Creative Maintenance | Episode #1 | Ken Grand-Pierre

In all honesty, I didn’t expect the first episode of Creative Maintenance to feature… well, me! But considering I talked Laura into doing this, it only felt fair haha. In case you missed the trailer we dropped, Creative Maintenance is a new series I’ve produced with my friend Laura Harvey, a photographer based in Vancouver who wants to have an honest dialogue about how we work. Across anonymous submissions, we chat with guests about the trials and tribulations of trying to build a career that you can be proud of, while also navigating the headf*ck of being a human being.

Getting to build this series with Laura has been a beautiful experience, and being the first guest feels like a colossal honour. It also feels serendipitous, because my attitudes and approach towards work have shifted so much in the last few years, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic years we all went through. I rarely get to talk about that, and Laura did such a brilliant job at making me feel comfortable enough to share these thoughts. Be sure to follow @creativemainpod on Instagram for more updates on the pod! (intro song is Cassette Player by Rebecca Mardal).