Learn about creativity: Listen as Jenn, Daryl and Lori share the benefits of being creative, including experiencing happiness and flow, slowing down and being more mindful, being more open-minded, creating something you are proud of, and travel! Learn about creativity and how creativity is a catalyst to grow and to experience life.

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SHOWNOTES – LEARN ABOUT CREATIVITY

References & Links

Jenn Purkis

* X&In Design – https://www.xandindesign.com/

* About Jenn & X&In – https://www.xandindesign.com/pages/interior-decorators-toronto-oshawa-pickering

* Jenn’s Gallery – https://www.xandindesign.com/pages/gallery

Daryl Aitken

* Fabric Spark – https://fabricspark.com/

* About Daryl & Fabric Spark – https://fabricspark.com/pages/about-us

* Daryl’s Blog – https://fabricspark.com/blogs/news

Lori Ryerson

* Focalocity – https://www.focalocity.ca/

* “The Window” photograph – https://www.focalocity.ca/p979956273/ha18fb368#ha18fb368

* “The Sentries” Hamilton photograph – https://www.focalocity.ca/p979956273/h35d5e84c#h35d5e84c

Other Links & References

* “Communicating with COLOUR” podcast – https://talkabouttalk.com/10-communicating-with-colour-with-daryl-aitken-jenn-purkis-lori-ryerson/

* Flow (being in the zone) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

* Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi

* “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin – https://amzn.to/2T2geZ4

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* Andrea: [email protected]

Transcript & Commentary

Welcome to Talk About Talk.  I’m Dr. Andrea Wojnicki, you can call me Andrea.  Today we talk and learn about creativity. If you have listened to previous episodes, you know that I typically first share some research on a communication-related topic, then I interview an expert so we can all learn even more.

The objective of this episode is a little different.  Yes, we will learn about creativity.  But my main objective of this episode is to INSPIRE  you to be more creative every day.  I hope to do so by providing evidence that being creative may have benefits that you hadn’t considered.  This evidence is  provided by our three talented guest experts, all with different creative careers. You will hear from Lori Ryerson, a professional photographer at