The Thing Itself – Exploring The Psychology of Creativity with Creature & Machine
The Thing Itself - Exploring The Psychology of Creativity with Creature & Machine
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From film-makers to poets, musicians to photographers, theatre-makers to illustrators, doctors to CEOs, creativity is an increasingly valuable skill in a complex and uncertain world. I'm Lilly, also known as Creature & Machine, a music artist and producer, and I love exploring what creativity means to people from all walks of life. From those making art to those using innovative decision making in domains not traditionally considered ‘creative' - I want to know how people access their ideas, how they use mindset to turn their ideas into reality, and how they persevere through inevitable obstacles along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast explores themes of creativity, decision making, resilience, and the balance of artistic passion with financial sustainability. Episodes include discussions on topics like managing critical feedback and the creative process, featuring examples from artists like Sonia Elisheva, who shares her unique blend of personal heritage and music.
From film-makers to poets, musicians to photographers, theatre-makers to illustrators, doctors to CEOs, creativity is an increasingly valuable skill in a complex and uncertain world. I’m Lilly, also known as Creature & Machine, a music artist and producer, and I love exploring what creativity means to people from all walks of life. From those making art to those using innovative decision making in domains not traditionally considered ‘creative’ – I want to know how people access their ideas, how they use mindset to turn their ideas into reality, and how they persevere through inevitable obstacles along the way.
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The Thing Itself sees music artist and producer Creature & Machine take a deep dive into the psychology of some incredible creative brains. How do creatives know which ideas to follow and which to discard? How do they keep motivated and deal with critical feedback? How do they balance their creative drives with making an income and marketing their work? In this podcast we dig into these questions and more to get an insight into the psychological scaffolding that supports creative lives, through conversations with creative people from different disciplines and backgrounds.
In this episode I chat to Sonia Elisheva, electro-swing artist who combines her Eastern European and LDN heritage to make meaningful and seriously danceable pop jazz music. She also happens to be my friend and bandmate! Come behind the scenes of pretty much an average Thursday night rehearsal conversation for me and Sonia, where we chat about knowing who to trust, how Sonia learnt to handle critical feedback, and most importantly discuss using a raspberry innocent smoothie to poison my husband in her recent music video.
Sonia’s debut album, Black Sea, is available now wherever you listen to music. You can find out more at the links below.
Sonia’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soniaelisheva
Sonia’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soniaelisheva
Sonia’s Website: https://www.soniaelisheva.com
Sign up for Sonia’s mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/85e4e0882f17/sign-up
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The background music used in this episode is from Creature & Machine tracks Colours and Fairytale – listen now on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5cmOPozLsUNMdb5sTahGHI?si=6FW8iLLmSBOFAPvtl4uR9Q
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