importance. What if play is the most important thing?  Alicia is creating a course for creatives and she'd love your input. Please respond to this 3-5 minute anonymous survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhmXGd5KpUW0_UHwjPttWcTO6gace7AsOK_LuV26hwaJFOdQ/viewform?usp=header If you enjoyed this episode, check out last week's episode about Stillness in the Creative Process: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000684385459 Or this episode about the value of confusion in your process: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000668466170    

In this solo episode, Alicia explores the importance of adding intentional stillness to your creative toolbox. Not the kind of stillness that involves Netflix or Instagram, but the value of creating a mental stillness that allows an artist to listen to the whispers of inspiration.  If you're craving stillness in your practice, join Alicia for a Group Breathwork Meditation on Saturday, February 1st at 8am pst. Follow this link to register:  https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=32831327 Check out episode 25 with Eric Geiger: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000672546195 Another Episode you may be interested in: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000556681578    

Stephanie Swilley is a community-taught conceptual artist living in Northern Iowa, USA. Stephanie imposes no creative limitations on her creative expression, her loyalty is to an idea and she follows the mediums and techniques where they lead. Stephanie is the founder of Creative Nexus, an online interdisciplinary creative community. *Check out Creative Nexus here: https://www.stephanieswilleyart.com/creative-nexus *Check out Virtual Studio here: https://www.stephanieswilleyart.com/virtual-studio *Contribute to the IndieGoGo campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/creative-nexus-feb-mar-2025-residency#/ *Creative Nexus Residency Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVhu_8ibeSnl-whRAx33U7dS1dJr22yEzVxnMyKSsOdgkYSQ/viewform *Follow Stephanie / Creative Nexus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativenexuscommunity?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== ________________ If you enjoyed this episode, please check out episode 23: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000670045197 And Episode 24: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000671654225 Follow Alicia Peterson Baskel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/    

In this short solo episode, Alicia reveals her sadness about NOT seeing Kamala Harris elected our next president. She has a post-election reminder: Your commitment to your creative process IS a political statement. Make your art but even more importantly, value the time, space, not knowing, and lack of productivity needed to start a creative process and see how this goes against everything society expects us to value. We've got this.  

In my conversation with Leslie Seiters, we talk about the process of making the piece, 'everotherwise'. A consistent process that started more than three years ago, Seiters describes her self as an in-director, noticing the tangents and pulling out fragments from an ocean of material. She writes about her decision to finally share this work, "It is long-delayed and too soon, emergent and well-established, known and what-is-it-ish? Prominent elements have faded, accidental happenstances have become central, and traces of our long process are in and out of focus." everotherwise by Leslie Seiters Friday, Oct.25th at 7:30; Two shows Saturday, Oct. 26th at 5:30 and 7:30 The Prebys Stage (at SDSU, across from the ENS building)  Purchase tickets here: https://psfa.sdsu.edu/calendar everotherwise interrupts an ongoing flow and assembles fragmented information into an “otherwise” weave. Dancing is tangential, coincidental, and nearly recognizable creating distance from patterns of meaning, knowing and expectation. To discover more of about the work of Leslie Seiters: https://leslie-seiters.com/ To purchase tickets for everotherwise: https://psfa.sdsu.edu/calendar Learn more about Creative Chrysalis with Alicia: https://mailchi.mp/c56f8e7440c5/creative-chrysalis Follow Alicia on IG: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/           

Jonna Watson loved to write as a child, but personal experiences caused her to push her creative spark so far away that she couldn't summon it back. After living out of alignment with herself for 30 years, she learned to trust her intuition again and now creative insights come to her like magic.  *Check out Alicia's Creative Chrysalis: https://mailchi.mp/c56f8e7440c5/creative-chrysalis *Follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ *Follow Jonna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonna_watson/ *Find Jonna's books at: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJonna+Watson&s=relevancerank&text=Jonna+Watson&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 *Listen to Jonna's 5 minute inner child podcast: https://tr.ee/qivlZcRd_L

You may also enjoy my Interview with Eric Geiger from 2022 (Episode 3): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-creative-process/id1600742208?i=1000550669672 Eric Geiger's writing about the work: "PLEASUREHOOD is a dance directed and performed by Eric Geiger with collaborators and performers Jordan Daley and Nick McGhee. Through PLEASUREHOOD I have been asking myself- how can I create more space for what I don’t know, don’t understand, or have not yet experienced? How does the work, the choreography, the “what” and the “how,” create more space for otherness, more space for sensing through my moving self, our moving selves? How can we sense more through the work? What if the choreography holds the question- how can we create the conditions in order to sense more, feel more, drop into pleasure more? Radical Tenderness Radical Intimacy Radical Sensuousness The dance and the dancing is tender, intimate and sensuous. As Jose Esteban Munoz talks about in his book Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity, PLEASUREHOOD offers us an opportunity to find ecstasy together. Can how we are with each other be the material of the work? Can tenderness be the choreography? Can intimacy be the material we’re tending to? What have we been doing in the process of PLEASUREHOOD? We’ve been organizing, reorganizing, and disorganizing ourselves in order to arrive in our dancing?  We’ve been wildly moving through space, messing with time, destabilizing our habitual patterns and making room for risk taking and aliveness. We’ve been shaking and shaking it up.  We’ve been finding value in being in it together while simultaneously listening to our responsive/responsible selves. We've been making something and giving it away simultaneously. We’ve been experimenting like children playing scientist, who mix ingredients together just to see what will happen. Or, like alchemists, making something common into something magnificent. We’ve been practicing generosity together. We’ve been falling in love. PLEASUREHOOD is “of” our queerness which is different from “about” our queerness. And, our queerness informs all aspects of this dance. We are Queer and the three of us, together, exist in multiple intersections of identity, race, age, and privilege. My desire is that through the ongoing practice, through the dancing, through this kind of  togetherness, we transcend who we might believe we are.  And it’s different each time we are together, in each moment, in each place, with each witness, each time. PLEASUREHOOD offers us an opportunity to question and transform who we are rather than expressing who we are. Through the performance of PLEASUREHOOD we are continuing to figure it out. With PLEASUREHOOD I’m interested in attempting to create an arena of thought. With each attempt at dancing PLEASUREHOOD Jordan, Nick, and I step into uncertainty and vulnerability. It is inevitable for compassion and empathy, through this vulnerability, to become part of the work’s lineage. Paying attention to the process changes the process. The work does not attempt to be representational. It does not depict compassion or empathy but generates a context in which the value system of the process and its lineage is the actual desired change. Through PLEASUREHOOD we become permeable to the world. That which increases our capacity as artists also increases our capacities as human beings." Find Eric Geiger on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericandrewgeiger/ Work with Alicia in the Creative Chrysalis: https://mailchi.mp/c56f8e7440c5/creative-chrysalis  

Last week, I performed a dance piece that I had been researching for three years, but even so my self doubt became a problem for me to overcome. Was I prepared? Should I be doing more? Is what I'm working on worthy of being seen? All questions that creeped into my mind once I decided to share my work in performance. It was worth taking some time with these fears and questions, because in the end, I was able to make magic.  Listen to this episode for all of my pre-performance thoughts. Follow Alicia on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ Work with Alicia to create your masterpiece: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/catalog.php?owner=25643833  

You are Invited: On September 26th, 2024 @ 10am PDT, I will be performing an improvised solo dance piece at the Feldenkrais Institute of San Diego. I would be delighted if you would join me either in person or over Zoom. In this episode, I speak about the logistics that help me create a container for this performance.  Feldenkrais Institute: 3680 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89750458556?pwd=LeDbpsUGQVLIm8HvxYE2HrFmwb71Nh.1 ZOOM Meeting Password: 373526 Follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/

"Creativity is being who you are no matter who that is" - Danna Yahav. Danna's insatiable curiosity has taken her down every spiritual, healing, and self growth rabbit hole for the last 15 years. Her specialization is Human Design, shadow work, radical self acceptance and liberation from a highly syndicated world. The work she has done to marry Human Design & psychology has brought over 5,000 people to download her Human Design Shadow Chart. Her workbooks on Amazon have sold thousands of copies in multiple countries. Danna continues to shift others' perspectives, inspire them to find meaning in their lives, safety in their choices, and the courage to be who they are through her programs, on Instagram (@this.is.danna), and on her podcast (A Tonic for Lunacy). Links:  Human Design Shadow & free shadow chart:https://www.humandesignshadow.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/this.is.danna Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SZhxVBEWZisBmgWsfNSfJ?si=1d6cbc3b9c5f4481

How do you feel about confusion in your artistic process? In this solo episode, Alicia argues that confusion is not something that we have to fix but rather an indicator that we are onto something new and different and uniquely our own.  Follow Alicia on Instagram  

I recorded this episode on Tuesday, August 27th - the 6th anniversary of my mother's passing. In this solo episode, I speak about how I'm no longer trying to avoid feeling my grief and instead am finding ways to process this emotion into expression...into Art. What is your medium for expressing your emotions artistically? If you don't know, maybe now is the time to consider honoring your creativity.  Follow Alicia on Instagram: @aliciapetersonbaskel You may also be interested in these podcast episodes: Grief is Part of the Process Engineering Improvisation Check out Alicia's Breathwork offerings: 15 Day De-Stress Virtual Group Breathwork 1:1 Breathwork Sessions

Kelli Perrault, known professionally as The Pleasant Creative, works in a variety of mediums from digital illustration to screenprinting, linocut printing, mural painting, and (as she reveals in our interview) just about anything that ignites that spark of inspiration in her imagination. Kelli speaks about her journey toward recognizing that her job as an artist is to see/share the magic that already exists in the everyday and to encourage others to recognize that they too are artists. Kelli's artwork is showing at The Double Dip Gallery in Lodi, California and you can shop her vibrant retro inspired prints on her website. Links for Kelli: Shop her Collection Visit her Website Follow @pleasantcreative.co on Instagram Links for Alicia: 15 Day De-Stress Follow @aliciapetersonbaskel on Instagram

Tara Knight is an animator, filmmaker, media designer for live performance, and associate professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder who works in a multiplicity of ways and with a multiplicity of genres. If a project terrifies her, she knows she's on the right track. In this episode, Tara shares with us a process cycle that can be applied by artists, engineers, astronomers, and really anyone who is creating something. This cycle can help us find where we are getting stuck in our own process and provides us with a shared language with others who "do what we do" but in a different field.  For more from Tara Knight, please visit her website: https://taraknight.net Find me on Instagram: @aliciapetersonbaskel

This episode is for the multi-passionates out there. In this episode, Alicia looks at how her process in dance making looks alot like the process she is trying to embrace in her life. What if we could witness our lives unfold in the same way we do a Creative Process?  If you're interested in connecting with Alicia, please find her on Instagram: @aliciapetersonbaskel If you want to learn more about ((Human Design X Breathwork)) Chrysalis, you will find a detailed description here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/catalog.php?owner=25643833

This is the episode where you find out about everything Alicia has been up to including taking a deep dive down the Human Design rabbit hole and how Breathwork Meditation puts her in the ZONE.  Register for the 15-Day Breathwork Activation at: https://square.link/u/Tf7PZ5i4 Sign up for Alicia's Monthly Group Breathwork Circle: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=32831327 Schedule a 1:1 Breathwork Session w/ Alicia: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=31666327 And make sure you follow Alicia on Instagram at @aliciapetersonbaskel for updates

Tsuyuno Amos is a Hawai‘i-based performer whose background is in acting, dance, and theatre. She studied dance at Bennington College before moving home to O‘ahu, where she was born and raised. She continues to explore various creative practices, dabbling in butoh and clowning while also deeply studying astrology and tarot. She now offers one-on-one dream work sessions to hold space for creativity to enliven through engaging with imaginary figures. In our conversation, Tsuyuno shares how she brings creativity into her daily life by experiencing the world around her with an artist’s lens. Her love for the found performance and everyday art invites the rest of us see ourselves as participants in an ongoing creative process. For more from Tsuyuno: Book a Dream Integration Session with Tsuyuno: https://calendly.com/tsuyuno-amos/integration-session Visit Tsuyuno's Website: https://tsuyuno.squarespace.com Follow Tsuyuno on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wander.sense/ For more from Alicia: Follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ Sign up for 1:1 Guided Breathwork w/ Alicia: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833&appointmentType=category:Breathwork  

In this raw solo episode, I share my experience of losing my mom almost 5 years ago and a small portion of my journey with grief. My hope in sharing this personal subject, is to open up a conversation around death and the potential for wonder inside of the experience of losing a loved one.  ________ If you are interested in connecting with Alicia and her Breathwork Meditation practice, please find all of her offerings HERE: https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=25643833 You can follow Alicia on Instagram @aliciapetersonbaskel or click HERE: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/  

Kelly Heaton is a cross-disciplinary artist, engineer, and visionary who works with electricity. She is fascinated by what makes things alive and conscious. Her art is hard to categorize because it vibrates conceptually and often literally, too. Heaton uses oscillating electronics to explore the building blocks of machine intelligence and to create circuits with life-like behaviors. Her artistic circuits are conduits for her core message that we are electrical beings connected in a universal system. Humans can be electrifying, illuminating, and magnetic, or we can abuse our power and short-circuit. Heaton wants to blow your mind in a positive way—as a friendly invitation to mutual growth and heartfelt expansion. In our conversation, Kelly shares with us the struggles that come with creating a new and unknown artistic genre. She shares her love for nature, electricity, and the aliveness of circuits, inspiring us to see that we too are circuits and part of a greater circuit. This episode will expand your understanding of your relationship with electricity and consciousness, as she helps us remember that "art is the life"  For more from Kelly: Visit Kelly's website: https://www.kellyheatonstudio.com Follow Kelly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelly_heaton/ For more from Alicia: Follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ Sign up for a 1:1 or Group Breathwork: https://linktr.ee/aliciapetersonbaskel  

"When our artwork can hold our heartwork, that is the place of most transformation for our audiences and primarily for ourselves." Michelle Boulé is a Dancer, Healer, and Transformational Life and Business Coach with a unique methodology that creates profound change for her clients. With over 25 years of practice in somatic therapies, energy medicine, mindset psychology, spirituality, and her award-winning international career in dance, the heart of her work is LOVE. In our conversation, Michelle shares with us her path as a dance artist and how it has always been intertwined with her own healing / healer journey and her curiosity about the choreography of the consciousness. This episode will open your heart and help you recognize where your artistic process has supported your own transformation.  For more from Michelle: Visit Michelle's website: https://www.michelleboule.com *FREE* pdf Creative's Guide to More Clarity, Confidence & Income: https://go.michelleboule.com/sm-the-creatives-guide Join The Prosperous Creative Waitlist: https://go.michelleboule.com/prosperous-creative-sp Follow Michelle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelle.boule/ For more from Alicia: Follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/ Sign up for a 1:1 or Group Breathwork: https://linktr.ee/aliciapetersonbaskel  

In this last episode of Season 1, Alicia meanders through a story about an impactful teacher she barely remembers, the reflective surfaces of her childhood home, and her love for writing and dancing. This episode is truly an improvisation. Enjoy. // Please consider supporting this Podcast by becoming a Patreon Member and be the first to know ALL about Season 2. http://www.patreon.com/aliciapetersonbaskel. // Schedule a 1:1 Breathwork session with Alicia or join her group practice by visiting http://linktr.ee/aliciapetersonbaskel. Thank you so much for being here this first season. Looking forward to season two coming in September. 

Also known as Animal Cracker Conspiracy, Bridget Rountree and Iain Gunn work at the intersection of fine art, puppetry, performance art, physical theater, and mixed media. Their dedication to sharing joy, curiosity, zaniness, and thoughtfulness through a myriad of art forms has kept this duo consistently creating. They talk about the pieces they are most known for as well as their newest work 'TransMythical' which will be performed April 23 & 24 at the WoW Festival. For more information go to: http://lajollaplayhouse.org/wowfestival2022/productions/transmythical. To get a sense of the scope of Bridget and Iain's work go to http://animalcrackerconspiracy.com and follow them on Instagram @animalcrackerconspiracy and at @bridgetrountree // Come visit me on Instagram and share with me your take-aways @aliciapetersonbaskel. Hope to see you at something artful really soon!

Danielle Hering is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Breathwork Healer, and a reluctant creative. In this episode she talks about how her breathwork practice initiated her writing practice and supported her creative flow as she wrote her first novel. Join Danielle's Breathwork offerings by following her website: http://thrutheheart.com and following Danielle on Instagram @danielle.hering  //  Join Alicia for her online breathwork group: Breathwork for Creativity on April 18th by visiting http://linktr.ee/aliciapetersonbaskel and follow Alicia on Instagram @aliciapetersonbaskel. 

Cynthia Stokes is an American stage and opera director committed to reimagining opera for the 21st century. She challenges the relationship between performer and audience by creating thrilling productions that take place outside the walls of the traditional theater setting. Cynthia is the head of the opera program at the University of Arizona and she recently premiered exciting work at SXSW: the first ten minutes of The Andrée Expedition, a virtual reality Opera that offers an intimate 360-degree immersive experience for an audience of one. In this episode, Cynthia speaks about her experience balancing parenthood with her career and the magic of process that is impossible to explain. Follow Cynthia on Instagram @cynthiaandtheguys and check out the info from SXSW here: https://sxsw.arizona.edu/person/cynthia-stokes   You can check out her website with videos of past performances and more interviews here: http://www.cynthiastokes.com  ||  DM Alicia on Instagram @aliciapetersonbaskel to share your take aways from this episode. 

In this solo episode, Alicia shares her experience at the Bates Dance Festival seeing Tere O'Connor's choreography for the first time and the profound effect that this dance piece and discussions surrounding it had on her understanding of contemporary dance. **For more information about Tere O'Connor visit his website: http://tereoconnordance.org/media/ ** Then go visit the Bates Dance Festival Archive and scroll down to 2004: https://www.batesdancefestival.org/archives/inside-dance-notes/ **To join the Inside the Creative Process Facebook Group please visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/246341480793690/ **To visit Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast go to: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/maikos-story-photograph-podcast/id1597212837

Violinist, composer, performer, and educator Kristopher Apple works at the intersection of music, dance, text, and digital media. In our conversation, Kristopher speaks about how his compositions have always come from a place of tinkering and experimenting. He shares why it is so important to find a group of artists you can "jam" with and explore the creative process without the need for a product in the end. You can listen to Kristopher Apple's music here: https://kristopherapple.bandcamp.com/ and dive more deeply into Kristopher's work by visiting his website: https://kristopherapple.wordpress.com/blog/ ~~ You can also check out the project we discuss at the end of our conversation - Caught In Translation by Yolande Snaith: https://vimeo.com/368326228. 

In this solo episode, Alicia Peterson Baskel recalls a performance that nourished her during a time when she felt depleted artistically. The William Forsythe piece HUMAN WRITES which he made in collaboration with Professor Kendall Thomas, was presented at the Berlin dance festival: Tanz Im August in 2010. This installation performance blew Alicia's mind and still lingers in her heart. For more information and context about William Forsythe and his piece Human Writes go to https://www.williamforsythe.com/installations.html?&no_cache=1&detail=1&uid=16 or watch the trailer here https://vimeo.com/37104554. If you want to take a deeper dive into the discussion of Human Rights with William Forsythe and others watch this video https://vimeo.com/57358617#t=190s. // To learn more about San Diego Dance Theatre's Choreography Class (which is also online for non-San Diego artists!) go to sandiegodancetheater.org . // Find Alicia on Instagram @aliciapetersonbaskel

Playwright Jennifer Barclay shares her story about shifting from an actor with laser focus on her craft to becoming a playwright who creates stereotype-busting roles for women. Jennifer talks about how she paved her own way throughout her artistic career by earnestly creating a community of artists/collaborators who trust and support her work. “I believe that a play or a film at its best should be a challenge to the mind, a revelation for the heart, and a raw, joyful collision between human beings.” Follow her process and career at BarclayStudios.com /// Please share your thoughts and take-aways with Alicia on Instagram @aliciapetersonbaskel.

Dance artist Eric Geiger shares his incredible journey from studying on scholarship at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center to working with Bill T. Jones, Nancy McCaleb, Deborah Hay, and many, many others. Eric’s reverence for those who paved the way before him adds depth to his work and his teaching. His processes demand responsible citizenship by making a space for Otherness. “I imagine dance as a place in which we can practice embodiment together from a place of love, and let that generate a beauty that we may not understand right away, and that we will consistently need to reevaluate.” You can connect with Eric Geiger on Instagram at @ericandrewgeiger and see excerpts of his dance work on Vimeo. Sign up for his class Dance In Community at TDarts.org. // Please share your take-aways with me on Instagram @aliciapetersonbaskel

Host Alicia Peterson Baskel honors the memory of her late father, Garvin Peterson, as she tells the story of how an engineer resonates deeply with his daughter's improvised dance performance. This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Garvin W. Peterson (February 7, 1942 - January 31, 2022) Please visit me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/aliciapetersonbaskel/