{"id":34515,"date":"2019-10-04T21:27:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T04:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=34515"},"modified":"2019-10-08T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T22:36:29","slug":"optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;optimistic as f*ck&#8221; : AFYE ep.152"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34523\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley1-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11523860\/height\/26\/theme\/standard-mini\/thumbnail\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s that for a way to kick off the new season of the podcast? Yes, after an almost year long personal hiatus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/art-for-your-ear-podcast\/\">ART FOR YOUR EAR<\/a> is back! I&#8217;m shaking things up a little, and instead of interviewing artists about their personal journeys &#8211; from childhood till present &#8211; I&#8217;ve recruited a group of creative experts to be my co-hosts! We&#8217;ll be digging deep into the nitty gritty of being Artists <em>{with a capital A}<\/em> covering a huge range of topics from self-doubt to business plans. We&#8217;ll also laugh a lot. Speaking of which, my first co-host is the always hilarious and fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleylongshore.com\"><strong>Ashley Longshore<\/strong><\/a>. Ashley requested we kick this season off by getting real. As she said, &#8220;it ain&#8217;t all sunshine and roses&#8230; but it&#8217;s about getting up and getting stuff done when it&#8217;s raining.&#8221; There were also a few fishing analogies in there too, but we&#8217;ll get to those! You can listen right up there under those pink jeans, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\">subscribe on iTunes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a rundown of everything you heard about on this episode&#8230; paintings, Instagram posts, and links. Let&#8217;s start with Ashley making an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/latenightseth\/\">Late Night with Seth Meyers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34524\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley2-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yep, that&#8217;s Mark Hamill, aka Luke Skywalker, beside her too. Okay, I know she didn&#8217;t make a big deal of this on the episode, but as a daily viewer of Seth&#8217;s show&#8230; yeah, this <em>blew<\/em> my mind. An artist on late night TV. Hell, YES! Moving on. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvf.com\">DVF NYC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34525\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley3-179x1024.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, this is such a fantastic project! Ashley has now painted 49 powerful women in collaboration with fashion design icon <a href=\"https:\/\/world.dvf.com\/\">Diane Von Furstenberg<\/a>&#8230; and I have a feeling there will be more coming. There&#8217;s just too many extraordinary women to celebrate!\u00a0<em>{Mmhm.. that&#8217;s Ashley hanging out with Gloria Steinem, Diane, and Chouchou Namagabe, an\u00a0outspoken\u00a0Congolese radio journalist and co-founder of the South Kivu Women\u2019s Media Association.}<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How does Ashley make all of this stuff happen? She works really, <em>really<\/em> hard&#8230; see:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34526\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley4-59x300.jpg 59w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley4-202x1024.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ha! Had to throw that last one in given the theme of her most recent watercolor sketchbook. If you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ashleylongshoreart\/\">follow her on Instagram<\/a> <em>{you do, right!?}<\/em>, you&#8217;ll notice that Ashley is never not working. Most of the time she&#8217;s painting, but when she&#8217;s not actually at the easel, she&#8217;s emailing, promoting, going to meetings, or traveling. In fact, sometimes she&#8217;s traveling to New York to be the official artist-in-residence for Fashion Week. WHAT?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34527\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley5-87x300.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley5-296x1024.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YASSS! Ashley was painting as models walked the runway at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/csiriano\/\">Christian Siriano<\/a>&#8216;s show&#8230; art and fashion, literally hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Up next&#8230; Warren Buffet, Oprah and Rihanna:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34528\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley6-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yep. Ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; wrong with gettin&#8217; paid.<\/p>\n<p><em>Oooh<\/em>, Ashley&#8217;s NEW art book &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ashleylongshoreart.myshopify.com\/products\/i-do-not-cook-i-do-not-clean-i-do-not-fly-commercial\">I DO NOT COOK, I DO NOT CLEAN, I DO NOT FLY COMMERCIAL<\/a>. Did we even talk about this?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34529\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley7-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure we even got to this, but I<em> did<\/em> ask Ashley to mail me a signed copy&#8230; which I&#8217;m going to <strong>GIVE TO ONE OF YOU!<\/strong>\u00a0It is big, beautiful, hilarious, and filled cover-to-cover with Ashley&#8217;s gorgeous work. Just leave a comment below, and I&#8217;ll draw one name and announce the winner on next week&#8217;s podcast. And with that, I&#8217;ll say thank you Ashley for her hilarious, joy-filled, honest conversation; huge thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/hubs.ly\/H0l83wp0\">THRIVE<\/a> for raising their hand to help support <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\">ART FOR YOUR EAR<\/a>; and of course, thank <em>you<\/em> for listening ~ Danielle<\/p>\n<p><em>ps. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2uApWnpOUT\/\">Che Che<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/optimistic-as-fck-afye-ep-152\/ashley8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34530\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ashley8-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How&#8217;s that for a way to kick off the new season of the podcast? Yes, after an almost year long personal hiatus, ART FOR YOUR EAR is back! 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