Creative Adventures - An accidental podcast

In this episode I discover that a bird I see regularly is actually a very weird creature, make my head explode by going down a rabbit hole asking myself what memory actually is, and come up with a stupid idea to offer analogue versions of all of this.
TL;DL
01:26 Old Father Jackdaw update
02:31 Analogious joy
08:10 The mysterious crested arse foot bird
13:37 The invention of memory
19:37 Events and workshops
21:11 A confusing ending
 Links to things I mentioned
Buy an analogue copy of this podcast on C90 cassette
Grebo guru by Pop Will Eat Itself
Video of a grebe walking
Buy prints and cards of my grebe painting
Lighting Little Fires event in Cornwall
Brighton Illustration Festival
2 day Dancing with the Inner Critic Workshop
Mask Workshop
My shop
 The written substack version of this episode can be read on my Substack.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.
 
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(Total listening time 21’ 40")

In this episode I try to find ways of bringing the art of marginalia to a podcast, realise I may be somewhat addicted to the psychological tension created by an incomplete project and reflect on a profound experience that began with the discovery that a water bottle would fit on my head.
TL;DL
01:05 Old Father Jackdaw
05:23 On digital marginalia
09:34 Mouhamadodou Lo and his Children
11:00 Becoming Connie Cyclonic
19:26 Generic Existential Distraction
20:27 The paradoxical grief of completion and the art of potential space
26:08 Richmond Lock and Weir
27:42  Silent interview, workshops and EELS ARE COOL t-shirts
Links to things I mentioned
Mouhamadodou Lo and his Children on Spotify
Video of the making of Connie Cyclonic
Video story of Connie and the Creature at Samphire Hoe
Silent interview with Joe Lycett
Mask Workshop
Dancing with the Inner Critic Workshop
EELS ARE COOL T-SHIRT
The written substack version of this episode can be read on my Substack.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.
 
Comments, questions, requests and stuff to stevexoh@gmail.com
 
 
(Total listening time 30’ 21")

In this episode I talk about the importance of breaking routines whilst breaking my own routine, reflect on how the biological process of synaptic pruning might be a useful metaphor for creative practice and consider whether the accidental pursuit of consistency could ruin my relationship with this podcast.
TL;DL
0:18 Breaking the routine of making this podcast
06:39 From “grope” to “rote”
13:58 The importance of the body in spontaneous self-expression
18:58 My fears of breaking this routine
22:13 Synaptic pruning
28:46 Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
31:12 My paradoxical fear of being misunderstood and totally understood
35:06 Form is emptiness and emptiness is form
37:00 The importance of meeting the stranger
Links to things I mentioned
“Orbiting the giant hairball” by Gordon MacKenzie
James Traeger’s tennis talk at Inexpert 2018
Norman the sunken boat
Juvenile wood duck joins me on the kayak
The written substack version of this episode can be read on my Substack.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.
 
Comments, questions, requests and stuff to stevexoh@gmail.com
(Total listening time 40' 41")

In this episode I realise how important meaning is as a way of organising my attention, reflect on the value of starting before I am ready in any creative endeavour and try to understand why human beings seek out quiet and stillness in nature only to fill it with noise.
TL;DL
1:14 “The River Thames Project” and organising my attention to find flow
11:56 On humans and making noise in nature
19:15 A trip to Canada and the importance of starting before you are ready to start
29:04 The mysterious world of Connie Cyclonic

Links to things I mentioned
The paper on flow that I mention
Sound of Silence podcast
The imperfect portrait experiment
Two day Inner Critic Workshop
Mask Workshop
Solstice Festival at Samphire Hoe

The written substack version of this episode can be read on my Substack.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.
 
Comments, questions, requests and stuff to stevexoh@gmail.com
 
(Total listening time 30’ 44”)

In this episode, encountering some midges on a run gets me reflecting on nuclear terror in the 1980s, I contemplate how therapeutic art works brilliantly in the gaps between words, and explore why acts of carnival are vital for weirdos trying to make a meaningful difference in the world.
 TL;DL
02’ 06” A chain of thought from midges to 1980s nuclear terror
10’25”  The microtonal power of therapeutic art
18’ 18” The performative solemnity of the consummate professional
26’ 47”  Jackdaw invasion!
35’ 24” Upcoming workshops and Samphire Hoe Solstice Festival

Links to things I mentioned
Jonno Hanafin’s Percieved Weirdness Index
Unhurried moments podcast where I tell the story of that moment
Playing at the Edge Inner Critic Workshop
Paper Cutting Workshop in Guildford
Mask workshop
Samphire Hoe Solstice Festival

The written substack version of this episode can be read on my Substack.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.
 
Comments, questions, requests and stuff to stevexoh@gmail.com
 
(Total listening time 37’ 53”)