Michael Nobbs

The Exuberant Artist Podcast

Lovely to start the day listening to and watching my friend Monique talk about her creative practice, building community and living well as a home-tethered artist and maker.

A timely reminder to find ways to live well within our limits.

A photograph of a cosy early-morning drawing setup on a red, grey and cream checked duvet. An iPad is playing The Exuberant Artist Podcast, showing a video conversation between Emma Freeman, wearing a green jumper, and Monique Francis, seated in a darker room. In front of the screen is an open, handmade pocket sketchbook containing black ink portraits of both women, with speech bubbles recording snippets of their conversation. The podcast's title is handwritten across the top of the pages, with the date 31-10-26 at the bottom. An orange fountain pen rests beside the sketchbook, while an orange reading light illuminates a tea tray with a hen-patterned cloth to the left.
A photograph of an open, handmade pocket sketchbook resting on a red, grey and cream checked duvet. Across the two pages, beneath the handwritten heading “The Exuberant Artist Podcast”, are two loosely drawn black ink portraits of women wearing glasses. On the left is Emma Freeman, with speech bubbles reading “You're a beautiful soul” and “I love that you have this delight!” On the right is Monique Francis, with speech bubbles containing fragments of the conversation, including “Sometimes remind myself I'm living the life I want” and “I much more about process than product.” The date, 31-10-26, is written at the bottom. Part of the podcast video is visible on an iPad behind the sketchbook, with an orange pen lying to the right.

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