One thing I have learnt, over the years ( or I should say decades ), as someone who has oozed creativity since he was very young, is the following:
As a filmmaker you might end up making the movies that you would like to see.
As a writer, you could very well turn to writing the books that you would love to read.
And, as a podcaster, you might start the kind of podcast that you would like to listen to yourself.
And so on and so forth.
I'm ( currently ) a writer - if you want to try to label me - and illustrator, who used to be a filmmaker
and, these days, I'm making a serious attempt( after some uncontinued previous attempts in the past 4 years or so ) to make a podcast.
It will be a podcast on the creative process, where I will definitely talk about one of the nemeses of creativity called perfectionism. I will probably also discuss people's obsession with productivity and finishing things, instead of focusing on the actual process and enjoying that as much as they can.
Believe me, I have loads of experience with all of the above
and all these thoughts and the feelings connected to them have crippled me for a long, long time, leading to depression ( the opposite of expression ) and all kinds of mental and physical struggles.
I'm not totally there yet, but I'm finally learning to actually express myself and to turn so called weaknesses into strengths. I feel I am getting closer and closer to appreciating me for the way I am, while working on those sides of me that could still use improvement, without being too hard on myself.
I try to be as kind to myself as I usually am to others.
I love it and have always loved it when people share(d) their creative process and their personal stories with me and the world, without trying to beautify it and without playing the victim.
At the same time, I have always felt a stronge urge to share my own creative process.
I feel I could do both with this podcast: share my creative process, as well as talk with others about their creative process.
And to get back to perfectionism, I am aware of the fact that I am far from perfect and that is totally okay.
There's no doubt that I have enough experience to write a book about how to NOT write a book, as well as enough experience to make a movie about how to NOT make a movie. I could possibly also make a podcast about how to NOT make a podcast but, instead, I will focus on the creative process in all its perfect imperfection.
Don't expect a beginning, a middle and an end. Don't expect a logical order ( whatever that means ). It will mainly be an insight into my chaotic, hypercreative brain. The idea is that I keep adding pieces to the puzzle, slowly 'painting' a picture of the processes that make up so called life, a life in which creativity is of paramount importance.
The universe keeps surprising me, every single day and I hope to keep surprising you, over and over again.
Whether the world is ready for it or not, I feel I am.
Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride.
I Welcome you to The Neverending Story of Hypersensitivosaurus!
The image above this post will probably end up in my upcoming book Hypersensitivosaurus and Cold Turkey, a book that I will share the process of in my podcast. It shows a bunch of bullying (water)birds, making fun of Cold Turkey, who is standing above them on a rock/ cliff, at the river.