Andy J.Pizza’s podcast, illustrator, author, creative and podcaster is celebrating 10 years of which he has been with me for at least 5 of them…. He helped me with my business, with the decision to close it and migrate and with the decision to start a brand…. And of course to start my creativity podcast.
He is a reference and a inspiration for me, and my creativity and for that I thank him infinitely, for the inspiration, the words of motivation and encouragement that each of his episodes give me and I’m sure many more creatives. for that and The invisible things (they are perfection), Andy and Sophie (his amazing partner and wife, also mixed media textil artist, and writer/editor on the podcast) Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
This podcast is hope and encouragement mixed with a good amount of good humor and reality, for me the most important thing is that it’s REAL, it doesn’t try to decorate situations, it’s honest without being disrespectful and it’s funny without being fake.
He has wonderful guests with whom he has spectacular conversations, his questions always lead the guest to share more wisdom and he does it from an innocent curiosity, questioning from respect and admiration which makes his guests, and us listeners, feel comfortable and calm. As if we were having a coffee with cookies or eating a pizza with a beer in his living room.
Actively practicing your creativity, making your creativity your way of generating income for a living can be complex and highly challenging, it has its ups and downs but without a doubt there is an episode of Creative Pep Talk that can help you no matter where you are at.
You can find all the episodes at Spotify, and on their website www.creativepeptalk.com/
Episodes I recommend? All of them!
But you can start with this special episode where he has a guest who actually interviews him about the podcast and his process and it’s good to understand this project.
Although I leave here some specific recommendations… (I will add to the list continuously)
Are you thinking about how to tell your story? do you want to learn about storytelling? the following episodes will help you: 475, 459
Want to make your art, sell it but feel overwhelmed with marketing and networking and «production demands»? breathe and listen to episode 464 the magic of whispering into the void. BEAUTIFUL! also 468 it’s really helpful.
Creative collaboration? 417 with Sophie!
I hope you enjoy them!
Edda Pepe