Tag: creativity

Episode 24 – Cheers To The Walkabout

The Practice of Creating and Connecting Your Way

Amy McNamara, Artist, and Designer share her practice of art-making as an observer and listener in a life filled with ever-expanding connections.

What happens when an artist takes on a 365 Day Drawing Challenge purely for the joy of it? Join Artist and Designer, Amy McNamara, as she invites us into her creative process. Wondering what it feels like to discover a new doodle? Listen in as Amy describes her experience.

What if you don’t consider yourself an artist? Don’t worry — listen in to hear why Amy always wants to be an amateur! Where does she go for inspiration? How can being disoriented be an exciting part of the creative process? How might conversation lead to a visual art experience? It’s the walkabout, Amy shares, that has to happen before the drawing. Does she ever go back to “touch up” her drawings? You’ll want to hear her describe her relationship with her drawings. What about the business of art? What’s next for Amy? Be sure to listen all the way to the end to join the fun.

RESOURCES:

New Haven City-wide Open Studios (https://artspacenewhaven.org/cwos-home/)

Arts Warehouse (https://artswarehouse.org/)

Arts Garage (https://artsgarage.org/)

ArtServe (http://artserve.org)

MOSS – Mom’s Open Studio Series (https://www.briahluckey.com/moss)

New Haven Creative Arts Workshop (http://creativeartsworkshop.org/)

Book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (https://amzn.to/2HIVC6W)

CONNECT WITH AMY:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amoscatfish/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-mcnamara-55b51450/

HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories of nurturing their creativity and curiosity to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffees. Schedule with Nanette at http://chatwithnanette.com or http://wisewellwomen.com

Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

Episode 23 – Creating Without Limits and Going Beyond What We Know

Are you a creator who’s getting hung up in worry about the unknowns? Do statements like “I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like” or “I don’t know what to call it” or “I can’t see it clearly yet” stop you from exploring what else is possible?

Follow along as Nanette invites you to check-in with yourself and affirm that being willing to see the next step and to take it is all that you need! Let your curiosity be the fuel that ignites all the possibilities of expanded expression.

What does it look like to choose to be in your creative life in every moment? Wonder with Nanette as she shares how a dinnertime conversation became the content of this episode. What do you think her Inner Critic had to say about that!

Is rambling on about flatbread and pizza enough to keep a podcast audience interested? You be the judge. Maybe your Inner Critic tries to stop you, too! Listen in as Nanette shares her delightful exploration of the innovation process through the lens of new cuisine. Will your questions lead you beyond what you know? Will you allow yourself to play in the possibilities?

RESOURCES:
Flatbread’s Rise: https://www.getflavor.com/flatbreads-rise/
What is Flatbread?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatbread
The History of Pizza: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza
“Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert: https://amzn.to/2UUr70j

EG (Elizabeth Gilbert) Quotes:

“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”

“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.”

“Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.”

“So this, I believe, is the central question on which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

Episode 22 – Start Where You Are

Nanette Saylor Invites You to Allow, Explore, and Surprise Yourself

What if every answer you ever needed was inside of you? When you’re not quite feeling your way to getting started again, what might you do?

Listen in as host, Nanette Saylor, shares how she picks up again after a break. She shares some great resources, too, for getting started in this New Year.

RESOURCES:
Books: Start Where You Are, Meera Lee Patel
The Call, Oriah
Start NOW!, Kate Neckel
Christine Kane’s Word of the Year Practice

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Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Episode 21 – Let Your Curiosity Lead

What does it mean to “let your curiosity lead”? Join Nanette Saylor, your host, as she ponders her declaration and commitment to using curiosity as the fuel for a joy-filled life. What is the official definition anyway?

And what about “wonder” and “imagination”? How are those words defined? Follow along as Nanette describes how she lets her curiosity lead and then follows her heart.

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Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Episode 20 – The Living Art of Storytelling

What if we humans could learn to listen with more than our ears? Today’s guest, Tracy Chipman, has been practising her storytelling craft for 23 years and she believes we can. She shares that a teller needs a listener and a listener, a teller.

Want to know how to be an active listener? Listen in as Tracy shares what she calls the defining feature. She introduces us to active imagining, too, and invites us into the co-creative practice.

Wondering where the stories come from, or how you might receive one? Keep listening. Is there a difference between reading the written word and storytelling? Yes, and you’ll delight in listening to Tracy share how she discovered this truth.

Curious about becoming a storyteller? Tracy shares her path and her current projects. There is something about storytelling that “lights me up like a Christmas tree,” Tracy says. Stick with us ’til the very end to smile along with us. We can’t wait for Tracy to join us again with her special surprise!

GUEST PROFILE: Tracy Chipman stepped onto the path of Storyteller under an Oregon hazel tree twenty years ago and has never looked back. She believes that storytelling fosters deeper listening, more meaningful connections with the human (and more than human) world. Join Tracy in her storytelling circle.

RESOURCES: Tracy’s website

HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com