Episode 8: Being Actively Creative with Writer & Photographer Lindsay Crandall

Lindsay Crandall is a photographer and writer, a mama, and half of the daily collaboration at hellotherefriend.com. She has written for Art House America and The Curator. Most recently, Lindsay began working as a photographer with Stocksy United. Listen in as we chat with Lindsay about finding joy in creativity, defining creative success on your own terms, being actively creative, and finding art in the ordinary.

Here's were you can find Lindsay:

Website: www.lindsaycrandall.com

Instagram: instagram.com/@lindsaycrandall

Twitter: twitter.com/@crandall

Don't forget to check out Lindsay and Beth's daily letter-writing collaboration at http://www.hellotherefriend.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/hellotherefriendproject/!

Here's where you can find Ashley:

Website: http://brookseditorial.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrooksEditorial

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brookseditorial/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brookseditorial/

Here's where you can find Abbigail:

Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/

Mini Book Club

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle

Quotes from the episode

If you’re asking me about my creative journey, it goes back to when I

was a child. --- Lindsay

It’s interesting how when you are interested in things, the resources

just come to you. --- Lindsay

Sometimes to be your most creative self you need to step back from

[the Internet] and learn to define success in a different way than

everyone else is defining it. --- Ashley

If it doesn’t give me some sense of joy and make my heart sing, what

is the point of doing it? --- Lindsay

I love the excitement of learning something new. It makes you feel

great on the inside. --- Lindsay

I am a creative person and I want to continually pursue that. ---

Lindsay

I could be sitting on the couch watching reality TV and wasting all my

time, or I could decide I was going to be the kind of person who was

going to get up and do stuff. I want to be the kind of person who gets

up and does stuff. --- Lindsay

Being actively creative is the difference between creating and

consuming. --- Lindsay

What is that thing that makes your heart sing? --- Lindsay

There is an ebb and a flow to it all the time. I’m not creating in

every spare moment of my life. --- Lindsay

The idea of showing up every day and doing the work is the kind of

stuff that gives you a foundation so that when you need to take a

break you can step out, and you don’t lose everything that you’ve

accumulated. --- Lindsay

What in my life can I celebrate through a photograph? --- Lindsay

There are all sorts of beautiful things around us. We don’t

necessarily take the time to pay attention to them. --- Lindsay

Embrace the fact that life is extremely ordinary, but we can have

these creative celebrations throughout all of that. --- Lindsay

As creatives, everything you know is important for the next step you

take. --- Abbigail

“Essay” in French means “to try.” --- Lindsay

Our collaboration has become such a deep friendship. - Lindsay

It is amazing how much more intentional we are with our thoughts and

words when we are sitting down with pen and paper. - Abbigail

I was so beaten up by the word “fearless.” It was awesome, but

exhausting. - Lindsay

No words. No challenges. This is a time to pull back, not to push

forward. - Lindsay

“Only what matters”: that is my guiding force for the year. - Lindsay

Maybe this is a Sabbath year for me. - Lindsay

Without the Internet, does my life feel satisfying and full? ---

Lindsay

She was talking about showing up and doing the work before it was a

thing on the internet. - Lindsay, on Madeleine L’Engle

I first read Walking on Water in college and I think I’ve re-read it

every year since then. - Ashley

Listening to the seasons of your own life - Madeleine L’Engle would

encourage that. - Abbigail