The Creative Unlearning

In this week’s episode of The Spirit Of Creating I am talking about paying attention to our internal diet of thoughts and beliefs as much as we pay attention to our external ones.

In this week’s episode of The Spirit Of Creating I look at allowing ourselves to answer the question of why we are creating art and what we want when we share it rather than being influenced by all the sights and sounds around us telling us what our goals should be.

In this weeks episode of The Spirit Of Creating I take a look at the multiple contradictions that can exist within us and why it is a good idea to allow for the exploration of them all.

In this week's episode of The Spirit of Creating, I take a look at whether we all care too much about the opinions of others when it comes to the art we are creating.

In this week's episode of The Spirit of Creating, I take a look at how differently we would create art if no one was looking. Is our art influenced by an audience who may be watching.

In this week’s episode of The Spirit of Creating I take a look at the level of expectation we put on  our art when we are creating. Is it really just for the love of the process or are we looking for something else?

In this week’s episode of The Spirit of Creating I am asking the question, from where are you creating your art? Is it from love or from fear?

This episode looks at what can happen when the art we imagined we wanted to create is not what we see in our outcomes.

This episode looks a three main myths around making art that can stand between you and your creativity.

This week’s podcast episode focuses on making ‘bad’ art and why it is important. Not only is it part of the artistic process but it is also where growth and development occurs. Ironically we are averse to wanting to make ‘bad’ art and that can stop us from making any kind of art altogether.

This episode talks about how the idea of a new year and a new year involving grand plans are not likely to have the outcomes you want. Instead I offer an opposite plan of action

In this weeks episode we take a look at thoughts that stop us from moving into action for our dreams. Thoughts like, I am too old, or too late and how pivoting your perspective is a great route to take.

For this episode of The Spirit of Creating, I am so happy to announce I have my first ever guest, the wonderful Georgie St Clair. Georgie is an artist and mindfulness meditation teacher in training. I first came across her work many years ago through Instagram where she was using petals and flowers within her illustrations and then her stop start animation videos that were art pieces within themse...

The backdrop of the world we live in is one of speed and instant gratification. This episode looks at how that affects the art of cultivating creativity.

If you are an aspiring artist, this episode discusses the importance of staying in the game and not being overwhelmed by comparison.

Welcome back to season 2 of The Spirit of Creating and we kick off this season with a look at how if you are at the start of your creative journey how important it is not to be distracted with all the sparkly objects found on social media channels.