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Ideas from the greatest makers — Host, Justin Campbell-Platt (@justincampbellp), dissects the biographies of painters, musicians, filmmakers (and more), to find ideas you can use for your creative work.
- Update frequency
- every 65 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Rick Rubin
Here are the creativity lessons I learned from Rick Rubin by reading: Rick Rubin In The Studio, by Jake Brown
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Al Pacino
What creative insights I learned from Al Pacino by reading: Sonny Boy, a Memoir.
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Download the Bonus PDF (Al Pacino’s Best Performance + Insights Summary) here
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Bruce Lee
What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly.
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Download the Bonus PDF (Bruce Lee's Unmade Script + Insights Summary) here
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The Canvas Strategy — Turn Grunt Work into Greatness
BONUS EPISODE: How to turn your early-career frustrations into a great career.
What I learned from reading the 2008 blog post, The Canvas Strategy, and Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday.
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Christopher Nolan
What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone.
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Coco Chanel
What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading:
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Charlie Chaplin
What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography.
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Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here
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Art mentioned:
Leonardo Da Vinci
Ideas I got from artist Leonardo Da Vinci from reading:
- Leonardo Da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson
- Mastery, by Robert Greene
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Anthony Bourdain
Ideas I got from artist Anthony Bourdain from reading:
- Laurie Woolever’s unique book, Bourdain in Stories.
- and watching Morgan Neville'documentary, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain.
Hayao Miyazaki (Creator of Studio Ghibli)
Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier.
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Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's best art + summary) here
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Art mentioned:
50 Cent
Ideas I got from artist 50 Cent from reading:
- The 50th Law, by Robert Greene
- Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter, by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson
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Download the bonus PDF (50 Cent's best art) here
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