#010 - A Bunch of Turkeys

The Artist and the Hunter

- Robin thinks its adorable/hilarious that John spends time in the wilderness pretending to be girl animals and/or emotionally manipulating boy animals (as the girl animals surely do).
- John recounts telling a client who works in a school (and gets a little cut off in the recording) about the behaviors of animals he hunts; the client says these animals sound like teenagers.
- Robin thinks Daylight Savings is the dumbest thing ever, and arrived at this conclusion mostly through observing John's hunting practice.
- John decides to backcountry camp on this particular hunt; not his usual choice.
- Robin likes it when John hunts closer to home, which makes for local eatin'.
- Both R&J highly recommend bacon wrapped quail.
- Robin is struggling to balance the call of writing with the call of fiber arts.
- She takes a deep dive and attempts to share her personal philosophy of health - Artist, Athlete, Addict - and how she arrived at this idea, through years of living with illness.
- Robin wants to destigmatize Artists, Athletes, and Addicts; how all of us, at one point or another, say "I don't have an artistic/athletic bone in my body" or "that person is an addict, but not me." She thinks that every single one of us is all three.
- John notes that each - Artist, Athlete, Addict - can be used as helpful tools, or hurtful weapons.
- Robin's definition of Addict: a person who needs medicine. Full stop.
- The way to achieve balance is to know when you're medicating/knowing and acknowledging when you need medicine.
- Robin's mind is further blown (John's less so) of the etymology between text and textiles, her two chosen crafts.
- John describes learning a single macrame knot.
- John stares at hills all day; Robin stares at fibers all day. Both can spend a whole day doing so and end the day with nothing to show for it.