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Darby Hudson talks about poetry, the 'creative process', cats, alchemy and life. My book that essences all the best bits from my podcast: Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And Poetry

Darby Hudson


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    Writing from character (more on mum)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 14:13


    Nearly finished a deal with a traditional publisher.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    More on Mum's book

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 11:30


    Finishing off a second draft for a second edition of mum's book.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Mum's voice and my voice. And writing mum's voice.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 9:51


    Writing mum's voice was a lot of fun. It was a strange channeling of her spirit.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    You're Dangerous When You Make Something Beautiful

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 8:53


    Link to John Mescalls full lecture on creativity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfVnH7qUCAI&t=28sMy new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Mum: and the alive things she told me before she died

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 14:43


    Some thoughts about writing mum: "Alive Things Mum Told Me Before She Died".My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Creative burnout and managing social media

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 11:34


    I've gotta keep posting stuff on social media, so I've been reposting old stuff. But I made this podcastMy new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Writing memes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 8:22


    Some thoughts on writing memesMy new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Sometimes the truth sounds like the truth (when it isn't)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 9:28


    Some thoughts on writing short and simple sentences and a small reflection on advertising constructing simple messages to complicate your life.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    My favourite art alleviates the burden of time

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 10:50


    Some thoughts on art helping me through my 30s while feeling stuck in life.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    When storytelling loses its power

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 9:26


    I'm tired of stories. Just give me a scene with a dream.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Finding true things in a world of BS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 11:17


    This one is all over the shop. I'm losing my focus these last few weeks. Hopefully the brain brings more focus soon.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Creativity under pressure - some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 13:41


    I watched seasons 4 and 6 - supposedly the classic seasons of this show. My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Fear and good art don't belong together

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 11:37


    A few thoughts on AI, creativity and talking to my guardian angel through writing.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    I can't be creative in summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 8:09


    I love the cooler months. That's when I feel like I come out of a long coma and I can think straight again. Sorry about the sound of the airconditioning fluttering in the car.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    40 is when writers arrive into themselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 11:14


    40 is a strange time for writers. It's kind of a cut of point to have a family or go full blast at creativity and 'make it'. Art is a naturally 'selfish' pursuit, it has to come first. But so does family. My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Thoughts on The Exorcist (book) and vibes in the air

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 9:16


    Just some scattershot thoughts on vibes in the air and the artists work to pick them up. Apologies - I'm filming this as a video and I'm slowly adjusting to making stuff up while filming myself (in the car) which blocks me a little. I'll get there.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Balancing cynicism and magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 10:37


    Trying to find more magic in my work. Maybe that requires more visits to the country and respect for my dreams. But without being boring.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Becoming an artist by becoming bad at everything else

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 10:46


    I turned down promotions, relationships, sensible decisions over decades until I'd painted myself into a corner. For better or worse or better.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Tapping the magic of being an old fart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 9:12


    I forget I'm an old fart sometimes. Most art is tapping the inner child. But I gotta learn to embrace this mulch heap of years I've existed through.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Australian art legend Michael Leunig's influence and advice to me

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 15:31


    Michael Leunig's email he wrote me on finding one's voice is the last 5 minutes if you want to skip to it. Michael Leunig's died a week ago. He was a massive influence on me as a kid and taught me that humans could actually make magic. Michael's instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/leunigstudio/My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Fast witty thinkers VS slow deep thinkers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 9:51


    Fast thinking is rewarded in life. Slow thinking is rewarded much later in life.. Without writing my thoughts down, nothing would happen. I need to build on thoughts in front of me.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Turning the love of art into a job

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 9:09


    Been writing a crime novel. Well a whole page over a year. I'm enjoying tinkering with with the few paragraphs I have. Don't know if I'll ever publish it. But it's fun.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Writing stuff that's just for me

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 9:37


    I have a lot of stuff that I can't publish because I know the world's just not ready for it. But it keeps me sane to write it.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Jay the street writer - interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 37:03


    A little chat with Jay who posts "Dear Stranger" letters around the world!Check out Jay's work here: https://www.instagram.com/jaytheauthor/My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

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    Stuck on the couch - boring episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 9:26


    Stuck on the couch after a soccer injury. I'm weirdly enjoying it.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Josh Turek, poet and comedian interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 21:31


    I love Josh's work. Thank you Josh!You can find Josh's work on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/joshuaturek/And his podacast, Turek Books on Apple, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/turek-books-podcast/id1734284461My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    You need a thin and thick skin to write and promomote your work

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 11:13


    It's a contradiction to hold brutality and tenderness while writing, And promoting your work can feel like shouting about your whispers. You need both. Not only for writing but to promote your work, too.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKwww.darbyhudson.comYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Writing breakthroughs have no linear progression

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 11:00


    A bunch of times I thought i'd plateaued with my writing. And then, bam! Another level. It can happen after years of banging your head on the same wall, and it can come all at once.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    My best stuff comes from beyond me

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 8:52


    What parts of me are me? A bit of psuedo-philoshophical waffle of an ep.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Balancing chaos and routine for creativity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 10:10


    I've had to learn to balance chaos and routine in my life... forcibly. And the writing started to pour out.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    30 years to find an audience (it took me)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 12:46


    Some thoughts on finding an audience over 30 years and writing ten books until I'd made my best one.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

    Writers block - things I do to kill it

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 12:30


    A few things I've learned to jumpstart me old brain.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Other peoples stories are medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 10:02


    I miss good stories.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Do I regret dedicating a life to writing, thoughts and ideas?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 9:25


    Dedicating life to art can feel full of meaning and a complete waste of time.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Creativity is cart before the horse before the cliff

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 8:06


    I've invested much of life placing the cart before the horse and things are starting to work.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Life and death and writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 9:18


    I've always loved the idea of radical acceptance, or whatever new-agey people call it. I struggle with it, so writing about it always helps me understand it, grasp it..My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Taking a break from writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 8:39


    Relaxing is hard work for me. Sometime I feel like who I am is too tied up in the stuff I make. So it's interesting to force myself to just be a person without the magic of creativity.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Writing my new book with small-big thoughts (out today!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 9:06


    "YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK... " is probably my favourite book. You can find it in the link below. It's sorta fitting this is me 100th episode. The book is made from bits and pieces from all my poems across all my books. Just the juiciest most combustible lines.My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKYOU'RE GOING TO BE OKMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Stuff learned from my first spoken word performance

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 18:14


    Well, that was a leap off a cliff. It went better than I expected, Lots of learning from it. Parts when really well, some not so well. But overall I suprised myself.My new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

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    In praise of reading not to learn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 11:59


    I once read only to learn. Everything else felt like a waste of time. But learning also brings me anxiety. I love reading genre crime fiction, it lowers my anxiety, it takes me away from myself, the world.My two current crime fiction/psychological thriller writers:Michael ConnellyFrieda McfaddenAnd Thomas Harris - Red Dragon (part of the Hannibal Lecter anthology is absolutely exquisite)My latest book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Thoughts on putting together my live show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 9:14


    Less than a week away to my live sho in Melbourne (August 15th) - tickets below.TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Making something out of nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 9:33


    Gotta consciously wrongfoot myself to make interesting things. TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Productivity and creativity hate each other

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 10:01


    Running a 'poetry business' is weird and business me and creative me are often at odds with each other. Batching has taken these two version of me out of the same room and given me a little more breathing space.TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    The hidden door in rock bottom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 9:45


    I've always been fascinated by the little doors to other worlds scattered in unassuming places.TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    The horror of time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 9:57


    Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock was Twin Peaks before Twin Peaks. (And I love David Lynch).TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTube

    Lessons from a hangover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 11:26


    I often felt lost and unconfident in not knowing what I was doing when I was in my 20s. I still don't know what I'm doing but I'm more confident about it. But a brutal hangover reminded me what it was like to be in my 20s and feel lost for a day... in my 20s I'd experience this feeling without even needing a hangover, and often!TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTubeInstagramTikTok

    Exploiting myself for ideas I'd never thought I'd publish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 9:52


    I've kept a lot of my life personal, even though most of my stuff is written very personally. But I've crossed a small line into posting about stuff that I haven't before and it feels like very new territory. And more interesting territory.TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTubeInstagramTikTok

    Courageous artists: be the first to say the thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 13:07


    I crap on about the courage to be the first to say what everyone's thinking. Good ideas. And a brief chat with Matt Hardy who's producing me first show.TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOWNico Dory (Flash Poetry)My new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTubeInstagramTikTok

    Best bits from 88 episodes of this podcast (some of them)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 8:52


    I took the top ten downloaded episodes, went through the transcripts and found my fave bits from each and here I am reading them out.My new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTubeInstagramTikTok

    The exhaustion of acting normal in a weird world (take 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 15:24


    This is something I recorded a year back that started all my videos. I've added a few more ideas/minutes to it.My new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTubeInstagramTikTok

    Zero expecations allow creativity to happen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 10:39


    I give my writing and painting a long leash, and often no leash at all. I have to trust it will do its thing. It's all (sometimes frustratingly) counterintuitiveMy new book: WORKING NINE LIVESWORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsYouTubeInstagramTikTok

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