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Episode 49 – Showtime!
What it's like being on display with your art
Episode Notes:
Join us as we talk about Ginger's experience at the Taubman Art Museum's Sidewalk Art Show this past weekend in Roanoke, Virginia. We discuss the convergence of art and commerce, being on display along with your art and the power of the broader community.
Episode 48 – Addition By Subtraction
Giving Your Creative Projects Room
Episode Notes:
If you've ever heard the idiom "greater than the sum of its parts", you know that Frankenstein's monster was a helluva guy. If you've ever heard someone say "less is more", they may have also been talking about Frankenstein's monster. But we digress.
Episode 47 – Giving Yourself Permission
"Thou Mayest" on so many levels
Episode Notes:
We get so hung up on things like measuring productivity, keeping in line with our own impressions of ourselves, and perfection that we forget we have the power to lay all that stuff aside in service of getting the most out of our creative practice.
Episode 46 – Reflection As A Tool
Navel gazing gets a bad rap
Episode Notes:
Taking to time to examine what's come before has its utility. The trick is being able to tell the solid ground from the quicksand, but when you do, reflection works on so many levels, from the day to day to keep your focus and your enthusiasm, to recurring themes in
Episode 45 – Lassoing Intention
The secret power behind harnessing your creativity
Episode Notes:
If you ever find yourself wandering the foggy moors of creative practice with nary a flickering lantern to guide you, it may be time to set some intentions, intentionally working with all the intent you can muster. Sound confusing? It is!
Episode 44 – Focus On The Good Stuff
Finding power in everyday wins to keep your creative practice properly fueled
Episode Notes:
In this episode we talk about focusing on the little victories to keep us going and keep the fires of begeisterung stoked. Too often we focus on the barriers to creating what we want, whether it be lack of time, immature craft, jealousy or a rug that needs a good
Episode 43 – Creative Weekend Recap
Consider making your own creative workshop by changing the scenery
Episode Notes:
This past weekend we left our home for a modest cabin in the woods for a couple of days dedicated to creativity. It's not about productivity so much as it's about having the permission to ignore everything else and dig into those things that fill the soul, such as
Episode 42 – I Wish That I Knew What I Know Now
Received wisdom versus first-hand experience
Episode Notes:
Most of us look back at one point or another and wish we'd had the benefit of the hard won wisdom we now possess, but would our younger selves have been receptive? And even if they had, would they have put that wisdom to use?
Episode 41 – Craft or Crap: What's In A Name?
Craft as a tool in your creative toolbox
Episode Notes:
Craft is something that forms and evolves over time. It's also one tool of several you apply to your creative practice, albeit more akin to a multi-plier than a flathead screwdriver. Okay, that's probably enough of the tool metaphor.
Episode 40 – Cultivating Ideas
First impressions can be misleading
Episode Notes:
Sometimes the idea you think you have is not the one you ultimately wind up with. We talk about ideas, not so much where they come from, but what to do with them once they drop into your skull like a quarter in a gumball machine.