The Spark & The Art

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/65 - “You know what you should do?”, “Everybody is totally doing this right now. You should too.” who do you listen to and what is advice and what is guidance. 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/64 – Yoga, the challenges of balancing the thing you do and business of the thing you do, why learning to take a compliment is to important and the art of creating a live music set. That’s today’s conversation with Tanya Ryan

**Links for today's espisode**

Tanya Ryan - http://tanyaryan.ca/

Cry for the Devil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj1v0yafBE0

Duane Steele - http://duanesteele.com

Jake Matthews - http://www.jakemathews.com

Deanne Matley - http://www.deannematley.com

Almost in Love - http://www.songstuckerwrote.com/almost-in-love

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/63 - Just like a runner doesn’t just start running marathons. Film makers don’t start out making blockbusters. You can't expect to do your perfect work. You need time to play and experiment and try new things. Because in the trying you may find a new awesome combination that is a super fun passion. 
 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/62 – Sean Williams is a novelist with over 40 books to his credit. He writes about 4 novels a year and has created his own series called Twin Maker as well as writing 6 novels in the Star Wars universe as well as one for Dr. Who.

**Links for this episode**

Sean Williams (Novelist, today’s guest) - http://seanwilliams.com

Sean Williams (Ethnomusicologist) - http://seanwilliams.org

National Novel Writing Month - http://nanowrimo.org

Dr. Who - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

Wookiepedia - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Twinmakers - http://twinmakerbooks.com

Shaun Tan - http://www.shauntan.net/

The Arrival - http://www.shauntan.net/books/the-arrival.html

Steve Roach - http://www.steveroach.com/

PD James - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._James

Children Of Men - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Men

Anne McCaffrey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/61 –
 This week is insight and inspiration and we’re going to talk about titles, labels and how we define ourselves. 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/60 – Why do creatives feel the need to justify their creative work? We explore this and many other topics in today’s chat with graphic designer and comics artist Ben Rankel. 

**Links for this episode**

Ben Rankel - http://benrankel.com/

Archie - http://archiecomics.com/tag/fiona-staples/

Saga - https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/saga

Angoulême International Comics Festival - http://www.bdangouleme.com/

Ira Glass Speech - https://vimeo.com/85040589

Sidney York - http://sidneyyork.com/

Kurtis Wiebe - http://kurtiswiebe.com/ 

Alberta College of Art and Design - http://www.acad.ca/

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/59 – Wether you learn to waterski, juggle, paint or fry an egg no skill is ever wasted. They all just wind up in your backpack to help you with your next project. 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/58 – What is a Multipotentialite? Basically it’s someone who says "I can’t follow my passion because I have too many”. In today’s episode we talk with Emilie Wapnick who believes not everyone is meant to have one true calling. If you beat yourself up for bouncing from interest to interest Emilie will soothe your anxiety and let you know that everthing is going to be alright. Embrace everthing about yourself and move forward as a Multipotentialite. 

**Links for this episode**

Puttylike - http://puttylike.com/

Metallica - Fuel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvF9PAxe5Ng

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o Misguided Angel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP_llect3fI

Joe Harley - http://www.TheSparkAndTheArt.com/8

Renaissance Business book - http://puttylike.com/renaissance-business/

TEDx talk “Why Some of us Don't Have One True Calling” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJORi5VO1F8

Amanda Palmer - http://amandapalmer.net/

The Art of Asking - http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking

Tim Ferris - Amanda Palmer - http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/03/30/amanda-palmer/

Tip Of The Hat  - http://tipofthehat.bandcamp.com

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/57 – Where does inspiration come from? Should you wait for inspiration to strike or just sit down and get to work regardless. You can probably tell from the title what the answer is going to be. Let’s see if you agree with me after you’ve listened. 

**Links for this episode**

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/10/30/inspire-nine/ 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-h4A7bF8wQ
 

TheSparkAndTheArt.com/56 – Maxime Goulet composes classical music for both the orchestral performances and the scores of video games. Not only has he created orchestral pieces around eating chocolate but he has scored game adaptations for titles like Shrek, The Amazing Spider-Man and Iron Man. We dig into where ideas come from and his desire to keep classical music engaging as more than just music by adding visual and edible elements.

**Links for this episode**



Maxime Goulet - http://maximegoulet.com/

Gameloft - http://en.gameloft.ca/

Video Games Live - http://www.videogameslive.com

A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech - http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0446404667/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=330641&creativeASIN=0446404667&linkCode=as2&tag=soiwr-20