449: It Will Go Well And It Will End (w/ Sarah Urist Green!)
4/22/202647 min
How do I overcome my fear of performance art? How do I visit an art museum properly? How do I speak about my own work without feeling like a total fartface? Do I pursue my dreams or pursue something practical? How do I come to terms with the fact that I depend on receiving attention and praise for my work? How does a person get real art for their home? Can you help me get out of a creative rut? How did you both balance creativity and parenting when you were new parents? …Sarah and John Green have answers!
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First 90 secondsJohn Green· Host0:00
[upbeat music] You're listening to a Complexly podcast. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Dear Hank & John.
Sarah Urist Green· Guest0:12
Or as we're calling it this week, Dear Sarah & John.
John Green· Host0:15
It's a podcast where two spouses answer your questions, give you dubious advice, and bring you all the week's news from... Well, we'll see. At any rate, uh, Hank is not available this week, and so I'm joined by my favorite person, my spouse, Sarah Urist Green. Hello, Sarah.
Sarah Urist Green· Guest0:29
Hi, John. Thanks for having me.
John Green· Host0:31
Oh my gosh, thanks for being here. We just recorded our hit Project for Awesome-only podcast, Like Letters, where we read the letters that we wrote to each other before we started dating.
Sarah Urist Green· Guest0:40
Yes, and by letters you mean emails.
John Green· Host0:43
I mean emails.
Sarah Urist Green· Guest0:44
Uh, and it's always a ride. It's always an interesting conversation departure point.
John Green· Host0:50
Yeah. We read the first emails we ever sent each other way back 23 years ago, and we were already talking about art and writing, and here we are 23 years later still talking about art and writing all the time.
Sarah Urist Green· Guest1:03
That's right. And with the questions that we have today, a lot of it is about, you guessed it, art and writing.
John Green· Host1:10
Yeah. So let's, let's hop right into it, Sarah. You got a question for me?
Sarah Urist Green· Guest1:13
Okay. Yeah. This one comes from Abigail. "Dear Sarah and John, I'm working on my art history master's degree in order to get a job at an art museum. I have recently been confronted by my greatest art fear, performance art."
John Green· Host1:26
Oh my God.
Sarah Urist Green· Guest1:27
[laughs] "I attended a performance where the artist squirted syringes