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A podcast about Practices, Systems, and Rituals for a Creative Life, hosted by Cody Cook-Parrott.
New episodes weekly on Wednesdays. Learn more at codycookparrott.com/podcast
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Jamila Reddy is a writer, meditation guide, ex-entrepreneur, and dear friend. In this episode, we talk about: What it means to be a writerThe capacity it takes to self-publishStepping away from entrepreneurshipSelf-promotion vs self-expressionThe marketing work required to keep a business afloatThe joys (and horrors) of working for othersPaywalls as a way of gathering communityHealthy distraction and self-care that doesn’t feel like laborNew definitions of success Mentioned in the episo...
Today’s episode is about the long journey of cultivating consistency in our creative practices. I talk about: the magic of giving up, how to find the right pace, minimum viable actions, tools for building momentum, and places to share your work. This one’s for you if you’ve been circling something important that wants to be released into the world. Or if you’re excited about integrating daily or weekly practices, so they can support your long-term projects. Tune in then get the Into the Broad...
Let me take you behind the scenes of mapping fall in my business. You’ll learn the three essential parts of a practice-based earning ecosystem. Plus, I share exactly how I plan my launch calendars to support my financial and energetic needs. Tune in for clarity, camaraderie, and creative cartography. Mentioned in the episode: Creative Ideation PortalAmelia Hruby & Nic AntoinetteSign up for The Long Arc on 10/4Join the joyful waitlists for: Pollinating Your Projects - happening in Nov...
Today we complete our mini series going over the free Creative Ideation Portal - a guide to help you vision your projects and share them with the world. Tune in to days one and two first. Then join me for today’s conversation about why the world needs your art and how to share it (even if you feel scared). If you’re listening when this comes out, join me and Amelia Hruby at the FREE COMMON SHAPES PARTY on Saturday, September 20th (aka tomorrow!). RSVP here. Mentioned in the episode: Creative ...
Today we continue our mini series going over the free Creative Ideation Portal - a guide to help you vision your projects and share them with the world. Tune in to ‘Day 1 : Our Many Visions’ first. Then join me for today’s exploration of how to make progress (even when you don’t want to work). And if you’re listening when this comes out, join me and Amelia Hruby at the FREE COMMON SHAPES PARTY on Saturday, September 20th. RSVP here. Mentioned in the episode: Creative Ideation PortalCody’s Wor...
Welcome to a new season of Common Shapes! We’re beginning with a mini series going over the free Creative Ideation Portal - a guide to help you vision your projects and share them with the world. Tune in for daily episodes. Day One : Our Many Visions Day Two : Moving the Needle Forward Day Three : Art as Service Then join me and Amelia Hruby at the FREE COMMON SHAPES PARTY on Saturday, September 20th. RSVP here. Mentioned in the episode: Creative Ideation PortalCody’s WorldOff t...
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m deep in conversation with poet, teacher, and my dear friend, Jacqueline Suskin. Jacqueline is a poet and educator who has been teaching workshops, writing books, hosting retreats and creating spontaneous poetry around the world since 2009. She’s published eight books, and her most recent one, A Year In Practice, was just released with Sounds True press. Together we talk about seasonal practices, radically reconnecting with the Earth, Fern Gully, writing...
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my dear friend Fariha Róisín for a conversation at the intersections of writing, politics, care, and liberation. Fariha is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Sydney, Australia. As a Muslim queer Bangladeshi, she is interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. She’s the author of five books and writes the Substack newsletter, How to Cure a Ghost. In this episode, Fariha shar...
I’ve been writing personal essays for over a decade, and I believe that my personal essay practice allowed me to leave social media. So in today’s episode, I share how I blend the personal, the poetic, and the political in my writing. And I unpack how that supports me in speaking up and sharing my work without shying away from what’s happening in the world. I hope this episode inspires you to share your writing with the people. Tune in to learn about— The importance of your life storyHow to ...
Welcome to season two of Common Shapes! Since last season, I took a big step in my life and logged out of Instagram for good. So in this episode, I’m going to share why I left and how I did it. Not from a place of knowing-it-all, but by asking the question, “what does it actually mean to be done with social media?” I hope this episode inspires you to take supportive steps that are right for you. Tune in to learn about— What it’s like to leave InstagramThe portal of the validation loopA big bu...
Making this podcast brought me into a business ecosystem crisis. Very little of my output changed, but my inner understanding of my work needed to shift. So in today’s episode, I’m sharing how my job description has changed since I launched this show. And I’m exploring how shifting your job description can transform your relationship to your work. Tune in to learn about— How to discover what you’re devoted toWhat are the themes of your jobWhat is not your jobHow to write your job descriptio...
Your offer ecosystem is how your creative offerings branch out of your artistry, fit together in the world, increase your income, and expand your reach. In this episode, I share how I’ve crafted my offer ecosystem over the past decade, and I tell you the stories of how a few of my offers have evolved and even ended. Tune in to learn about— What an offer ecosystem isMy favorite ways to get ideas for your offer ecosystemHow to choose a container for an offerWhy one-on-one work can be a great ...
Teaching online classes is how I’ve made the majority of my income since 2017. And it is a great joy of my career to have had such amazing, invested, weird, inspirational students. In this episode, I’m going to share my approach to creating an online class by walking us through how I teach my class A Quilt Is Something Human. I hope that this inspires you to become the teacher that you are meant to be. Grab a pen & paper, then tune in to learn about— How to decide what to teachRea...
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my internet friend Sky Fusco to discuss dedicating your life to art. Sky is an artist, writer, deep thinker, question asker and truth teller. Her practice consists of writing her Substack newsletter and making drawings. Together we talk about our daily list practice, creating a gallery show, the challenges of pricing your work, and what it means to be a full-time artist. Tune in to learn about— The List aka Project MiracleMaking art & havi...
I think the great fear of most creative people is that we’ll run out of ideas and not know what to do next. I come up against this time and time again in my own work, so I’ve developed a series of practices for releasing fear, removing blocks, returning to center, and discovering what’s next. Tune in to this episode to learn my six favorite tools for when I don’t know what to do, including— Morning pages & artist datesMovementPhoning a friendSetting up an easy practiceList-makingRecovery ...
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m sharing the mic with my friend Tamara Santibañez for a conversation about oral histories, tattooing, freelancing, and art as activism. Tamara is an interdisciplinary artist and oral historian living and working in Brooklyn. Their work is rooted in storytelling and the visual language of identity construction, exploring subcultural semiotics and the meanings we make from bodily adornment. Tune in to hear us discuss— Tamara’s studio practiceOral historie...
This week on Common Shapes, I share four practices for checking in with your creative pace — internal seasons, intuitive sharing, weather systems, and the earning pathway. This episode feels like an updated version of How to Not Always Be Working, and I hope it serves your practice, your pace, and your deepest alignment. Listen in to learn— Why lists are how I orient myself in my lifeHow to identify & live by your internal seasonsWhat it means to share intuitivelyHow to cultivate your e...
This week I’m welcoming Common Shapes’ very first guest, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. Lukaza (they/them/Lukaza) an artist, abolitionist, educator, storyteller, cultural worker and person of multitudes. Through a practice based in the printed multiple, community-based work and installation building, they invite the viewer to recall and share their own lived narratives, offering power and weight to the creation of a larger dialogue around the telling of B.I.Q.T.P.O.C. (Black, Indigenous, queer, t...
This week’s episode of Common Shapes is about the fact (yes, it’s a fact) that your art is of service, no matter what you create. I also share my four containers for connecting with the why behind your work. And I offer many, many ideas for how to market your art in creative, fun, meaningful ways. Listen in to learn— Why all art is of serviceHow to figure out who your art is forMy favorite creative marketing practicesPractices for visioning our work in the worldA spell for hitting sendAfter y...
Today’s episode of Common Shapes is about why I love newsletters and why you (yes, you) should have one. Together we’ll explore the marketing side and the creative side of newsletters. I’ll also share— My journey starting my newsletterHow to choose your email service providerThe newsletter tech I recommendWhat to put in your newsletterExamples from my favorite newslettersHow to decide if your newsletter should be paid or freeAfter you listen, go get my free Creative Ideation Portal, and get r...
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