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Your Creative Push

Your Creative Push is the daily podcast that pushes YOU to pursue your creative passion. Every week, Youngman Brown interviews artists, musicians, writers, photographers, graphic designers, and other inspirational creative individuals in an attempt to get them to inspire you to put aside your excuses and START DOING WORK. Each artist opens up to YOU, revealing the things that hold THEM back on a daily basis, and how they FIGHT THROUGH IT. They then give you one final push, in an attempt to motivate you to start doing work as soon as the episode is over. If you have a full-time job or full-time responsibilities and WISH that you had the COURAGE and MOTIVATION to FINALLY do that thing that has been on your mind, this podcast is for you!

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
42 minutes
Episodes
390
Years Active
2016 - 2020
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257: Be patient and have fun with your art! (w/ Scott Listfield)

257: Be patient and have fun with your art! (w/ Scott Listfield)

Scott Listfield is known for his paintings featuring a lone exploratory astronaut lost in a landscape cluttered with pop culture icons, corporate logos, and tongue-in-cheek science fiction references…

01:04:32  |   Tue 10 Oct 2017
Push me back

Push me back

Become a patron!  http://patreon.com/yourcreativepush

Just a quick one today, asking you to please consider donating what you spend on one cup of coffee, once a month. 

So much of my time, effort, an…

00:01:58  |   Mon 09 Oct 2017
256: Be grateful, be vulnerable, and build community (w/ Glen Phillips)

256: Be grateful, be vulnerable, and build community (w/ Glen Phillips)

Glen Phillips is an American songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist, who is best known as the singer and songwriter of the alternative rock group, Toad the Wet Sprocket.

This episode features son…

00:55:56  |   Thu 05 Oct 2017
You need a FINAL PRODUCT, not a project (Best of YCP: Jake Parker)

You need a FINAL PRODUCT, not a project (Best of YCP: Jake Parker)

Jake is an illustrator who has worked for 15 years on everything from animated films to comics to picture books.  He is the creator of the Missile Mouse graphic novel series published by Scholastic, …

00:36:28  |   Mon 02 Oct 2017
255: LET GO OF PERFECT (w/ Shawny Sheldon)

255: LET GO OF PERFECT (w/ Shawny Sheldon)

Shawny Sheldon is an artist who is inspired by nature and quirky whimsical stuff.

She forged a path for herself as a high school art teacher, and she has been teaching for twenty five years.  She is …

01:03:50  |   Thu 28 Sep 2017
254: Don't go to art school (w/ Noah Bradley)

254: Don't go to art school (w/ Noah Bradley)

Noah Bradley is an American artist, known best for his work on Magic: The Gathering cards, as well as his The Sin of Man project.

He is also well-known as the guy who told everyone "don't go to art s…

00:46:27  |   Mon 25 Sep 2017
253: You don't create artwork, YOU BEGET IT (w/ Chrilz)

253: You don't create artwork, YOU BEGET IT (w/ Chrilz)

Chrilz is a contemporary artist whose work focuses on human nature -- our experiences, our relationships, and our emotions.

Everything Chrilz creates is in a Neo-Figurative Expressionist style that u…

01:12:41  |   Thu 21 Sep 2017
252: Plant your seed of curiosity (w/ Amanda Giacomini)

252: Plant your seed of curiosity (w/ Amanda Giacomini)

Amanda Giacomini has dedicated her life to uplifting people and creating more beauty in the world through yoga and art. From teaching yoga at the White House to presenting at some of the biggest yoga…

00:31:00  |   Mon 18 Sep 2017
SUFFOCATE your inner critic (Best of YCP: J.T. Ellison)

SUFFOCATE your inner critic (Best of YCP: J.T. Ellison)

J.T. is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen critically acclaimed novels, including What Lies Behind, When Shadows Fall, and All the Pretty Girls, and is the coauthor of the Nicholas Drum…

00:35:29  |   Thu 14 Sep 2017
251: What you're doing wrong on Instagram and Pinterest (w/ Megan Auman)

251: What you're doing wrong on Instagram and Pinterest (w/ Megan Auman)

Megan Auman is a designer, metalsmith, educator, and entrepreneur who has built a a multi-faceted business around her passion for art, commerce, and visual content creation.

Megan splits her time bet…

00:56:27  |   Mon 11 Sep 2017
250: Reuse art and reaching out to your heroes (w/ Martin Thomas Smyczek II)

250: Reuse art and reaching out to your heroes (w/ Martin Thomas Smyczek II)

Martin Thomas Smyczek II is a sustainability advocate/entrepreneur, musician, and an all around creator of things who aims to positively change the world.

He is a Reuse Artist who uses societies disc…

00:50:05  |   Thu 07 Sep 2017
249: ROUTINE IS EVERYTHING (w/ Rob DiTeodoro)

249: ROUTINE IS EVERYTHING (w/ Rob DiTeodoro)

Rob DiTeodoro is an artist who manages to find a way to balance his time between his art, his family, and his full-time job.  He bears his soul with his vibrant and psychedelic style, and his work et…

00:46:48  |   Mon 04 Sep 2017
248: Your U-Shaped Curve of Creativity (w/ Tracey Fletcher King)

248: Your U-Shaped Curve of Creativity (w/ Tracey Fletcher King)

Tracey Fletcher King is an artist, illustrator, printmaker, and teacher from Brisbane, Australia.  She has been creating and selling her art for years, but after surviving advanced breast cancer, she…

00:57:12  |   Thu 31 Aug 2017
247: The best ways to GENERATE IDEAS (w/ Tara Roskell)

247: The best ways to GENERATE IDEAS (w/ Tara Roskell)

Tara Roskell is The Idea Medic, providing first aid for your idea muscle. She lives in a world where ideas are cool and creativity is king.

Tara is passionate in the belief that everybody has the abi…

00:44:59  |   Mon 28 Aug 2017
246: Grasping, maintaining, and extending a middle strategy (w/ Dan Thompson)

246: Grasping, maintaining, and extending a middle strategy (w/ Dan Thompson)

Dan Thompson is a painter and teacher who was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. He earned his M.F.A. from the Graduate School of Figurati…

00:43:52  |   Thu 24 Aug 2017
245: Do everything with EXCELLENCE (w/ Joby Harris)

245: Do everything with EXCELLENCE (w/ Joby Harris)

Joby Harris has worked for the past 20 years as a designer & artist in the film, television, music, print, theme park & aerospace industries.  He now works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a V…

00:58:04  |   Mon 21 Aug 2017
244: Your Exponential Creative Investment

244: Your Exponential Creative Investment

Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/investment

What can we, as creative people, learn from millionaires?

In this episode, Youngman Brown cherry picks five of the best investment tips given by…

00:36:02  |   Thu 17 Aug 2017
243: Leave the GATEKEEPERS in your wake (w/ Drew Brophy)

243: Leave the GATEKEEPERS in your wake (w/ Drew Brophy)

Drew Brophy has been a professional artist for over 25 years.  He says of his profession, “It’s my job to make things look cool.”  A life-long surfer and world traveler, Drew’s career exploded in the…

01:13:43  |   Mon 14 Aug 2017
242: Add up your STOLEN MOMENTS (w/ Matthew Quick)

242: Add up your STOLEN MOMENTS (w/ Matthew Quick)

Matthew Quick is a painter from Australia who has been named in Business Review Weekly as one of Australia’s top 50 artists.

In the last 5 years he has either won, or been selected as a finalist for,…

00:43:39  |   Thu 10 Aug 2017
241: Find your gift and then give it away! (w/ Andy J. Pizza)

241: Find your gift and then give it away! (w/ Andy J. Pizza)

Andy J. Miller is an American full time freelance illustrator with a background in graphic design, currently living and working in Columbus, OH.

Andy was born in Indiana, went to middle school in Wes…

01:07:07  |   Mon 07 Aug 2017
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