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Creative Genius - a blog about finding & unleashing your inner magic

Are you trying to access your creativity? Get back touch with creativity? Find ways to become more creative? Or maybe you want to deepen creativity? The Creative Genius Blog offers insights & ideas for getting creatively unstuck so you can find and unleash your creativity. May it be exactly what you need to hear today.


92 - Embracing AI? A Creative Revolution with Troy Plota

Follow, Listen, Rate & Review (thank you!)  in Apple Podcasts Subscribe & Listen in SpotifySubscribe & Watch clips on YoutubeOR listen in your favourite podcast app  In the ever-evolving landscape of art and technology, the fusion of creativity and artificial intelligence is opening new horizons for artists worldwide. In a recent episode of Creative Genius, host Kate Shepherd engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Troy Plota, the visionary behind Plotaverse, exploring how AI can serve as a powerful ally in the creative process. The Intersection of Art and Technology:Troy Plota's journey from a seasoned photographer to the founder of a groundbreaking digital platform exemplifies the transformative potential of embracing technological advancements. Plotaverse, his innovative app, brought motion to still images, captivating audiences and achieving remarkable success with over...

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Meeting Adam & Eve in a Black Hole (A Friday Night Reflection)

I met Adam & Eve in a black hole today. (Yes, really.) What started as a conversation with two strangers at the market turned into one of the most profound reflections I’ve had in a long time—about birth, creativity, and the wild energy we’re all feeling right now. I wrote a little something about it... come read.

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Ep 90 Encore: Lama Rod Owens on Joy as a Strategy for Resistance

In times of political upheaval and deep societal stress, it can be easy to fall into despair. Many of us are watching events unfold with fear, anger, and grief. It’s overwhelming—and it’s real. That’s exactly why I’m re-sharing this conversation with Lama Rod Owens. Lama Rod is a Black, queer Buddhist teacher whose life and work offer a masterclass in how to meet suffering with grace, power, and joy. In this powerful encore episode, we talk about how joy is not a luxury—it’s a strategy for survival. We explore how to: Honour our anger without being consumed by it Make space for joy even while resisting injustice Use creativity as a means of healing and empowerment Stay grounded when the...

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Resting in Spaciousness - A Guided Meditation

 I  have created a guided meditation for you to tap into when you're feeling untethered, and when you're noticing that stress has got you. No matter what is going on, we need to be able to deal with it. We need to be able to accept what's happening and as quickly as possible, move to a place within ourselves where we're able to take action to make it better. And for each one of us, that action will be different.  I've heard several times spiritual teachers who I really admire give the example of an accident, a really gory accident involving blood, let's say. And if you're the first on the scene and you so caught up in your inability...

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