The Creative Condition podcast
Welcome to 'The Creative Condition' podcast: an ongoing exploration of human creativity to help you navigate an increasingly automated world with your story and soul. The show is hosted by creativity coach, Founder of The Creative Condition, author and illustrator Ben Tallon. Creativity is an often misunderstood pillar of human happiness, something far bigger than artistic talent and crucial for fulfilling lives and careers. But in a data and efficiency-obsessed world, self-awareness, story and soul are more important than ever. Featuring exclusive interviews with experts and thought leaders, including illustrators, designers, artists, founders, rock stars, sensitivity experts, musicians, emergency service workers, Olympic gold medal winners, comedians, microbiologists, photographers, fighters, and many others. Supported by founding sponsor Illustration X, Paradiso Institute the Ukrainian Institute. For more creativity resources or coaching opportunities with Ben, head to The Creative Condition official website. If you wish to support the show's cause of elevating creativity in our societies, please consider telling a friend about the show and rating, reviewing, or subscribing wherever you get your podcasts!
Episodes
A book whispered to me. It was my own. The page it opened on resonated with my current creative need. What do you need?
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Supported by https://illustrationx.com - the show's founding sponsor
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Mumbai-based artist Archana Srivastava's work is rooted in history and spirituality. We discuss why art moves us and stirs something vital on a level politics and logic cannot.
We touch upon Buddhist traditions, her childhood in India and trusting the things that speak to the heart in a world where logic and data rule the day.
https://archanasrivastava.com/
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It's too easy to slip into fear and scarcity. We all do it, but what changes when we make creative career decisions based on the life we want to live instead of in short-term mindsets?
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Justin Wong, the new president of AIGA NY joins Ben Tallon to discuss how design support organisations can get behind creative communities, share equal opportunities and champion brave creativity in the 21st century.
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https://aigany.org/
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I hadn't expected the act of peeling a boiled egg in the street to trigger raucous laughter and a wave of self-awareness, but here we are.
When it comes to story, who you are and creativity, there's a lot more to it than the big buzzwords.
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Deyson Ortiz meets countless people with phenomenal lived experiences, big achievers and thought leaders who have no idea how to tell their story. When the camera goes on or the mic is in front of their face, they run for the hills.
He helps them to change that.
We're talking about confidence, why story matters and how to find confidence in our own story to illuminate the path ahead.
Check Deyson out at https://deyson.com
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The return of Jackass to my life, a TV show that would not see the light of day in today's world, has exhumed a part of me that I've neglected too often. The mischief and dirty energy that informs so much of my creativity is harder to come by in middle age, but bad influences are good.
It requires balance and moderation, and creativity to work it into our responsible adult lives, but without the crackle of naughtiness and subversio...
Is it mad or wise to be cleaning the dishwasher when you could be productive?
I ponder this over a black chicory coffee replacement, no sugar.
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Kendra Valentine is a Story Strategist who helps businesses, brands, and creative projects communicate their value clearly by translating complex ideas into authentic stories that resonate.
Her book, How To Pitch Almost Anything, is a phenomenally helpful guide to distilling your offer into a compelling story, and she joins The Creative Condition to discuss how we can tell our best story.
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In the latest instalment of The Creativity Diary:
- Why I miss retail jobs
- Immersing the brain and creativity
- The new hairdresser's window
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Supported by https://illustrationx.com - the show's founding sponsor
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How the hell do you manage and inspire 200 employees in one branding agency? I don't know, but Thomas Kurppa, co-founder of Swedish branding agency Kurppa Hosk, does, and he takes us on a ride through electronic music, DJing, posters, album covers, and into the design industry.
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We live in a data-obsessed society. Trapped by the tools and addicted to certainty, too few of us are creating with bravery, daring to fail or f**k up.
I reflect on 11 years of podcasting following the 300th episode and share stories of finding out, getting it wrong, growing, and playing through curiosity.
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Something silly and extra for the 300th episode of The Creative Condition podcast : )
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https://austinkleon.com/
Supported by https://illustrationx.com - the show's founding sponsor
Foilco provides all your foiling nerdery and gorgeousness to the highest global and sustainable standard https://foilco.com
Austin Kleon is a phenomenally successful author. His books, Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work, Keep Going, and now, Don't Call It Art, have sold in obscene numbers for a great reason: he brings immense value to the lives of people who wish to create something true to them.
For the 300th episode of The Creative Condition podcast, we're getting into everything that matters in this current, overwhelming moment, and ...
Even the calmest of minds is being tested in these times. Drawing upon my inner work during a period of anxiety, stress and at times, despair I've compiled a list to serve as a possible sanity toolkit!
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Tina Rapp works with creatives, founders, and visionaries who appear successful on the outside yet feel disconnected from themselves in their creative and professional lives. Her work sits at the intersection of art, psychology, and spirituality, helping people untangle the performance patterns, expectations, and identities that once drove their success but no longer reflect who they truly are, so they can lead from a grounded, emb...
We default to tools, to software, to digital prisons before we've considered how best to play, to serve the idea.
A reflection on analogue's role in the information age.
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Join the Paradiso Institute and a new wave of creative leaders at ...
Here's a little tool I've begun helping my creativity coaching clients with. 'Your Universe' can bring a vital lift in lethargic, low, or pensive moments. Here's how it works.
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Supported by https://illustrationx.com - the show's founding sponsor
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It's all, always unfolding. As we change and grow, so must our creativity. Otherwise, that way lies discontent, frustration, and diminishing returns.
Supported by https://illustrationx.com - the show's founding sponsor
Join the Paradiso Institute and a new wave of creative leaders at https://paradisoinstitute.org/
Music for the show is by Dirty Freud https://www.instagram.com/dirtyfreud/
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Tethering Presence is a stunning project, encapsulating the truisms of Micah Purnell and the photography of Harris, exploring the role of distraction and smartphones in our lives across two books – a London and a New York edition. They join me to discuss the role of smartphones in our creativity and our lives, and the origins of the project.
The book is out now: https://micahpurnell.com/books-prints/p/power-giclee-69gmj...
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