Welcome back to another podcast chatting to artists about their life and work! This time I’m talking to a young, local-to-me artist called Charlie, aka Howler Productions. We chat all things to do with finding your style and your voice, finding an audience and feeling free to express your true self. We also chat about the fact that Charlie has his first ever art exhibition coming up, and how he’s been preparing for that. We chat a lot about Charlie’s influences in this episode, and I think a lot of them will be things many people aren’t familiar with, so here are a few links to explore as well. First up, a good overview of the amazing Czech animator we discuss,  Jan Swankmajer: https://youtu.be/OwwGw01kEbM?si=0HKV2udS6mtFTfuw Oh, also Charlie’s own award winning animation (TW Suicide themes): https://youtu.be/dDllY3abNE0?si=fcexKeQ78pa8ZKIk Charlie’s artist picks: @dont_jinxit @jayrnski @awdtwit @eddyatoms @donavantheraccoon @frambuesa_st   and finally, the film by our mate Mickey Murray: Mind Set movie: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Set-Eilis-Cahill/dp/B0CJLZ2FX7 Enjoy listeners! Thanks as always to Michael Kheng for tech support.