Way of the Artist Podcast

- It's all perspective all the time. Your experience of your life, yourself, the world and others is all in how you choose to see it. What do you focus on? In this conversation we discuss the power of perspective, focus and attention. We get into how directing the eye of your mind creates not only an entirely unique experience of your life, but it is the access point to your creative vision as wel...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #135 - "Perspectives for Leading a Creative Life" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- Does your creative spirit often get neglected because you have things to do that are always more important? What is the cost of this neglect? It's actually very easy to convince ourselves that what is truly most important to us is not as pressing as our day to day responsibilities. We can also easily avoid nurturing what truly matters by just wanting to feel better in the moment. This can cause...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #134 - "This is Important" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- All our dreams live behind fear and exist in the world of the unknown. You will inevitably have to take a leap of faith to experience them. We get into what it is to make a leap of faith and the necessity of doing so. There are a lot of feelings that can come up with facing this and we discuss how to navigate them. We explore ideas of masculine and feminine energy as a way of expanding how you e...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #133 - "The Unavoidable Leap of Faith" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- Original thought means you have something that not everyone else has. It means standing out from the crowd. Are you willing to do that? This talk takes on the challenges that come with allowing yourself to think, move and even feel differently than what is commonplace. To allow yourself to step outside of what the status quo is and embrace something that is unusual or new takes a certain amount...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #132 - "The Challenge of Free & Original Thought" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- When is it a good time to bend or break the rules? How do you know? Maybe it is essential at times and we just need to figure out when to do it. Join us for a conversation where we dig into finding your originality by knowing when to step outside the lines. We get into what it means to challenge and defy what we may think the limits are by finding our boundaries and pushing beyond them. The rule...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #131 - "When It's Time to Break Some Rules" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- Collaboration is a powerful part of building or creating something of meaning and impact in the world. So let's talk about how to do it! What do you care about that can bring people together? What could you do that would? Figuring this out opens the door to making something bigger than the sum of its parts. We put our best foot forward to dig into this and uncover what it takes to put a powerful...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #130 - "The Possibilities in Collaborating" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

Listener's Note: This episode was recorded remotely and at certain moments the audio briefly cuts out. There was no way to fix this issue unfortunately but it does not meaningfully impact the conversation. Thank you for your understanding. - Get in touch with yourself and find your way back to that creative spark. Make time to nurture that space inside yourself that matters most. Life can be chall...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #129 - "Finding Your Way Back to Art" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- Can you disappear into your art? On this episode we discuss how clinging to the ego is what keeps us small and limits our potential to be truly creative. The need to control creativity in an attempt to suit your own self-image is a sure fire way to stifle what is possible. The ego is like an anchor to what is known and by allowing it to dominate your expression you keep yourself within the limit...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #128 - "Disappearing Into Creativity" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- Join us as we interview PJ Reece, a published writer, filmmaker, traveler and someone who has made an artist's life out of challenging status quo ideas. He shares a lot of his wisdom with us about how he was able to carve out a creative life in a world that pressures us to fall into line. He talks about how he was proactive about getting work and making choices to follow his heart instead of giv...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #127 - "Disintegration Story" (w/ PJ Reece) - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist.com —

- In this one, we go back to a core concept from when we started the show. We flesh out the idea of finding your path on the creative journey. We realized that this is something you are always doing over and over again on your creative life journey. You will come up to crossroads in life many times over and need to make a decision, but what is the right way to go? We get into how to determine that...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #126 - "You're Always Finding Your Path" - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. TO TAKE IT FURTHER… …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayoftheartist....

- This episode is part two of two, where we go over the artist laws, which are the building blocks of this show. We also have some big news... With the launch of our new website (www.wayoftheartist.com) we are giving away a gift for new visitors called "The Creative JumpStarter". It's a free e-book that has a brief description of all the laws and is something you can use to inspire yourself to cre...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #125 - "The Creative JumpStarter" (Part #2) - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. TO TAKE IT FURTHER… …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayofthearti...

- This episode is part one of two, where we go over the artist laws, which are the building blocks of this show. We also have some big news... With the launch of our new website (www.wayoftheartist.com) we are giving away a gift for new visitors called "The Creative JumpStarter". It's a free e-book that has a brief description of all the laws and is something you can use to inspire yourself to cre...

Way of the Artist - Teaser Ep #124 - "The Creative JumpStarter" (Part #1) - Tune in for this preview trailer of the conversation and if you enjoy this little soundbite, make sure to tune in for the full episode. TO TAKE IT FURTHER… …If you enjoyed the episode please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, SHARE it with friends and check out the official website for further access to the show… — www.wayofthearti...

- We have a reoccurring guest on this episode, Scott Smith. He is an aspiring screenwriter who has been sharing the chapters of his journey with us as he evolves through the creative process. What makes his journey unique to us is how he has evolved so much in such a short period of time and figured out a way to transform his relationship to the craft. Going from having a 9 to 5 job dominate his l...