146. Episode 50 of the SneakyArt Podcast
the one where listeners ask me anything!
Dear listeners,
I am proud to share with you the new episode of the SneakyArt Podcast. And this one’s all about me! In today’s post, the best ideas from episode number 50 and future plans.
This is a publication of secretly drawn art and the best ideas from the SneakyArt Podcast. Thank you for giving it a space in your inbox.
How Ep 50 came about
As previously mentioned, I am useless at celebrations. Even as the milestone loomed over the horizon, I made no plans to mark the occasion. Then Uma Kelkar reached out in the nick of time with an offer I could not refuse - to host the episode herself, with me in the guest’s chair.
I loved the idea! We decided to do it as an AMA-style episode (Ask Me Anything) with questions crowd-sourced from listeners and past guests.What better way to celebrate!
In this episode, I speak about my journey to be an artist, how the podcast began, and the directions I am keen to explore going forward. Follow Uma’s work on Instagram and visit her studio. Listen to this episode on your choice of streaming service, or grab a link below:
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Show Notes
🎯 “More than 200 people are tuning in every day, and that is something special.”
📝 Nishant talks about how he prepares for conversations, and actively navigates during the recording.
✍🏼 Read Insider 40. How I Make the SneakyArt Podcast
📝 Does the privacy of the podcast format enable quick trust between guest and host? Nishant explains how he differentiates his conversations from interviews.
📢 Listener question from Pam Cunningham - “Can we have an example of an episode where you moved away from the script to follow the conversation?” Nishant speaks about the recent episode with Jim Richards.
🗣 “I am willing to go in any direction that’s fun.”
🌏 Uma asks about cultural differences between guests, and also between listeners. Do listeners from one part of the world prefer to listen to guests from the other part of the world?
📈 Uma asks about Nishant’s trajectory in life, and how he came to be an artist.
✍🏼 Read a quick re-introduction to SneakyArt.
🗣 “Before the internet, your world was limited to ideas you managed to run into.”
🙌🏽 XKCD, a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language.
🙌🏽 Wondermark.
🌆 How SneakyArt began in the streets of Chicago.
🎙 Interview on the Science Friction podcast for Australia’s ABC Radio National
🎤 Uma asks - “Were you seeking examples of people sticking with the script even when pain was involved?” - referring to Chicago stand-up comics and musicians.
⚠️ Uma speaks about risk-taking as a marker for innovation among auteurs and polymaths.
🗣 “Young artists today don’t have a period when they are ignored completely. I think I'm very lucky that there was no performative element to my hobbies.”
🎤 Guest (Ep 13) and listener, Mike Daikubara asks - “Are the rules of urban sketching too constraining?”
🎧 Why did Nishant decide to use a pure audio medium for a purely visual hobby?
⚖️ The idea of listening in a reactive versus contemplative mood.
🌆 Nishant explains how the podcast began while chatting with Don Colley (Ep 35) in Chicago.
🙇🏽♂️ Is there self-doubt in the podcast process?
👻 Listener question from Sasala Wickramasinghe - “Do you still battle imposter’s syndrome?”
⚖️ Guest and listener Suhita Shirodkar (Ep 7) asks - “What is a sacrifice you have made in order to pursue this life?”
⏰ How do you divide time between art-making and entrepreneurship?
🥷🏽 What’s so sneaky about SneakyArt?
📖 ‘Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life’ by Luke Burgis.
Dear listener, do you have a favourite episode? Tell me about it!
Congratulations for making it to 50. Wishing you many more 50s ahead.
This is an excellent episode, and I am not yet finished! Really appreciate the thoughtfulness with which you reflect on podcasting and trusting that the conversation can and will get to a place where the two people talking are fully present without a thought to who else will eventually hear. As well, how inspiring to hear about those stand up comedians who just kept going for it because they were determined to learn/grow through the period where the jokes fell flat. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into the early inspiration and the five years of just 'doing the work'.