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Darby Hudson talks about poetry, the 'creative process', cats, alchemy and life.
My book that essences all the best bits from my podcast:
Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And Poetry

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    • 5.0 • 5 Ratings

Darby Hudson talks about poetry, the 'creative process', cats, alchemy and life.
My book that essences all the best bits from my podcast:
Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And Poetry

    Smuggling your weirdness through years of the cult of sensible

    Smuggling your weirdness through years of the cult of sensible

    A few thoughts on smuggling myself through the years of the cult of sensible.

    My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES
    WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:
    Books and printsFind me:
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    • 9 min
    A hundred bad ideas to write a single good one

    A hundred bad ideas to write a single good one

    It's thrilling when I post what I think is a shit idea and it resonates with an audience. Especially when all my good ideas don't resonate, and a single bad one does. It reminds me I don't own my creativity

    My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES
    WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:
    Books and printsFind me:
    My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

    • 10 min
    The sum of our artistic influences... and our life

    The sum of our artistic influences... and our life

    I'm the sum of my influences and nearly 50 years of just existing. I've been feeling recently I'm stepping into a void left my some of my favourite artists and writers.

    My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES
    WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:
    Books and printsFind me:
    My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

    • 10 min
    The endless daily creative defeats make me grumpy

    The endless daily creative defeats make me grumpy

    Only 1% of my stuff works and 99% of it is rubbish. It can effect me emotionally. I can get really grumpy when the creativity isn't going my way. But it's part of it. It's always been part of it.
    My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES
    WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:
    Books and printsFind me:
    My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

    • 10 min
    We love to make meaning out of everything

    We love to make meaning out of everything

    I posted something on social media recently about a little secret game I play with myself that seemed to resonate - that makes me believe we're constantly starving for meaning our lives. I might be wrong.

    My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES
    WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:
    Books and printsFind me:
    My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

    • 7 min
    I've got an inner waggy pissed off cat's tail and an outer waggy happy dog's tail

    I've got an inner waggy pissed off cat's tail and an outer waggy happy dog's tail

    I've writen and recorded a lot of cynical videos over the past 6 months. Perhaps it's time to mix it up (soonish)..

    My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES
    WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints:
    Books and printsFind me:
    My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

    • 11 min

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Darby is full of gems

This podcast is great an artist following his intuition and not taking himself too seriously while still being sincere and poignant!

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