The final episode of The Creative Condition for 2024 is a deep dive into the lessons of the world&apos;s greatest-ever polymath Leonardo Da Vinci. And who better to present them than a Fly-fisher of over 40 years and author of the amazing Fly Fishing with Leonardo Da Vinci – David Ladensohn!? Leonardo saw no boundaries between all of life&apos;s wonders and spent his life exploring them to identify the patterns. A man who painted the Mona Lisa, designed bridges centuries ahead of the capabilities to build them, envisioned the helicopter, and, connecting him with David, obsessively studied water&apos;s ways. He&apos;s endlessly fascinating to me and teaches us so much about creativity without limits, so David and I see out the year with a mazy discussion about all of this and more. Merry Christmas to my beloved listeners, and a creative new year! Please tell a friend about the show, and subscribe on your preferred platform! Supported by founding sponsor Illustration X who you can visit to see their glorious illustration and animation portfolios at https://illustrationx.com The Creative Condition website is now live at https://thecreativecondition.com where you&apos;ll find creativity resources and coaching opportunities. <a href='https://coles-books.co.uk/fly-fishing-with-leonardo-da-vinci-by-david-ladensohn-hardback'>To get Fly Fishing with Leonardo Da Vinci, head here!</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The final episode of The Creative Condition for 2024 is a deep dive into the lessons of the world&amp;apos;s greatest-ever polymath Leonardo Da Vinci. And who better to present them than a Fly-fisher of over 40 years and author of the amazing &lt;em&gt;Fly Fishing with Leonardo Da Vinci – &lt;/em&gt;David Ladensohn!?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Leonardo saw no boundaries between all of life&amp;apos;s wonders and spent his life exploring them to identify the patterns. A man who painted the Mona Lisa, designed bridges centuries ahead of the capabilities to build them, envisioned the helicopter, and, connecting him with David, obsessively studied water&amp;apos;s ways.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;He&amp;apos;s endlessly fascinating to me and teaches us so much about creativity without limits, so David and I see out the year with a mazy discussion about all of this and more.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Merry Christmas to my beloved listeners, and a creative new year! Please tell a friend about the show, and subscribe on your preferred platform!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Supported by founding sponsor Illustration X who you can visit to see their glorious illustration and animation portfolios at https://illustrationx.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Creative Condition website is now live at https://thecreativecondition.com where you&amp;apos;ll find creativity resources and coaching opportunities.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://coles-books.co.uk/fly-fishing-with-leonardo-da-vinci-by-david-ladensohn-hardback'&gt;To get &lt;em&gt;Fly Fishing with Leonardo Da Vinci, &lt;/em&gt;head here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The final episode of The Creative Condition for 2024 is a deep dive into the lessons of the world's greatest-ever polymath Leonardo Da Vinci. And who better to present them than a Fly-fisher of over 40 years and author of the amazing Fly Fishing with Leonardo Da Vinci – David Ladensohn!?Leonardo saw no boundaries between all of life's wonders and spent his life exploring them to identify the patterns. A man who painted the Mona Lisa, designed bridges centuries ahead of the capabilities t...

Ep 254: Leonardo Da Vinci... lessons from the ultimate polymath and nature discussed with fly fisher David Ladensohn

The second installment of The Creative Condition podcast&apos;s &apos;The Creativity Diary&apos;. This edition contains thoughts on: <ul><li>The maturity trap: why an encounter with a police officer, my dog, and a tennis ball conjured a 14-year-old &apos;fitting in&apos; mindset.</li><li>The inarticulable sense of belonging somewhere at the right time.</li><li>Appearance and perception</li><li>AI bots commenting on posts and the subsequent etiquette dilemma as AI ups its bot game </li><li>The importance of getting the house in order before trying to create</li><li>Reappraising my relationship with social media and the impact of getting older on deciding where time is spent</li></ul>Supported as ever by the founding show sponsor https://illustrationx.com Please consider sharing, commissioning, or critiquing the work of the brave Ukrainian creative community at https://ui.org.ua Visit https://thecreativecondition.com for The Creative Condition&apos;s resources to support your creativity including books, articles, the diary, coaching and consultation!

<description>&lt;p&gt;The second installment of The Creative Condition podcast&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;The Creativity Diary&amp;apos;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This edition contains thoughts on:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The maturity trap: why an encounter with a police officer, my dog, and a tennis ball conjured a 14-year-old &amp;apos;fitting in&amp;apos; mindset.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The inarticulable sense of belonging somewhere at the right time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Appearance and perception&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AI bots commenting on posts and the subsequent etiquette dilemma as AI ups its bot game &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The importance of getting the house in order before trying to create&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reappraising my relationship with social media and the impact of getting older on deciding where time is spent&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supported as ever by the founding show sponsor https://illustrationx.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please consider sharing, commissioning, or critiquing the work of the brave Ukrainian creative community at https://ui.org.ua&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Visit https://thecreativecondition.com for The Creative Condition&amp;apos;s resources to support your creativity including books, articles, the diary, coaching and consultation!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The second installment of The Creative Condition podcast's 'The Creativity Diary'.This edition contains thoughts on:The maturity trap: why an encounter with a police officer, my dog, and a tennis ball conjured a 14-year-old 'fitting in' mindset.The inarticulable sense of belonging somewhere at the right time.Appearance and perceptionAI bots commenting on posts and the subsequent etiquette dilemma as AI ups its bot game The importance of getting the house in order before trying to createR...

The Creativity Diary: Entry 2

For over 25 years, Duncan Wardle drove creativity and innovation at Disney. He sent Buzz Lightyear into space with NASA, almost had Roger Rabbit eliminated by agents after Princess Diana was put in danger, and oversaw a U.S. President-sanctioned parade for a special turkey at Disneyland. But more importantly, he&apos;s sharing the inner workings of his creative thinking in a superb new cookbook-style recipe format book, The Imagination Emporium. He joins me to cut through a monstrous amount of topics around AI, imagination, how to break through the misperception that only some people are creative, and why businesses routinely overlook creativity&apos;s role in progression. Supported as ever by founding sponsor Illustration X: https://illustrationx.com https://www.whsmith.co.uk/Product/Duncan-Wardle/The-Imagination-Emporium--Creative-Recipes-for-Innovation/15598381?awaid=3017&amp;utm_source=redbrain&amp;utm_medium=shopping&amp;utm_campaign=css&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA0rW6BhAcEiwAQH28IpF-hV7ZWc6Q_EK7Rjh2d98jEYYVr3MDGbYuu69fRR7oIB-en_SUbBoCZtwQAvD_BwE Please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! And please, TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SHOW! <a href='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AZQpoEPWhrGg32vGpOjY_eoWR07zRJp5?ths=true'>To see the information on the group and individual coaching opportunities, head here!</a> <a href='https://bentallonwriter.com/shop'>https://t</a>hecreativecondition.com for The Creative Condition book and the brand new &apos;Anatomy of Creativity&apos; map. and the Ukrainian Institute <a href='https://ui.org.ua/'>https://ui.org.ua</a> Hosted by Ben Tallon <a href='https://bentallon.com/'>https://bentallon.com</a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/</a> https://www.youtube.com/@_TheCreativeCondition

<description>&lt;p&gt;For over 25 years, Duncan Wardle drove creativity and innovation at Disney. He sent Buzz Lightyear into space with NASA, almost had Roger Rabbit eliminated by agents after Princess Diana was put in danger, and oversaw a U.S. President-sanctioned parade for a special turkey at Disneyland. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;But more importantly, he&amp;apos;s sharing the inner workings of his creative thinking in a superb new cookbook-style recipe format book, &lt;em&gt;The Imagination Emporium.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;He joins me to cut through a monstrous amount of topics around AI, imagination, how to break through the misperception that only some people are creative, and why businesses routinely overlook creativity&amp;apos;s role in progression.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Supported as ever by founding sponsor Illustration X: https://illustrationx.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;https://www.whsmith.co.uk/Product/Duncan-Wardle/The-Imagination-Emporium--Creative-Recipes-for-Innovation/15598381?awaid=3017&amp;amp;utm_source=redbrain&amp;amp;utm_medium=shopping&amp;amp;utm_campaign=css&amp;amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA0rW6BhAcEiwAQH28IpF-hV7ZWc6Q_EK7Rjh2d98jEYYVr3MDGbYuu69fRR7oIB-en_SUbBoCZtwQAvD_BwE&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! And please, TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SHOW!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AZQpoEPWhrGg32vGpOjY_eoWR07zRJp5?ths=true'&gt;To see the information on the group and individual coaching opportunities, head here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://bentallonwriter.com/shop'&gt;https://t&lt;/a&gt;hecreativecondition.com for &lt;em&gt;The Creative Condition&lt;/em&gt; book and the brand new &amp;apos;Anatomy of Creativity&amp;apos; map.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;and the Ukrainian Institute &lt;a href='https://ui.org.ua/'&gt;https://ui.org.ua&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hosted by Ben Tallon &lt;a href='https://bentallon.com/'&gt;https://bentallon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/'&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@_TheCreativeCondition&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

For over 25 years, Duncan Wardle drove creativity and innovation at Disney. He sent Buzz Lightyear into space with NASA, almost had Roger Rabbit eliminated by agents after Princess Diana was put in danger, and oversaw a U.S. President-sanctioned parade for a special turkey at Disneyland. But more importantly, he's sharing the inner workings of his creative thinking in a superb new cookbook-style recipe format book, The Imagination Emporium.He joins me to cut through a monstrous amount of topi...

Ep 253: Disney's ex Head of Innovation and Creativity Duncan Wardle

The dark nights are here. It takes more work for those of us on the wintry side of the globe to manage our thoughts and not fall victim to the harsher conditions. Pulled from the &apos;Anatomy of Creativity&apos; coaching framework and my experiences/the wisdom of others, here are 8 suggestions to help you maintain optimal creativity and good mental health while we&apos;re under Gotham skies. Supported as ever by founding sponsor Illustration X: https://illustrationx.com The list: 1. Get offline 2. Get out more 3. Read <a href='https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-first-generation-the-past-present-and-future-of-humanity-s-relationship-with-the-environment-hannah-ritchie/7447333'>Not the End of the World</a>  by Hannah Ritchie 4. Practice &apos;whole body mental health&apos; 5. Play, be silly, get out of &apos;the maturity trap&apos; 6. Get to know your deathbed self 7. Conduct an emotional creativity health check and make unconditionally 8. Take care of your relationship with money Please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! And please, TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SHOW! <a href='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AZQpoEPWhrGg32vGpOjY_eoWR07zRJp5?ths=true'>To see the information on the group and individual coaching opportunities, head here!</a> <a href='https://bentallonwriter.com/shop'>https://bentallonwriter.com/shop</a> for The Creative Condition book and the brand new &apos;Anatomy of Creativity&apos; map. and the Ukrainian Institute <a href='https://ui.org.ua/'>https://ui.org.ua</a> Hosted by Ben Tallon <a href='https://bentallon.com/'>https://bentallon.com</a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/</a> https://www.youtube.com/@_TheCreativeCondition

<description>&lt;p&gt;The dark nights are here. It takes more work for those of us on the wintry side of the globe to manage our thoughts and not fall victim to the harsher conditions. Pulled from the &amp;apos;Anatomy of Creativity&amp;apos; coaching framework and my experiences/the wisdom of others, here are 8 suggestions to help you maintain optimal creativity and good mental health while we&amp;apos;re under Gotham skies.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Supported as ever by founding sponsor Illustration X: https://illustrationx.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The list:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;1. Get offline&lt;br/&gt;2. Get out more&lt;br/&gt;3. Read &lt;a href='https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-first-generation-the-past-present-and-future-of-humanity-s-relationship-with-the-environment-hannah-ritchie/7447333'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Not the End of the World&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;  &lt;/em&gt;by Hannah Ritchie&lt;br/&gt;4. Practice &amp;apos;whole body mental health&amp;apos;&lt;br/&gt;5. Play, be silly, get out of &amp;apos;the maturity trap&amp;apos;&lt;br/&gt;6. Get to know your deathbed self&lt;br/&gt;7. Conduct an emotional creativity health check and make unconditionally&lt;br/&gt;8. Take care of your relationship with money&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! And please, TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SHOW!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AZQpoEPWhrGg32vGpOjY_eoWR07zRJp5?ths=true'&gt;To see the information on the group and individual coaching opportunities, head here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://bentallonwriter.com/shop'&gt;https://bentallonwriter.com/shop&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;em&gt;The Creative Condition&lt;/em&gt; book and the brand new &amp;apos;Anatomy of Creativity&amp;apos; map.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;and the Ukrainian Institute &lt;a href='https://ui.org.ua/'&gt;https://ui.org.ua&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hosted by Ben Tallon &lt;a href='https://bentallon.com/'&gt;https://bentallon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/'&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@_TheCreativeCondition&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The dark nights are here. It takes more work for those of us on the wintry side of the globe to manage our thoughts and not fall victim to the harsher conditions. Pulled from the 'Anatomy of Creativity' coaching framework and my experiences/the wisdom of others, here are 8 suggestions to help you maintain optimal creativity and good mental health while we're under Gotham skies.Supported as ever by founding sponsor Illustration X: https://illustrationx.comThe list:1. Get offline2. Get out more...

Ep 252: The Dark Night Survival Kit

Synoptic Office is an award-winning design agency founded by Caspar Lam and YuJune Park. They work globally with leading cultural, civic, and business organizations to communicate ideas, build experiences, and cultivate new audiences. We talk about their work across design and education, and their brilliant projects digging into cultural institution archives to bring art to more people via technology. Caspar and Yujune also share the history of the agency. https://www.synopticoffice.com/ Please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! And please, TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SHOW! <a href='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AZQpoEPWhrGg32vGpOjY_eoWR07zRJp5?ths=true'>To see the information on the group and individual coaching opportunities, head here!</a> <a href='https://bentallonwriter.com/shop'>https://bentallonwriter.com/shop</a> for The Creative Condition book and the brand new &apos;Anatomy of Creativity&apos; map. Sponsored as ever by <a href='https://illustrationx.com/'>https://illustrationx.com</a> who have a superb new quarterly illustration trends report here: <a href='https://www.illustrationx.com/uk/news/5992/trendx_-_april_2024'>https://www.illustrationx.com/uk/news/5992/trendx_-_april_2024</a> and the Ukrainian Institute <a href='https://ui.org.ua/'>https://ui.org.ua</a> Hosted by Ben Tallon <a href='https://bentallon.com/'>https://bentallon.com</a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/</a> https://www.youtube.com/@_TheCreativeCondition

<description>&lt;p&gt;Synoptic Office is an award-winning design agency founded by Caspar Lam and YuJune Park. They work globally with leading cultural, civic, and business organizations to communicate ideas, build experiences, and cultivate new audiences.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We talk about their work across design and education, and their brilliant projects digging into cultural institution archives to bring art to more people via technology.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Caspar and Yujune also share the history of the agency.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;https://www.synopticoffice.com/&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to the show! And please, TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SHOW!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AZQpoEPWhrGg32vGpOjY_eoWR07zRJp5?ths=true'&gt;To see the information on the group and individual coaching opportunities, head here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://bentallonwriter.com/shop'&gt;https://bentallonwriter.com/shop&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;em&gt;The Creative Condition&lt;/em&gt; book and the brand new &amp;apos;Anatomy of Creativity&amp;apos; map.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sponsored as ever by &lt;a href='https://illustrationx.com/'&gt;https://illustrationx.com&lt;/a&gt; who have a superb new quarterly illustration trends report here:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.illustrationx.com/uk/news/5992/trendx_-_april_2024'&gt;https://www.illustrationx.com/uk/news/5992/trendx_-_april_2024&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;and the Ukrainian Institute &lt;a href='https://ui.org.ua/'&gt;https://ui.org.ua&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hosted by Ben Tallon &lt;a href='https://bentallon.com/'&gt;https://bentallon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/'&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tallon-a822a725/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@_TheCreativeCondition&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Synoptic Office is an award-winning design agency founded by Caspar Lam and YuJune Park. They work globally with leading cultural, civic, and business organizations to communicate ideas, build experiences, and cultivate new audiences.We talk about their work across design and education, and their brilliant projects digging into cultural institution archives to bring art to more people via technology.Caspar and Yujune also share the history of the agency.https://www.synopticoffice.com/Please t...

Ep 251: Synoptic Office, the New York-based design agency bringing art and culture to more people through tech

Welcome to 'The Creative Condition' podcast: an ongoing exploration of human creativity, hosted by The New York Times, Adidas, and Premier League illustrator and author Ben Tallon. Creativity is an often misunderstood pillar of human happiness, something far bigger than artistic talent and crucial for fulfilling lives and careers.&nbsp; Little by little, Ben builds an archive of valuable stories, experiences, and tips to help you maximise yours. Featuring exclusive interviews with experts and thought leaders, including illustrators, rock stars, artists, sensitivity experts, designers, emergency service workers, Olympic gold medal winners, comedians, microbiologists, photographers, fighters, and many others. Supported by founding sponsor <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fillustrationx.com&amp;token=84bd64-1-1715263634744">illustrationx.com</a> Also supported by the Ukrainian Institute https://ui.org.ua

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