Your Creative Push

Matthew Miller is an artist in Tallahassee, FL who likes to paint natural beauty and human activity from life. Creating live paintings at sports events, music venues, and more, he paints with an energy that can be seen in the final product. Matthew started painting seriously three years ago because it makes him feel at peace and confident. "I started self-medicating with art therapy," he says, "and ended up getting addicted." Matthew is currently finishing a PhD in Philosophy at Florida State University, where he is writing a dissertation about the role of flow states in a good human life. In his free time, he can be seen playing outside, usually without shoes. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/304 In this episode, Matthew discusses: -Moving to Tallahassee to finish the PhD program that he had started a few years ago. -How jumping into art full-time jeopardized how special art was to him and it became a stressor. -How he was letting other aspects of his life go to the wayside when he started pursuin