Deep Dive with Ed Helms on Creative Flow

About this episode

Kelly Corrigan interviews Ed Helms about creative flow and the role of limitations in artistic work.

Ed Helms has a well-organized workshop, a banjo, a treehouse he built during the pandemic, and a deeply inconvenient habit of doing his best work at the last possible second. In the first episode of our new series Wired to Create, Kelly sits down with the actor, comedian, musician, and all-around maker to talk about what flow actually feels like, why limitations might be the secret ingredient in all great creative work, and what Owen Wilson taught him about feedback and being vulnerable. This episode was made possible by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. To learn more, please visit: waltonfamilyfoundation.org. For those who have listened to this podcast and are curious: the correct, traditional term used is nunchaku (Japanese: ヌンチャク), but in English, nunchucks is the most common accepted spelling and pronunciation, often pluralized as "set of nunchucks". ( Merriam-Webster) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Kelly Corrigan

Guest: Ed Helms

Topics covered

• creative flow
• limitations in creativity
• feedback
• vulnerability
• artistic process

Keywords

• creative flow
• Ed Helms
• limitations
• feedback
• vulnerability
• artistic process
• Wired to Create

Sponsors

Walton Family Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Merriam-Webster

Products: nunchaku, nunchucks

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