Creative Pep Talk

555 - Overcome Dead Ends & Open Up to New Directions with Hrishikesh Hirway

Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co [http://invisiblethings.co/] --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You have hit a dead end and need to open up to totally new directions. 2 - You are stuck doing nothing and need a small place to start. 3 - You need to find new guidance from an outside perspective. This is a chat with musician Hrishikesh Hirway. You may know Hirway from his phenomenal podcast “Song Exploder” or his work as a composer for the film “Companion” or Netflix television series “Everything Sucks!”. Today we discuss the winding journey to his new album “In the Last Hour of Light” which features guests like Iron and Wine and Fenne Lily. SHOW NOTES: Hrishikesh Hirway https://hrishikesh.co [https://hrishikesh.co/] Hrishikesh Hirway - In the Last Hour of Light https://hrishikesh.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-last-hour-of-light [https://hrishikesh.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-last-hour-of-light] Song Exploder https://songexploder.net [https://songexploder.net/] Producer / Editor: 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/] Spotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg] 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]

554 - Get Back to Creativity that Actually Helps Your Mental Health with Gemma Correll

Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co [http://invisiblethings.co/] --- Most of us start making things because on some level it feels good! It feels like a meditation. It brings flow. It helps us process. But if you ever get serious about your work, you may also accidentally lose all these positives and replace them with negative side effects like pressure, anxiety, and even despair. If you want to get back to the kind of creative practice that lifts you up instead of triggers you, this episode is for you! Gemma Correll is a world-renowned illustrator and cartoonist with one of the most personal and practical creative practices that I know of. She has been art journaling way before it was cool, and it’s turned into a cathartic experience that she now shares with the world through her online comics and now her phenomenal graphic memoir “Anxietyland”. We discuss: 1 - How to access that energy of making just for yourself before you think about anyone else. 2 - The power and pitfalls of mixing creativity with your mental health. 3 - What type of creative community we hope to see evolve in a post-social media-centric world. SHOW NOTES: Gemma Correll https://www.gemmacorrell.com [https://www.gemmacorrell.com/] Anxietyland by Gemma Correll https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Anxietyland/Gemma-Correll/9781668004159 [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Anxietyland/Gemma-Correll/9781668004159] Producer / Editor: 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/] Spotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg] 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]

553 - Recover Sense of Self & Creative Voice with These 6 Juicy Prompts

Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co [http://invisiblethings.co/] --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You have been pretending to be someone else for so long that you have forgotten who you are. 2 - You want to put more of your real self into your work and need help understanding how to do that. 3 - You need some fun and unexpected exercises to get back in touch with what you really care about and who you really are. Check out the “Right Side Out” Series here: http://andyjpizza.com/rso [http://andyjpizza.com/rso] SHOW NOTES: Producer / Editor: 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/] Spotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg] 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]

552 - Listen to This if You Need Help Remembering Who You Are (Right Side Out 1 of 6) *RE-AIR*

Check out the rest of the “Right Side Out” series on it's own podcast feed here: andyjpizza.com/rso [http://andyjpizza.com/rso] --- It’s been 2 years since we originally aired this episode. This is part 1 of our 6 part audio memoir series “Right Side Out”. On the surface it’s about my journey with ADHD and making peace with being “just like my mom”. But underneath, what it’s really about, is YOU. It’s about how to love yourself enough to get curious about who you are. If you have had trouble finding your style, voice or sensibility as an artist, it might be because you’ve jumped to making for others too quickly. First and foremost, creative work helps us get our inner world onto the page so that we can get an outside perspective on ourselves. Kind of trippy, right? HAHA. But it’s true. Listen to this episode: 1 - If you want to remember who you are. 2 - You need tools for putting more of yourself into your work, whether it’s creative work or not! 3 - You are longing for a more gentle, loving and ultimately more productive relationship with yourself. SHOW NOTES: You can now listen to the whole “Right Side Out” series on its podcast feed here: andyjpizza.com/rso [http://andyjpizza.com/rso] On Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/right-side-out/id1894328132 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/right-side-out/id1894328132] And on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/13Z8as20GdLXDifrQVxuyL?si=723da00dfa3048d3 [https://open.spotify.com/show/13Z8as20GdLXDifrQVxuyL?si=723da00dfa3048d3] Producer / Editor: 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/] Spotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg]   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]

551 - Consume and Create Art to Get Your Brain Back with Scientist Daisy Fancourt

Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co [http://invisiblethings.co/] --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You’re feeling like you’ve lost the thread and your point of view as a creative. 2 - You’re fed up with consuming so much junk online and need tactics to start consuming better creative stuff that inspires you again. 3 - Need to dive deeper into the science of why your relationship with art can make all the difference to your creative practice and general wellbeing. This episode features a chat with scientist and science communicator Daisy Fancourt about her new Sunday Times Bestselling book “Art Cure - The Science of How the Arts Save Lives”. Learn more about Daisy Fancourt here: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44526-daisy-fancourt [https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44526-daisy-fancourt] Check out “Art Cure” here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250364531/artcure/ [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250364531/artcure/] SHOW NOTES: Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250364531/artcure/ [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250364531/artcure/] Art Cure Events Calendar https://sbbresearch.org/projects/artcure/ [https://sbbresearch.org/projects/artcure/] Producer / Editor: 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/] Spotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg] 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]