41: Beginning

art for all

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.
This week, John and Danny talk about beginning and what it is like to start a new project. They explain why whatever it is you're dreaming of doing, you should do it, along with advice on how to get started and how to know when to give it up.
Video recording available on Youtube.
Strategies for beginning creative projects.
3:43: The Every by Dave Eggers
5:32 Time travelers towel

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Chapters

1. 41: Beginning (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:39)

3. Beginning (00:01:43)

4. The Every by Dave Eggers (00:04:22)

5. Should we have structure? (00:10:31)

6. Beginning creative projects (00:11:16)

7. How to Begin a journey: various strategies (00:11:42)

8. The Hero's Journey (00:12:30)

9. How ideas begin (00:13:35)

10. Regret at roads not taken (00:17:14)

11. How much time do we have left? (00:19:11)

12. How experience changes us. (00:24:33)

13. How clear does the goal need to be? (00:30:22)

14. What if beginning is a mistake? (00:33:20)

15. 3 keys to happiness (00:41:53)

16. Autonomy, mastery, and purpose (00:44:25)

17. Planning is useful. Plans are useless. (00:47:58)

18. Poem: The Plan by Wendell Berry (00:50:14)

19. Manifesting: hogwash? (00:52:35)

20. Thinking too big (00:55:16)

21. Poem: Melinda Mae by Shel Silverstein (01:01:17)

22. Summing Up (01:02:26)

23. Poem: The Journey by May Oliver (01:05:09)