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York Campbell with Poetic Earthlings Podcast has been creating his own audio drama tinged with SciFi and Psychology for years. Dave Jackson from Podcast Rodeo has praised the production value. I discovered Poetic Earthlings through twitter when York reached out to me and let me know he appreciated KDOI Podcasting ( my previous show) and now he has made the transition listening to Create Art Podcast. York uses poetry and storytelling to create one of the most immersive soundscapes in audio drama. Enjoy this episode and share it with a friend.

Topics Discussed

• How to keep Creativity Fresh in a Pandemic
• Description and goals of Poetic Earthlings
• Writing for a Podcast vs writing for pleasure
• How Podcasting influenced his writing style
• How Art impacts his job
• What is next for Season 2

Create Art Podcast Mission

Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast. Our goal is to help you create more than you consume. We have interviews, conversations, commentary, and projects to energize your creative side. You can create art, let my over 20 years of art experience in various fields help you break loose from the internal critic that plagues us all.

Need some inspiration?

Make sure you check out our Poetry Page to be inspired by #NaPoWriMo throughout the year. National Poetry Writing Month occurs in April Each year. Check it out and connect with others who share a love of poetry.

Quick Overview of today's episode

Discussion with York Campbell of Poetic Earthlings Podcast on how to maintain your creativity through a Pandemic. Be encouraged to continue your discipline.

Thank you for listening to Create Art Podcast. Feel free to reach out to me directly my email is [email protected] you can also join our FB Group, Instagram, or Twitter accounts. Create More Thank You Consume. Let us know about your projects and be a guest on the show.

This episode is a rebroadcast from my old show KDOI Podcasting where I took a topic and had conversations with artists from varying disciplines. In my talk with Monsell Carty, we discussed empathy, what it is, and how he uses it in his stand-up comedy art.

• Merriam Webster the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner also: the capacity for this action of understanding being aware of and being sensitive to. the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it
• Harper Lee: You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
• Ernest Hemingway: When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen
• Aristotle: To perceive is to suffer

To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.

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National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.

NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.

This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April, and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.

I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.

And here’s our prompt (optional, as always). In certain versions of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, various fairies or witches are invited to a princess’s christening, and bring her gifts. One fairy/witch, however, is not invited, and in revenge for the insult, lays a curse on the princess. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in which you muse on the gifts you received at birth — whether they are actual presents, like a teddy bear, or talents – like a good singing voice – or circumstances – like a kind older brother, as well as a “curse” you’ve lived with (your grandmother’s insistence on giving you a new and completely creepy porcelain doll for every birthday, a bad singing voice, etc.). I hope you find this to be an inspiring avenue for poetic and self-exploration.

He Must be Born with It

29 April 2022

As I stand in the back of the room

Fiending for another smoke

I feel every emotion coming from the poets

Some of them are younger than my socks

Others share their experiences that I have no reference to

Yet I come back week after week

Like they say to do in the meetings

Where we just share our first names

I’ve always been able to empathize with most anyone

So much so I take on their struggle

Without being asked

Or wanted

Because I’ve felt since day 1

That I have to be the sacrificial lamb

Fending for myself

With parents who would rather drink

Than take care of their children

I stand outside, alone

Flicking ashes to the ground

Field stripping the butts

And the young poets come up to me

Asking how they did

Asking if I heard their latest piece

Quizzing me on their content

Giving them the wisdom that has been bestowed on me

Through years of searching

And I pass along to them the torch

Freshly lit with their energy and inquisitiveness

Praying they have a better life than what I was given

Knowing the predators that lurk just around the corner

I try to protect them and provide them

With an example of what I have done that works

And what I have done that doesn’t

This is all I can give the next generations

The benefit of my experience

It’s a precious gift that I wish I had ...

What is National Poetry Writing Month?

Welcome, art enthusiasts and wordsmiths alike, to another episode of Create Art Podcast! We are diving headfirst into the enchanting world of poetry as we celebrate National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo). This annual event, which takes place every April, encourages poets and aspiring writers around the globe to embrace their creativity and commit to writing a poem each day for the entire month.

The Beauty of National Poetry Writing Month:

NaPoWriMo, similar to its prose-centric counterpart National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), is a celebration of the written word and the boundless creativity that can flow when one dedicates themselves to a daily practice. Poets of all levels of expertise are invited to take part, from seasoned wordsmiths to those just dipping their toes into the vast ocean of verse.

Create Art Podcast has always been a haven for artists to share their creative processes, and NaPoWriMo offers a unique opportunity for poets to reflect on their craft. With a daily commitment to producing poetry, participants discover new facets of their writing style, experiment with various forms, and explore uncharted emotional territories.

Prompt for today

Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a platonic love poem. In other words, a poem not about a romantic partner, but some other kind of love – your love for your sister, or a friend, or even your love for a really good Chicago deep dish pizza. The poem should be written directly to the object of your affections (like a letter is written to “you”), and should describe at least three memories of you engaging with that person/thing.

Poem for Today

When You Found Me

2 April 24

When you found me

I was at the ripe old age of 19

Didn’t know my ass from a hole in the ground

And some days I feel the same

When I walked into that coffee shop in Abilene Texas

And I still live there in my mind

You welcomed me

Gave me a start on my journey

Made sure My Favorite Things played

In that dust bowl of a town

Where I thought I had landed on Mars

And the civilization I had encountered before

Didn't prepare me for what was ahead

When you found me again

As I was driving all over my hometown of Screw City

Getting high 13 times a day

I sat there with an old friend

Whose feet stank of bad cheese

Who didn’t have enough money to pay for electricity

Who had a god that he followed religiously

Whose sister was my next conquest

You stood by me and made sure my car didn’t kill anyone

Including me

You and my old friend listened to my rantings

As I read books from other madmen

And found that you had found them as well

And I wanted to emulate them

In hopes you would cradle me in your warmth

When you found me next

I was still on the weed

And I handed you over to my nephew

In hopes he would surpass me

In hopes he wouldn’t have to struggle as much

In hopes he would be able to handle the dragon raging on the inside

You found him, but he was too young

And had others finding him

Helping him tell his story

Accompanying him through his journey

And now in the mornings when he sleeps in after driving around all night

I invoke you to slip into his brain and provide some sort of relief

When you found me for the first time

Before the coffee shops

Before the weed

Before the searching amongst the madmen for sanity

I listened to you in the dark

Not knowing what I was hearing

But feeling something was there

Rebelling against the circumstances that I lived through

You spoke no words to me

But you prepared me for what I am today

And for where the journey would take me

Letting me know there were other paths that I would not follow

Until further down the road

A kid, in his bedroom

Headphones on

Listening to your murmurs

That I listen to every night

Calming my fears

Calming my mind

And when I need you, you are always there

Closer than lovers

Closer than real friends

When you found me

Sitting in the middle of the night with my newly born children

I let them listen to your soft voice

In that hospital room with an exhausted wife

I gave you entrance

Because you were the only one, I would entrust with what had been entrusted to me

And I relish the day that I see in my mind's eye

When my children sit at my feet

And listen with intent to the sounds without words

To the feelings you allow me to feel

And...

Timothy Kimo Brien engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Emily Schneider, a specialist in visual storytelling and PowerPoint design. Their discussion reveals how traditional art principles can be effectively integrated into presentation design, transforming the way complex information is conveyed. Schneider articulates that the foundation of her work lies in understanding how audiences process visuals and information. By applying concepts such as color theory and layout strategies, she crafts presentations that not only captivate but also resonate with viewers on an emotional level. This approach reflects a deeper understanding of the human experience, emphasizing that effective communication transcends mere words and enters the realm of feeling and connection.

Schneider's insights extend beyond the technical aspects of design; she explores the emotional power of visuals in presentations. The episode highlights the necessity of knowing one’s audience and strategically designing presentations that evoke the desired response. Schneider encourages presenters to simplify their slides, focusing on key messages that create a lasting impact rather than inundating the audience with excessive information. This principle of simplicity is echoed throughout the episode as a vital takeaway for aspiring presenters, making it clear that clarity and emotional resonance are paramount in effective visual storytelling. The conversation ultimately inspires listeners to incorporate their own artistic sensibilities into their work, enhancing both their professional and creative endeavors.

Takeaways:

• Emily Schneider emphasizes the importance of storytelling in presentation design, making complex information engaging.
• Visual principles like color and layout enhance storytelling, allowing audiences to connect emotionally.
• Incorporating artistic sensibilities into business presentations can transform the overall experience for viewers.
• Less is more: reducing text on slides encourages audience engagement and retention of information.
• Understanding the audience's needs can help presenters craft more effective and impactful stories.
• Exploring inspiration from various art forms can enrich the visual storytelling process in presentations.

Links referenced in this episode:

• findapodcastabout.xyz
• tkbpodcaststudio.com

Companies mentioned in this episode:

• Custom Border Protection
• Pod Match
• Podcast Beacon
• Uppercase
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Bio

a visual storyteller who specializes in PowerPoint design. I have a passion for turning complex content into captivating and beautiful presentations that resonate with audiences, blending storytelling with a keen design eye.

I've spent years honing my craft and believe that a well-designed presentation is much more than just slides and text. It's a strategic tool that can amplify your impact and drive business success. My expertise lies in seamlessly weaving narratives into visual aids, crafting compelling stories that engage audiences and leave a lasting impression.

I'm not just a designer; I'm a strategic collaborator who partners with businesses to elevate their communications. Together, we can transform your message into impactful presentations that captivate and inspire your intended audiences. My designs guide your audience to make informed decisions and empower you to tell your story with confidence.

In my podcast appearances, I love sharing the importance of a well-designed presentation and how setting up your story can lead to stronger messages, resulting in more sales, better relationships, and overall business success. Through my insights, you'll learn how to elevate your presentations to new heights and connect with your audiences on a deeper level.

I'm passionate about storytelling and design and am excited to share my expertise with you. Let's chat more about the power of design in PowerPoint presentations and how business leaders can thrive in today's competitive world with a touch of storytelling magic!

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