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Join David as he sits down for a chat with Eric Lawrence Jr.  He’s doing incredible work in the world of metal, more specifically in the world of what is called an Ornamental Die Maker. His work is fantastic and he’s here to chat about his process!

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From creating hand crafted designs on a large scale with quick turn around times to creating custom pieces for Jeff Dunham, Eric has a fantastic creative story and I'm so thrilled to be able to share some of that with you here!

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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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We’ve been talking about the important tools and concepts of play and “what if?” in our creativity, let’s wrap up this series with a look at a terrific example of this in action from one of my all time favorite story tellers, Mr. Kevin Smith.

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In episode 411 of Smodcast, Kevin and Scott take a divergence to play in the realm of imagination and creativity while reading “scary” camping stories. The idea stems from a story he shared from Reddit, but it quickly turns into a playful imagination session of “What If?” as they explore the idea of a time travel story they create on the fly. The conversation begins at about the 1hr 26m mark.

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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!

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Last week we talked about the amazing power in the tool of “What If” and how it impacts your creativity. To continue that idea let’s talk about how important it is to introduce an element of “Play” into your creative process.

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When we approach our creative pursuits without an element of play, we are more typically focused on a specific end result. There may be client work pressures or just the pressure and consequences we place on ourselves for a less than ideal outcome. There’s absolutely a time and place to get down to business.

Shuttertime Episode with Antonio Rosario from Street Shots as a guest host.

Antonio heard my episode last week and because of that and an idea from a mutual friend, Mark Rierson, decided to allow for a little “What If” style play with a photography genre he’d always wanted to try. The results, much like the episode of Shuttertime, were fantastic.

Why is Play Essential For Creativity

This article from creativesomething.net contains some excellent insight on how Play and What If go hand in hand to allow us to freely create without any fear of consequence.

Hot Kenobi Instagram Account

This is an example where playing with toys and a camera led to a new passion.

Jason Yang @WorkMoreOrLess on IG

Another fantastic example of playful experiments turning out some truly fun and inspiring work.

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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!

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No joking around and no click-bait found here. I have arguably one biggest bit of advice to completely unlock YOUR creative workflow and I'm giving it away for free in this episode. 

What if I could give you the number one bit of advice to completely unlock your own unique creative vision? What would you do with it? What would you make? 

WHAT IF?

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Adventures in Creativity

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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Look online and you’ll find no shortage of information about how to be more creative. It’s everywhere, hell this podcast is all about that VERY thing. But why does it always get discussed from the CREATIVE CAREER viewpoint. Why can’t we just enjoy it?

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So many books, podcasts, youtube videos and more that talk about creativity and the process of pursuing creative pursuits are flooding the market today. To the point where there is real concern that the “cult of creativity” is killing off the ability to be actually creative.

BUT- in ALMOST all of those sources they are approaching the idea of creativity or being creative from the mindset of building a creative career. I understand the allure of people wanting to create things they love creating and being able to generate income from it, but is that the totally wrong approach to take as you try to increase or better your creative muscle?

Is it possible to be a creative person without having to pursue it as a career?

My good friend Than recently sent me this fantastic article by Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia, and author of the book “The Attention Merchants: The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads”.

In it, Tim talks about how today’s culture drives us to have to be excellent at our hobbies to the point where it may be killing our ability to just enjoy something for the joy of it. For example, painters can’t just paint, now they have to be pushing to get into a gallery. Do you enjoy playing guitar? Great, now you better be able to be good enough to make it your career.

Is the pressure to be excellent driving people to give up on hobbies in the traditional sense? Where have we lost the perfect joy of doing something for the simple enjoyment of doing it?

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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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