Creativity snippets

This is the follow up podcast continuing the themes we touched upon in our two part series in which we reflected upon our learning and experiences from our different creative pursuits during 2025. In the first podcast we discussed Tracys experience of creativity with her pursuit of creative writing then we reflected upon Barbaras experiences with photography.

Today we will expand on these discussions in considering the Importance of place in creativity

In this episode Tracy interviews Barbara about her photography. During the podcast Barbara reflects upon how she started and where she is now with her creative pursuit of photography.

Barbara reflects on key creative concepts which are applicable, including perception, play, persistence and passion as well as mindset, habits and the need to overcome imposter syndrome.

In this episode Barbara interviews Tracy about her writing practice which extends to the publication of 15 books. During the podcast Tracy reflects upon how the development of her life as a writer illustrates key creativity concepts.

Concepts covered include the importance of mindset, habits, incubation and the 4 P's of Passion, positivity, persistence and play.

Barbara and Tracy discuss blocks to creativity including Imposter syndrome, and consider ways to overcome this. 

They conclude with the building blocks to creativity of Positivity, Playfulness, Passion and Persistance to which was added Trust. You can read more around these topics in their book - Creativity Cycling - help your team solve complex problems

You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.

Barbara Wilson and Tracy Stanley discuss the links between boredom and creativity.

They reference articles from Psychology Today, and Forbes September 2022 article by Naz Behishti, offering Takeaways for the workplace.

They conclude, as Naz does in the article, that boredom in the context of creativity should be renamed downtime.

As part of their own creativity projects, they discuss an App that Barbara has recently started working with, Milanote. This has really helped her plan for her future photography exhibition.

You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.

Barbara Wilson and Tracy Stanley discuss the final set of principles from the book 'Steal Like An Artist' by Austin Kleon. They consider the  practical application of these principles to creativity. 

This includes the importance of being curious, sharing your work, and travel to get inspiration. 

You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.

In this episode Tracy and Barbara discuss and share their main takeaways from the first part of the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (2012). 

There are many ideas here for sparking creativity and developing habits around creativity.

The second part will cover the second half of the book and will be published at the end of March.

You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.

Dr Tracy Stanley and Barbara Wilson discuss concepts around Space in creativity. This covers the design of personal space to enhance creativity and emotional space as a condition for creativity.

They reference the book: My Creative Space: how to design your home to stimulate ideas and spark innovation by Donald M. Rattner. 

Barbara and Tracy take a look at Design thinking , wicked problems and the Creative problem solving process. They look at the similarites and differences between CPS and Design thinking.

You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.

This is a conversation about the importance of being in flow for the creative process, and the benefits of both mindfulness and mind wandering. We stress the value of incubation and that the process of creativity may be more satisfying than the end result!

You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.