In this episode, Q talks to her friend Kim Mosley about his lifelong dedication to an artistic life, and the shared themes between artistic practice and zen practice.

*Note for audio podcast listeners: the artwork discussed in this episode can be viewed at:

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Kim Mosley was born June 6, 1946, in Chicago, and lives at 1312 W 40th St in Austin, Texas. He holds a B.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Illinois (1963–69) and an M.F.A. in Fine Arts from Bradley University (1969–71), with earlier training at the Saturday Workshop at Chicago's Institute of Design under Joe Jachna, and photography study under Harry Callahan, Brett Weston, and Todd Walker. He taught from 1971 to 2007 at Bradley University, Southern Methodist University, and St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, where he rose from program coordinator to dean of Liberal Arts, earning Missouri's Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Emerson Electric Teaching Award, and multiple District Innovator honors. His artwork — painting, sculpture, and photography — has been exhibited across North America since 1963 and is held in collections including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, with shows as far afield as Bulgaria and Japan.After retiring from academia in 2007 and moving to Austin, he explored Buddhism, starting with the Austin Zen Center before deepening his practice at Appamada, where he now holds the title of Council 1 Entrusted Teacher and participates in several study groups.Find links to Kim’s artwork, his blog, and recordings of his zen talks at: kimmosley.com.

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In this episode of The Qreative Life podcast, Q talks with poet and creative facilitator, Hollie Hardy. They discuss Hardy’s creative trajectory, how she chose poetry as her main creative vehicle, and why she is so passionate about teaching.

More about Hollie:

HOLLIE HARDY is the author of two books of poetry, Lions Like Us (Red Light Lit Press, 2024) and How to Take a Bullet: And Other Survival Poems (Punk Hostage Press, 2014). She’s a freelance editor and private writing instructor, founder of Praxis Poetry: Weekly Prompts for Poets, and host of the long-running reading series Saturday Night Special: A Virtual Open Mic. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals, including Alchemy, Caesura, The Common, Fourteen Hills, Four Tulips, Parley Lit, Passionfruit Review, Poetry Super Highway, The Quarterly, Synkroniciti, and elsewhere. She lives in Austin, TX.

Buy Signed Books: https://holliehardy.com/books

In this episode, Q talks to fellow indie author C.C. Hawk about the long and winding road that brought her to publish her first book after retirement.

Find C.C. Hawk online

• Author website (cchawkwrites.com)
• Goodreads author page

More about C.C. Hawk:

C.C. Hawk began writing as a little girl but set her passion aside until retiring in 2021 and joining the San Gabriel Writers League in Georgetown, Texas. She published Slices of Life, a book of 17 short stories in essay, fiction and memoir genres, in 2024. C.C. was born and educated in Chicago before attending St. Paul’s School, a coeducational boarding school in New Hampshire and Harvard University. She then completed an MBA at the University of Chicago. Her 30-year career included small business consultant roles at two major accounting firms, management positions at United Airlines and director roles at the American Bar Association. Ms. Hawk has been happily married to her soulmate for 38 years and they have an adult son. Travel has taken them to 40 states, 39 countries and all seven continents. She is retired and living her best life in the Texas Hill Country.