Category: Creative Living Podcast

Creative Living with Jamie: Oto Kano

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Creative Living with Jamie (episode 260): Interview with Oto Kano

What if you left the shoulds behind in favour of what comes easily? That’s exactly what Oto Kano did when she decided to become an artist.  Step by step, she moved from a life full of shoulds to one that worked with her bipolar instead of against it. In this episode, Oto shares how she made the transition from feeling guilty about doing what she loved to truly owning her gifts.

Oto Kano is a Japanese-British abstract painter and jewellery designer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her work focuses on encapsulating chance encounter of colours, and her bipolar. She paints the energy she sees in her mind during depression and mania. She moved away from her university lecturing job teaching computer science to becoming an artist at 36, in order to follow a creative life that worked with her bipolar, not against.

A Little Note Regarding the Audio: Despite an unexpected power outtage, I managed to get this week’s episode to you. I record the extro on the fly so it sounds a little rougher than usual. I hope the message gets to you all the same!

Connect with Oto Kano

Website: Oto Kano
Facebook: Oto Kano
Instagram: @otokano_art

Shine a Light ~ Spread the Magic

Whether this is the first episode that you’ve listened to or we’ve been hanging out for years, I am so glad that you’re here.  I love knowing that we’re hanging out in your studio, folding your laundry or that we’re hanging out while you’re walking your dog or going to work. Wherever you are and however you listen, I want you to know, I cherish you. And if you cherish this show, if it has been a blessing to your creative life, please spread the magic! Take a moment to leave a positive rating or review on iTunes. Share the podcast with your friends! You really can make a difference by shining a light on the show so that it can be found by other creative hearts just like you.

Creative Living with Jamie: Zach Wolfson



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Creative Living with Jamie (episode 259): Interview with Zach Wolfson

There’s power in starting small. In this episode. filmmaker and educator Zach Wolfson encourages us to start small with video and use what we already have. He explains why it’s more important to be human than to be perfect and also shares the video challenge that made all the difference to his own performances!  I hope you’ll take it on as creative homework!

Zach is the founder/CEO of Infusion5 and helps bloggers, makers and creative entrepreneurs start small with making great videos that matter to their audiences online. He is based in Denver, CO with his wife Katie, their cat and two dogs.

FREE Quick-Start Guide

To get you started on video, Zach has created a Quick Start Guide to 10 Tech Tools to Create and Publish Videos for Your Blog and Online Courses. Access for Creative Living with Jamie listeners here.

Connect with Zach Wolfson

Website: Infusion5
Show: Start Small with Video
Show: Movies for Makers
Show: Beyond the Gallery
Twitter: @zwfilm
Instagram: @zwfilm

Shine a Light ~ Spread the Magic

Whether this is the first episode that you’ve listened to or we’ve been hanging out for years, I am so glad that you’re here.  I love knowing that we’re hanging out in your studio, folding your laundry or that we’re hanging out while you’re walking your dog or going to work. Wherever you are and however you listen, I want you to know, I cherish you. And if you cherish this show, if it has been a blessing to your creative life, please spread the magic! Take a moment to leave a positive rating or review on iTunes. Share the podcast with your friends! You really can make a difference by shining a light on the show so that it can be found by other creative hearts just like you.

Creative Living with Jamie: Nicole Gulotta



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Creative Living with Jamie (episode 258): Interview with Nicole Gulotta

After a season’s hiatus, the Creative Living with Jamie podcast is back with enhanced foundations and a fresh new look. I hope you love it! And what a great way to return – an interview with author Nicole Gulotta, author of Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry. Nicole pens a blog by the same name, as well as one called The Nourished Writer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, and French Bulldog.

In this episode, Nicole and I chat about the magical connection between food and poetry, creative intuition and how to develop it, and what Nicole wishes someone had told her when she was starting out. Plus, we have a giveaway!!

Eat This Poem Giveaway

I have a copy of Eat this Poem to giveaway. Listen to the podcast to learn for how to enter.

FREE Excerpt

Go to the Eat This Poem website and sign up for Nicole’s newsletter for access to a free excerpt of her book.

Connect with Nicole Gulotta

Website: eatthispoem.com
Writing Site: thenourishedwriter.com
Twitter: @nicolegulotta
Facebook: @eatthispoem
Instagram: @nicolegulotta
Pinterest: @ngulotta 

Shine a Light ~ Spread the Magic

Whether this is the first episode that you’ve listened to or we’ve been hanging out for years, I am so glad that you’re here.  I love knowing that we’re hanging out in your studio, folding your laundry or that we’re hanging out while you’re walking your dog or going to work. Wherever you are and however you listen, I want you to know, I cherish you. And if you cherish this show, if it has been a blessing to your creative life, please spread the magic! Take a moment to leave a positive rating or review on iTunes. Share the podcast with your friends! You really can make a difference by shining a light on the show so that it can be found by other creative hearts just like you.

Creative Living with Jamie: Fall Season Finale


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This Week on Creative Living with Jamie:

On this week’s podcast, I sit down with my sister Shannon and together we look back on this fall, sharing behind the scenes stories and celebrating this amazing season in the studio!

And for something a little extra special – here’s the video too!

Make sure you didn’t miss a single episode this season!

Connect with Creative Living with Jamie…

  • Subscribe: You can subscribe to Creative Living with Jamie here and also on iTunes (Note: this link will ask to access your iTunes and then take you to the podcast. You can also simply open iTunes and search for “Creative Living with Jamie)
  • Email: You can email your feedback, questions and suggestions to Jamie.
  • Share: Spread the Magic! If you loved this show, please share it with other creative hearts!

Creative Living with Jamie: Dara Dines

Jamie interviews Dara Dines

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This Week on Creative Living with Jamie: Dara Dines, artist and expressive arts facilitator

Dara Dines designs and facilitates expressive arts & nature based workshops that invite you to reconnect with yourself while creating with others.
She has a degree in Fine Arts & Business from Concordia University in Montreal, and a certificate in Expressive Arts Training from The Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy in Alberta. Her studies ignited her interest in collage, sculpture & creating installation pieces. She is also a Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator with Ieata.

Dara got her start teaching art classes such as stained glass & picture framing. While teaching in South Korea and Japan for five years, she explored and integrated many forms of art into her classes. She has since been in the field of mental health & wellness, creating and facilitating a wide variety of groups.

In the past few years, she has had the exciting opportunity of stepping into the role of training others to use Expressive Arts in their own work. And now her first e-course is almost ready to launch! Dara was able to bring Spirit Doll with a Story  into being after taking part in the Circe Circle at Jamie Ridler Studios.

“I have always embraced creative expression, but my passion for the arts deepened through my travels and continues to be nurtured as I hike through the prairie landscapes and play around the foothills of the Rockies, now close to home..I flirt with the relationship of art & nature as I am sometimes known to pull out a Tibetan singing bowl or box of pastels from my backpack. Many forms of art remain an integral part of my own holistic journey as a way of being present to myself and others.”

Discover More About Dara Dines

Sponsor a  journal for a Joy Collective girl through Give a Girl a Journal in November!

When you sponsor a journal at Give a Girl a Journal this November, we’ll send it to a member of The Joy Collective community in Uganda.

Connect with Creative Living with Jamie…

  • Subscribe: You can subscribe to Creative Living with Jamie here and also on iTunes (Note: this link will ask to access your iTunes and then take you to the podcast. You can also simply open iTunes and search for “Creative Living with Jamie)
  • Email: You can email your feedback, questions and suggestions to Jamie.
  • Share: Spread the Magic! If you loved this show, please share it with other creative hearts!

Creative Living with Jamie: Jessie Marianiello

Jamie interviews Jessie Marianiello

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 This Week on Creative Living with Jamie: Jessie Marianiello

Jessie Marianiello is the founder and director of The Joy Collective, a humanitarian, faith-based organization focused on improving the lives of widows and vulnerable children in Uganda through education and empowerment. Jessie is an artist, fine art photographer, writer and philanthropist. However, these days, after the unexpected and tragic passing of her fiance, Carl, she finds herself in the nitty-gritty process of wrapping up the successes of her old life in exchange for the most meaningful lifelong venture she might ever step into.

You are invited to learn more about The Joy Collective and Jessie’s work here. In the mountains of Eastern Uganda, a whole new life has begun and you are invited to become a part of the journey.

Discover More About Jessie & The Joy Collective

Sponsor a  journal for a Joy Collective girl through Give a Girl a Journal in November!

Here are just some of the girls that will receive journals when you sponsor a journal at Give a Girl a Journal this November.

Harriet

Harriet (16): Harriet lives with her real mother. Her father left when she was 4 years old. She has 3 sisters and 3 brothers. Harriet is the 2nd born and lives next door to her grandmother. She wants to be a teacher when she gets older because she feels she is good at mathematics. She especially loves small children and would like to be a teacher of small children.

Harriet’s struggles with taking care of her family’s animals. They have 2 cows for milking as well as a goat. She doesn’t know how to take care of them well, but tries her best. Mostly, she enjoys learning and loves school.

Harriet’s mother works very hard digging in the fields, since her father does not help with any of their needs. She usually gets to eat two meals a day, including things like cassava, posho (corn meal) and beans. She especially loves mango and jackfruit. Yellow is her favorite color because it reminds her of sunshine! :)

More than anything in life, Harriet wants to be encouraging.

Aulelia

Aulelia (15): Aulelia lives with her auntie and sometimes the local nurse. She has a mother whom she loves very much, but often there is not enough money for her mother to support her needs. Aulelia’s father died in 2005. He was 45 years old. When Aulelia was 4 years old, every Thursday he would go to the market and buy her sweets. It’s one of her favorite memories. She has 2 sisters and 3 brothers, as well as 1 sister who died at 5 years old from heart problems and a brother who died at 8 years old.

Aulelia wants to be a doctor and, of all the children I have ever known, I KNOW she will make it happen! She is the first in her class with a determination and drive that far exceeds other children her age. Aulelia is incredibly sharp and has a strong spirit to match, just like her mother. Death, hardship and hunger has left it’s sting on Aulelia’s life…but she will not give up. Oh, this girl…there is something special about her!

Joy

Joy (13): Joy is shy and quiet with a heart as big as the mountains. She’s also the namesake and inspiration for The JOY Collective!

Her favorite games are hide and seek as well as fast and furious games of net ball! Joy has 2 sisters and a brother. He parents both love her very much, but they are very poor. Sometimes Joy lives with her grandparents so that she has enough to eat. Joy struggles with sickness a lot. It’s a difficult life and there is never enough money for a doctor or medicine. Her parent’s are farmer’s, working mostly in the tobacco and potato fields. Joy wants to be a doctor so that she can help others. Her quiet personality is perfectly suited for observing what other’s need. Even though she’s only 13 years old, her nick name is already Dr. Joy

Sharon

Sharon (9): Sharon comes from a very complicated story of abandonment. She comes from a home broken by alcoholism and impoverishment. Sharon often has bouts of complete silence, times when she does not speak at all. Sharon is a survivor. And, when she comes out of her shell, is the most talkative butterfly in all of east Africa! Sharon is a friend magnet. Children both young and hold flock to her and, despite her sometimes quiet ways, she can command a room like nobody’s business!

She is observant, noticing things that others do not. She is smart and, despite a difficult beginning in life, is finding her way with striking resiliency. She loves her dolly, Mary, and takes care of it as if she were her real mother. For Sharon, life isn’t quite complete unless sharing it with a friend. Her laughter lights up a room like a sky full of stars.

Membo

Membo (11): Membo wants to grow up to be a nurse! She lives in a small village in the mountains of Eastern Uganda with her mother. Membo loves school and learning. She lives in the village’s center and is always helping everyone as much as she can. Sometimes she stays in the capital city of Kampala to help her auntie with her baby. At one point, Membo became very ill because there was no source of clean drinking water. Like many in the village, she could have died, but today we are celebrating her health as well as her continued progress in school. She loves art and writing and simply just being with her best friend Aulelia.

Stella

Stella (14): Stella has eyes that will stop anyone in their tracks. She lives with her mother and family of 6 siblings. Her loving father committed suicide just a little over a year ago. It was a tremendous loss, not only for Stella and her family, but the entire community.

Stella has big visions for her future, one of which is building her very own school so that she might improve the lives of others in her village. This girl, I truly believe, is going somewhere. Like her mama, she has a spirit that is both focused and driven. Never mind that Stella feels that raising animals is one of the most difficult tasks she must tend to. Stella has a life purpose that she wears in a way that you can’t help but notice.

When you Give a Girl a Journal this November, these girls and others in The Joy Collective community in Uganda will receive journals. Imagine what they will do!

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Connect with Creative Living with Jamie…

  • Subscribe: You can subscribe to Creative Living with Jamie here and also on iTunes (Note: this link will ask to access your iTunes and then take you to the podcast. You can also simply open iTunes and search for “Creative Living with Jamie)
  • Email: You can email your feedback, questions and suggestions to Jamie.
  • Share: Spread the Magic! If you loved this show, please share it with other creative hearts!

Creative Living with Jamie: Pamela Garrison

Jamie Interviews Pamela Garrison

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 This Week on Creative Living with Jamie: Pamela Garrison

From Pam… I am deeply passionate about creating and inspiring others to create. I especially love interesting color combinations and using everyday materials in new ways in my work. After devoting the last decade (or more?!?) to developing my art practice, I feel very in tune with my creativity. I share my various creative adventures on instagram and my blog, and hope those that view my work will be inspired to make something too; be it art journaling, crafting, painting, stitching, or anything your heart desires, I just love when people tell me that seeing my creativity inspires them to get busy making! To encourage participation, I’ve happily had my work featured in numerous books and magazines and I have online courses on my website as well as Creativebug and Cloth Paper Scissors. I also teach various in-person workshops a few times a year and have started licensing art to various companies. I live with my husband and two children Southern California, where I try to incorporate creativity in my life every.single.day. I enjoy sharing my creative life and love talking about creativity whenever the chance arises!

Discover More About Pamela Garrison

Connect with Creative Living with Jamie…

  • Subscribe: You can subscribe to Creative Living with Jamie here and also on iTunes (Note: this link will ask to access your iTunes and then take you to the podcast. You can also simply open iTunes and search for “Creative Living with Jamie)
  • Email: You can email your feedback, questions and suggestions to Jamie.
  • Share: Spread the Magic! If you loved this show, please share it with other creative hearts!