Creative Pep Talk Andy J. Pizza

THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:
1 - You want a process for finding the hidden clues for what to make unique work about within the work of your creative heroes.
2 - You get stuck doing nothing because you want to do everything.
3 - You know what you love but you don't know how to be appropriately influenced by it.

We often dream of someone showing up out of nowhere and giving us a real chance to get creative and unleash our potential, but the most important creative opportunity to take advantage of is taking a deep interest in your

We often dream of talent scouts showing up with dream creative opportunities on silver platters - but the biggest and most important opportunity you’ll ever have is taking an interest in yourself before anyone else has!

Maybe you already know that, but you can’t seem to find the motivation to put in the work without anyone else asking you for it? If that’s the case this episode is for you!

In this episode we will explore how to completely rethink what you do and find supercharged fuel that can keep you creatively stoked for a lifetime!

You know that having the creative practice you're after means gaining new fans and maybe even followers of your work, but why does this feel impossible?

In this episode we explore the idea that you may be approaching this completely backwards.

By the end of this episode, you will have a tool for diagnosing where your practice is stuck in this process and next steps on how to move forward.

We've all been convinced from movies and media that we must CHASE OUR DREAMS and it will ALL WORK OUT! But what happens when you've given it everything you've got and it really hasn't worked out anything like what you were dreaming of?

Today on the show I have Illustrator and YouTube Anoosha Syed. Take one look at Anoosha's career illustrating for mega clients like Netflix and Disney, illustrating over 25 picture books and now bringing out a kids book she's also AUTHORED and it's easy to assume she is truly LIVING THE DREAM! But Anoosha wouldn't say that's exactly the case.

In this episode she shares why this life wasn't really her dream at all, but also why that letting go of her dreams was essential to building the life she loves. If you are sick and tired of chasing your creative dreams to no avail, you gotta check out this episode for how to know when to quit, and how to find a path forward to a life that might even be better than any you could dream up!

You can’t always be in high demand. We all have slow times, but what you do with these seasons can be make or break. Looking back I’ve noticed there’s 3 simple things that make these times either the worst of times or the most pivotal. If you’re in a season that’s slow or quiet, tune in!

It’s very easy to get creatively blocked waiting for all the answers. In fact, I have been in that exact phase with a personal project of my own! So it was a relief to speak with our guest Poet, Maggie Smith, who just wrote and published a new New York Times Best Selling memoir with the premise of writing from questions rather than answers.

In this episode we will explore a different way to approach creative work, that by its very nature allows for creating in the space where yourself still confused and Maggie also delivers a creative career prompt at the end that is very useful for finding new opportunities to do more of what you do best!