Month: July 2021

Creative Pep Talk #11: Failure

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Failure visits us all—and I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. Failing doesn’t have to be the end, and it definitely doesn’t reflect our worth. It’s actually a really important part of the creative process (and of growing/learning in general), so maybe we should start embracing it rather than fearing it. All failure means […]

Coming Out of the Cave with Eddie Louise

Eddie Louise, writer of the Sage and Savant audio drama podcast, has lived one of the most fascinating creative journeys I’ve ever heard. She has followed her curiosity from the libraries of Wyoming to undergraduate studies in Edinburgh and back to California, and absolutely none of it has happened in the way anyone is told […]

Creative Pep Talk #10: Tiny Steps

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If you’re feeling stuck and don’t know how to get moving again, this is the episode for you! There’s a simple way to get your momentum back, and it’s probably not what you expect. (It may even feel kind of insulting… but it works!) Break it down. Break it down so small that you know […]

The Empathy of Art with Kathryn Malek

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Kathryn Malek is an actor, writer, and coach. Kathryn started focusing on acting and writing as a young adult, studying with apprentices of Lee Strasberg before taking the leap into playwriting. We talked about those early experiences, the ways acting is viewed in our society as performers on demand or as people who “just pretend […]