Episode 5 - The Adventurer's Charrette

05/06/21 • 64 min

The Creative Adventurer's Survival Guide

"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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Episode 4 - Creativity Conditioning

"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 6 - Here Be Monsters!

When it comes to turning a passion into a creative vision, Neil Cole has probably achieved what for most of us would remain a pipe dream. Neil has taken his love and enthusiasm and created... The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi!A permanent exhibition that has materialised in Allendale, an unassuming village in the heart of North East England, the Museum showcases a substantial collection of original alien props, monstrous costumes, artwork and visual effects that many would recognise from the realms of science fiction on the big and small screen.
Rather than leave iconic pieces to gather dust in a basement, Neil has in fact turned that basement into a celebration of storytelling and imagination for everyone to experience and enjoy.
From Star Trek to the Marvel Universe; from Planet of the Apes to leaping forward to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Neil has even rescued and restored rare items that might have otherwise been destroyed beyond their onscreen use, and are now used to showcase a cultural heritage of genre stories and our fascination with all things above and beyond.
But being an Art Teacher turned Great Curator isn’t as easy as it sounds. It has certainly presented a unique set of challenges, from Daleks battling local Councils, to keeping an artistic venue going throughout a series of national lockdowns.
In this episode, Neil shares the power of creativity in his life - and the importance of following through with a creative vision, even when that vision may seem alien to others.
You can also support The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi by becoming either a Space Cadet, Starship Trooper or Space Guild Navigator and receive a wealth of content via Patreon.