Be more like Penny, my dog. Instead of panicking when we are in unfamiliar territory - take a big long sniff.

In this episode we get into how to embrace the chance to explore something new and how to prepare for the unexpected.

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Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

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How do we keep showing up even when we don't feel like it? And how do we know when we actually need a break - as opposed to just being lazy?

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Atomic Habits by James Clear

Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

Ness Labs overview of Creative Burnout

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In this episode we'll look at the role of meaning in art, and 6 ways to harness ambiguity to create engaging work that allows for multiple interpretations.

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The Age of Insight by Eric Kandel

Podcasts mentinoed in this episode:

Creative Pep Talk with Andy J. Pizza

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How Your Brain Finishes Paintings

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For the first of hopefully many interviews on Keep the Flow, I'm joined by drummer and composer Emre Kartari. Topic range from his journey from Ankara, Turkey to his creative process to how he draws inspiration from film and much more.

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Perpetual Anxiety

Origin

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The Seasons by David Liebman

The Seasons Reflected by David Liebman

Live at the Lighthouse 1 by Elvin Jones

Live at the Lighthouse 2 by Elvin Jones

The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon by John Surman

Upon Reflection by John Surman

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Creative decision making: How to trust your feelings over external indicators

Here's a story of when I first started driving to illustrate how we can sometimes put too much stock in external indicators instead of trusting our gut.

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In this episode I offer some tips for making a living with our creative abilities and fill you in on some of my back story. Like dropping out of high school to go on the road with a rock band and working as a designer in New York.

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The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister

The Long Tail by Chris Anderson

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

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Productivity and creativity are like yin and yang. We need both to do our work. This episode looks at 5 ways to use productivity to supercharge our creative workflows.

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Curiosity is the crucial instinct which drives us to explore, combine, reconfigure, refigure, refine and reflect. 

In this episode we look at how to reclaim our curiosity for the purposes of finding more fuel to drive our creative engines.

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Mindset by Carol Dweck

Future Skills by Bernard Marr

The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

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When it comes to creativity, fear is a major obstacle. Maybe the biggest obstacle.

Embarrassment. Failure. Rejection.

For the debut episode of Keep the Flow it makes sense to go through these fears and look at some ways we can learn to flip that switch and some preventative steps we can take to keep the fears away.

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The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck

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