Different people play different roles in our lives. This week, we talk about 3 different types of relationships that can be really helpful in helping us live and thrive creatively.
We can develop a deep, meaningful, healthy relationship with our creativity. This week, we discuss 5 habits that can help us develop a deep connection to our creative selves.
The new year is an opportunity to introduce a new level of resolve to our life and our creativity. This week, Cole and Adam talk about some of their expectations for 2022 in hopes it might inspire you to have a creative year.
Inspiration is all around us. This week, Adam and Cole discuss things that brought meaning and inspiration in 2021.
We can fall into habits that sometimes prevent us from maximizing our creative opportunities. This week, we talk about some practical ways to generate more revenue from our art.
We all create and wear masks. Eventually, it becomes an exhausting process of managing our false identity in an attempt to control how others see and perceive us. That can be a killer in the creative process. This week, we talk about the power of removing the masks and opening up as an authentic artist.
We talk a lot on this podcast about getting along in collaboration. But sometimes we gotta stand up for things. This week, we talk about when it might be productive to lean into conflict.
Being creative can be a joyful process. But there are some things that get in the way of finding joy in our art. This week, we identify some of those and talk about how to re-capture joy!
Sometimes, in our insecurity we try to hide things about ourselves and our work. But we don’t have to. This week, we talk about how to open up and begin enjoying our creative process more.
We have a personal and cultural tendency toward sameness. And the artist interrupts this tendency. This week, we talk about the important role artists play in the lives of people and in culture at large… and some of the ways we can stoke change.
Sometimes, we just get stuck. “Writer’s Block” or general lack of inspiration… it can feel immobilizing. This week, we talk about 3 practical strategies to get through the block and start creating again.
As artists, we’re often obsessed with the “product” we’re making. “Is it perfect?” “Is it something I think my audience will connect with?” “Do I have all the resources I need?” “Do I feel great about this?” But what if we could break free from those immobilizing questions and move forward? This week, we talk about a perspective shift that can help us do that.
Sometimes, we pit these 2 things against one another — like we have to stand up for ourselves OR be kind to others. But kindness and tenacity aren’t in conflict. They are two traits that are powerful when possessed side by side.
When we’re working on commissioned work or coming alongside another artist for a collaboration, we could be served by asking the question, “Am I being asked to be an artist or a craftsperson?”
Missing the mark is baked into the process of finding what works. Like shooting a dart at a board, we don’t usually hit a bullseye the first time we ever throw a dart. This week, we talk about the process of enduring mistakes until we find what works.
Sure there are a lot of risks… so there must be something work all that sacrifice. This week, we talk about some of the great things that can come from living a life of creativity.
Are you ready for the wild ride of building a career in art and creativity? Here are a few risks that you can prepare yourself for. Being ready for these can help you navigate them with grace when you encounter them.
The movies we watch, the stories we tell, the things that inspire us. They are stories of people stepping outside of what is normal or expected or comfortable and doing something bold. When we embrace this ideology, it can help us thrive in life and in our creativity.
There are lots of platforms. And there are a ton of people on those platforms. It’s easy to convince ourselves that we’re too late to the party. But new artists are emerging everyday. So why not you?
Whether you’re an artist that does commissions or a full time freelance creative, this conversation with Albert Asiz-Clauson will help you navigate your journey. Albert is the CEO of Underpinned, a platform that helps artists start and run their creative business.
From uncontrollable external factors to gatekeepers with their own agenda, we bump into some difficult circumstances in the creative process. This week, we talk about some of those unexpected moments and what to do when we encounter them.
Does the creative process sometimes feel overwhelming? This week, we talk about how to embrace joy in the creative process and keep it going.
Every artist has a public image. That’s what it means to have an audience. This week, we help you think through being intentional about that image. We don’t tell you what to look like, but we give you tools to help you create what’s authentic to you.
There are some things that a lot of us creative people worry about… money, audience response, the quality of our work. When we recognize that some of these things are just always going to be true, we can release some of that worry and get to making great art!
Sometimes, the creative process can produce anxiety. But mastery changes that. BUT, what is mastery? And how do we become masters of our artform. This week, we talk about that… and it will hopefully help us release anxiety and embrace the creative process with ease.
How narrow is your definition of artistic success? There is so much variety in what we do. And there is a lot of variety in what comes of the things we make. And that’s okay. As we continue to explore how to develop healthy creative rhythms, this week, we talk about success.
Creative people are dreamers. We’re always thinking about “what if” and “some day.” But sometimes those dreams are so big, they seem unachievable. This week, we talk about how to get started and keep going until that dream is a reality.
How we work will affect a lot of things about the process of creating. When we focus in, it helps us enjoy the work more, and it helps the people around us enjoy it more too.
This week, we get a little personal… Cole and Adam tell stories of failure and the lessons we learned along the way. Failure is part of the creative process. Every artist at every stage of their career faces failure — small and large. The important thing is how we learn to respond.
No need to “fake it til you make it.” No need for “imposter syndrome.” Confidence isn’t about knowing it all or getting it all right. Confidence is about building the belief that you can navigate the challenges and come out on the other side a-okay.
