We fell deep into a rabbit hole in this episode as we pondered the differences between writing and podcasting, as well as what it means to compare ourselves to others in our creative space(s).

Both of us seem to think that podcasting feels lighter and "easier" than writing, but why? 

Gatekeepers, community, cultural reverence are all covered in this packed conversation—as evidenced by the fact that this episode is nearly 17 minutes longer than our intention. Oops.

Quotes:

"We can look at somebody else who appears to be at the same level as us; maybe in terms of experience, quality of work, whatever the case may be. And if it seems like they're getting something more or better than we are, the reality is that we don't know what's going on behind the scenes with them." -Summer

"I find it (podcasting) a lot easier of a product because people aren't as nit picky with audio as writers are with playing with language." -Steph on word play tolerance in writing versus speaking

"I think when you bring money into it and there is a limited opportunity, there is competition." -Summer on hiring one writer for a task

"Although writing wasn't thought of as a profession that would lead to a high paying job; we did study literature, we did read from books, libraries were revered. There was a respect for the written word but there wasn't necessarily a respect for the spoken word." -Steph on the  respect given to both ways of communicating growing up (writing versus speaking)

Music: And a big thank you to Alex of Kwick Lights (https://kwick-lights.de/de) for recording our snazzy new intro/outro jingles! Thanks also to Lena of Lena On The Move (https://lenaonthemove.com/) for the sound idea and pulling this together for us! Check out Alex and Lena's Nuremberg-based band, Off The Grid, at https://www.instagram.com/offthegrid.music/ 

 Contact us: 

Creatively Complicated (in Internetland):

Twitter: Creatively Complicated Podcast, @stephandsummer

Email: [email protected]

Summer (in Germany):  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/summeroutside/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/summeroutside

Blog: https://eatsomethinggosomewhere.com/

Stephanie: (in China): https://linktr.ee/stephfuccio

This episode was created with:

• Steph and Summer's microphones Samson Q2U 
• Auphonic, free online leveling software
• We see each other (and our various facial expressions) on the remote video software, Zoom. This is also our back up audio file. 
• We are now recording our own tracks with Audacity and then Summer is doing two track editing on them.