Wheel Talk Book Club: The Creative Act (with Taylor Swilley)

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Ryan and Becca discuss creativity and its application in their work with guest Taylor Swilley, reflecting on Rick Rubin's book.

Ryan and Becca return with another chapter of the Wheel Talk Podcast book club, exploring The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Joined once again by Taylor Swilley, they reflect on the book’s perspective of creativity as a way of being, discussing awareness, intuition, and making work without attachment to outcomes, and how those ideas translate or don’t translate into their own studio practices, creative decision-making, and running a ceramics business. Our next book club selection...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Durbin, Becca Otis

Guest: Taylor Swilley

Topics covered

• creativity
• studio practices
• ceramics business
• intuition
• awareness

Keywords

• creativity
• studio practices
• ceramics
• intuition
• Rick Rubin

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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