London Writers' Salon

#219: Christine Tyler Hill — Noticing as a Creative Practice, Making Art From the Ordinary, and Not Waiting for Permission to Create

Episode Summary

Artist, naturalist, and crossing guard Christine Tyler Hill on turning a daily practice of noticing into The Cloud Report, how constraints and play sustain her work, accepting support as an artist, using social media without letting it steer the art, and not waiting for permission to create.

Episode Notes

Artist, naturalist, and crossing guard Christine Tyler Hill on turning a daily practice of noticing into The Cloud Report, how constraints and play sustain her work, accepting support as an artist, using social media without letting it steer the art, and not waiting for permission to create.

You'll learn

• Why ordinary, overlooked places reward those who keep returning to them.
• How attention can become a creative practice, and a way of changing how you see the world.
• What a strict format and a monthly deadline can do for an overwhelmed creative mind.
• The role of play, experimentation, and feeling lost in making new work.
• A case for sincerity over polish when sharing your work.
• When accepting support for your art feels uncomfortable, and why it matters to let people help.
• What Leonard Woolf's irises can teach us about making art in dark times.
• How to use social platforms without letting them dictate the direction of the work.
• Writing about the things you love without worrying about being twee.
• Why it pays to start the project you need now, even when others don’t understand it.

Resources & Links

• Interview Transcript (unedited)
• The Cloud Report: Christine's monthly printed newsletter, posted out each month
• Tender Dispatches: her weeklyish newsletter on what she's reading, loving and thinking about
• christinetylerhill.com: Christine's website and shop
• Bulletins from the Everyday: October's Writers' Hour Magazine contest, inspired by Christine's work
• Quilt Study, Christine's art book with Directangle Editions

About Christine Tyler Hill

Christine Tyler Hill is a multidisciplinary artist, naturalist, cyclist, and crossing guard based in Burlington, Vermont.

She is the creator of The Cloud Report, a monthly printed newsletter featuring drawn and written observations from the intersection, the woods, the studio, the garden, and beyond, and Tender Dispatches, her weeklyish newsletter sharing three things she's reading, loving, or thinking about.