Creative Pep Talk

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460 - How Vulnerable Questions Lead to Strong Creative Hooks with Ronald Young Jr. Jul 03, 2024

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We all want to make work that’s authentic and has our creative fingerprints on it. But it’s easier said than done. There’s lots to learn from folks who literally put themselves into the work. In this episode we chat with Ronald Young Jr. about his award winning audio memoir series “Weight for It” and glean what all of us can learn about injecting your DNA into your work. So whether you’re literally making a self portrait / memoir project or not, this episode is chocked full of takeaways on how to make your work more you!

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SHOW NOTES:

Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.com

Ron Young Jr Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ohitsbigron

Weight For It Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weight-for-it/id1686599391

Leaving The Theater Podcast:

https://www.ohitsbigron.com/leaving-the-theater

On Air Fest:

https://www.onairfest.com

Angus Fletcher:

https://www.angusfletcher.co

Book- Wonderworks

“There is no art which does not conceal a still greater art." – Percival Wilde

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459 - Make Art Not Noise with the Supercommunication Tools of Charles Duhigg Jun 26, 2024

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This episode is for you if:

-You are exploring your voice and how you can insert it into your work in a more genuine way

-You are exploring being seen, heard and understood through your creative work

-You are considering or working on a collaboration

-You want to strengthen the connection between yourself and your audience

SHOW NOTES:

Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.com

Book ‘Super Communicators’

https://www.charlesduhigg.com/supercommunicators

‘The Power of Habit’ book

https://www.charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit

Artist Kara Walker

http://www.karawalkerstudio.com

Ai Weiwei

https://www.aiweiwei.com

Lynda Barry

https://drawnandquarterly.com/author/lynda-barry/

Abstract artists mentioned:

Mark Rothko

Frank Philip Stella

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458 - How to Get Yourself to Finish Bigger Projects Well Jun 19, 2024

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This episode is for you if:

You’re stuck in the middle of a never ending project and you need a fresh perspective
You feel distracted by so many ideas
You have felt discouraged by the response to your work/projects after putting so much time and effort in
you’re interested in picture book making or storytelling

SHOW NOTES

A Sundae with Everything On It

https://smarturl.it/SundaewithEverythingOnIt

A Pizza with Everything On It

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1341177986/hardback-book-a-pizza-with-everything-on?click_key=5e66d965c915b93862cf7c4786572f45e020a8c0%3A1341177986&click_sum=5bf1f093&crt=1&ref=shop_home_recs_6

Cal Newport

https://calnewport.com

Childish Gambino - Atavista

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavista

John Cleese - Creativity

https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Short-Cheerful-John-Cleese/dp/0385348274

Eliza Kinkz

https://www.elizakinkz.com

https://bookshop.org/p/books/papa-s-magical-water-jug-clock-jesus-trejo/18822245?ean=9781662651045

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457 - The Big Breakthrough Power of Finding Your Small Focus with Rosalie Haizlett Jun 12, 2024

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This episode is for you if:

You’re overwhelmed by the demands of social media
You feel pressure to MAKE IT BIG or give up trying
You’re burnt out from trying to DO IT ALL
You need an example and and an action plan on how to stay focused and get results

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SHOW NOTES

Rosalie Haizlett

https://rosaliehaizlett.com/

instagram.com/rosaliehaizlett

Books:

Watercolor in Nature (2021)

https://rosaliehaizlett.com/collections/books/products/watercolor-in-nature-book-by-rosalie-haizlett

Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains (Preorder 2024)

https://rosaliehaizlett.com/pages/tiny-worlds-bookhttps://rosaliehaizlett.com/pages/tiny-worlds-book

Naturalist/illustrator Roger Tory Peterson

https://rtpi.org/

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456 - How to Quit Hustling AND Be More Productive with Cal Newport Jun 05, 2024

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This episode is for you if:

Hustle culture and social media are destroying your creativity
You’ve lost hope of ever being able to do enough
You intuitively know the pace of the world and industry isn’t conducive to creative productivity but need language to understand why
You need a map to more satisfying work life balance that improves both

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SHOW NOTES

Cal Newport

https://calnewport.com/

Slow Productivity

https://calnewport.com/slow/

Jenny Blake - Free Time

https://itsfreetime.com/book

455 - How to Work with Your Brain Instead of Against it with Jessica McCabe May 29, 2024

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This episode is for you if:

You need a boost of encouragement from someone who has also felt the burden to conform to expectations of others
You need examples and ideas on how to creatively adapt your lifestyle to be more conducive to your nature
You want to learn about leaning into your strengths and tips on following curiosity and how to work with who you are and not against it!

SHOW NOTES

Jessica McCabe https://howtoadhd.com/

How to ADHD Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710890/how-to-adhd-by-jessica-mccabe/

How to ADHD YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/howtoadhd

454 - Show & Tell (Right Side Out 6 of 6) May 22, 2024

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This episode is for you if you get in your head and struggle to share your story and your work with the world, if you worry that it’s just not relevant or interesting or maybe that it’s too weird… and just a heads up - we’ve been doing a series called Right Side Out - this is episode 6 and the last episode of the series - it really won’t make sense without working through the episodes - go back to episode 449 of this show to start back at episode one.

Episode 1 of Right Side Out

SHOW NOTES

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Sophie Miller

sophiemiller.co

https://www.sophiemiller.co/

Yoni Wolf / WHY?

https://whywithaquestionmark.com/

AOKOHIO

https://yoniwolf.substack.com/

Angus Fletcher

https://www.angusfletcher.co/

Wonderworks

https://swiftpress.com/book/wonderworks/

Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful

https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/

CreativeMornings

https://creativemornings.com/

453 - Let Her Be (Right Side Out 5 of 6) May 08, 2024

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All the parts come together and I share the conversation with my mom.

Part 5 of Right Side Out

SHOW NOTES

Lulu Miller

https://www.instagram.com/lutimestwoo/?hl=en

CreativeMornings

https://creativemornings.com/

SWISSMISS / Tina Roth Eisenberg

https://www.instagram.com/swissmiss/?hl=en

James Acaster

https://www.jamesacaster.com/

A Pizza with Everything On It

https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/a-pizza-with-everything-on-it

452 - Collect Yourself (Right Side Out 4 of 6) May 01, 2024

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This episode is for you if:

You want to get more personal or deep in your creative work but you don’t know practically where to start
You struggle to take a personal interest in yourself and you feel like every one else is more interesting or worthy
You are prone to low self and esteem and sometimes feel like why even bother making anything at all
STICK TIL THE END of this episode I am going to share a prompt that unlocked the most significant creative breakthrough in finding my own creative voice

SHOW NOTES

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Stuff by Andrew Neyer:

https://andrewneyer.com/

Color Me Collaborative Exhibit:

https://andrewneyer.com/projects/color-me

Charles Schulz on 60 Minutes in 1997:

https://youtu.be/kjTpdUs-pfw

Creative Mornings:

https://creativemornings.com/

https://creativemornings.com/talks/aaron-james-draplin/1

https://creativemornings.com/talks/kate-bingaman-burt/1

https://creativemornings.com/talks/joseph-wu/1

IFS:

https://ifs-institute.com/

BOOK 'No Bad Parts' by Dr Richard C. Schwartz

https://ifs-institute.com/nobadparts

'Muppet Guys Talking'

Dave Goelz and Jerry Nelson

https://muppetguystalking.com/

Yoni Wolf / WHY?

https://whywithaquestionmark.com/

AOKOHIO

https://yoniwolf.substack.com/

Sophie Miller

https://www.sophiemiller.co/

Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful

https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/

451 - Write Your Inner Monologue (Right Side Out 3 of 6) Apr 24, 2024

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THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:

You struggle to find where the literal voices of others and the metaphorical creative voices of your hero’s end and where you begin
If limitations were put on you by others that you have a hard time shaking off
You need help finding a starting place to build off of in terms of building your creative identity
Stick til the end for an exercise to kickstart finding your creative voice

SHOW NOTES

Dr Ken Benau

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/ken-benau-kensington-ca/279286

NPR - Social media posts warn people not to call 988. Here's what you need to know

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/11/1116769071/social-media-posts-warn-people-not-to-call-988-heres-what-you-need-to-know

Yoni Wolf / WHY?

https://whywithaquestionmark.com/

AOKOHIO

https://yoniwolf.substack.com/

Sophie Miller

https://www.sophiemiller.co/

Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful