Artist, writer, educator, architect James Richards talks about his new book - The Travel Artist - the one that he was “born to write”.

What does it mean to hold to your creative vision even in the face of contrary professional advice? What do we learn, and what must we unlearn, to take a creative project from ideation to execution? What are the ideas we pick up from traveling and observing the world, and how does Jim embody the spirit of il dolce far niente (the sweetness of doing nothing)?

This is a conversation about doing everything and doing nothing, and a life weaving through both of these philosophies.

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Ottawa-based artist, urban sketcher, and designer Genine Carvalheira shares sketching adventures from drawing penguins in Chile to a 21-day adventure beyond the Arctic Circle in Norway.

A few years ago, when her partner offered Genine the chance to preview retirement, she leapt at the opportunity. How did this transform her art and her sketchbook practice? How does she feel about going back to work again? This is a conversation about belonging - to a country, to a group, even something as simple as a local community of sketchers.

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📚 [Buy] Nishant’s book - Make (Sneaky) Art: and other ideas to build your sketchbook habit.

🎟️ [Join] the Sneaky Book Tour! Nishant goes on the road to share his sketching experiences, the funny business of writing a book, and why you need a sketchbook habit. Next stop: Oct 13 in New York.

If the modern world runs on the attention economy, are we simply fuel for its fires? If the modern world runs on the attention economy, can we win by reclaiming our attention spans? In this episode, Nishant recounts his experience at the prestigious Aspen Ideas Festival, where he shared his Big Idea to save the world - a cheap sketchbook and a pen.

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✍🏼 [Read] How to Break out of Social Media Prison

✍🏼 [Read] Impressions from Aspen Ideas Festival

✍🏼 [Read] Working with a publisher when you only like working alone

✍🏼 [Read] On pub day, a mild existential crisis appears.