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Jerzy and Rob look at how they’re finding Art Soundoff, model some of the strategies they use to create audio journals, and celebrate some of the entries by the Leaners this year.

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Jerzy and Rob check in late Fall season for a discussion on what they’re reading, watching, and playing for fun, learning, and recharging.

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Jerzy and Rob team up with the hosts of the Tell the Damn Story podcast, Alex and Chris, for a two-part discussion on writing, art, and finding your way through this endeavor of creating for an audience.

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Art Soundoff 6.0 is coming up, join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on how they plan to make the most of this year and the kinds of things we’re inviting others to explore with this art journal creative challenge. It’s a chance to practice and share if you want, pitching you as an artist, pitch what you make, and journal your process and experience where you’re from as an artist.

What can be new after 6 years? Join us and share your thoughts!

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Starting is hard. Shipping is hard. And it gets hard midway through the making of the thing. You hit setbacks, frictions occur, and frustration sets in. So how do you find that momentum again to keep going and finish the thing? Is it time to give this one up as a learning experience, or can you find evidence and reflection to keep going?

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As we level up at making things, we might be called upon (or feel a calling) to share our knowledge and experience with others. But how do you unpack what you do in order to help others understand how to do it for themselves? How can we use perspective taking and self-interview to help create an experience that will lead others to their own leveling up and coming back for more?

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Talking about making fast & fun comics on the LIA Cast!

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New projects sometimes require new tools. Jerzy and Rob explore what illustration and design tools we’re finding useful of late and in what situations are we "hiring" them to get stuff done.

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Creative challenge season is nearly here, so Jerzy and Rob turn their attention to thinking about what value they find in creative challenges and how they might hack them to find new learning and value.

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And old saw we haven’t used on the Lean Into Art Cast in some time is “limitations breed creativity.” What we typically mean by this is that limiting one’s choices in a creative endeavor removes ambiguity and often provides a starting point. It can also present interesting creative problems to solve.

But what about the tools or platform you choose? Don’t they introduce constraints as well? Can these constraints enhance the work, or are they a roadblock we have to work around? When do we abandon the tool or platform altogether?

Join us for a discussion on the unforeseen influence in the tools you use.

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