The Spark & The Art

By Tucker Harley Brown

What's The Spark & The Art about?

The Spark & The Art Creativity Podcast ran for 155 episodes and talked about the creative life: Interviews with writers, musicians, filmmakers and more.

The show is on permanent hiatus but I still talk about creativity obsessively and you can find me at:

www.tuckerharleybrown.com

http://instagram.com/tuckerharleybrown

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The Spark & The Art episodes:

09.01.2017
155 - Steve Vrooman Interviews Tucker
I’m your host Tucker and this week is an interview with me for another podcast called Every Speaker Has A Story. It’s a podcast made, and hosted, by Dr. Steven Vrooman. Steve is a professor Texas Lutheran University where is...
08.25.2017
154 - Guestcasts
Guest casts was a concept I was playing with where other people would do an insight and inspiration episode. I wasn’t sure if they were going to be a regular thing or perhaps a Patreon subscriber bonus. I asked a...
08.09.2017
153 - Teaching and connecting through colouring with Crystal Salamon
Hello and welcome to the The Spark & The Art creativity podcast. Thank you for subscribing to our weekly podcast, where we alternate between interviews with creative folks from all different career levels and insight and inspiration episodes. All with...
08.04.2017
152 - The end is beginning
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/152 - The end is beginning
07.28.2017
151 - Healing your relationship with creativity with Melissa Dinwiddie
In today’s chat Melissa talks about her 15 year break from making art and how she came back to art because she was procrastinating while working at becoming a writer.
07.07.2017
150 - Chunking
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/150 - I've been listening to the book This is Your Brain on Music - Dr. Daniel J. Levitin. It's about the science behind what happens to your brain when you listen to music and what makes it such a...
06.30.2017
149 - Passion and Perseverance with Troy Kokol
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/149 - Troy is a songwriter but as you’ll learn he does more than just write songs. Recording demos and working as a producer for other artists and more. Works well with our episode about Streams of Income. **- Links for...
06.15.2017
148 - Streams of income
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/148 – The fact is I’d have to do all everything. My question was more or less "what should I do first?”
06.09.2017
147 - Yoga and Art with Jerusha Francisco
http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/147 - I’m taking away the piece on how to reframe my concerns about what others think of either me or my actions. My biggest struggle isn’t always finding the time to do something it’s when my brain justifies the...
05.26.2017
146 - Selling what you want. Selling what customers want.
http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/146 - You can sell anything you want. The secret is to sell what other people want. I’m not going to get into the difference between selling what people want and what people need I’ll cover that in another episode...
05.12.2017
145 - An improvised life with Rebecca Northan
http://thesparkandtheart.com/145 – This week we talk with Improviser, Actress, Producer and professional breath recording artist Rebecca Northan. In today’s chat Rebecca reflects on a yearbook quote and how it relates to her life now and the interesting work that actors...
04.28.2017
144 - laid-off
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/144 - I got laid-off and I don't know how to feel about it.
04.21.2017
143 - The power of creating your own work with Samantha Duff
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/143 - We talk about what led Samantha Duff to start her own theatre company and specifically a family theatre with a mandate to ensure theatre is financially accessible to all. **- Links for this episode -** Goodger-Pink Productions - http://www.goodgerpinkproductions.com/ Samantha Duff...
04.14.2017
142 - Art as a secondary power
‪http://thesparkandtheart.com/1‪42 – I'm not really sure how to describe this. Super power seems like it would be the main power but what is it when your power isn't the main thing? What if you are a brain scientist who wants...
03.31.2017
141 - Because it's difficult with audiobook narrator Sean Pratt
http://thesparkandtheart.com/141 – With over 900 audiobooks under his belt Sean Pratt is one of the most sought after book narrators today. **- Links for this episode -** Sean Pratt - https://twitter.com/SPPresents British American Drama Academy - http://www.bada.org.uk/ Cabbages and Kings - O’Henry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbages_and_Kings_(literature) Cabbages...
03.24.2017
140 -Encouragement vs Appreciation
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/140 - This week is another semantic exploration. This time about encouragement and appreciation.
03.17.2017
139 - Creative cooking & Creative teams with chef Chris Barton
http://thesparkandtheart.com/139 – Chris Barton is a Chef who’s restaurant creates a new menu each week. Chris recognizes the drain creating a new menu each week would be on him if he had to do it all alone. We talk about...
03.03.2017
138 - What you can control
Keep writing. Keep singing. Keep working with others. Keep building relationships. Keep doing it. Because that’s what you can control. You can’t control if you get a song on the radio. You can’t control if an artist decides to record...
02.24.2017
137 - Purposefully choosing a career with Andrew Ford
http://thesparkandtheart.com/137 – We talked to animator Andrew Ford a couple years ago and the theme of that episode was Reach your goal and keep learning. Andrew’s goal was to work at Disney and now that he’s done it you can...
02.17.2017
136 - Clutter
http://thesparkandtheart.com/136 - Clutter is fine when you are using it all. A messy desk means you are there often and using things. But what about those boxes of old magazines for that collage you are going to make one day...
02.10.2017
135 - Getting there is only half the journey with Jackie Koehler
http://thesparkandtheart.com/135 – Jackie was a guest on the show a couple years ago as she had just finished up as lead animator on the film Book of Life. Her goal through everything she’s done was to one day work at...
02.03.2017
134 - Space gets filled
http://thesparkandtheart.com/134 – Space gets filled. So does time. What you fill it with is up to you.
01.27.2017
133 - Owning your own job and Making your own art with David Andrew Wiebe again
http://thesparkandtheart.com/133 – David is very busy as a musician, entrepreneur and writer but we talk about how he handles that workload and some things he does to help keep overwhelm at bay. **- Links for this episode -** David Andrew Wiebe -...
01.12.2017
132 - Breathing In. Breathing Out.
http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/132 - I heard a quote earlier this week and I can’t find it anywhere online so I don’t know who said it or in what context but I’m gonna talk about it anyway because it got me thinking. The quote...
01.05.2017
131 - Work for a living but create to be alive with Amy Pon
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/131 - In today’s chat we learn about Amy’s path through business school, culinary school, art school and how she came to work with me at the large unnamed communications company here in Canada. **- Links for this episode -** Amy Pon...
12.29.2016
130 - The expectation of our talents.
I don’t think we can know where our best talents lie. I’m only just starting to get my head around this so bear with me things may change over time. This whole theory relates to how we perceive our talents and...
12.23.2016
129 - Illustrating, Hip-hop and professional wrestling with Nic Gregory
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/129 - Nic Gregory is currently working with Disney publishing as an illustrator on a version of Sleeping Beauty. But before that he had his original hip-hop songs in rotation on Australian radio and toured as a professional wrestler and...
12.15.2016
128 - Practice makes progress
http://thesparkandtheart.com/128 - I prefer to think that Practice Make Progress. Practice doesn’t make perfect unless you practice perfectly and that doesn’t sit well with me. Practice makes permanent but that sounds so final like you’ll get to a certain point...
12.02.2016
127 - Making films takes a while with Thi Vo
Hello and welcome to the The Spark & The Art creativity podcast. Thank you for subscribing to our weekly podcast, where we alternate between interviews with creative folks from all different career levels and insight and inspiration episodes. All with...
11.25.2016
126 - Four cores of creativity
Curiosity. Problem Solving. Expression. Habit & Ritual. **- Links for this episode -** Jorge Gutiérrez Border Bang - http://www.gregorioescalante.com/border-bang/ Jorge Gutiérrez Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/26 Habit & Ritual - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/85 Whitney Hess Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/111 Dulcie Foo Fat Interview - TheSparkAndTheArt.com/123
11.18.2016
125 - Art & Engineering with Jean-Michel Gires
http://thesparkandtheart.com/125 –Jean-Michel has a line of silk scarves, leggings and now kimonos printed with abstract designs made from his photography. This is his most recent artistic project. He has had exhibitions of his photography as well as published art books....
11.10.2016
124 - Responding to culture. Responding to life.
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/124 –Any art has the illusion of driving culture but really it is just crystallizing what is happening. It translates culture from ephemeral to solid. From feelings to words. From the observable to the understandable. The elusive to the tangible.
11.04.2016
123 - Artist by default with Dulcie Foo Fat
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/123 – Dulcie Foo Fat is a painter and in our conversation we talk about how she became an artist by default even though she was aiming to get into education. We talk about how crumbs of encouragement are all...
10.28.2016
122 - The Neverending Story
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/122 – Out of all of the books I’ve read I always get a little something. Usually about creativity and life’s journey since that’s what I’ve been most interested in. But I don’t think any have really captured it as...
10.21.2016
121 - Year of pure potential with Ash Thorp
http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com/121 – Ash Thorp is a motion designer, illustrator, artist, and creative director and has worked on films like Ender’s Game and Total Recall and X-Men: First Class. **- Links for this episode -** Ash Thorp - http://ashthorp.com/ Prologue - http://oldsite.prologue.com/ Kyle Cooper -...
10.14.2016
120 - Thankful for your talent
TheSparkandTheArt.com/120 - Canadian Thanksgiving isn’t much different than what I can gather an American Thanksgiving is like. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie. Personally I don’t like pumpkin pie. I really like berry pies blueberry is by far my...
10.06.2016
119 - Rely on your foundation and serve your customer with illustrator Michael Grills
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/119 – Michael Grills has been a professional illustrator for nearly 20 years and has a very clear vision of what it means to be an illustrator: Rely on your foundation and serve your customer. **- Links for this episode -** Alberta...
09.30.2016
118 - Be bold. Get old. Be a badass.
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/118 – this week my review of Camp Festival of 2016. The Camp Festival is a two day conference with a bunch of speakers from all different disciplines who work at a very high level in the industry. These are...
09.23.2016
117 - Focus on what you care about with Ross Barber-Smith
http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/117 - Web designer Ross Barber-Smith only works with musicians and others in the music industry. This is because that’s what he’s really interested in. Ross went to the University of the Highlands and Islands Perth College in Scotland taking...
09.16.2016
116 - The artist and the engineer
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/116 – A man and a woman look at a rolling ball machine. The woman is an artist. The man is an engineer. They both are intrigued by the machine for different reasons.
09.09.2016
115 - Many talents can be your talent with Lorraine Harley
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/115 – Lorraine Harley has been active in arts and other creative pursuits for her whole life but she says it’s only recently that she’s really recognizing her talents for what they are. We talk about how her ‘jack-of-all-trades’ approach...
09.02.2016
114 - No one will care about you until they know about you.
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/114 –I’m your host Tucker and this week is a dream I had about 8 years ago. I'm fairly certain that it was in The War Of Art where author Steven Pressfield said that dreams, especially those that you wake from...
08.26.2016
113 - Illustrating, inspiring and immigrating with Lana Lê
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/113 – A personal graphic novel about birthmarks and immigration and a blog to inspire kids to use their talents in drawing to keep them creative. Lana Lê. **- Links for this episode -** Lana Lê - http://lana-le.com/ Persepolis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics) Maus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus Raina...
08.19.2016
112 - Idea & Execution
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/112 – idea & execution
08.05.2016
111 - Creativity and curiosity with empathy coach Whitney Hess
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/111 – Whitney and I talk about her starting out in computer sciences - and hating it - loving her writing major and how she stumbled on a course for Human Computer Interaction which lead her to her first user...
07.21.2016
110 - JUST DO! - Sol Lewitt’s Letter to Eva Hesse
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/110 – Eva Hesse was a sculptor and ran into a bout of creative block and wrote to Sol for some advice. I’ve never read Eva’s letter but I feel I can get a gist of what she was saying....
07.15.2016
109 - Dancing, Teaching & Doodling with Michelle Johnson
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/109 – Dancer, teacher and bloom doodler Michelle Johnson. We talk about how she used drawing to help her through a difficult time while recuperating from a difficult surgery and how through the sharing of her images with her friends...
07.08.2016
108 - Achievement. Acclaim. Almighty Dollar
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/108 – this episode we talk about the three reasons to do anything. Acheivement, Acclaim and the Almighty Dollar.
07.01.2016
107 - Creating comics with Scott Kowalchuk
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/107 – In today's chat we talk to comic artist and illustrator Scott Kowalchuk. We talk about a lot of things including where he started and what he did to pitch his very first comic to the comic publisher image...
06.24.2016
106 – Sticky ideas & commonplace books
TheSparkAndTheArt.com/106 – It reminded me of the conversation I had with author Sean Williams In episode 62 about how getting ideas out was like a tube of toothpaste where it's easier to get out when the dry crusty bits are...

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The Spark & The Art episodes:

155 - Steve Vrooman Interviews Tucker

154 - Guestcasts

153 - Teaching and connecting through colouring with Crystal Salamon

152 - The end is beginning

151 - Healing your relationship with creativity with Melissa Dinwiddie

150 - Chunking

149 - Passion and Perseverance with Troy Kokol

148 - Streams of income

147 - Yoga and Art with Jerusha Francisco

146 - Selling what you want. Selling what customers want.

145 - An improvised life with Rebecca Northan

144 - laid-off

143 - The power of creating your own work with Samantha Duff

142 - Art as a secondary power

141 - Because it's difficult with audiobook narrator Sean Pratt

140 -Encouragement vs Appreciation

139 - Creative cooking & Creative teams with chef Chris Barton

138 - What you can control

137 - Purposefully choosing a career with Andrew Ford

136 - Clutter

135 - Getting there is only half the journey with Jackie Koehler

134 - Space gets filled

133 - Owning your own job and Making your own art with David Andrew Wiebe again

132 - Breathing In. Breathing Out.

131 - Work for a living but create to be alive with Amy Pon

130 - The expectation of our talents.

129 - Illustrating, Hip-hop and professional wrestling with Nic Gregory

128 - Practice makes progress

127 - Making films takes a while with Thi Vo

126 - Four cores of creativity

125 - Art & Engineering with Jean-Michel Gires

124 - Responding to culture. Responding to life.

123 - Artist by default with Dulcie Foo Fat

122 - The Neverending Story

121 - Year of pure potential with Ash Thorp

120 - Thankful for your talent

119 - Rely on your foundation and serve your customer with illustrator Michael Grills

118 - Be bold. Get old. Be a badass.

117 - Focus on what you care about with Ross Barber-Smith

116 - The artist and the engineer

115 - Many talents can be your talent with Lorraine Harley

114 - No one will care about you until they know about you.

113 - Illustrating, inspiring and immigrating with Lana Lê

112 - Idea & Execution

111 - Creativity and curiosity with empathy coach Whitney Hess

110 - JUST DO! - Sol Lewitt’s Letter to Eva Hesse

109 - Dancing, Teaching & Doodling with Michelle Johnson

108 - Achievement. Acclaim. Almighty Dollar

107 - Creating comics with Scott Kowalchuk

106 – Sticky ideas & commonplace books