Creative Pep Talk

Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] --- This episode is for you if you: 1 - Struggle to be productive like a “normal” human 2 - Want to make your work more YOU 3 - You want to get looser and have more fun in your work 4 - Are interested in storytelling / picture books THIS WAS A PHENOMENALLY FUN AND INSIGHTFUL CHAT with picture book legend Bob Shea! SHOW NOTES: Bob Shea https://www.bobshea.com [https://www.bobshea.com/] Bearsuit Turtle https://store.abramsbooks.com/products/bearsuit-turtle-makes-a-friend [https://store.abramsbooks.com/products/bearsuit-turtle-makes-a-friend] Chez Bob https://www.bobshea.com/books/chez-bob [https://www.bobshea.com/books/chez-bob] Lane Smith https://www.lanesmithbooks.com [https://www.lanesmithbooks.com/] Stinky Cheese Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stinky_Cheese_Man_and_Other_Fairly_Stupid_Tales [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stinky_Cheese_Man_and_Other_Fairly_Stupid_Tales] Genesight Medication Testing https://genesight.com [https://genesight.com/] Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] ---This episode is for you if you are: 1 - A beginner trying to make a splash 2 - A seasoned creative who needs to try something new 3 - Stuck and uninspired and lost the love of making stuff We are all beginners at some point and we become beginners again and again at different aspects of our creative journey repeatedly. With times rapidly changing, this has never been more true. In this Q&A episode of the show, we explore how to begin well, but also, maybe more importantly how to end and finish projects well. This is a fan favorite type Q&A “Ask Dr. Pizza” episode :) SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] --- How do truly embed yourself into your work?  Today on the show, we have a creative master who has done this at the highest level. In this episode, Caldecott winning author illustrator Brian Selznick joins me to discuss his new book “Run Away with Me”.  We deconstruct the elements that make this book both a quintessential piece of work for Selznick, and also an evolution of his creative voice.  If you want to develop a deeper sense of yourself in the work and find your place amongst the timeline of your creative hero's. This episode is for you! SHOW NOTES: Brian Selznick https://brianselznick.com [https://brianselznick.com/]  https://www.runawaywithmethebook.com [https://www.runawaywithmethebook.com/] Maurice Sendak https://www.mauricesendak.com [https://www.mauricesendak.com/] A Page is a Door by Remy Charlip https://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/remy_essay.htm [https://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/remy_essay.htm] Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK [https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] --- Do you feel like the competition is so steep you don’t have a chance? Do you ever look around online and think “why should I even bother? I am not even close to this level of talent!” If so, this episode is for you. Stop trying to be super and tap into your true edge: your secret creative powers! Let’s talk about how to find them! SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] --- When times are hectic and industries freeze, it can feel like creative progress is impossible. In times like these, rather than bang your head up against the same wall over and over again, you can see this external block as a sign that it’s time to shift your focus and ways of being. In this episode I share one of the most essential breakthroughs in my creative practice that happened during some of the slowest and scariest moments of my creative journey. SHOW NOTES: Lisa Miller PhD The Awakened Brain https://www.lisamillerphd.com [https://www.lisamillerphd.com/] Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK [https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]