The Creative Walks podcast with photographer and musician Pedro Bonatto features daily thoughts about creativity, art, science and culture, recorded during walks in search of inspiration.
Thoughts on my experience of doing a diary entry every day for a year.I mention on the episode an app (for iPhone and Mac only) that I used for this journaling experiment. It's called Day One, and you can find it here.
Lessons learned from a mundane experience a few days ago.
Thoughts on going through old ideas in a sort of creative archeological dig.This episode refers to the exercise described in episode 86.
The podcast is back! In this episode I talk about my year off, and the process I am going through to get back to creating. My hope is that the exercises I did for myself can bring some tips on your own creative journey. Also, this podcast will be weekly now, and a bit longer, but always talking about creativity, art, and the process of creating. I hope you find it useful and enjoyable.
Thoughts on the opportunities and traps of collaborating with artists and companies on creative projects.
Thoughts on how to remain creative in times of division, high emotions, and fanaticism.
Thoughts on project visualization, setting goals and understanding the meaning of productivity in art from both an economic and creative point of view.
My thoughts on visualizing creative projects using a tool I just discovered called Milanote.
Thoughts inspired by Ray Dalio on understanding your practice at multiple levels.
Thoughts inspired by a photo of Matisse, painting from his bed.
Thoughts on courage to start new projects without seeking approval first.
Thoughts on activities after the quarantine is over.
Thoughts on our understanding of luxury and what is “essencial” in light of the current pandemic.
The longer you wait to get a project started (usually because you want it to come out perfect), the more conditions you put on what “perfect” means.
Thoughts on the effectiveness of masks, their symbolic meaning in the West and market forces influencing behavior changes.
Thoughts on restarting projects and lessons learned.
Thoughts inspired by a recent quote posted on Twitter by David Allen, creator of the GTD methodology.
Thoughts on creating work that you want to be hired to do and projects to pursue during quarantine.
Check out Penn & Teller’s video that I comment in this episode:https://youtu.be/y4U-kHdXgz0
Thoughts on my birthday and the role of art and artists on scary times
Thoughts on an idea presented by Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins on how to frame difficult situations.
“The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”George Orwell, 1984.
Thoughts on our current health crisis from an ancient civilization’s perspective.
Thoughts on drumming, tennis, astronomy, and photography.
In this episode I discuss the movie Agora by Alejandro Amenábar starring Rachel Weisz, with some thoughts on skepticism, science and inspiration.
Thoughts on meditation and its relationship with other meditative states (in art and sports).
Fun thoughts on learning art as a kid.
Thoughts on travel, finding your ideal home and what that could mean on a broader sense.
Thoughts on catastrophes and my reading of a passage by Marcel Proust about the subject.
Thoughts on investment strategies in your art practice according to 6 areas: education, gear, speed, production, marketing and savings.
Reviewing my experience going for a master’s degree for art in Canada and some things to think about if you are considering it.
Thoughts on the benefits of heat/cold therapy in Russian banyas (saunas)
My deconstruction of a dream I had tonight.
A thought experiment about some good elements of religiosity and how it would be applied to a secular institution around art and science..
Thoughts inspired by recent news about Bob Iger stepping down as CEO of Disney and how successful people find purpose and motivation.
Thoughts on the benefits of going on sensory deprivation tanks.
Thoughts on regret, learning how to forgive yourself and creating artworks inspired by that feeling.
Thoughts on re-watching the movie 'The Truman Show' 22 years after its release and its relationship to today's surveillance technology and social media.
Thoughts on my recent DNA test and the search for our connection to history.
In this episode I talk about three seemingly different subjects of interest from last week: getting my DNA test results, snowboarding in Western Ukraine and visiting the city of Lviv, and how they all combine in one theme of going into a vision quest.
Derren Brown and resetting your mindset
Silly Fears and News From the Road
Thoughts on how our energy levels change depending on psychological influences compared to physical ones.
A description of a very cool exercise on unlocking creative processes
Thoughts on the power of speaking or writing down your personal story, the insights that come from reviewing what you went through so far, and how the stories we tell ourselves relate to your confidence levels.
Thoughts (inspired by a dream) on getting after your dreams.
This episode features a description of an exercise I did during my masters of creating a self-portrait, which I did reimagining my life represented in a city map.
Thoughts on world music and a true globalization of culture
Thoughts on artist dates and learning from other art forms
Thoughts on choosing which projects to go after.
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