A Beautiful Anarchy

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**A Beautiful Anarchy**

Hosted by photographer, author, and former comedian David duChemin, A Beautiful Anarchy is a deeply human, honest, and insightful mostly-weekly kick in the pants for anyone who longs to create anything with soul and too often finds themselves mud-wrestling with the muse to do so. A Beautiful Anarchy is a candid ongoing exploration of what it means to be an everyday creator, whether you’re a writer, photographer, sculptor, or a puppeteer who works exclusively with vintage macrame owls. The struggles and rewards of bringing something new into the world are universal, and you’re not alone. Let’s talk about it.

Latest Episodes:

HUNGER > TALENT Mar 07, 2020

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BETTER QUESTIONS? Feb 29, 2020

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SECOND PLACE Feb 22, 2020

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NOW WHAT? Feb 08, 2020

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Starting new work means eventually it comes to an end in some form and while the feeling of being done and shipping that latest thing is often euphoric, it often comes with a hangover and an uncertain feeling left by the absence of that thing we’ve been working on, like our constant companion is just suddenly gone. You’re not the only one feeling a little bit like you might be drifting, so what do you to next?

A LIFE AT THE IMPROV Feb 01, 2020

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The rules of improv are not complicated and, depending who you ask, they vary, but there are 4 that are universal, guiding principles that keep things on track and keep the actors moving headlong into the funny rather than those long awkward moments that foretell a comic death. That’s not to say they guarantee success, no improv actors in the world have been spared the crickets in the audience that signal a wrong turn into the territory of the unfunny. Risk and uncertainty is the stage on which improv plays out, as it is in life. But these rules give the best shot at working well together and moving in a collaborative direction, rather than getting derailed and I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to see improv as a metaphor for everyday creativity. Listen in to learn more.

FEED THE STARVING ARTIST Jan 25, 2020

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A pragmatic 15-minute episode about connecting with the audience for whom we make what we create, and from whom we hope to make both a life and a living, for those of us who do this as not only craft but commerce. No one likes talking about this stuff but I think that’s because it so often lacks soul and humanity. Make this the year you start to intentionally connect with your audience by email. Here’s why.

CROWDSOURCING JOY Jan 11, 2020

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Creative people often find their emotional lives connected a little too tightly to their work: happy when things go well, unhappy when the work gets hard or doesn’t get the reactions we hoped. But is art-making about happiness and have we created a desire for the process and the work itself that is a counterfeit for something better? You’re not alone if you experience emotional ups and downs with your work, it’s natural, but I think we can make those ups a little higher and the downs a little less shattering - and more predictable - by looking for something better than just happiness.

DEEPER WORK Jan 04, 2020

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I’m a big fan of being intentional about life, and how I spend my time is among the biggest decisions I make, and often, some of the hardest. You’re not alone if you got to the end of this past year and looked back and hadn’t accomplished some of the bigger pieces you wanted to. You’re also not alone if you’re vowing to do better this coming year. But all the vows never help unless you put them in to action. Here are 3 strategies for getting the kind of blocks of time you need to do that. The short notes: carve out daily time, weekly time, and a solid annual block, put them on the calendar and make then non-negotiable. You and the muse need time together.

WHERE IS YOUR HALL PASS? Dec 28, 2019

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You’re not alone in feeling at times like you need permission to operate outside the so-called rules and colour outside the lines. You’re not the only one to ask, “but who wants to hear what I have to say?” or “who am I to put my work out there?” Who are you? The same one-of-a-kind-but-still-totally-different-from-the-rest-of-us kind of human being that any other everyday creative has been through history. We need your art, but more importantly: you need it.

LEARNING TO DROP Dec 14, 2019

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One of the most common barriers to starting, finishing, and sharing our work is the crisis of self-confidence that comes from the voices we’ve listened to so long that they become a part of us. Learning to call those voices out, and learning to believe that we can do what we set out to do in the creative process, is a first step. The creative process, no matter what the discipline is always uncertain and it takes an insane amount of belief in our ability to take first steps into the unknown if we’re going to take those steps at all. It takes a re-defining of the concept of failure, a better understanding of the process, and, at least for this episode, a juggling lesson.

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