Creative InSanity
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -'Creative InSanity' is a podcast with the sole purpose of fueling creative minds. Hosted by Srvent (Spencer Richard), who is a rap artist, producer, author, and filmmaker, his aim is to have entertaining and insightful conversations with creative people of various disciplines. From novelists to big screen actors, songwriters to costume designers, and everything in between, these conversations are here to inspire his listeners to stay in the zone, stay sane, and grow into the artists they're meant to be.
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#6 - J.H. Moncrieff (PART 2) - Dark fiction and the Canadian experience for genre writers
June 19, 2020 00:27 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis is PART 2 of my conversation with the lovely J.H. Moncrieff, the author of over 10 published novels. We launch into my own original story this time, a suspenseful little piece I think you'll enjoy, and J.H. weighs in on it. Then we shift to a very honest talk about having a sense of failure through achievement, the role of being a former journalist and how that influenced J.H. as a writer, and we conclude with a do-not-miss analysis of the Canadian literary scene from her perspective as ...
#6 - J.H. Moncrieff - Dark fiction and the Canadian experience for genre writers
June 19, 2020 00:27 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis is PART 2 of my conversation with the lovely J.H. Moncrieff, the dark fiction author of over 10 published novels. We launch into my own original story this time, a suspenseful little piece I think you'll enjoy, and J.H. weighs in on it. Then we shift to a very honest talk about having a sense of failure through achievement, the role of being a former journalist and how that influenced J.H. as a writer, and we conclude with a do-not-miss analysis of the Canadian literary scene from her p...
"Almost everything I write, I'm taking a chance." | J.H. Moncrieff | S1.Ep5
June 11, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBJ.H. Moncrieff is a dark fiction writer who has over ten books published, multiple short stories, and is most recently a featured expert on Cruise Ship Killers, a new true crime series now airing in the UK. We launch the conversation by talking about the one big thing she did to help catapult her career in genre fiction and how having unchangeable pillars in a creative work can breed ingenuity. Then we dive in. She reads us a new original story, a tantalizing short piece written specially for...
#5 - J.H. Moncrieff - "Almost everything I write, I'm taking a chance."
June 11, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBJ.H. Moncrieff is a dark fiction writer who has over ten books published, multiple short stories, and is most recently a featured expert on Cruise Ship Killers, a new true crime series now airing in the UK. We launch the conversation by talking about the one big thing she did to help catapult her career in genre fiction and how having unchangeable pillars in a creative work can breed ingenuity. Then we dive in. She reads us a new original story, a tantalizing short piece written specially for...
#4 - Becky Russell - "You don't have to feel trapped."
June 05, 2020 01:19 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBBecky Russell is an incredible visual artist and storyteller, a painter and drawer, but also a great friend to me for many years. We talk about what it was like to be a creative child growing up, we share some memories from our school years and Becky describes her experience going to art school and pursuing her craft. Ultimately we dive deep into a very frank conversation about alcohol, porn addiction, and the impact it has had on us. We leave you with some tools to help if you're struggling ...
"You don't have to feel trapped." | Becky Russell | S1.Ep4
June 05, 2020 01:19 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBBecky Russell is an incredible visual artist and storyteller, a painter and drawer, but also a great friend to me for many years. We talk about what it was like to be a creative child growing up, we share some memories from our school years and Becky describes her experience going to art school and pursuing her craft. Ultimately we dive deep into a very frank conversation about alcohol, porn addiction, and the impact it has had on us. We leave you with some tools to help if you're struggling ...
"This is what I really love doing." | Ally Vyner | S1.Ep3
May 28, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 45.5 MBAlly Vyner is a brilliant cosplay designer and model. In today's episode we examine her artwork in detail, talk about her process, as well as her education in properties and objects. We both explore why we quit our early career plans and pursued creativity, how our faith intersects with our creativity, and we get into the magic of film as mutual inspiration. I also reveal what my next 'Rapification' project is going to be and we discuss the potential prop elements involved. Enjoy this creativ...
#3 - Ally Vyner - "This is what I really love doing."
May 28, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 45.5 MBAlly Vyner is a brilliant cosplay designer and model. In today's episode we examine her artwork in detail, talk about her process, as well as her education in properties and objects. We both explore why we quit our early career plans and pursued creativity, how our faith intersects with our creativity, and we get into the magic of film as mutual inspiration. I also reveal what my next 'Rapification' project is going to be and we discuss the potential prop elements involved. Enjoy this creativ...
#2 - Jasmine Crowe - "If you didn't care, you wouldn't keep doing it."
May 21, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 45.7 MBJasmine Crowe is a musical artist based in Los Angeles who won the John Lennon Song of the Year award in 2018 for her track, "Breaking Things". We talk about creativity as therapy, what her musical influences were growing up, the importance of authenticity and sacrifice in music, receiving criticism, the idea of failure, and more. I'm confident that as a creative person you are going to find this conversation valuable, helping to keep you in that sacred zone of creativity.
"If you didn't care, you wouldn't keep doing it." | Jasmine Crowe | S1.Ep2
May 21, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 45.7 MBJasmine Crowe is a musical artist based in Los Angeles who won the John Lennon Song of the Year award in 2018 for her track, "Breaking Things". We talk about creativity as therapy, what her musical influences were growing up, the importance of authenticity and sacrifice in music, receiving criticism, the idea of failure, and more. I'm confident that as a creative person you are going to find this conversation valuable, helping to keep you in that sacred zone of creativity.
"Strike while the anvil is hot." | Garrett Davis | S1.Ep1
May 08, 2020 07:14 - 1 hour - 196 MBMy first guest is Garrett Davis. He is a multiple times published short story author and a very good friend of mine; one of my best friends, in fact. We have both prepared a short story for this episode based on the same prompt, "Idle hands are a devil's playground," and we haven't discussed it ahead of time. We share our stories and use them as a launchpad into the insights of our process as storytellers. Hopefully this will be some fuel for you to inspire your own creativity.
Creative InSanity #1: Garrett Davis - "Strike while the anvil is hot."
May 08, 2020 07:14 - 1 hour - 196 MBMy first guest is Garrett Davis. He is a multiple times published short story author and a very good friend of mine; one of my best friends, in fact. We have both prepared a short story for this episode based on the same prompt, "Idle hands are a devil's playground," and we haven't discussed it ahead of time. We share our stories and use them as a launchpad into the insights of our process as storytellers. Hopefully this will be some fuel for you to inspire your own creativity.