Episode 19: Interview with Dewi Hargreaves Artist and Author

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In this episode, we’re joined by Dewi Hargreaves, who is an author and artist. He shares his creative mindset and process, and his journey to living a creative life. You can find him here.

Resources Mentioned

Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity by Felicia Day

You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir, by Felicia Day

The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron

John is reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Rubin but has not finished it yet.

Find Your Prompt! If you’re stuck or just looking to do something new, find a resource for prompts in whatever creative endeavor you do, and unlock your creativity.

Episode 18: Valuing the Creative Process

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This month, we go deeper into the idea that the process is more important than the outcome. We discuss why valuing, even honoring, the creative process is so important to our creativity. We explore the significance of practice, experimentation, and intention. Also, why it’s important to create our creative spaces and time.

For a creative: if time is money, then process is the currency and the outcome is what you’ve purchased.

Resources Mentioned

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

The Slowdown podcast

Episode 17: Not Really The Year In Review

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The last episode for the year was supposed to be a review of our favorite books about creativity. That didn’t work out so well. But we did look at what inspired us and what we’ll be doing in 2023.

Resources Mentioned

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

Ezra Klein Show: This Conversation About the ‘Reading Mind’ Is a Gift

Episode 16: Finding Creativity

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This time, John and Kevin discuss finding creativity. Finding a creative path in the first place, or finding our way back to creativity. Recent years have been both a boon and a bane to creative work. We offer some thoughts and ideas for getting going or getting going again, and why you should.

Resources:

John is reading: Essentialism by Greg McKeown

The Science Behind Creativity

This article summarizes some of the science around creativity:
https://extension.sdstate.edu/mental-health-and-creativity

One article talks about the benefits of Expressive Writing.
https://www.psychreg.org/expressive-writing/
We might not think of journaling as creative, but it absolutely is.

So is knitting, for example:
https://www.mhanational.org/blog/mental-health-benefits-knitting

And, we discussed why creativity is important in Episode 1.