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The Spark & The Art

The creative life: Interviews with writers, musicians, filmmakers and more.

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147 - Yoga and Art with Jerusha Francisco

147 - Yoga and Art with Jerusha Francisco

The conversation starts with Jerusha's entrepreneurial leanings and goes on to her rediscovering her love of painting. H... Read more

9 Jun 2017

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149 - Passion and Perseverance with Troy Kokol

149 - Passion and Perseverance with Troy Kokol

Troy Kokol is a songwriter but as you’ll learn he does more than just write songs. Recording demos and working as a prod... Read more

30 Jun 2017

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143 - The power of creating your own work with Samantha Duff

143 - The power of creating your own work with Samantha Duff

We talk about what led Samantha Duff to start her own theatre company and specifically a family theatre with a mandate t... Read more

21 Apr 2017

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145 - An improvised life with Rebecca Northan

145 - An improvised life with Rebecca Northan

Improviser, Actress, Producer and professional breath recording artist Rebecca Northan.In today’s chat Rebecca reflects ... Read more

12 May 2017

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150 - Chunking

150 - Chunking

I've been listening to the book This is Your Brain on Music - Dr. Daniel J. Levitin. It's about the science behind what ... Read more

7 Jul 2017

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142 - Art as a secondary power

142 - Art as a secondary power

I'm not really sure how to describe this. Super power seems like it would be the main power but what is it when your pow... Read more

14 Apr 2017

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144 - laid-off

144 - laid-off

I got laid-off and I don't know how to feel about it.

28 Apr 2017

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148 - Streams of income

148 - Streams of income

http://TheSparkAndTheArt.com//148 – The fact is I’d have to do all everything. My question was more or less "what should... Read more

15 Jun 2017

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146 - Selling what you want. Selling what customers want.

146 - Selling what you want. Selling what customers want.

You can sell anything you want. The secret is to sell what other people want. I’m not going to get into the difference b... Read more

26 May 2017

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141 - Because it's difficult with audiobook narrator Sean Pratt

141 - Because it's difficult with audiobook narrator Sean Pratt

With over 900 audiobooks under his belt Sean Pratt is one of the most sought after book narrators today.

31 Mar 2017

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140 -Encouragement vs Appreciation

140 -Encouragement vs Appreciation

this week is another semantic exploration. This time about encouragement and appreciation.

24 Mar 2017

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139 - Creative cooking & Creative teams with chef Chris Barton

139 - Creative cooking & Creative teams with chef Chris Barton

Chris Barton is a Chef who’s restaurant creates a new menu each week. Chris recognizes the drain creating a new menu eac... Read more

17 Mar 2017

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138 - What you can control

138 - What you can control

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,The courage to change the things I can,The wisdom to know the... Read more

3 Mar 2017

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137 - Purposefully choosing a career with Andrew Ford

137 - Purposefully choosing a career with Andrew Ford

We talked to animator Andrew Ford a couple years ago and the theme of that episode was Reach your goal and keep learning... Read more

24 Feb 2017

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135 - Getting there is only half the journey with Jackie Koehler

135 - Getting there is only half the journey with Jackie Koehler

Jackie was a guest on the show a couple years ago as she had just finished up as lead animator on the film Book of Life.... Read more

10 Feb 2017

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131 - Work for a living but create to be alive with Amy Pon

131 - Work for a living but create to be alive with Amy Pon

In today’s chat we learn about Amy’s path through business school, culinary school, art school and how she came to work ... Read more

5 Jan 2017

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130 - The expectation of our talents.

130 - The expectation of our talents.

I don’t think we can know where our best talents lie. I’m only just starting to get my head around this so bear with me ... Read more

29 Dec 2016

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129 - Illustrating, Hip-hop and professional wrestling with Nic Gregory

129 - Illustrating, Hip-hop and professional wrestling with Nic Gregory

Nic Gregory is currently working with Disney publishing as an illustrator on a version of Sleeping Beauty. But before th... Read more

23 Dec 2016

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128 - Practice makes progress

128 - Practice makes progress

I prefer to think that Practice Make Progress. Practice doesn’t make perfect unless you practice perfectly and that does... Read more

15 Dec 2016

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126 - Four cores of creativity

126 - Four cores of creativity

Curiosity. Problem Solving. Expression. Habit & Ritual.

25 Nov 2016

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