Pia Leichter's Pivot to the Creative Club

About this episode

Pia Leichter discusses her transition from advertising to the creative arts and shares personal stories about her journey.

Pia Leichter , founder of Kollektiv Studio and author of Welcome to the Creative Club, talks with TW creative director John Vogel about her experience transitioning from the advertising world to the artistic path. A big shift happened in her life about ten years ago, and Pia delves into some very personal details about the events that brought about that shift. As she said in our conversation: “I wasn’t expecting to share such vulnerable stories at all. I mean, I shared stuff some of my closest friends didn’t even know about me.” The two discuss Pia’s experience with self-promoting her book, the role of the brain’s default mode network in the creative act, and the presence of the cosmos in all people. Also included in the episode are three tracks from her collaborative spoken word album Famished with electronic composer Tyler Bodkins . All the music in the episode came from that album.

People in this episode

Host: John Vogel

Guest: Pia Leichter

Topics covered

• creative transition
• self-promotion
• vulnerability
• artistic path
• collaborative projects

Keywords

• Pia Leichter
• creative club
• self-promotion
• advertising
• artistic transition
• vulnerability
• collaborative album

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kollektiv Studio

Books & works: Welcome to the Creative Club, Famished

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