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23_app-o-rama

2017-03-1501:42:36

Without meaning to we talked a lot about apps and systems in this one. It's an area of creativity that isn't touched often enough. What apps does Lam recommend for photography? What does Chad use for notes and tasks? How do we get all the nagging stuff out of our heads and make room for ideas to breed and grow?

22_neil_gaiman/the_humanity_of_ideas

2017-03-0101:37:41

From Sandman to America Gods & Coraline, Neil Gaiman is an artist of both breadth and depth. Gaiman is prolific not only in creation but in medium. He brings his unique style to comics, novels, children's books, TV and film. So, where does he get his ideas from? What is his trick? What can we gleam from him?

21_clearing_obstacles

2017-02-1601:49:03

The first of our new mid-month episodes focused on who we are, what we are creating and what we are using to get it done. In this episode, we cover time-lapses, novel writing, minimalism, criticism, smiling, and our current favorite creative apps.

20_bob_dylan/contradict_yourself

2017-02-0201:24:49

There's so much to study when tackling a subject as large and important as Bob Dylan. Over thirty albums alone! How did he survive being labeled the voice of a generation? How did he keep creating for so many decades? What were his tricks? Where did he fail? What can we learn from The Bard?

19_sir_ian_mckellen/improving_with_age

2017-01-0301:40:31

First the guys talk about starting 2017 with minimalism in mind. Then they go on to discuss the great actor Sir Ian McKellen who proves that dedication to a craft and time lead to true mastery. Thought he is most well know for play Magneto in the X-men movies and Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films, Lam and Chad each believe he has greater roles. Which do you think will be their favorites? Which are yours? What defines greatness?

18_nick_cave/confident_collaboration

2016-12-0601:29:28

With over 20 albums under his belt with an ever-changing and impressive list of collaborators, Nick Cave exemplifies the collaborative spirit managing to allow new sounds into his music while consistently sounding like himself. What can we learn from him?

17_isaac_asimov/prolific_understanding

2016-11-0201:29:15

Isaac Asimov was one of the most prolific authors to ever live, perhaps THE most prolific author to ever live. He exemplified action. Yet despite the immense quantity of his work he was able to provide equal quality, proving that the two are not mutually exclusive. What can we learn from him?

16_david_lynch/creatively_following

2016-09-2001:24:41

Lam & Chad talk David Lynch. David Lynch is a successful director but his success is rare in how little compromise he has made over the years to his vision. He's also an avid practitioner of transcendental meditation (claiming he hasn't missed a meditation in 33 years!) But perhaps the greatest wisdom we learned about Lynch in studying him this month was to allow your creativity to lead you; learning to see where ideas and accidents take you.

15_the_mystery_of_haruki_murakami

2016-08-1701:24:101

The first episode in our new creativity focused format. Our first subject is one of our favorite novelists: Haruki Murakami. Join us as we dig into his creative style, his influences and much more.