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the new zine - THE FIRE INSIDE is available now
- BUY NOW ON ETSY -
the new zine - THE FIRE INSIDE is available now - BUY NOW ON ETSY -
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why i made__” THE FIRE INSIDE”_?
Back when I was in the fold, everything good was given to God as credit.
Life, inspiration, and intuition were gifts from God. These amazing things were the Holy Spirit alive inside us, speaking to us, and guiding us.
But even back then, even at my most indoctrinated, I would still wonder - "Yeah, but non-Christians have these gifts as well."
After I made Backslider, I knew that The Fire Inside was next.
I wanted to ask the big questions that all of us ask:
Why are we here?
Why is there life inside of me?
As a creative person, I have a built-in need to make - where does that come from?
Why do we all share this same fire?
The Fire Inside is the "spiritual sequel" to Backslider. If that last zine was about looking back, The Fire Inside is about looking around with fresh eyes. It is about the Fire we all share - especially those of us who decide to live a creative life.
Because in the end, I still believe that the Fire is a gift from God - it's a gift given to all of us.
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summer_ dhaze_‘23 ☢️💀☀️😎🏖️☣️
1. the avalanches (ft. perry ferrell) - oh the sunn!
2. tame impala - is it true
3. sufjan stevens - forth of july
(april base version)
4. crub - balloon
5. deerhoof - mirror monster
6. flea - lovelovelove
7. undressed (ft. ellie may)
-isn’t she lovely
8. baths - seaside town
9. hailee steinfeld (ft. anderson.paak)
- coast
10. the carters - summer
11. a tribe called quest - whateva will be
12. people under the stairs
- acid raindrops
13. kid cudi (ft. king chip)
- just what i am
14. tommy genesis - wet
15. rihanna - same ol’ mistakes
16. tv girl - i’ll be faithful
17. theophilus london (ft. tame impala)
- only you
18. tame impala - journey
to the real world
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_the_”good at drawing”_friend
On the podcast I love to hear about the journey of the creatives I talk to, I want to hear what made them start… and often what made them stop. It’s a very common thing for me other Creatives to tell me that they were “creative kids” but walked away from it for awhile, before coming back to it later in life.
When we’re growing up, we’re fragile and sometimes it just takes the wrong comment from someone we trust to derail us… sometimes for years. We can also derail ourselves when we wrongly compare ourselves to someone we perceive as way better than us.
If we want to draw, it could be a friend who is really good at drawing. I had one, and so did EM.
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what_is__” backslider ”_?
“Backslider” is a term used by Evangelical Christians for people who have left the church, or have fallen away.
That’s what I would have called myself back in my Church days. The old me, would refer to the new me as a Backslider.
Leaving the church was a challenging, confusing and lonely time for me. I wanted to make something to honour my time growing up in Church, as well as my leaving.
Backslider is the zine I made, an expression of all that.
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_ the (beautiful) burden of ideas_
Ideas are beautiful. They have the power to change our world, or they can fail miserably. But if we want to grow as creatives we have to embrace the risk and follow where they lead. read more
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_Them Plays_
I recently rediscovered my love for acting and being on stage. It took me years to find my way back, here’s how I found my way. read more
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leave is all on the floor - we only got one shot at this
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leave is all on the floor - we only got one shot at this ***
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creativepeople_ podcast
>listen here<
mini bio_
The winding path of the creative, it’s one of the topics that consistently comes up on the Creative People Podcast. It’s a journey that Ryan knows all too well. Before he started podcasting in 2020, Ryan spent years going after his creative dreams, writing short films, commercials, and designing interactive apps. All while supporting his family working in the sign industry.
When he started the Creative People Podcast, everything he worked on in the past - came together. It was an opportunity to tackle many of the questions he had about creativity, learn how to live a creative life well and build a community.
Ryan Leacock is a designer, writer and host.
He makes podcasts / zines and acts in the occasional play.