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  <title>The Hearth of the Matter</title>
  <description>I recently met&amp;amp;nbsp;Miranda Aisling Hynes&amp;amp;nbsp;at a event called&amp;amp;nbsp;Makers Monday&amp;amp;nbsp;at the&amp;amp;nbsp;Artist's Asylum&amp;amp;nbsp;in&amp;amp;nbsp;Somerville, MA. The event itself is sponsored by&amp;amp;nbsp;Miranda's Hearth, an Organization founded by Miranda with the mission of bringing people together around doing creative work and building relationships. &amp;amp;nbsp;Maker's Monday is one of a number of recurring, monthly event's run by Miranda's Hearth members (aka.&amp;amp;nbsp;Embers). Other monthly events include a potluck dinner, a waltz night (often with live music), book club gatherings, a creative writing night, and more.. Talking with Miranda that night I became intrigued by her philosophy on art and making, and sensed a potential connection with what she is &amp;amp;nbsp;doing and my own explorations around the concept of Poiesis. &amp;amp;nbsp;Miranda studied fine art painting during her undergrad years and went on to earn a&amp;amp;nbsp;masters in Community Art Education from Lesley University. &amp;amp;nbsp;In this episode Miranda shares many useful insights on a range of topics including:  the creative process the notion of Art vs. making how to build relationships&amp;amp;nbsp; entrepreneurship for artists and makers and more...  Links from the show: Miranda's Hearth Miranda's paintings  Don't Make Art, Just Make Something Abstract Expressionism ​Stanley Lewis Ablerto&amp;amp;nbsp;Giacometti  ​The Tempest Museum of&amp;amp;nbsp;Fine Arts, Boston  Masters program at Lesley Community Art Hotel People mentioned: Jaclyn Wood Mathew Reese Kara Kulpa ​Show notes:  Origins of the name Miranda’s Hearth. [4:09] A community based on creative exploration and authentic relationship. [6:42] One of the most common forms of creating common shared experiences is creativity. [8:06]&amp;amp;nbsp; Miranda talks about viewing Art as a vehicle for creating community. [8:35] Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something. [9:53] Because I couldn’t draw realistically with a Pencil, &amp;amp;nbsp;thought I couldn’t be an artist. [12:16]&amp;amp;nbsp; Abstract Expressionism and Miranda’s thought’s where her paintings might go. [16:34] How Miranda is able to be attentive to the many varied projects of the ‘Hearth’. [19:32] Why most entrepreneurial ventures fail. [20:54] An introverted extrovert. [24:12] Inviting to participate vs. asking people for help. [26:08] &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; Making a business out of confronting your flaws and working your growth edge. [27:22] Miranda talks about finding a healthy relationship between business and Art. [30:43] ‘…just make something…’ &amp;amp;nbsp;[33:51]  </description>
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