Oh, Messy artist, I have a treat for you this week on the podcast. Today I spoke with Hannah Fitzgibbon, and let me tell you… I feel like my whole world has changed. My creativity has been rocked, everything… You are going to love Hannah as much as I love her because she is amazing, articulate, and wise. The stuff that we spoke about today has revolutionised everything I know about creativity. All I’ve been doing for the past 6 years is creating, listening to people talk about creating, listening to people’s views on creating, helping others create, helping myself create more. And this is the first time that I’ve heard someone speak about creativity in this way.
In our episode, we talk about joy and flow in our creativity. There’s just so much more to it, and so much more depth to this conversation. We speak about a lot, we cover a lot, and a lot of new ideas or different ways of thinking, but I hope you spend time meditating on each point.
Play us, listen to us while you’re creating, but also write down Hannah’s words and spend some time reflecting on the way she sees things and the way she can help you things. I don’t know exactly what kind of creating you do but I know that Hannah is going to be great for it.
Podcast Show Notes
IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS
- being a curator of ideas
- how Hannah is a recovering creative who kept coming back to creativity and finding creativity
- how to elevate creativity with a new story
- the scientific description of creativity and how it applies to your work even if you’re just “playing”
- flow
- joy
- the intersection of flow and joy
- how to lower the stakes in your creating
- objective questions you can ask yourself when “editing” your work
- how outcome is not “the thing”
LINKS MENTIONED
- Domestika’s From Beginner to Superillustrator course
- Domestika’s Composition and Colour course
- Your Creative Brain book
- Ashley Rodgers, who held a gallery show of her open art journals
Hannah’s notes on her inner critic and inner champion:
Hannah’s notes on composition:
