How can trying a new art form vitalize and fuel your creative practice? Christie and Rosemerry travel to Nashville to meet in person with their most frequent guest, Holiday Mathis, and converse about her experiences with learning about writing and performing stand-up comedy. The laughter-filled episode explores developing your creative voice, the benefits of a creative community, meeting your fears and showing up vulnerable in your creative practice, and much more.
Holiday Mathis writes the daily horoscope for The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and hundreds of newspapers around the world. In her decades-long syndication she's published almost nine million words on luck, the stars and the human condition. She's also a multi-platinum selling songwriter with songs recorded by Miley Cyrus, Emma Roberts and more. Holiday is the author of several books including How to Fail Epically in Hollywood.
Previous Holiday episodes:
Episode 28: The Daily Grind
Episode 28 bonus: Extended Interview with Holiday Mathis
Episode 63: Reviving abandoned projects with Holiday Mathis
Episode 63 bonus: Holiday Mathis on creative process
Episode 80: Holiday Mathis Wrote a Novel
Episode 80 bonus: Audio Excerpt from How to Fail Epically in Hollywood
The blog post that started our friendship with Holiday: I Know Astrology Is Bullshit, But I Can’t Stop Reading My Horoscope by Christie Aschwanden
Episode 119: Trying a New Form with Holiday Mathis