The Spark & The Art

I'm your host Tucker and this week is an interview with me for another podcast called Every Speaker Has A Story. It's a podcast made, and hosted, by Dr. Steven Vrooman. Steve is a professor Texas Lutheran University where is chair of the Department of English and Communication Studies and director of General Education. He's also done a TEDx talk and published the Zombie Guide to Public Speaking. Steve's a smart guy. 

Guest casts was a concept I was playing with where other people would do an insight and inspiration episode. I wasn't sure if they were going to be a regular thing or perhaps a Patreon subscriber bonus. I asked a few people to do some as an experiment and you are going to hear two of them today.  Ready? Here we go … Thanks, David, I appreciate the time you took to put together an episode. I was reminded of the interview with David B. Goldstein TheSparkAndTheArt.com/74. David Goldstein's book is about using your personality type to be your best creative self you can be.  Next up is recent guest Melissa Dinwiddie. I'll be back on the other side to give a wrap this all up. So, here's Melissa … My wife just finished a garden path in the front of our house. She's been planning it for the 11 years since we moved in. Just about an hour ago she got it done. She worked on it all day just to get the project out of her way. She posted it to Facebook and said “it's not perfectly how I envisioned it but I still like it and more importantly it's DONE” without even listening to this episode she practiced Intentional Imperfectionism and it made her feel fantastic.  Visit MelissaDinwiddie.com for more insightful episodes and a podcast. If you are a musician and are hoping to make a living with your music you should head to David's website MusicianEtrepreneurHQ.com for great articles and a podcast and of course, sign up to find out when his new book comes out.  Thanks again to David and Melissa for putting together these episodes for the show and thank you for listening. And remember: You won't get the art without the work and you won't do the work without the spark. 

Hello and welcome to the The Spark & The Art creativity podcast. Thank you for subscribing to our weekly podcast, where we alternate between interviews with creative folks from all different career levels and insight and inspiration episodes. All with the intention you'll get what you need to get your creative projects started and, more importantly, finished. I'm your host Tucker and this week is an interview with Crystal Salamon. Crystal is an artist who took a leap of faith a few years ago and did a print run of 2000 colouring books. The story she tells of what happened when she checked her sales the next day is filled with emotion.  Before Crystal started making colouring books she started off in University to be a doctor. During pre-med she took a single art class to, as she puts it “Get it out of my system”. I think you can guess how the story goes from there. Well, you can guess the ending at least. There is more school and ‘A boy' and teaching and finding her self.  I'm sure you'll enjoy today's chat with Crystal Salamon  Get me on twitter @sparkartpodcast or by email Tucker@thesparkandtheart.com Thanks for listening and remember: you won't get the art without the work and you won't do the work without the spark.  

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/152 - The end is beginning

In today's chat Melissa talks about her 15 year break from making art and how she came back to art because she was procrastinating while working at becoming a writer. 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/150 - I've been listening to the book This is Your Brain on Music - Dr. Daniel J. Levitin. It's about the science behind what happens to your brain when you listen to music and what makes it such a powerful thing in the lives of humans.

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/149 - Troy is a songwriter but as you'll learn he does more than just write songs. Recording demos and working as a producer for other artists and more. Works well with our episode about Streams of Income. **- Links for this episode -** Troy Kokol - https://www.troykokol.com/Jim Unger's Herman - http://www.gocomics.com/hermanSylvester Stallone's Dog - http://www.snopes.com/stallone-sold-his-dog/Colin James - http://www.colinjames.com/MTV Cribs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_CribsSocan - http://www.socan.ca/Tom Cochrane - http://www.tomcochrane.com/Tom Cochrane Life is a highway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9ElooFinger 11 - http://www.fingereleven.com/Finger 11 Paralyzer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk6gZuPKREPickup Truck - Shane Yellowbird - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqcKbGC4T1s 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/148 – The fact is I'd have to do all everything. My question was more or less "what should I do first?”

http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/147 - I'm taking away the piece on how to reframe my concerns about what others think of either me or my actions. My biggest struggle isn't always finding the time to do something it's when my brain justifies the reasons I shouldn't do something based on what I think others might think. Thanks Jerusha.  ** Links for today's episode **Jerusha and her Studio - http://www.yogadown.ca/teachers--staff.htmlBig Rock Singers Okotoks - http://www.bigrocksingers.com/

http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/146 - You can sell anything you want. The secret is to sell what other people want. I'm not going to get into the difference between selling what people want and what people need I'll cover that in another episode one day.  

http://thesparkandtheart.com/145 – This week we talk with Improviser, Actress, Producer and professional breath recording artist Rebecca Northan. In today's chat Rebecca reflects on a yearbook quote and how it relates to her life now and the interesting work that actors do that you didn't even know were jobs. **- Links for this episode -**Rebecca Northan - http://www.spontaneoustheatre.ca/Rebecca Northan Twitter - https://twitter.com/RebeccaNorthanRebecca Northan IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720123/Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457419/Kathleen Foreman - http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/september5-2013/drama-community-mourns-passing-of-respected-professorSpiegeltent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiegeltentBlind Date Play - http://www.spontaneoustheatre.ca/blind-date.htmlKevin McCollum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCollumHST (Harmonized Sales Tax) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonized_sales_taxVertigo Theatre - http://www.vertigotheatre.com/ 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/144 - I got laid-off and I don't know how to feel about it. 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/143 - We talk about what led Samantha Duff to start her own theatre company and specifically a family theatre with a mandate to ensure theatre is financially accessible to all.  **- Links for this episode -** Goodger-Pink Productions - http://www.goodgerpinkproductions.com/Samantha Duff & Holleay Rohm - http://www.goodgerpinkproductions.com/our-team.htmlMount Royal University - http://www.mtroyal.caUniversity of Alberta - https://www.ualberta.ca/dramaThe year of The Flood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Alberta_floodsDan Gibbons Playwright - http://www.talesfrompartsunknown.com/?page_id=6Ellen Chorley Playwright - http://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/theatre/nextfest-has-a-new-festival-director-multi-talented-ellen-chorleyTelus Spark Science Centre - http://www.sparkscience.ca/experience-telus-spark/Jurassic Attack Monster Truck - http://www.jurassicattack.com/trucks.htmlThe episode where I talk about not understanding kids - http://thesparkandtheart.com/48 

‪http://thesparkandtheart.com/1‪42 – I'm not really sure how to describe this. Super power seems like it would be the main power but what is it when your power isn't the main thing? What if you are a brain scientist who wants to talk about brain donation and your audience starts to get uncomfortable. What if you have a cool role-playing podcast and need incidental music to enhance the mood? **- Links for this episode -**Griffin McElroy - https://twitter.com/griffinmcelroyThe Adventure Zone - https://t.co/qcmTtbx1BFChase Reeves - Chase Reeves thesparkandtheart.com/66 My Stroke Of Insight TED Talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight 

http://thesparkandtheart.com/141 – With over 900 audiobooks under his belt Sean Pratt is one of the most sought after book narrators today.  **- Links for this episode -**Sean Pratt - https://twitter.com/SPPresentsBritish American Drama Academy - http://www.bada.org.uk/Cabbages and Kings - O'Henry  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbages_and_Kings_(literature)Cabbages and Kings - Audiobook - http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Cabbages-and-Kings-Audiobook/B002V59Y3QSeasteading - Joe Quirk - https://www.seasteading.org/author/joequirk/Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic - http://amzn.to/2niAk14Creativity - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - http://amzn.to/2nNQ7ZI 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/140 - This week is another semantic exploration. This time about encouragement and appreciation. 

http://thesparkandtheart.com/139 – Chris Barton is a Chef who's restaurant creates a new menu each week. Chris recognizes the drain creating a new menu each week would be on him if he had to do it all alone. We talk about how important his team members are to both the creating of the dishes but also the success of the restaurant itself. We talk about the challenges of being in charge charge of this shared creativity and not wanting to say ‘no' too often. **- Links for this episode -**Anew Table Restaurant in Calgary - https://www.anewtable.ca/Mount Royal University - http://www.mtroyal.ca/SAIT Culinary Campus - http://culinarycampus.ca/ 

Keep writing. Keep singing. Keep working with others. Keep building relationships. Keep doing it. Because that's what you can control. You can't control if you get a song on the radio. You can't control if an artist decides to record your song. The only thing you can control is how good your skills are and how you nurture your relationships.

http://thesparkandtheart.com/137 – We talked to animator Andrew Ford a couple years ago and the theme of that episode was Reach your goal and keep learning. Andrew's goal was to work at Disney and now that he's done it you can hear how his philosophy hasn't changed. Even after getting to Disney he still want to just get better.  **- Links for this episode -**Andrew Ford - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatchewan-animator-andrew-ford-disney-1.3936095Glen Keane - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_KeaneMilt Kahl - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt_KahlEric Goldberg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Goldberg_(animator)Mark Henn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_HennRandy Haycock - http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Randy_HaycockJohn Musker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MuskerMari-Mac by Great Big Sea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AT07v9V4-wPatio Lanterns by Kim Mitchell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbSuEQXX2C0 

http://thesparkandtheart.com/136 - Clutter is fine when you are using it all. A messy desk means you are there often and using things. But what about those boxes of old magazines for that collage you are going to make one day or that carton of video tapes for the family film you are going to produce. Not only are they taking up your physical space they are also taking up your mental space.

http://thesparkandtheart.com/135 – Jackie was a guest on the show a couple years ago as she had just finished up as lead animator on the film Book of Life. Her goal through everything she's done was to one day work at Disney. Well, she made it and now we talk about if she feels like she's ‘Made it'. **- Links for this episode -**Jackie Koehler - http://www.jackiekoehler.com/about-me-and-this-site.htmlJackie's First visit - http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/30Matt Roberts (Disney) - https://about.me/gouletniacDisney Internships - https://www.disneyanimation.com/careers/interns-apprenticesEmily Carr - http://www.ecuad.ca/Nerd Corps - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHX_Studios_VancouverAnimation Mentor - http://www.animationmentor.com/ 

http://thesparkandtheart.com/134 – Space gets filled. So does time. What you fill it with is up to you.

http://thesparkandtheart.com/133 – David is very busy as a musician, entrepreneur and writer but we talk about how he handles that workload and some things he does to help keep overwhelm at bay. **- Links for this episode -**David Andrew Wiebe - http://davidandrewwiebe.com/Music Entrepreneur HQ - http://www.musicentrepreneurhq.com/Jonathon Ferguson - http://www.longjonlev.com/Django Reinhart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_ReinhardtDjango Reinhart 3 hours of music -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNJ6DqrqoAAdrenalize - http://adrenalize.ca/the-band/ Deanne Matley - http://www.deannematley.com/Vern's Bar - http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/calgary+dive+music+lover+paradise/7828548/story.htmlMaveen Kaura - https://twitter.com/1MKAURAUsing Your Power - http://usingyourpower.com/ 

http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/132 - I heard a quote earlier this week and I can't find it anywhere online so I don't know who said it or in what context but I'm gonna talk about it anyway because it got me thinking. The quote was something along the lines of you can't both breath in or out. Basically meaning you can't do only one. You can't only breath in. Your lungs can only hold so much. The oxygen is all absorbed and gets stale. Your lungs ache and eventually you breath out 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/131 - In today's chat we learn about Amy's path through business school, culinary school, art school and how she came to work with me at the large unnamed communications company here in Canada. **- Links for this episode -**Amy Pon - http://amypon.com/Inktober - http://mrjakeparker.com/inktoberMacewan University -http://www.macewan.ca/wcm/index.htmNorthern Alberta Institute of Technology - http://www.nait.caSouthern Alberta Institute of Technology - http://www.sait.caAlberta College of Art and Design - https://acad.ca/80% Perfect t-shirts - https://tucker.threadless.com/ 

I don't think we can know where our best talents lie. I'm only just starting to get my head around this so bear with me things may change over time.  This whole theory relates to how we perceive our talents and how others perceive them. What got me to thinking about it is my 8yo daughter was mentioning that she wasn't good at math. She says it makes her head hurt sometimes to think about it. But when we talked to her teacher she said it was one of my daughter's strong subjects.  **- Links for this episode -**Tanya Ryan's Instagram post - https://instagram.com/p/BORHQjugGiN/ 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/129 - Nic Gregory is currently working with Disney publishing as an illustrator on a version of Sleeping Beauty. But before that he had his original hip-hop songs in rotation on Australian radio and toured as a professional wrestler and won two championship belts for his efforts.  **- Links for this episode -**Nic Gregory - http://nic-gregory.squarespace.com/Nic Gregory twitter - https://twitter.com/nic_xlCTN Convention - http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/Plein Air art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_plein_airFantasia (Disney) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film)Oatley Academy - http://oatleyacademy.com/Minx Wrestling Highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA4J0JWC6I0Nic XL Wrestling Highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZLKe-JFLIANic doing art - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASf7fgVor5wStefan Franck - http://dark-planet-comics.com/ 

http://thesparkandtheart.com/128 - I prefer to think that Practice Make Progress. Practice doesn't make perfect unless you practice perfectly and that doesn't sit well with me. Practice makes permanent but that sounds so final like you'll get to a certain point and be that way forever. Like a tattoo. But that's not the way it works. You just keep getting better if you just keep practicing and finding your things to improve on. 

Hello and welcome to the The Spark & The Art creativity podcast. Thank you for subscribing to our weekly podcast, where we alternate between interviews with creative folks from all different career levels and insight and inspiration episodes. All with the intention you'll get what you need to get your creative projects started and, more importantly, finished. I'm your host Tucker and this week is a follow-up interview with filmmaker Thi Vo.  In our last episode with Thi TheSparkAndTheArt.com/18 he had just finished up his crowdfunding and had gone off to Vietnam to shoot his documentary film about him searching for his birth father.  Today we talk about what's been happening with the film in intervening time and when he hopes to have a final film. He also tells the emotional story that sparked him into action to find his dad.  We also talk about the creative and curious things we did as kids that helped get him to where he is now. It's not the first conversation like this on the show and I'm sure it won't be the last.  Now, on to today's conversation with Thi Vo.  Was there anything in today's show that made you think of someone you know? I'd love it if you shared it with them. Who knows they may just figure something out about themselves and become a perfect human being and they'd have you to thank. Who are you to deny a friend the potential of perfection? The easiest way to share is to send the short URL TheSparkAndTheArt.com/127 the hardest way is to encode the url as morse code and set the bathroom light to flash in the coded sequence and hope your friend recognizes the pattern before they go crazy and smash the light fixture with their toilet brush.  If you want to get me I'm always available on twitter @SparkArtPodcast and if you want to connect with other creative folks you can come join us on Facebook. There are some great conversations happening on there you should totally come join us. Head to TheSparkAndTheArt.com/facebook and it'll take you right there. Just hit the join button and I'll let you in. I wanted the group to be private so we could have conversations that were a little more personal than you might normally have in a social media forum. So if you have any questions or work you'd like some honest feedback on come join us. We're all very friendly.  Thanks for listening and remember: you won't get the art without the work and you won't do the work without the spark.  - Links for this episode - Thi Vo - http://www.doublewhammy.co/ Made In Vietnam - https://www.facebook.com/madeinvietnamfilm/ Diageo - http://www.diageo.com/en-row/Pages/default.aspx Twilight Tone Mahattan Transfer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F10re2ggUHw Hello World Short Film - https://vimeo.com/141692061

Curiosity. Problem Solving. Expression. Habit & Ritual. **- Links for this episode -**Jorge Gutiérrez Border Bang - http://www.gregorioescalante.com/border-bang/ Jorge Gutiérrez Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/26Habit & Ritual - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/85Whitney Hess Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/111Dulcie Foo Fat Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/123 

http://thesparkandtheart.com/125 –Jean-Michel has a line of silk scarves, leggings and now kimonos printed with abstract designs made from his photography. This is his most recent artistic project. He has had exhibitions of his photography as well as published art books. But he does all this on the side as an executive in the energy sector.   **- Links for this episode -**http://byjeanmichel.com/ 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/124 –Any art has the illusion of driving culture but really it is just crystallizing what is happening. It translates culture from ephemeral to solid. From feelings to words. From the observable to the understandable. The elusive to the tangible.

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/123 – Dulcie Foo Fat is a painter and in our conversation we talk about how she became an artist by default even though she was aiming to get into education. We talk about how crumbs of encouragement are all it takes to find a path. We talk about the importance having a supportive husband played in her success and at the end we talk about her daughters who I will most likely be also inviting on the podcast. **-Links for this episode-**Dulcie Foo Fat - http://dulciefoofat.com/https://exshaw.ca/http://www.calgary.ca/http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenationalhttp://www.juilliard.edu/http://music.yale.edu/http://www.umontreal.ca/english/http://arcadefire.com/site/https://www.banffcentre.ca/http://www.raleigh-sound.com/new-album/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dudeshttps://dojoworkhorse.bandcamp.com/ 

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/122 – Out of all of the books I've read I always get a little something. Usually about creativity and life's journey since that's what I've been most interested in. But I don't think any have really captured it as well as The Neverending Story.

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/121 – Ash Thorp is a motion designer, illustrator, artist, and creative director and has worked on films like Ender's Game and Total Recall and X-Men: First Class. **- Links for this episode -**Ash Thorp - http://ashthorp.com/Prologue - http://oldsite.prologue.com/Kyle Cooper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_CooperDanny Yount - http://www.dannyyount.com/X-men First Class Opening Sequence - https://vimeo.com/48261400Motionographer - http://motionographer.com/Learn Squared - https://www.learnsquared.com/Andrew Hawryluk - http://www.andrewh.tv/None (short film) - http://www.ashthorp.com/noneLost Boy (short film) - http://lostboyworld.com/Ash Thorp - http://ashthorp.com/Prologue - http://oldsite.prologue.com/Kyle Cooper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_CooperDanny Yount - http://www.dannyyount.com/X-men First Class Opening Sequence - https://vimeo.com/48261400Motionographer - http://motionographer.com/Learn Squared - https://www.learnsquared.com/Andrew Hawryluk - http://www.andrewh.tv/None (short film) - http://www.ashthorp.com/noneLost Boy (short film) - http://lostboyworld.com/

TheSparkandTheArt.com/120 - Canadian Thanksgiving isn't much different than what I can gather an American Thanksgiving is like. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie. Personally I don't like pumpkin pie. I really like berry pies blueberry is by far my favourite. There's no real story to thanks giving. No pilgrims coming to Plymouth Rock or anything like that. As far as I could ever tell it was just a to be thankful. What the hell kind of summary is this Tucker?!

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/119 – Michael Grills has been a professional illustrator for nearly 20 years and has a very clear vision of what it means to be an illustrator: Rely on your foundation and serve your customer. **- Links for this episode -**Alberta College of Art and Design - https://acad.ca/Spencer Goldade interviews - http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/2 and http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/52Spencer's Site - http://www.monkeyslunch.com/Bioware - http://www.bioware.com/en/Modern Library - http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/Anne Handley: Everybody Writes - http://annhandley.com/everybodywrites/PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Management_Professional

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/118 – this week my review of Camp Festival of 2016. The Camp Festival is a two day conference with a bunch of speakers from all different disciplines who work at a very high level in the industry. These are designers who have worked on movies like the Iron Man trilogy or have worked at Google and Microsoft or have The New Yorker magazine, Nike and Sports Illustrated as clients. **- Links for this episode -**Camp Festival - http://www.campfestival.ca/Globacore - http://www.globacore.com/Joshua Smith Illustrator - http://hydro74.com/Stacy Mulcahy - https://twitter.com/bitchwhocodesDanny Yount - http://dannyyount.com/ 

http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/117 - Web designer Ross Barber-Smith only works with musicians and others in the music industry. This is because that's what he's really interested in. Ross went to the University of the Highlands and Islands Perth College in Scotland taking the Popular Music Bachelor of Arts program.

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/116 – A man and a woman look at a rolling ball machine. The woman is an artist. The man is an engineer. They both are intrigued by the machine for different reasons.

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/115 – Lorraine Harley has been active in arts and other creative pursuits for her whole life but she says it's only recently that she's really recognizing her talents for what they are. We talk about how her ‘jack-of-all-trades' approach to creative work is an asset because she has a lot of fun with many different types of projects and mediums. **- Links for this episode -**Concours D'art Oratoire - http://ab.cpf.ca/actvities/youth-activities/concours-dart-oratoire/JJ Johnston - http://www.thesparkandtheart.com/6 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/114 –I'm your host Tucker and this week is a dream I had about 8 years ago. I'm fairly certain that it was in The War Of Art where author Steven Pressfield said that dreams, especially those that you wake from with vivid clarity, are there for you to learn from. They are your subconscious share sharing wisdom with you. They are they are meant to be held within you so you can internalize and act on the message. So, you aren't meant to share dreams with others until the meaning has been accepted by yourself - or something like that. I can't find the part of the book where he talks about it. So maybe it's a different book.

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/113 – A personal graphic novel about birthmarks and immigration and a blog to inspire kids to use their talents in drawing to keep them creative. Lana Lê. **- Links for this episode -**Lana Lê - http://lana-le.com/Persepolis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)Maus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MausRaina Telgemeier - http://goraina.com/books_smile.htmlCeCe Bell - https://cecebell.wordpress.com/

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/112 – idea & execution

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/111 – Whitney and I talk about her starting out in computer sciences - and hating it - loving her writing major and how she stumbled on a course for Human Computer Interaction which lead her to her first user experience position. While the whole conversation is fantastic, I think my favourite part is the last 5 minutes where Whitney builds on how curiosity and creativity work together. **- Links for this episode -**Whitney Hess - https://whitneyhess.com/Whitney Hess Twitter - https://twitter.com/whitneyhess

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/110 – Eva Hesse was a sculptor and ran into a bout of creative block and wrote to Sol for some advice. I've never read Eva's letter but I feel I can get a gist of what she was saying. She was planning what she was going to do to get out of her creative block. She was thinking about how should could get passed her creative block. **- Links for this episode -**Sol LeWitt's Letter - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eva-hesse-letters-sol-lewitt_us_562f79ede4b00aa54a4b18d8 Sol LeWitt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_LeWittEva Hesse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_HesseInspiration comes from the work - http://www.songstuckerwrote.com/podcast/57-inspiration-comes-from-the-work 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/109 – Dancer, teacher and bloom doodler Michelle Johnson. We talk about how she used drawing to help her through a difficult time while recuperating from a difficult surgery and how through the sharing of her images with her friends it lead to her creating and self-publishing a colouring book. - Links for this episode -Michelle Johnson on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/doodledblooms/DoodledBlooms - https://www.amazon.ca/Doodled-Blooms-Coloring-Fantastical-Everyone/dp/152384440XTexas Lutheran University - http://www.tlu.edu/You're So Crafty - http://youresocrafty.com/

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/108 – this episode we talk about the three reasons to do anything. Acheivement, Acclaim and the Almighty Dollar. 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/107 – In today's chat we talk to comic artist and illustrator Scott Kowalchuk. We talk about a lot of things including where he started and what he did to pitch his very first comic to the comic publisher image comics. It wasn't just a simple idea with a few sketches it was finished books. We also talk about the reason he is being much more calculated about the publishers he does approach and being very honest with himself about the projects he's choosing in the future. **- Links for this episode -** Scott Kowalchuk - http://scottkowalchuk.com/ Scott Kowalchuk - http://scottkowalchuk.blogspot.ca/The Intrepids - http://scottkowalchuk.blogspot.ca/search/label/intrepids Image Comics - https://imagecomics.com Fort MacMurray - http://www.fortmcmurraytourism.com/ Fort McMurray Fire - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/the-fort-mcmurray-disaster-read-the-latest-weekend/article29930041/ ACAD - https://acad.ca/ Batman '66 - http://scottkowalchuk.blogspot.ca/search/label/batman Michel Fiffe, Copra Comic - http://michelfiffe.com/ Bruce Campbell - If Chins Could Kill - https://www.amazon.ca/If-Chins-Could-Kill-Confessions/dp/0312291450 Eckhart Tolle - https://www.eckharttolle.com/ The Power of Now - https://www.eckharttollenow.com/store/item/10/The-Power-of-Now--Paperback-

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/106 – It reminded me of the conversation I had with author Sean Williams In episode 62 about how getting ideas out was like a tube of toothpaste where it's easier to get out when the dry crusty bits are gone from the end and you can get that flow back. It wasn't a really good analogy then and I think I've done it even less justice this time around.

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/105 –  David is an author and Associate Professor of Management at Oral Roberts University, where he teaches courses on organizational behaviour, creativity and innovation, and strategic leadership. But he started out wanting to be Jack Kerouac so you probably don't want to miss how that happened. **- Links for this episode -**Malcolm Gladwell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_GladwellTipping Point - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tipping_PointTodd Henry - http://www.toddhenry.com/Lorem Ipsum - http://loremipsum.net/Scott Berkun - Myths of Innovation - http://scottberkun.com/2013/ten-myths-of-innnovation/Angela Duckworth - http://angeladuckworth.com/Liz Wiseman - http://thewisemangroup.com/Rookie Smarts - https://www.amazon.com/Rookie-Smarts-Learning-Beats-Knowing/dp/006232263X