What creative work do you feel called to do but are too afraid to try? Are you in IT but dream of doing stand-up? A PR exec who longs to write a screenplay? Did the pandemic change your priorities and you want to leave your fully funded PHD/MD program and go to New Mexico and paint? Or maybe you’re like I was in my early career, trapped in a lucrative but soul crushing corporate job when what I really wanted to do was tell stories on stage.
In Season 1 of this podcast, we’ll hear from artists who took an unexpected leap and found the courage to answer their creative call, so we can inspire you to answer yours. Each of the 10 episodes, which will drop every two weeks, will focus on one of the No Time to be Timid Manifesto principles. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen. And in the meantime, enjoy the episodes below. Remember, this is no time to be timid!
Episode 8: Failure is Your Friend.
Hilary Graham is one of the hardest working artists I know and she’s learned to build failure into her writing process. Her talent and perseverance has landed her in Hollywood, where she’s worked on some of the top shows, including “Bones”and “Orange is the New Black,” and she was the show runner for the Netflix series “Social Distance.” Join us as she talks about overcoming obstacles and the challenges and rewards of writing for TV and film.
Listen to this episode…Episode 7: Constraints are Opportunities.
International award-winning puppeteer Dan Hurlin talks about starting a successful theater at age 10, how financial constraints prompted him to create a solo show where he played a cast of 60 characters, his love of toy theaters and puppets, and his new approach to puppetry.
Listen to this episode…Episode 6: Practicality is Overrated.
Award-winning visual and performance artist Rachel Perry challenges every excuse you may have for not stepping towards your creative dreams. She attended art school at 36 while raising a first grader — not the most practical time to begin an intense program of study — and her work is now exhibited in collections around the world. You are not too old and it is not too late!
Listen to this episode…Episode 5: Logic Can Work Against You.
In this episode, we do things a little differently! We hear a story from Kelly Horan, Deputy Editor of the Ideas Section at the Boston Globe, and then she joins me for some conversation about logic, intuition, the creative process, and the thrill of eccentric adventures.
Listen to this episode…Episode 4: Creativity is Not a Frivolous Pursuit
In this episode, award-winning poet and creative coach Mark McGuinness talks about how to integrate more creativity into your life as well as the risk of ignoring your creative self; overcoming fear in his own creative journey; and his new poetry podcast, A Mouthful of Air.
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