{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S2EP3: Joy & Revolution Now with Jennifer Davis","description":""Creativity and engaging in creativity can offer insight into how we move forward." - Jennifer Davis   There\u2019s a sturdy and subversive thread woven through Jennifer Davis\u2019s life and work: Where there\u2019s an expectation to do things a certain way, of conformity or straight lines, because that\u2019s how it\u2019s always been done, Jennifer\u2019s life is all about saying, \u201cNope. I\u2019m doing it differently.\u201d    It feels like the \u201cyes\u201d and the path for Jennifer is in the joy, in the curvy unpatterned strokes of her paintbrush, in the \u201clet\u2019s try this and see what happens.\u201d    In her work and life, Jennifer is exploring where creativity and liberation intersect, asking how creativity as a practice can inform the work of liberation.    She shares, \u201cCreativity, in so many ways, is almost the exact opposite of oppression and oppressive systems, which demand perfection and accuracy and get-it-right-everytime.\u201d  In her work alone and with other folks, she explores how creativity can provide a way forward, with its space for play, questions, and mistakes that turn out to be openings for something new to emerge.   And although social justice is a serious endeavor, the \u201cwork of liberation\u201d has to be infused with play and joy.  Nicole identifies this in Jennifer\u2019s art, this pairing of the whimsical and innocent with powerful political statements.    The conversation lands on a \u201cpress pause\u201d moment when they identify that their ability as Black women to find joy, innovation, and art is inherent in the struggle-- a truth that\u2019s easy to miss if you\u2019re not living it. Jennifer makes it harder to miss. In this conversation, in Jennifer\u2019s work, in her love of texture and color, in her completely joyful lip synch\/dance thing on Instagram, there\u2019s an irresistible invitation into joy and play.    Joy and revolution now. Joy is the revolution now.   Please listen in, and after you do, let us know how the conversation surfaces for you. We\u2019d love to hear from you.   We also invite you to check out Jennifer\u2019s Play and Healing at the Intersections: Conversations on Creativity and Liberation, monthly gatherings where folks convene to talk and \u201cmake marks\u201d together.   In this episode, Nicole and Jennifer touch on: \u2022 Jennifer\u2019s intention in pairing the whimsical and the political in her art \u2022 How getting stuck in outgrown ideologies can steal the joy \u2022 Art and healing \u2022 The importance of \u201cmarrying joy and challenges\u201d \u2022 Jennifer\u2019s insistence on centering her existence on joy and community, not oppression \u2022 Exploring the intersection of creativity and liberation \u2022 Their refusal to engage in \u201ctrauma wasting\u201d  \u2022 \u201cGet in bitches. We\u2019re being inclusive.\u201d   Bio: Jennifer Price Davis is a Cleveland-based painter, illustrator, and writer.  As a primarily self-taught artist, as a practice, Jennifer paints what pops into her soul and demands to come to life.  Jennifer has a BA in psychology and an MA in art therapy counseling. Until very recently, she was a teacher of 1st through 3rd graders. Prior to her work as a teacher, she was a career counselor.    Jennifer\u2019s work focuses primarily on black culture and what it means to exist in black bodies, with emphasis on black women and girls. She is particularly interested in illuminating the ordinary. In the ordinary, Jennnifer sees something both achingly beautiful, immensely political, and even revolutionary, about the ability to exist and move about the world safely and confidently in ordinary ways.     Her goal is to participate in the progress of liberation through every bit of her work.   You can find Jennifer at jenniferpricedavis.com On Instagram: @jenpdavis  You can purchase her products at Redbubble: JenPriceDavis  Learn more about Play and Healing at the Intersections: Conversations on Creativity and Liberation You can support her work at Patreon ","author_name":"Inclusive Life with Nicole Lee","author_url":"http:\/\/inclusivelifewithnicolelee.libsyn.com\/website","html":"