In this episode of Creativity Conversations, Nina Lockwood sits down with ceramic artist, teacher, and creative guide Peggy Conway.

Peggy spent decades using creativity professionally before discovering the difference between creating on demand and creating for personal expression. In this conversation, Nina explores why creative expression matters—not just for artists, but for anyone navigating life's challenges.

Together, Nina and Peggy discuss how creativity can help us process emotions, reduce anxiety, build confidence, strengthen intuition, and reconnect with ourselves in ways that words sometimes cannot.

They get into:

• the difference between creativity for work and creativity for personal expression
• why making something with your hands can be deeply grounding
• how creative expression can help us process fear, anxiety, and difficult emotions
• what Peggy has learned from teaching pottery over the past five years
• why creativity helps us trust ourselves more
• the power of community, encouragement, and shared creative experiences

One of the ideas that emerges throughout this conversation is that creativity isn't always about making something beautiful.

Sometimes it's about making sense of what you're feeling.

In this episode of Creativity Conversations, Nina Lockwood sits down with artist, musician, educator, curator, and experimental media creator Adam Tinkle.

Adam's work explores sound, light, technology, installation, performance, and the ways creative experiences can invite us to see ourselves—and the world—differently.

In this conversation, Nina explores a question that sits at the heart of Creativity Conversations: What becomes possible when we approach creativity with curiosity, playfulness, and a willingness to imagine new possibilities?

Together, Nina and Adam discuss creativity, experimentation, mindfulness, humor, wellness, teaching, community, and the importance of creating experiences that invite conversation rather than certainty.

They get into:

• why creativity is often more about process than the finished work
• how playfulness can open new ways of thinking
• the relationship between creativity, mindfulness, and well-being
• why experimentation helps us imagine new possibilities
• the role humor plays in creative exploration
• how creativity can foster connection and meaningful conversations
• why creating experiences can be just as powerful as creating objects

You can find Adam here: http://adamtinkle.com

One of the ideas that emerges throughout this conversation is that creativity doesn't always provide answers.

Sometimes it simply helps us ask better questions.

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In this episode of Creativity Conversations, Nina Lockwood sits down with harpist, composer, curator, educator, and community builder Alex Chang.

Alex is an improviser and the co-director of Improv Spaces, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting artists, experimentation, collaboration, and creative exploration.

In this conversation, Nina explores a question that sits at the heart of Creativity Conversations: What happens when we let go of perfectionism and allow creativity to guide us somewhere unexpected?

Together, Nina and Alex discuss improvisation, experimentation, listening, connection, grief, community, and the role creativity can play in helping us navigate uncertainty and possibility.

They get into:

• why creativity requires freedom, safety, and a willingness to take risks
• how improvisation teaches us to listen more deeply
• the relationship between creativity, empathy, and connection
• why perfectionism can limit creative expression
• how creativity helps us move through periods of grief and transition
• the importance of community and shared creative experiences
• why creativity isn't a luxury but an essential part of being human

You can find Alex here: https://improvspaces.org

One of the ideas that emerges throughout this conversation is that creativity isn't about getting everything right.

It's about staying open to what else might be possible.

In this episode of Creativity Conversations, Nina Lockwood sits down with pianist, composer, presenter, and community builder Sophia Vastek.

Sophia performs under the artist name Sova and creates immersive musical experiences that explore connection, curiosity, and creative possibility.

In this conversation, Nina explores a question that sits at the heart of Creativity Conversations: What becomes possible when we approach life creatively?

Together, Nina and Sophia discuss how creativity can shape the way we navigate fear, self-doubt, freedom, imagination, community, and personal growth. Sophia shares stories from her own creative journey and reflects on how a lifelong creative practice has influenced the way she moves through the world.

They get into:

• why creativity is more about practice than talent • the relationship between fear and creative growth • how creativity helps us imagine new possibilities • what it means to approach life with a beginner's mind • why creative exploration often reveals things we didn't know about ourselves • the importance of community, belonging, and shared experiences • how creativity can help us move beyond the idea that we're somehow broken or inadequate

You can find Sophia here:

https://www.sova.music

One of the ideas that emerges throughout this conversation is that creativity isn't just about making art.

It's about seeing what else might be possible.

This conversation originally appeared on Get Your Happy Back, but it deeply belongs within the evolving world of Creativity Conversations.

Todd Reynolds is a musician, composer, improviser, educator, and lifelong creative explorer whose work moves fluidly between music, meditation, technology, spontaneous composition, and human connection.

But this conversation goes far beyond art.

It’s about creativity as a way of moving through life with presence, openness, curiosity, and flow.

We explore:

• creativity and grounding
• flow states and improvisation
• beginner’s mind
• learning without perfectionism
• creativity as meditation
• freedom from self-consciousness
• structure, uncertainty, and trust
• what happens when we stop trying to force originality

This is a thoughtful and deeply human conversation for anyone navigating uncertainty, overwhelm, creativity, identity, or the desire to feel more connected to life itself.

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About the show: Creativity Conversations explores creativity not just as artistic expression, but as a way of living with curiosity, awareness, and openness to possibility. New episodes every Friday.

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This conversation originally appeared on Get Your Happy Back… but the more I sat with it, the more it became clear that it belonged here, within the evolving world of Creativity Conversations.

Jake Holmes was one of those musicians whose influence reached far beyond fame. In the 60s and 70s, his work blended folk, psychedelia, jazz influences, and existential writing in ways that never quite fit neatly into commercial radio.

But this conversation goes far beyond music.

It’s about creativity as a way of living. A way of paying attention. A way of staying curious, present, and open to what else might be possible.

We explore:

• creativity beyond artistic success
• self-expression and self-acceptance
• ego, insecurity, and originality
• mindfulness, curiosity, and presence
• what creativity really gives us over a lifetime

There’s so much wisdom woven through this conversation — not just about making art, but about being fully alive.

People spend so much of their lives waiting for fear to go away before they create, speak, begin, or express themselves.

But what if fear never leaves?

In this conversation with Diane Cameron, we talk about creativity, writing, inner voices, self-trust, and the permission it takes to make something before you feel ready.

We get into:

• why creativity and fear often live side by side
• the inner voices that stop us before we begin
• writing as a doorway into self-discovery
• why “bad first drafts” might actually free us
• and how creativity becomes an act of self-acceptance

There’s a moment in this conversation I keep thinking about:

Fear doesn’t disappear. You just learn to move with it.

And maybe that’s where creativity begins.

In this first episode for Creativity Conversations, my guest is Jackie Schomburg.

Jackie is a Chicago-area abstract artist, educator, and creator of Brave Art & Creative Wellness with a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers.

Her belief: we were born to create things. As she shares in our conversation, art doesn’t just express who you are. It reminds you who you are.

In this episode, we talk about what creativity actually is — beyond art, beyond talent, beyond getting it right. This notion of “I’m not creative” comes up all the time…and it’s just not true.

We get into: - why we lose our sense of creativity in the first place - what happens when you let yourself just make something - how quickly your energy can shift - and why this has nothing to do with being “good

You can find Jackie here: https://www.jackieschomburg.com

Because you can’t pour from an empty cup — and making something tangible with your hands, even badly, even for five minutes, is one of the fastest ways to refill it.