{"id":573,"date":"2021-03-31T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=573"},"modified":"2021-03-29T17:08:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:08:26","slug":"118-bust-the-covid-blahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2021\/03\/31\/118-bust-the-covid-blahs\/","title":{"rendered":"118: Bust the COVID Blahs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4340\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-573-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/118-COVIDBlahs-3_29_21_4_21_PM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/118-COVIDBlahs-3_29_21_4_21_PM.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/118-COVIDBlahs-3_29_21_4_21_PM.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/118-COVIDBlahs-3_29_21_4_21_PM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=573-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('573-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_573-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_573-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=573-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Square-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Square-500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Square-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Square-500-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been several months since we&#8217;ve released a new podcast.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a good reason and I&#8217;ll bet that you can relate: the COVID blahs.\u00a0 But all hope is not lost, Mom and I have four solutions for you &#8212; ways to bust those blahs and get back to being creative.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you enjoy the podcast, please tell a friend about the show.&nbsp; This helps other people find the show.&nbsp; Thanks so much!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some things we discuss on the podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/christojeanneclaude.net\/artworks\/the-gates\/\">The Gates<\/a>. This is a photo I took of The Gates in 2005. I didn&#8217;t start blogging until 2006, so sadly there&#8217;s no blog post about it!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e99a442e200b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e99a442e200b-500wi\" alt=\"TheGates-wm\" title=\"TheGates-wm\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yard Art &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/balzer_designs\/2021\/03\/finished-yard-art-mural.html\">this is the blog post<\/a>&nbsp;I wrote about it.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t forget to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliebalzer.com\/store\/p304\/4_Glossy_Postcards.html\">grab your postcards<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e99a4469200b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e99a4469200b-500wi\" alt=\"4postcards-height500\" title=\"4postcards-height500\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The podcast&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/barbaraharrisonmedia.com\/btl-podcast\">Behind the Lines<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/20\/us\/joan-hunter-77-letters-vietnam-war.html\">Dear G.I. Letters<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliebalzer.com\/store\/p133\/Design_Boot_Camp_Online_-_5_weeks_-_12pm-2pm.html\">Design Boot Camp<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/Classroom\/plans\/monthly-membership\/\">Monthly Membership Tiers<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And here are our recommendations for this episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Julie:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0802775632\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=balzdesi-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0802775632&amp;linkId=95cb727ded0e69b97476c4f0ef709483\">Outside Lies Magic<\/a>&nbsp;by John R. 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