Thick in the Throat Honey

Finding Not Creating / December 2, 2017 by Claudia Savage

Visual artist Howard Fonda goes deep about Romanticism, bird cages, Bukowski, and why the Governor can't be political. And, of course, we also discuss the philosophical influence children can have on art-making. Our conversation is a wild ride, complete with a six-pack, profanity, failure, and everything you'd expect in a graduate school seminar but never get!

“I like the idea of finding not creating—creating has some kind of hubris to me, whereas there’s so much unknown out there just to find.”

Howard Fonda gives a tour of his studio in Episode 5 of Thick In The Throat, Honey's podcast My Philosophy by KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions

"…that’s one of the things about parenting that’s worked out well for me philosophically, [the] constant opportunities to learn not just for my kids but for myself…"

Links to Howard and his work

The Ultimate Schedule (How Never Finding a Groove Can Actually Help You) / August 12, 2017 by Claudia Savage

Every few weeks I remember brainstorming with John for the ultimate schedule! This was going to do it. This would be the thing. I would write in the evenings after putting her to bed before the first feeding of the night. I would write in the mornings. I would go to the park to write. I would go to the library. I would stop stressing out so much and only write 4 days a week. Or 3. Or 2?