83 - Making The Time

12/31/15 • 7 min

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/83 – You can’t actually make time. Time just happens and you sort of bob around in it. The only thing you can do is choose what to work on while you’re bobbing around. This choosing is the hardest part because it basically comes down to choosing between doing things for yourself and doing things for others.

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82 - Trust The Process and The Process is Crazy with Betsy Bauer

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/82 – Everything you see in an animated movie needs to be created by someone. From the dirt on the floor to the frying pan in the kitchen to the kitchen itself someone has to design it and that’s what our guest Betsy Bauer does for a day job. Outside of work does children’s books and other projects and we talk about her recent project, a fun colouring book about cats dressed as super heroes. We also talk about her work at Google creating Google doodles and how her getting the job all started with a retweet.

**Links for this episode**

Betsy Bauer - http://betsybauerart.com
Adobe Flash - http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/flash.html (Soon to be Adobe Animate)
Ringling College of Art + Design - https://www.ringling.edu
Paramount Pictures - http://www.paramount.com
Google - http://www.google.com
Digital Domain - http://digitaldomain.com
Legend Of Tembo - http://www.cartoonbrew.com/how-to/the-legend-of-the-legend-of-tembo-77114.html
Creativity Inc. - http://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012
Super Dumb book of Super Cats - http://www.amazon.com/Super-Dumb-Cats-coloring-heroes/dp/151767283X
Ryan Lang - http://ryanlangdraws.tumblr.com

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84 - Photographer Of Elusive Things with Chris Ratzlaff

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/84 – Chris is a great example of someone using all their interests and skills to be fully creative. Chris talks about his path from designer to product manager. He also talks about his longtime interest in weather phenomena and relatively recent interest in photography and how he combined the two into his stunning series of aurora and storm photos.

**Links for this episode**

Chaser Con Canada - http://www.chaserconcanada.ca
Reid Timmer - https://www.facebook.com/ReedTimmerTVN/
Reddit - https://www.reddit.com
Frozen Bubbles - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIxIys1ABIGO1h-LU9cLUEA
Nerdist - http://nerdist.com/freezing-soap-bubbles-are-magical-orbs-of-awesome/
IFLS (I Fucking Love Science) - https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience
Adam Savage Twitter - https://twitter.com/ratzlaff/status/661295180083933184
CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/