On the 138th episode of What is a Good Life?, I’m delighted to welcome Edie "EdieArt" Pijpers. Edie is a self-taught painter, musician, and writer whose work flows across the porous borders between music, colour, story, dream, and video. Raised in the Netherlands, Edie travelled through Paris, Sydney, and Los Angeles before planting roots in the Hudson Valley. Over the years, she has released five albums, held art shows in Nashville and New York, painted murals, published mindful children’s books, created intimate video pieces, and collaborated on the oracle deck Healing the Inner Child via Hay House.

In this conversation, we explore the essence of creativity and the balance between doing and being. We explore the importance of giving space and time to ideas, as well as attuning to the muse that lives as presence in ordinary moments.

Ultimately, she highlights the significance of relationality, living attentively, and embracing the flow of existence.

For more of Edie's work:
Website: https://www.edieart.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EdieArt77

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00:00 What is trying to emerge?

04:45 Authority and uncertainty

10:00 Exploring how things are

13:00 Balancing masculine and feminine energies

17:30 The call into nature

25:00 Giving life more space

31:05 The seriousness and lightness of life

36:15 Parenting, relating, and space

42:00 Letting go of control

45:00 Meaningful and meaningless

48:00 Answering a call to creativity

51:30 The significance of place

54:30 Summary and what is a good life for Edie?