Episode 4 - Creativity Conditioning

04/28/21 • 62 min

The Creative Adventurer's Survival Guide

"I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best. I know I drive some people crazy with what seems to be ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked out for me." - Jim Henson
Creating the right conditions just to create is half the battle, when it comes to giving your project a chance of getting off the launchpad.
How many times have we seen a rocket ready to blast off to the International Space Station, only to see the mission scrubbed at the eleventh hour because the weather and environment weren’t quite right for all systems go?
So what are those vital conditions that light the blue touch paper and fire your imagination off into the dizzy heights of productivity?
In this episode of the Creative Adventurer's Survival Guide, we share some of the tips that have worked for us in making our creative space full of favourable conditions to give us the best opportunity to attract ideas like a lightning rod.
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Episode 3 - Putting Pain to Paper

Phil Mews is the Author of Orphan Boys, the bestselling memoir that lays bare the loss of both his parents when he was just seven-years-old. Not only did he have to deal with grief at such a young age, he also had to cope with a whole new way of life at boarding school with his younger brother, Roger.
But Orphan Boys isn’t just consumed by grief. Phil’s debut book is a coming-of-age story that celebrates cherished childhood memories and the immeasurable importance of love, family and community.
Growing up in the close-knit village of Stanhope in North East England in the 1970s, Phil has since gone on to establish a successful career in TV broadcasting for more than 20 years, a creative industry which in itself has taken a battering as a consequence of the pandemic.
So in this episode, Phil shares how he now dedicates more time to his joy and passion for writing and the challenges that have come from revisiting the memories that formed Orphan Boys and putting pain to paper.
Find out more about Phil's writing at: facebook.com/philmewsauthor

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Episode 5 - The Adventurer's Charrette

"Creativity is contagious, pass it on." - Albert Einstein
If a design charrette is like a good gym workout, then you know it’s been an effective exercise when you have creative fatigue, when your mind is over-spilling with ideas and you need a good sit down with a cuppa to drink in all that creative goodness.
That's how powerful a great collaboration can be; when you begin to spark inspiration after inspiration, it becomes infectious and before long you're stoking a blazing fire.
So in this episode of the Survival Guide, we go through our own design charrette to see how those ideas manifest, and hopefully they seed spontaneous starting points for your own creations, or even to find that creative gym bunny, who you can bounce ideas off and feel absolutely energised.
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