Creativity In Motion is on hiatus for a few more months. In the interim, we are publishing an encore of our favorite episode from Season One of the show. It features painter and pioneering educator Dr. Leo Twiggs.

We think Dr. Twiggs's story illustrates perfectly what it means to be creative. In a practical sense, being creative is how we solve problems and overcome obstacles. As you will hear in our conversation with Dr. Twiggs, he has overcome many obstacles. Along the way he gained tremendous insights about art, including not only how to make art, but why you should make art.

We recorded this episode sitting in Dr. Twiggs's home studio in Orangeburg, South Carolina, among many canvasses and finished pieces that were being sent to various galleries in the southeast. We had an incredible visit with him and were fascinated with his stories about how he came to paint the way he does. 

We hope you will enjoy it as much as we did.

Chef Anthony Mandriota began his culinary training at the home of his grandparents in Astoria, Queens, New York. His Grandmother Josephine’s simple message was: start with the best ingredients, do not crowd your pan, and eat with your eyes first. Those principles have guided him for his entire career.

His heritage is Italian, and he loves cooking and eating Italian cuisine. At the age of eight, Anthony tasted Classical French Cuisine, a Bordelaise sauce, and for the first time, he knew what he wanted to do with his life.

In this episode, Chef Mandriota talks about his life creating and preparing food for others, the personal nature of food and the intense satisfaction he feels when he watches people enjoying his meals.

George Walker IV is a second-generation photojournalist who has worked around the world for the past three decades covering some of the biggest events. Based in Nashville, he has photographed the Tennessee Titans since their move to Tennessee in the late 90s. He’s also  covered local, regional and national stories for The Tennessean, USA Today and many other news organizations. In February, he spent two weeks in China covering the 2022 Winter Olympics.

In this episode, George talks extensively about how he uses photographic techniques to unlock his creativity in making images; how the switch to digital cameras impacted his work, and how he relies on his people skills to help him get unique and original photographs.