Rest & Relaxation is Vital for Creatives | Ep3

Reading back on the biographies of luminaries like Goethe, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky, one thing that great thinkers and artists have done is given themselves R&R time. Time to just rest and relax. But in American (or modern Western society), there’s a cultural imperative to push, push, push. Get stuff done. Prove your value, prove your worth, get more money, get more fame, get more glory. We then actually devalue this other time - this time to chill.

Let’s talk about the trade off of time, particularly as it relates to creative work. 

Written and Produced by Matthew C. Temple
Edited by Tyen Musa
Original Theme Music by Adrian Lee

ABOUT ME
I started my career as an accidental filmmaker. I wrote a “practice script,”  hoping one day I could write one that I could sell or produce. That script became my first film, “Senses of Place,” which went on to win awards on the film festival circuit and was distributed by FilmBuff. 

I then moved to Hollywood where I eventually made nine feature films, eight documentaries, and worked with actors Carrie-Anne Moss, Melora Hardin , Zac Efron, Edi Gathegi and Angela Sarafyan in this year's Caged, and many more. I've worked with producers Kevin Costner, Bill Borden – Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola and Oscar-nominated director Mike Johnson. I have even shared the screen with Josh Brolin, Neil Patrick Harris, Kane Hodder, Naveen Andrews, and many more.

Last year, I released the documentary film, “Hardball: The Girls of Summer.” Currently, I live between California and East Africa, writing and developing new projects, while consulting on film and TV projects. 

Visit my website to see my work – or check me out on IMDb.com