How do you find your creative voice when the world tries to quiet it? In this powerful episode, I sit down with artist Diana Hendrix, who shares her journey from Chicago's foster care system to carving a vibrant creative career. Diana reveals how to use your work to reshape a challenging world into something beautiful.
We explore her path through a detour into law and how an unexpected health diagnosis ultimately forced a profound return to her artistic roots. This is an intimate story about resourcefulness, the power of encouragement, and how the most challenging course corrections can lead us directly to who we were always meant to be.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to Diana’s Journey
01:51 - Art as a First Language in the Foster Care System
04:49 - A Mother’s Encouragement and How it Shaped an Artist
06:51 - Discovering Basquiat, Alma Thomas, and an Artistic Lineage
11:21 - The Pressure to "Course Correct" to a Traditional Career
13:43 - The Unapologetic Joy of the "Don't Care Bears"
18:19 - Fueling the Next Generation of Artists
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This is How We Create is produced by Martine Severin. This episode was edited by Daniel Espinosa.
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