the Creative Thursday blog

The PODCAST is BACK!

 

Have you ever had a moment when you realized that what you were after was there from the very beginning?

Feels particularly momentous to share here, as this blog is literally where the podcast began in 2006. And when the podcast began so did the blog "technically" because I was encouraged to post on the blog to announce each episode. 

A decade later. Completely full circle moment. I'm about to do the same thing.

I've been quiet on the blog this year, mostly because of other priorities around what I want to create and and where I choose to share right now. Most of my writing goes into my email list these days with quick posts to Instagram, Facebook and even twitter from time to time. 

I wish I could be everywhere, do everything, really I do. But it's going to take more of me and I'm working on that too :) 

When I come back here it feels so familiar and like a time past. The responsibilities of business owners, especially for small business owners and solo-preneurs have multiplied to ridiculous levels. It is simply no longer possible to do what we used to do back in the early blogging and social media days as a team of one - while still having time to actually make the "product" you are selling to support your business in the first place.

Grappling with that as someone who held out until the last possible moment before hiring help has been challenging. I've been re-evalulating a lot this year including where to take this blog?

What this time has done, is give me clarity on where I want to share again and ironically, it's podcasting. I do miss the community and the dialogue I once had here very much. I know many of you are still with me on the journey, I just don't know where to go to find all of you together and I know that this probably isn't even possible any more. So I'll find you where I can find you, but I have decided to make a new consistent home within the podcast so you know where to find me! 

Expressing verbally still comes easiest to me and having the opportunity and place to share conversations with those I admire, am inspired by and I know will keep it real. There's nothing better. Maybe it just took me a decade to be ready for that...more thoughts on that topic later and most probably in the podcast. Especially the first episode where I touch upon this topic briefly.

The good thing about the podcast is that does encourage me to post written notes and or links related to each episode back to a post. And while I am considering moving all of this to my main site, for now those episode posts will be shared here. And this also means that many of those broken links from early episodes will eventually be getting fixed. Some that are still relevant may get posted to the new podcast home. 

I had hoped to get the first 3 episode show notes up for you today but if you read above, you now know why that didn't happen ;) BUT! the good news is! the podcast launched as promised and I'm planning to post a new episode every Thursday {forever - for now ;)} We may take a short holiday break over Christmas and New Year's or we may not, as it may be the perfect time for you to tune into some inspiring conversations in your down time, while you're creating, cooking, cleaning, driving in traffic, or simply need stolen moment and break from Holiday family time. 

Looking forward to picking up the dialogue again, so if you feel inspired to share, please send me your questions, thoughts, topic and guest requests. Together we'll take this new chapter of the podcast where it is meant to go. 

Season 2 of the new series is happening also in early 2018! I just wanted to get the podcast up and going  first to get some momentum going into the next Season launch. 

For now, Happy Creative Thursday friends! You can listen to the first 3 episodes here

Listen to the podcast bit.ly/creativethursdaypodcast

Oh and! 7 days of giveaways. If you love what you hear, please tell everyone you know :)  and if you feel inspired to leave a review, please do! (especially over the next 7 days) Because when you do, if you take a screenshot before you submit the review {because iTunes takes a bit to post the reviews) , email it to marisa{@}creativethursday.com and you will be entered in the giveaway that day to win an 8.5" x 11" art print of your choice!

Enjoy! and thanks for your support so far!

We appreciate your Support for Season 2!

Late yesterday our second Kickstarter Campaign went LIVE! Thank you for all your support with Season 1! For sharing your stories and backing our first campaign to make this interview series a reality.
We'd love your support to help make Season 2 happen! Planning for a launch this Fall 2017
Can't wait to bring you the stories of 6 more inspiring creatives ❤️Marisa
p.s. I will be a mermaid in this season 😉

podcast #54 :: creators vs. consumers

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Thoughts on being a 'creative creator'

With so much content out in the world, it's important to be selective. To think about how what your choosing to include in your life is really feeding you? And rather than believe everything hook line and sinker that someone else is feeding you, be willing to question it and then make it your own.

Links featured in this episode:

TED radio hour

TED episode on 'growing up'

WTF pod with Marc Maron

podcast #53 :: letting loss into your heart ~ a conversation with Leslie

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As promised, 3 weeks in! I'm still podcasting :-) and this time I have a special guest, someone very dear to me, my yoga teacher for the past 12 years, Leslie Peters.

I'm going to keep the written intro to this brief as everything I want to say to you to introduce this episode, is in the opening of  the podcast itself. Also, it's a longer one, approximately 1 hour and 15 min.

A delicate topic, or rather many delicate topics Leslie and I talk about, all contained under the umbrella of loss. However the intent by sharing this conversation and inviting you into the discussion with us; is not only to provide soothing and comfort for all of us, but maybe, together, we can think about what it might be like to approach this universal experience of transitions in life with an open heart.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Iyengar Yoga

Peters & Love - Senior Care Consultants

Brene Brown TED talk on Vulnerability

Marc Maron WTF - {still one of my favorite podcasters and podcasts}

podcast #52 :: ebb + flow

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Last week I was going to stop blogging and this week I was going to stop painting :-)

It's true. I recently told a friend of mine, "I'm thinking about quitting." {I was referring specifically to the retail side of my business}

As I mention in the podcast, I think it's healthy to question why you are doing what you are doing, to explore the possibilities of quitting sometimes and this is why.

Allowing yourself the momentary relief that comes with imagining stopping everything, is exactly what you need to reinvigorate the continuation of what you really do LOVE.

Because let's face it, sometimes it feels like life, meaning everything outside of us, is taking the lead instead of us leading us - which is precisely why it's important to pay more attention to the natural ebb + flow.

Needless to say, I'm not quitting anything. Saying it out loud only helped me to better clarify where I really do want to go next.

BTW - loved hearing from you last week. Thank you for talking with me and letting me know a few of you are indeed still here!

{photo taken @ Liberty department store in London. Of course I loved this store display = FISHIES}

podcast #51 :: a 4 week experiment

 

 Click here to listen to the newest podcast episode. I have not found the best solution for the audio player to play within this post. Let me know how this direct link option works for you?

Who do I think I am? Who am I to think, with so many voices out there, you are still interested in hearing mine?

I've been reading/listening to 'The Big Leap'. It's a game changer. Have any of you read it? Highly, highly recommend the audible audio edition.

This particular episode isn't about the book, although I'm dying to talk to you about it - this is about a 4 week commitment I'm GOING {that's me shouting to convince myself} to follow through on, all because of 'The Big Leap'. 

Also, and hey! are you still here? 

I'm extremely conflicted about blogging, if I want to keep it? and if I do where I want to go with it? Is it place just for the latest and greatest news or creations or is it going to be a place where you can always count on me to be?  Is it the place where I'm really going to talk to you and let you in on my journey and process again?

What do you think?

And how do you feel about blogging vs. social media in general these days? Are we still reading/visiting blogs?

I do not read blogs at all like I used to. In fact I often find myself wanting to withdraw from following {almost} everything online and instead spend more time visiting with people in person. Honestly I think the community we've found in the neighborhood I live in has a lot to do with that shift. Because however we get it, we do need community.

{painting above inspired by a photo in one of the cutes, sweetest Japanese books ever @hedgehogdays}

 

podcast #50 :: living your passion project

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive" - Howard Thurman

How a life in Hollywood is making me re-evaluate and revisit my focus. 

Ct50 passion project

To download the audio on a Mac: click on the audio player above while also holding down the control key. A window will pop up with options to open in Itunes and download the mp3 etc. 

 

podcast #49 :: negotiating how you're perceived?

"let's dance"

A topic and a painting inspired by Kathleen Hannah featured in the documentary I shared in my last post, "The Punk Singer"

I realized when editing, that there is second topic included in this recording. How to turn frustration into change.

This episode runs approximately 13 minutes.

CT49 negotiating perception

To download the audio to your device with a Mac: click on the audio player above while also holding down the control key. A window will pop up with options to open in Itunes and download the mp3 etc. 

Thanks for chiming in on the last podcast. I really enjoy getting your thoughts on these topics.

podcast #48 :: how do you know when to charge for your knowledge?

Full disclosure, this image may or may not relate to this podcast. It's up to your interpretation. I just happen to be obsessed with the cuteness of this tiny bird button, my assistant Rachel made yesterday. It's the bird on the giraffe in my zaza zoo fabric. It always amazes me how a design becomes something completely new when you focus in on just one tiny part of it.

Ok, on with the podcast. So the deal is that you can listen to this audio in full on your computer, and sadly not on your device. Typepad is aware and working on it. I am also figuring out how to include download link so you can take me with you, if you'd like! ****Edit April 16**** to download the audio to your device on a Mac you click on the audio player while also holding down the control key. A window will pop up with options to open in Itunes and download the mp3 etc. Any of you on windows know the key command to do this same action? Is it a right-click?

This episode runs approximately 20 minutes.

Ct48 paid knowledge

 

I have some questions for you:

How do you know when you are ready to charge for your knowledge?

How do know when you're ready to pay someone for their knowledge?

Do you feel like people on the internet are supportive? as they once were?

What do you think about all the free content available today?

....and a few more I ask you on the podcast.

I really look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

 

podcast #47 :: apparently I've made it {part 2}

How do you come back and sum up the last 3 years in a podcast? You don't. You just come back and start talking again.

CT47 i've made it part 2

 

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This is my long overdue promised return to podcasting including a response to part 1 that you can listen to here. So, please bare with me as I jump back into this. I touch briefly upon a lot of topics related to this subject, most importantly:

Value - sepcifically, valuing ourselves and others

I also want to add on to the beginning of the recording - where I suggest that being authentic means truly knowing yourself. I am defining this as, "the willingness to know what beliefs and ideas are yours versus the ones you've been carrying around that upon further reflection are actually not yours, but someone else's". That's the part of the unravelling, peeling back the layers, that can be temporarily unsettling while ultimately offering a lasting outcome with immeasurable reward. What I'm saying is: Do the work. Figure out who you really are. It's worth it.

Links relating to this podcast:

Slaves of the Internet, Unite! by Tim Kreider

our move

the porch

handsome coffee roasters

3 reasons , I mean 4 reasons I'm podcasting again:

1) Somewhere, somehow I promised people that  I would respond to part 1 

2) If you are interested in taking my class starting next week, here's a very up to date read on where I am in relation to our industry. I'm essentially skimming the surface of many topics that I intend to to explore in much more detail in the fish bowl.

3) I'm practicing - sharing my voice again publicly -  for a big project that I'm planning to debut in the next couple of months 

4) there is a fourth reason. I miss podcasting. and quite honestly I'm also tired of hearing {some not all} other people dominating the airwaves with disingenous *bs* that really needs to be addressed. I want to share and inspire in my way; and in a heightened state of vulnerability these past few years I've been holding back. Not any more.