Your Creative Push

Karl is a painter from Sweden with a special interest in nature… specifically birds. Karl’s style comes from his interest for the forms of meditation found in Zen Buddhism, and he believes that the first brushstroke is the most important. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/2 In this episode, Karl discusses: -How zen calligraphy helped to make him understand how he was trying to control his life. -How so many years of looking at birds allows him to paint them by memory. -How the practice of kyudo affects his painting. -Karl takes Youngman through a meditation exercise. -Why thinking too much about how the painting is supposed to look like can interfere with the actual painting of it. -The theory that the first brush stroke is the most important. -To approach the first brush stroke (or any first creative action) full of energy. -To not worry about what other people think about your work. -To embrace "happy accidents," and see where they take you. -How art is a (safe) battle ground for him to overcome h