Learning Vibes

Andrea Blevins is author of The Forty-Day Dreamer’s Journey:  A Guided Invitation to Clarify, Commit, and Create the Life You Were Meant to Live.  In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast , Andrea and podcast host, Da Knowlton, discuss the book.  You will get insights into the best ways to clarify, commit, and create the life that you want.  All artists and lifelong learners need to cultivate...

Olivia Gaines is an award-winning Indie author.  She also leads a Facebook group called “Journaling Lovers.”  That group is 70,000 members strong, and Olivia asks those group members to “focus on the moment of connection” as they journal.  In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast , you’ll hear Olivia talk about her writing process.  She also will help you expand your thinking about what a jou...

Last month, you heard Da’s discussion with four of his graduate students as they provided insights into learning within the design studio experience.  This month, you’ll hear more from those students—Kim Bahl, Tera Brasel, Marissa Herod, and Erica Kowalis.  In this episode, they talk about the process of learning through pure play and propping up the design studio experience by journaling.  While...

In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast , you’ll hear from four of Da’s past and present students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.  They talk about their studio experiences with design process, projects, and teams.  This discussion can help all artisans and lifelong learners reconsider their own learning approach and creative efforts.

Cosplay allows the inner child to come out and play.  Cosplay is a medium for pursuing excellence, passion, process, design, lifelong learning, and artistry.  It hits on all of the colors with which The Learning Vibes Podcast paints.  In this episode, you will learn more about cosplay from the mother-son duo of Heidi and Josh Smith.  Josh and Heidi have spent the last fifteen years in the cosplay...

To hear the stories of two cosplay enthusiasts is to recognize that artistry, lifelong learning, and personal growth prevail in individual lives and within the cosplay community wholistically.  In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast , you will hear from Heidi Smith and her son, Joshua Smith.  They have been involved in Cosplay for over fifteen years.  You will learn about how they got invol...