“I’m not your muse”

 

EPISODE LINK: “I’m Not Your Muse”

Lisa and I had the pleasure of speaking to two very cool women recently.  The author and illustrator of “I’m Not Your Muse” and companion deck (so cool!) “More Than Muses”, Lori Zimmer & Maria Krasinski!  

We discussed at length where this vision and inspiration came from and how they brought it to life.  (This book feels like it was made for our podcast, and you can bet your ass we’ll be using it often!) This book highlights women from all walks of life who created all kinds of art and in the process broke out of society’s boxes.  

“Muse” has historically been a passive role, a box that art/society has frequently put women into and told them they were pretty or inspirational.  But women and the art they create themselves can be unpretty, controversial, political, and a plethora of other things. The women in this book are those women.  They blurred lines and defied constructs and broke out of boxes. Art is a complete story- it tells the history of a moment or a movement.  Art can be a revolutionary act. That is why is it one of the first things to go in political regimes that are fascist or authoritarian.  Art and speech and education.  Does that sound familiar?  The playbook that Trump is using is not new. 

Art is one of the most important parts of a society and culture and it not only should be preserved, but it can’t be silenced anymore than the human spirit itself can…not for long. 

We discussed all of that and then some on this episode. 

This isn’t Lori and Maria’s first project together.  They are lifelong friends and also collaborated on “Art Hiding in Paris” and “Art Hiding in New York”. 

You can find all of their projects and info at “Arthiding.com” and @arthiding

You can listen to this #bitchstory” episode wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you so much @thelorizimmer and Maria!