The Creativity Cafe

Originally from Adelaide, Australia, songwriter, musician, poet, and podcaster, Sorcha Chisholm has been living in Tokyo since 2004. With a voice and demeanour that both soothe and intrigue, Sorcha's work invites us into a world that asks us to go deep and get real. Her monthly podcast, The Witch Way Spellcast, gives us the opportunity to explore the power of the witch, including alternative modes of thinking, challenging the status quo, and using art and magic as weapons of choice against depression, helplessness, and despair. 

Find our more about Sorcha

https://www.instagram.com/flyingsorcha

https://sorchamusic.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/the-witch-way-spellcast/id1608496780

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[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda

Originally from London, Raj Kaur has spent the last six years living in Bavaria, in the south of Germany. Combining her professional work as a freelance Design Director for Brands with her art and illustration practice, Raj's work covers a vast array of explorations. She strives to find the balance between ‘play’ and ‘project creation’ in the quest to build a body of personal work, which celebrates joyful creativity. Subjects vary from animals, portraits and life drawing - subjects which exude life and character. Raj strives to create work that is expressive and energetic, enjoying the freedom of bold mark making and colour. 

Find out more:

https://www.instagram.com/rajkaurartist

https://rajkaur.substack.com

Contact us here:

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda

Miho Murakami is a Filipino-Japanese fashion designer and self-taught muralist and painter based in Tokyo. She draws inspiration from the vibrant interplay of colors in nature, infusing her art with a deep appreciation for cultural diversity and feminine beauty. Her work is characterized by a seamless blend of art and fashion and with each creation, she tells a story that celebrates the harmony between the natural world and human creativity, offering a unique perspective that captivates and inspires.⁣

Find out more about Miho:

https://www.instagram.com/miudelirium

Contact us here:

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda

Jean Shields Fleming is an American novelist and both the founder and editor in chief of Certain Age, a magazine dedicated to unleashing women's power, one story at a time. Chock full of poems, reflections, and other features, Certain Age shares wisdom, perspective, truth-telling, and opinion with all the discernment that comes from having lived. Jean now lives, writes, and edits in a small village in Greece, where she's joined by her husband, five feral cats, and one fox. 

Find out more

https://www.certainagemag.com

https://www.jeanshieldsfleming.com

Contact us:

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda

Caroline Jariwala is an ethical mosaic artist based in the West Midlands in the UK. Caroline creates vibrant, lively mosaics with varied themes using chipped, rejected, thrown away and second hand crockery and cheap tiles that would ordinarily be destined for landfill. By using these materials, she gives them a new lease of life and creates objects of beauty that spark both conversation and joy. 

https://mangomosaics.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdjKJ6nU819GNAnVSR6KCfg

https://www.facebook.com/mango.mosaics

https://www.instagram.com/mangomosaics

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https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast

Ema Shin is a Melbourne-based artist who was born and raised in Niigata, Japan. After studying printmaking at Tama Art University in Tokyo, Ema completed a Master of Fine Art Degree at Aichi University of the Arts in Aichi, Japan. Her recent solo exhibition, Hearts of Absent Women, is a celebration of the lives and energy of anonymous women refracted through personal experiences with her own culture as well as Australian society. Her inter-disciplinary practice, application of historical techniques, and use of tactile materials result in contemporary artworks that express femininity and sexuality through embroidery, three-dimensional fabric sculptures, tapestry, and printmaking. Over the span of her career, Ema has exhibited prolifically in Australia and in various other countries around the world. 

https://www.instagram.com/ema.shin

Cover photo credit: Oleksandr Pogorily

Contact us:

[email protected]

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda

We are so excited to be back with you all and today to kick off season 5 we are catching up on how we are both feeling and what we have been up to since the end of season 4.

As always, if you have a question for us for our regular Ask Us Anything segment, please get in touch with us by email or via Instagram.

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https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast

We have a special episode for you today!

Paige and Mioko Mochizuki (Season 1 guest), sit down with Jordana, Haneka Azuma and Laura Pearson to discuss a deeply meaningful project Paige and Mioko started over a year ago, The Motherhood Project.

The Motherhood Project was born when Art Educator Mioko Mochizuki and Creativity Coach Paige Baldwin Ando began discussing themes related to motherhood, and how they might be explored through art. Together, Mioko and Paige designed unique art-making experiences that combine profound questions with an image-making process that takes the artist into her subconscious mind.

Take a listen to find out more about how these 5 creative mothers came together to make some deeply personal and beautiful pieces of art.

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com/

Mioko Mochizuki

https://www.eduart.jp

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

Laura Pearson

https://oceanridgekiln.com

Hanaka Azuma

We have a special episode for you today!

Paige and Mioko Mochizuki (season 1 guest), sit down with Jordana, Haneka Azuma and Laura Pearson to discuss a deeply meaningful project Paige and Mioko started over a year ago, The Motherhood Project.

The Motherhood Project was born when Art Educator Mioko Mochizuki and Creativity Coach Paige Baldwin Ando began discussing themes related to motherhood, and how they might be explored through art. Together, Mioko and Paige designed unique art-making experiences that combine profound questions with an image-making process that takes the artist into her subconscious mind.

Take a listen to find out more about how these 5 creative mothers came together to make some deeply personal and beautiful pieces of art.

Paige Baldwin Ando

https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

Mioko Mochizuki

https://www.eduart.jp

Jordana Matsuda

https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

Laura Pearson

https://oceanridgekiln.com

Hanaka Azuma