AIC Stories

Do original ideas still exist? If so do they matter? I want to share a few thoughts on the concept of original ideas with you as well as the most important factor to consider when attempting to figure out if an idea is original or not. 

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Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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Too often today we, as creatives, spend all of our time and energy on trying to become a success. But we forget about the most important part of creativity, and humanity, and that is becoming a person of value. Let's talk about why it's more important to focus on being a person of value instead of chasing success. 

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If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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Too often today we, as creatives, spend all of our time and energy on trying to become a success. But we forget about the most important part of creativity, and humanity, and that is becoming a person of value. Let's talk about why it's more important to focus on being a person of value instead of chasing success. 

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If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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This week I’m joined by Kevin M Smith, Author of Human Chess, as we have a conversation about his creative process, his writing, and his journey as an author. 

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Email Kevin: [email protected]

If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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This week I’m joined by Kevin M Smith, Author of Human Chess, as we have a conversation about his creative process, his writing, and his journey as an author. 

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RESOURCES:

Email Kevin: [email protected]

If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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This classic sci-fi/horror film is a masterful example of creating suspense through visual AND narrative means. Let’s take a look at what Alien from Ridley Scott can teach us about how to craft intense suspense in our storytelling.

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FilmGrab Stills Gallery

Writing 101 : How to Create Suspense

If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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Music: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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This classic sci-fi/horror film is a masterful example of creating suspense through visual AND narrative means. Let’s take a look at what Alien from Ridley Scott can teach us about how to craft intense suspense in our storytelling.

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RESOURCES:

FilmGrab Stills Gallery

Writing 101 : How to Create Suspense

If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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Music: Funk In The Trunk by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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We know creativity and art requires hard work. But are you trying too hard to make it happen and what is the danger of pushing too hard? 

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I posted this quote to my Instagram recently because it spoke to me on a day when I felt like I was struggling with my own creative process.

Julia Cameron

Sometimes we fight too hard when we really just need to let go and let it happen. #creativity #creativityquotes #remember

A post shared by David Szweduik (@davidszweduik) on Aug 24, 2019 at 5:57am PDT

Even though it wasn’t anything related to the struggle or frustration I was facing at the moment, it was an excellent reminder to remember to just relax and let things be what they will. Enjoy the ride and realize that some things we just can’t control, so there’s no reason to let them get you down. 

It wasn’t more than a day or two later that I heard the most recent episode of Jeffery Saddoris’s podcast, In Between, called “Who Owns Your Happiness”.

In the episode Jeffery and his guest, Jon Wilkening, were discussing how Jon had pushed himself to a point where he had “Squeezed the art so hard to make it successful that he accidentally squeezed out the joy at the same time.” 

As I listened, I realized that I was dangerously close to doing that very thing myself. I had begun to focus too much on the results, on trying to control the end “product” or result, and it was the sole reason I was feeling frustrated. 

I walked away from the whole thing for a couple days, didn’t even let it enter my mind. I needed to let go of trying to control and force things to happen. I needed to find a way to just surrender to the process. In doing so, I felt some of the joy return and the project continued to move forward. 

It’s important to be able to realize when you are trying to control, trying to push too hard, so you can step back and surrender to the process of what you are doing.  

If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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We know creativity and art requires hard work. But are you trying too hard to make it happen and what is the danger of pushing too hard? 

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I posted this quote to my Instagram recently because it spoke to me on a day when I felt like I was struggling with my own creative process.

Julia Cameron

Sometimes we fight too hard when we really just need to let go and let it happen. #creativity #creativityquotes #remember

A post shared by David Szweduik (@davidszweduik) on Aug 24, 2019 at 5:57am PDT

Even though it wasn’t anything related to the struggle or frustration I was facing at the moment, it was an excellent reminder to remember to just relax and let things be what they will. Enjoy the ride and realize that some things we just can’t control, so there’s no reason to let them get you down. 

It wasn’t more than a day or two later that I heard the most recent episode of Jeffery Saddoris’s podcast, In Between, called “Who Owns Your Happiness”.

In the episode Jeffery and his guest, Jon Wilkening, were discussing how Jon had pushed himself to a point where he had “Squeezed the art so hard to make it successful that he accidentally squeezed out the joy at the same time.” 

As I listened, I realized that I was dangerously close to doing that very thing myself. I had begun to focus too much on the results, on trying to control the end “product” or result, and it was the sole reason I was feeling frustrated. 

I walked away from the whole thing for a couple days, didn’t even let it enter my mind. I needed to let go of trying to control and force things to happen. I needed to find a way to just surrender to the process. In doing so, I felt some of the joy return and the project continued to move forward. 

It’s important to be able to realize when you are trying to control, trying to push too hard, so you can step back and surrender to the process of what you are doing.  

If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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With great listener feedback, we needed a follow up to our conversation from last week because we may be much closer to understanding the disconnect between photography and craftsmen. 

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Is the problem simply a matter of changing technology and types of creative output? Can it really be as simple as taking things back to a tangible form? Stay tuned to this Adventure in Creativity and see if the photographic print might hold the key to allowing photographers to finally complete the creative cycle again.

If you would like to support me and you enjoy what you are seeing here, there are a couple simple ways to help! First, feel free to use those SHARE/TWEET buttons down below, share with the world what you enjoy! I sincerely appreciate it!

Listen anytime on the Official Website of Adventures in Creativity, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Adventures in Creativity”!

Have a follow up thought on anything I discussed or have a recommendation of a creative you’d love me to chat with? Shoot me an email and I’ll read it on the show! You can also find me on social media everywhere @davidszweduik, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!

Thanks for listening, see you on our next adventure!

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