Stay ConnectedWildly Creative Life is for soulful peeps who are ready for the floodgates to open in their creative medium while making their life an art project. Brooke Schultz is a photographer, writer, musician and feelings junkie who brings you thought provoking ideas, research, + interviews every week about creativity so you can unleash your most creative self + make what your heart longs to make.
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Motherhood can often seem in opposition to a creative life (interruptions! constant needs! daily mundane logistics when you're tryna transcend and make art!)--but in this episode I make the case for how motherhood can make you more creative, not less. In this episode: -how to use interruption as fuel and raw material for your creativity -all the ways you're already being creative (constantly, without any extra effort) -universal experiences of motherhood applied to your creative life -how to mother yourself in your creative life so you make more rad stuff Mentions: Teddy Roosevelt quote: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Arena-Theodore-Roosevelt-Quote/dp/B06XG1M5J1 Shonda Rhimes Year of Yes: https://www.amazon.com/Year-Yes-Dance-Stand-Person/dp/1476777098/ref=asc_df_1476777098/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312064602668&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8865142549098128404&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031564&hvtargid=aud-801738734305:pla-463986683187&psc=1 Steven Pressfield the War of Art: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1936891026/?ref=exp_brookebschultz_dp_vv_d
Amy Grace is on the podcast today with some poetic and practical application about how to honor your own life with your own art in a more full way. In this episode: -how to make our creativity as informal as we can -how to just get started in the middle -how to tell your own story for and through your art -how to know yourself deeply so we can introduce others to themselves
Great creativity leaves clues, and today we're dissecting what the most prolific creators past and present across a bunch of mediums have in common, debunking some long-held myths of creativity along the way. Allen Gannett is here to shed some light from his experience as a CEO working with clients like Microsoft, Marriott, and Saks Fifth Avenue, and being on both Inc + Forbes' 30 under 30 lists and as author of the book The Creative Curve. In this episode: -what science says about the validity of talent -how consumption affects creativity (and the wrong way to do it) -rising above your conditioning and environment to make great creative work -the surprising way familiarity affects likability (and how to use this to your advantage as a creator) Mentions: Allen's book The Creative Curve: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524761710/?ref=exp_brookebschultz_dp_vv_d Allen Gannett: https://www.allen.xyz/ Heartful Ep 9: Talent vs. hard work + finding your calling (with hashtag science): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-9-talent-vs-hard-work-finding-your-calling-hashtag/id1438076373?i=1000423474952 Shop Brooke's amazon faves: https://www.amazon.com/shop/brookebschultz Love Soaked Retreat + Mastermind 2020 application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qXR9HBnRAQ9MlePTwE7Hq27eCuVHy0Ug85qh2j462jI/edit
Have you ever heard the saying 'you are what you eat?' the same goes for what we consume creatively. Whatever you consume gets mashed up into this hodge podge beautiful mess that you then mold and shape into creative work that's completely your own. In this episode you'll learn: -how to curate the ultimate creative diet specific to YOU -how to clean up your current consumption habits in virtual and real-life spaces -the one place no one looks for inspiration anymore (that I am obsessed with + you should be too) -ideas for using your own consumption habits to inform your creative work (so your audience goes crazy over what you make) Mentions: Love soaked retreat and mastermind 2020 application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qXR9HBnRAQ9MlePTwE7Hq27eCuVHy0Ug85qh2j462jI/edit The influences pyramid via Creative pep talk: http://www.creativepeptalk.com/episodes/2019/9/24/245-how-to-find-next-level-influences-that-equal-next-level-work
We know in theory that discomfort is the only way to grow, but discomfort feels AWFUL. So how do we trick ourselves into putting ourselves into more of the RIGHT discomfort so we can grow creatively and in our lives? In this episode we cover: -hard fun vs. easy fun + how to get the best of both worlds -the wrong discomfort vs. the right discomfort for boosting your creativity -5 ways to get less comfort + more fun in your life! Mentions: Love soaked retreat + mastermind 2020 application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qXR9HBnRAQ9MlePTwE7Hq27eCuVHy0Ug85qh2j462jI/edit
My grin is a mile wide because i have one of my fave conversations yet to share with you. If you don't know andy j pizza, he's the host of the podcast creative pep talk which helps you build a thriving creative career. He's also an illustrator for the likes of the new york times, amazon, nickelodeon, youtube + warby parker and he's all about saying YES to life, making creations that inspire that in himself and others and in this episode we talk about: -whether you should niche down or have multiple projects and streams of income to make a thriving creative career, and how to break into new creative markets without confusing your audience -the gifts you give others with your creative work that you didn't know were possible -why writing on stage and putting your work out before it's ready is the path to greatness -how listen to your audience without losing your way -how to cherry pick the best of the best from your own work -whether suffering is necessary for great creative work and the BEST riff on the idea of the tortured artist I've ever heard! Mentions: Andy's new skillshare class: https://skillshare.com/creativepep Creative Pep Talk podcast: http://www.creativepeptalk.com/ Andy J Pizza: https://www.andyjpizza.com/ Brooke's Free 5 step framework for shooting families class: http://brookeschultzphotography.com/webinar/
The best lies are half true! Do you remember when you were a kid and you wanted to lie to your parents, if you were good, you never just told a giant whopper where everything was totally made up. You took the truth, and you stretched it a lil bit. This is exactly how it is with how we talk to each other now. We're unintentionally spreading half truths especially about creativity, and all with good intentions, but in this episode we're gonna deconstruct 5 subtle lies that are holding you back and shine a light on the fulll whole truth so you can create more work + create better work. Mentions: Love Soaked Retreat + Mastermind application: https://forms.gle/YnqzrZbPwKNSDH7z5 Atomic habits james clear https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits Jody moore: https://jodymoore.com/ Allen gannett the creative curve: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524761710/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d&tag=aiponsite-20&linkCode=ic6&ascsubtag=amzn1.ideas.3T0CHVELHL70E
There are things you want to do creatively, and things other people want to pay you for. Some artists feel constantly pulled in one direction or the other, but every artist has a point where those two intersect--this is the magic sauce to selling creativity without selling out, to making money without feeling like a sleazy salesball while you're doing it. In this episode you'll learn: -4 ideas to implement today to sell your creations without selling out -surprising ways you might be selling out without realizing it, plus how to fix it now -the role of hobbies and intuition in making you money mentions: Love Soaked Retreat and Mastermind application: https://forms.gle/VAUadKm5upE9TG6o8
It can be easy and wonderful and rainbow-laden to create when conditions are perfect. It can also be hard to get yourself to create even when you have ideal conditions, so what about when LIFE inevitably happens and you just wanna hide under the covers, throw in the towel, play the victim? How can you keep your creativity alive both in a formal sense, and in the sense of taking an active role in creating your life on purpose when so much is outside your control? In this episode you'll learn: -how to use creativity as an escape and a balm to heal your own wounds and get you through tough times (even if that seems like an impossible fantasy right now) -easier-than-you-think changes to your creative biz to support your freedom and flexibility so LIFE can happen without everything crumbling -the steps to being an active creator when life throws you hard curveballs--death, diagnosis, health trouble, and unexpected setbacks Mentions: $50 off the Love Soaked Family Photography Course with code '50offyas' : https://brookeschultz.kartra.com/page/lovesoaked50 http://brookeschultzphotography.com/webinar/
We all want to feel better, right? More of those beautiful feelings, more connection, more creativity? And yet, we stay stuck in our same patterns and thoughts without a path to change. In this episode Jesh De Rox brings his decades of studying joy, human emotion, philosophy and art to discuss how we can create more of the emotions we want to create so we can create more of the art we want to create. Jesh is the founder of Kindred, a creative meditation retreat, Superfeel which is a method for photographers to draw emotion out of their subjects, and creator of much more beauty you can follow him over at @jeshderox on ig. In this episode we cover: -the 3 things that need to happen to tap into true joy -the only reason people like art -the process for generating the emotions you want to feel on demand -we also get into some deep waters like the illusions of self and relationship, and how recognizing them can boost your creativity Mentions: Jesh de Rox: https://www.jeshderox.com/ Kindred: http://k-i-n-d-r-e-d.com/intro Superfeel: https://superfeel.com/ http://brookeschultzphotography.com/webinar/
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