This week on Keep the Flow, we get into the idea of being able to choose our thoughts as creative people.

Ideas are a kind of thought, so to get good at dealing with our ideas we have to get good at dealing with our thoughts. We look at the relationship between cognitive flexibility and brain plasticity and what impact our environment has on our mental bandwidth.

Put your thinking caps on.

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This week on Keep the Flow we get into the balancing act of hard skills vs. soft skills: knowing how to do a thing vs. knowing why we do the thing.

There are many ways to look at this equation as applied to creativity. Let's traverse the rabbit-hole together, shall we?

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So boring! But is repetition useful to creatives?

This week we get into how we can harness the power of repetition to make our ideas more impactful, digestible and manufacture expectations... which we can then defy.

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In this episode I explore the idea of infusing ourselves into our creative work... and how to figure out who we actually are creatively?

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David Carson at Fabrica: https://youtu.be/KugSqW6FDRQ

John Cusak in Say Anything: https://youtu.be/Pvuv2sn5fDQ

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This week I get into the feeling of having lost our mojo. Why this happens. Can we prevent it? And what we can do to get it back.

Trigger warning: Episode mentions slow cooked pork.

Videos mentioned:

BBC - Mondrian with Jason Moran: https://youtu.be/05KLW-xsoxE

Netflix - Abstract with Christof Niemann: https://youtu.be/q_k8fVNzbGU

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This week I interview pianist, composer, teacher and Zen Buddhist priest, Ástvaldur Zenki Traustason. We talk about his approach to the internal critic, how Zen influences the way he plays and the role of humor in Zen Buddhism.

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In this episode I get into the enormous question of "what do we want?" as creative people, the impact of social media and the importance of having a mission statement.

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David Bowie interview: https://youtu.be/JRtZc_Nmo5w?si=o8mZdIpLI5TggFVY

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In the 2nd interview of this podcast, I'm joined by Pat Rosario, known on Instagram as numberfoursofttaco.

She's an artist and printmaker living in Tennessee.

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Pure imagination ain't just for Willie Wonka. In this episode we look at how we can use this powerful tool to inspire new ideas.

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Books I recommend:

Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

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In this episode we get into the things that get in our way, that completely derail us, or even that just annoy us or make us angry - and how we can turn them to our advantage and use them to power our best work.

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Videos mentioned:

Michael Cain - Use the Difficulty

Podcasts mentioned:

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso on Apple Podcasts

Working it Out with Mike Birbiglia

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