Lessons learned from a mundane experience a few days ago.
Read MoreEpisode 87: Mining old ideas
Thoughts on going through old ideas in a sort of creative archeological dig.
Read MoreEpisode 86: Allowing for a Fresh Start
The Creative Walks podcast is back! In this episode I talk about my year off, and the process I am going through to get back to creating. My hope is that the exercises I did for myself can bring some tips on your own creative journey.
Read MoreEpisode 84: Room for Doubt
Thoughts on how to remain creative in times of division, high emotions, and fanaticism.
Read MoreEpisode 82: Visualizing Your Creative Projects
Episode 81: The Levels of Your Game
Thoughts inspired by Ray Dalio on understanding your practice at multiple levels.
Read MoreEpisode 80: What can you do with what you have?
Thoughts inspired by a photo of Matisse, painting from his bed.
Read MoreEpisode 79: Go and Show Them
Thoughts on courage to start new projects without seeking approval first.
Read MoreEpisode 78: A mosaic of life dimensions
Thoughts on activities after the quarantine is over.
Read MoreEpisode 76: The traps of small perfections
The longer you wait to get a project started (usually because you want it to come out perfect), the more conditions you put on what “perfect” means.
Read MoreEpisode 72: The goals of a portfolio and things to do in quarantine
Thoughts on creating work that you want to be hired to do and projects to pursue during quarantine.
Read MoreEpisode 70: A Celebration Under Quarantine
Thoughts on my birthday and the role of art and artists on scary times.
Read MoreEpisode 55: Do you decide or do you discover your purpose?
Thoughts inspired by recent news about Bob Iger stepping down as CEO of Disney and how successful people find purpose and motivation.
Read MoreEpisode 48: Silly Fears and News From the Road
Silly Fears and News From the Road
Read MoreEpisode 45: Building your personal legend
Thoughts on the power of speaking or writing down your personal story, the insights that come from reviewing what you went through so far, and how the stories we tell ourselves relate to your confidence levels.
Read MoreEpisode 43: A city map as a self-map - the self-portrait exercise
This episode features a description of an exercise I did during my masters of creating a self-portrait, which I did reimagining my life represented in a city map.
Read MoreEpisode 41: Practice runs to unlock projects
Inspired by painting techniques, I talk about using sketches and practice runs to unlock bigger projects.
Read MoreEpisode 40: Getting insights from other art forms
Thoughts on artist dates and learning from other art forms.
Read MoreEpisode 39: Choosing projects and butterflies in your stomach
Thoughts on choosing which projects to go after.
Read MoreEpisode 37: Art works seen as portals
Thoughts on framing art works, from fine art to advertisements, as portals into different worlds.
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