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I’m your host Tucker and this week is an interview with me for another podcast called Every Speaker Has A Story. It’s a podcast made, and hosted, by Dr. Steven Vrooman. Steve is a professor Texas Lutheran University where is chair of the Department of English and Communication Studies and director of General Education. He’s also done a TEDx talk and published the Zombie Guide to Public Speaking. Steve’s a smart guy.
Guest casts was a concept I was playing with where other people would do an insight and inspiration episode. I wasn’t sure if they were going to be a regular thing or perhaps a Patreon subscriber bonus. I asked a few people to do some as an experiment and you are going to hear two of them today. Ready? Here we go … Thanks, David, I appreciate the time you took to put together an episode. I was reminded of the interview with David B. Goldstein TheSparkAndTheArt.com/74. David Goldstein’s book is a...
Hello and welcome to the The Spark & The Art creativity podcast. Thank you for subscribing to our weekly podcast, where we alternate between interviews with creative folks from all different career levels and insight and inspiration episodes. All with the intention you’ll get what you need to get your creative projects started and, more importantly, finished. I’m your host Tucker and this week is an interview with Crystal Salamon. Crystal is an artist who took a leap of faith a few years ago...
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/152 - The end is beginning
In today’s chat Melissa talks about her 15 year break from making art and how she came back to art because she was procrastinating while working at becoming a writer.
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/150 - I've been listening to the book This is Your Brain on Music - Dr. Daniel J. Levitin. It's about the science behind what happens to your brain when you listen to music and what makes it such a powerful thing in the lives of humans.
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/149 - Troy is a songwriter but as you’ll learn he does more than just write songs. Recording demos and working as a producer for other artists and more. Works well with our episode about Streams of Income. **- Links for this episode -** <br/> Troy Kokol - https://www.troykokol.com/ <br/>Jim Unger’s Herman - http://www.gocomics.com/herman <br/>Sylvester Stallone’s Dog - http://www.snopes.com/stallone-sold-his-dog/ <br/>Colin James - http://www....
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/148 – The fact is I’d have to do all everything. My question was more or less "what should I do first?”
http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/147 - I’m taking away the piece on how to reframe my concerns about what others think of either me or my actions. My biggest struggle isn’t always finding the time to do something it’s when my brain justifies the reasons I shouldn’t do something based on what I think others might think. Thanks Jerusha. ** Links for today's episode ** <br/> <br/>Jerusha and her Studio - http://www.yogadown.ca/teachers--staff.html <br/>Big Rock Singers Okotoks - h...
http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/146 - You can sell anything you want. The secret is to sell what other people want. I’m not going to get into the difference between selling what people want and what people need I’ll cover that in another episode one day.
http://thesparkandtheart.com/145 – This week we talk with Improviser, Actress, Producer and professional breath recording artist Rebecca Northan. In today’s chat Rebecca reflects on a yearbook quote and how it relates to her life now and the interesting work that actors do that you didn't even know were jobs. **- Links for this episode -** <br/> <br/>Rebecca Northan - http://www.spontaneoustheatre.ca/ <br/>Rebecca Northan Twitter - https://twitter.com/RebeccaNorthan <br/>...
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/144 - I got laid-off and I don't know how to feel about it.
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/143 - We talk about what led Samantha Duff to start her own theatre company and specifically a family theatre with a mandate to ensure theatre is financially accessible to all. **- Links for this episode -** <br/>Goodger-Pink Productions - http://www.goodgerpinkproductions.com/ <br/>Samantha Duff & Holleay Rohm - http://www.goodgerpinkproductions.com/our-team.html <br/>Mount Royal University - http://www.mtroyal.ca <br/>University of Alberta - ht...
http://thesparkandtheart.com/142 – I'm not really sure how to describe this. Super power seems like it would be the main power but what is it when your power isn't the main thing? What if you are a brain scientist who wants to talk about brain donation and your audience starts to get uncomfortable. What if you have a cool role-playing podcast and need incidental music to enhance the mood? **- Links for this episode -** <br/>Griffin McElroy - https://twitter.com/griffinmcelroy <br/>...
http://thesparkandtheart.com/141 – With over 900 audiobooks under his belt Sean Pratt is one of the most sought after book narrators today. **- Links for this episode -** <br/> <br/>Sean Pratt - https://twitter.com/SPPresents <br/>British American Drama Academy - http://www.bada.org.uk/ <br/>Cabbages and Kings - O’Henry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbages_and_Kings_(literature) <br/>Cabbages and Kings - Audiobook - http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Cabbages-and...
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/140 - This week is another semantic exploration. This time about encouragement and appreciation.
http://thesparkandtheart.com/139 – Chris Barton is a Chef who’s restaurant creates a new menu each week. Chris recognizes the drain creating a new menu each week would be on him if he had to do it all alone. We talk about how important his team members are to both the creating of the dishes but also the success of the restaurant itself. We talk about the challenges of being in charge charge of this shared creativity and not wanting to say ‘no’ too often. <br/><br/> **- Links for this...
Keep writing. Keep singing. Keep working with others. Keep building relationships. Keep doing it. Because that’s what you can control. You can’t control if you get a song on the radio. You can’t control if an artist decides to record your song. The only thing you can control is how good your skills are and how you nurture your relationships.
http://thesparkandtheart.com/137 – We talked to animator Andrew Ford a couple years ago and the theme of that episode was Reach your goal and keep learning. Andrew’s goal was to work at Disney and now that he’s done it you can hear how his philosophy hasn’t changed. Even after getting to Disney he still want to just get better. **- Links for this episode -** <br/> <br/>Andrew Ford - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatchewan-animator-andrew-ford-disney-1.3936095 <br/>...
http://thesparkandtheart.com/136 - Clutter is fine when you are using it all. A messy desk means you are there often and using things. But what about those boxes of old magazines for that collage you are going to make one day or that carton of video tapes for the family film you are going to produce. Not only are they taking up your physical space they are also taking up your mental space.
http://thesparkandtheart.com/135 – Jackie was a guest on the show a couple years ago as she had just finished up as lead animator on the film Book of Life. Her goal through everything she’s done was to one day work at Disney. Well, she made it and now we talk about if she feels like she’s ‘Made it’. **- Links for this episode -** <br/> <br/>Jackie Koehler - http://www.jackiekoehler.com/about-me-and-this-site.html <br/>Jackie’s First visit - http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/30 &...
http://thesparkandtheart.com/134 – Space gets filled. So does time. What you fill it with is up to you.
http://thesparkandtheart.com/133 – David is very busy as a musician, entrepreneur and writer but we talk about how he handles that workload and some things he does to help keep overwhelm at bay. **- Links for this episode -**<br/> <br/>David Andrew Wiebe - http://davidandrewwiebe.com/ <br/>Music Entrepreneur HQ - http://www.musicentrepreneurhq.com/ <br/>Jonathon Ferguson - http://www.longjonlev.com/ <br/>Django Reinhart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhar...
http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/132 - I heard a quote earlier this week and I can’t find it anywhere online so I don’t know who said it or in what context but I’m gonna talk about it anyway because it got me thinking. The quote was something along the lines of you can’t both breath in or out. Basically meaning you can’t do only one. You can’t only breath in. Your lungs can only hold so much. The oxygen is all absorbed and gets stale. Your lungs ache and eventually you breath out...
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/131 - In today’s chat we learn about Amy’s path through business school, culinary school, art school and how she came to work with me at the large unnamed communications company here in Canada. **- Links for this episode -** <br/>Amy Pon - http://amypon.com/ <br/>Inktober - http://mrjakeparker.com/inktober <br/>Macewan University -http://www.macewan.ca/wcm/index.htm <br/>Northern Alberta Institute of Technology - http://www.nait.ca <br/>...
I don’t think we can know where our best talents lie. I’m only just starting to get my head around this so bear with me things may change over time. This whole theory relates to how we perceive our talents and how others perceive them. What got me to thinking about it is my 8yo daughter was mentioning that she wasn’t good at math. She says it makes her head hurt sometimes to think about it. But when we talked to her teacher she said it was one of my daughter's strong subjects. **- Links for this...
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/129 - Nic Gregory is currently working with Disney publishing as an illustrator on a version of Sleeping Beauty. But before that he had his original hip-hop songs in rotation on Australian radio and toured as a professional wrestler and won two championship belts for his efforts. **- Links for this episode -** <br/>Nic Gregory - http://nic-gregory.squarespace.com/ <br/>Nic Gregory twitter - https://twitter.com/nic_xl <br/>CTN Convention - http://www...
http://thesparkandtheart.com/128 - I prefer to think that Practice Make Progress. Practice doesn’t make perfect unless you practice perfectly and that doesn’t sit well with me. Practice makes permanent but that sounds so final like you’ll get to a certain point and be that way forever. Like a tattoo. But that’s not the way it works. You just keep getting better if you just keep practicing and finding your things to improve on.
Hello and welcome to the The Spark & The Art creativity podcast. Thank you for subscribing to our weekly podcast, where we alternate between interviews with creative folks from all different career levels and insight and inspiration episodes. All with the intention you’ll get what you need to get your creative projects started and, more importantly, finished. I’m your host Tucker and this week is a follow-up interview with filmmaker Thi Vo. In our last episode with Thi TheSparkAndTheArt.com/...
Curiosity. Problem Solving. Expression. Habit & Ritual. **- Links for this episode -** <br/>Jorge Gutiérrez Border Bang - http://www.gregorioescalante.com/border-bang/ <br/>Jorge Gutiérrez Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/26 <br/>Habit & Ritual - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/85 <br/>Whitney Hess Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/111 <br/>Dulcie Foo Fat Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/123
