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Zack Orsborn
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A podcast where I interview like really creative people about what fuels their creativity 

  1. Creative Clarity Meditations #06: A Slow Start to The New Year with Nikkino Wesson

    6D AGO · BONUS

    Creative Clarity Meditations #06: A Slow Start to The New Year with Nikkino Wesson

    Written and voiced by writer Nikkino Wesson, this guided meditation invites you to slow down and accept the silence instead of rushing ahead to the new year.

    5 min
  2. Creative Clarity Meditation #05: Meet Your Future Self with Mara Daniele

    OCT 7 · BONUS

    Creative Clarity Meditation #05: Meet Your Future Self with Mara Daniele

    Voiced by musician and creator Mara Daniele, this guided journaling exercise helps you to envision what your Future Self looks like while connecting you to your five senses.

    4 min

  3. SEP 11

    How to Turn a Depression Spiral into a Goddess Anthem with Rachel Maxann

    Rachel Maxann built her debut album "Black Fae" as a 56-minute expedition through the darkest corners of her mind, then emerged claiming her divinity. The Memphis-based vocalist and therapist structured the record like a depressive spiral. Not the sanitized kind that gets radio play, but the real thing that starts with intrusive thoughts and burrows deeper until you either learn something profound about yourself or don't come back at all. Her decision to bury "Goddess," the album's most triumphant moment, deep in the tracklist wasn't commercial strategy but psychological honesty: you don't start a spiral feeling invincible. Working as both musician and mental health professional, she channels the same empathy that helps her clients navigate self-doubt into folk songs that reclaim Black space in fantasy narratives, positioning herself as both healer and the healed. We talk about her mom raising her on bluegrass and older country music before she realized she'd been writing folk all along, how self-doubt and validation seeking show up constantly in her therapy practice with creative clients, performing her second Grizzlies halftime show with an all-girl band, writing songs in Columbia and Ireland that are still sitting in her vault waiting to be fleshed out, her ADHD-fueled instrument collecting habit that led to owning bass, drums and a cajon, how her upcoming album themes are shifting toward hope and activism, her admission that it's easier to fight for others than herself, and her ultimate dream of recording with a symphony and choir in an ancient cathedral or possibly a cave. 🧚🏾‍♀️ Watch, listen, or read at likereallycreative.com/show

    28 min
  4. Creative Clarity Meditation #04: Notice Everyone Around with Strooly

    SEP 4 · BONUS

    Creative Clarity Meditation #04: Notice Everyone Around with Strooly

    Produced and voiced by Strooly, this guided dance meditation is meant to be experienced with others. Find the rhythm, feel your feet on the ground, and notice everyone around as you connect to your body and the people sharing this world with you. ⚪️ Listen at likereallycreative.com/meditate

    6 min

  5. AUG 28

    How to Make the Most Out of the Music with DJ Rosamii

    DJ Rosamii—DJ, community builder, and founder of Bloom Haus Creative Group—found her calling through rebellion and rediscovery. Moving to Memphis in 2020, she stumbled into the local music scene while DJing for a boyfriend's show, quickly realizing she'd been hiding her true musical tastes from strict parents who wanted her to be a doctor or lawyer. What started as sneaking hip-hop past parental censors evolved into a full embrace of house and electronic music that made her want to dance all night in her room. Her confidence came from teenage angst and refusing to accept how people treated her—deciding early on to instill self-worth she couldn't ask others to provide. Now she reads crowds like a psychic, eavesdropping on conversations to sense the energy, building Memphis' most supportive DJ community while dreaming of creating touring black electronic festivals that reclaim the space her community originally built. We talk about hiding raunchy music and "coming out of the DJ closet," developing confidence through f*****g up a lot and learning good poker face, how she wings every set by feeling what songs want her to do with them, staring at other DJs' boards at shows preparing for the day she'd have to figure them out, finding incredible remixes on TikTok and connecting with producers worldwide, why DJs are the most supportive artist community, her dream of touring black electronic festivals because "black house matters," and how being an artist means life is fulfilling even when you don't make much money—because maybe she just likes to chill.🌹 Watch, listen, or read at likereallycreative.com/show

    23 min

  6. AUG 4 · BONUS

    Creative Clarity Meditation #03: The Essence of Your Creativity with Tori Grace Anito

    Get to the center of your creative essence with this beautiful visualization and sound healing meditation voiced and performed by Tori Grace Anito.  Tori’s soothing voice paired with the hum of sound bowls allows you to tap in, slow down, and find the trust in your creative self. The visualization begins in the front of two golden doors. What will you find behind them? ⚪️ Listen at ⁠likereallycreative.com/meditate

    25 min

  7. JUL 31

    How to Be A Multimedia Multihyphenate with An Emphasis in Biological Anthropology with Thomas Corbin

    Thomas Corbin discovered his creative calling through necessity and rebellion. After being publicly humiliated in art school for not following assignment rules despite creating beautiful work, he fled to biological anthropology, studying Neanderthal extinction and learning that our ancient cousins were sophisticated artists who made jewelry and buried their dead with flowers. But art kept calling him back. Now he operates as a creative "shuffler," constantly moving between music production, visual collages, and multiple band collaborations (General Labor, Cloudland Canyons, Melinda, and Infinity Stairs) because his brain solves problems when switching between mediums. His philosophy emerged from pain: reject the human need to classify and box things in. Instead, he embraces surrealism and channels his subconscious, creating work that feels like it writes itself. Recovery taught him to take on life without buffers, transforming social anxiety into fuel for authentic expression and community building. We talk about his childhood love of Play-Doh, how multitasking with tea-making and phone-typing actually helps him function, creating a Boston Massacre stop motion film in 7th grade that his teacher kept on his website, why he thinks everyone is born an artist until they make a deliberate choice to stop, his bands performing experimental scores for Stan Brakhage films, channeling Lynch's philosophy of creativity, how losing creative genius friends motivates him to carry on their artistic legacy, his ultimate dream of making a full-length stop motion film with "that freaky little dog" work ethic, and believing the universe meets you halfway when you put yourself out there. 🛠️ Watch, listen, or read at likereallycreative.com/show

    1h 4m

  8. JUL 17

    How to Paint a Divorce with Nate Renner

    Nate Renner is a Memphis-based pop artist who finds inspiration in Southern rituals and commercialism. His work explores the repetitive traditions of the rural South—like the guy who throws beer cans in the same ditch every day after work—and how people prioritize vices over necessities. Growing up Church of Christ, Nate examines the connection between brands and memory, how families attach to specific products that stir up nostalgia. His recent solo show "Flowers Ain't Forever" at Ugly Art Co processed his divorce through black and white dying flower paintings, marking his first solo exhibition in seven years and representing a departure from his typical highly conceptual screenprinting work. We talk about the story behind his Instagram handle, the tedious but beautiful process of screenprinting that led to happy accidents, how art school wasn't an option in his broken family household, seeking validation through drawing hunting dogs to impress his dad, the scarcity mentality plaguing Memphis's art scene, his 2017 show featuring elevated gas station food like Vienna sausages and chicken on a stick paired with Tallboy Busch beers, procrastination struggles with commission work, the discovery of honey bun flavored Donettes, his idea for a VR art project called "ChVRch," and his dream of working with massive screens on large-scale canvases.  🕶️ Watch, listen, or read at likereallycreative.com/show

    36 min
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A podcast where I interview like really creative people about what fuels their creativity 

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  • Creator
    Zack Orsborn
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  • Episodes
    15
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    © Copyright 2025 Zack Orsborn
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