{"podcast":{"title":"The Creative Process in 10 minutes or less · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Sustainability, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Technology","slug":"the-creative-process-in-10-minutes-or-less-arts-culture-society-books-film-music-tv-art-writing-creativity-education-environment-theatre-dance-lgbtq-climate-change-sustainability-social-justice-spirituality-feminism-technology-4458372","podcast_index_feed_id":4458372,"rss_url":"https://thecreativeprocess.squarespace.com/10mins?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.creativeprocess.info/10mins/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5745d9f137013b9d0a627c60/1635324027445-A5QYY2EP5GOQ2GL1Y3O5/the-creative-process-podcast-logo-10mins.png?format=1500w","author":"Mia Funk","episode_count":300,"summary":"Ten minute highlights of the popular The Creative Process & One Planet podcasts. Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists & creative thinkers across the Arts & STEM. We discuss their life, work & artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, leaders & public figures share real experiences & offer valuable insights. Notable guests and participating museums and organizations include: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Neil Patrick Harris, Smithsonian, Roxane Gay, Musée Picasso, EARTHDAY-ORG, Neil Gaiman, UNESCO, Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Seliger, Acropolis Museum, Hilary Mantel, Songwriters Hall of Fame, George Saunders, The New Museum, Lemony Snicket, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Galleries, Joe Mantegna, PETA, Greenpeace, EPA, Morgan Library & Museum, and many others. The interviews are hosted by founder and creative educator Mia Funk with the participation of students, universities, and collaborators from around the world. These conversations are also part of our traveling exhibition. www.creativeprocess.info For full episodes, follow The Creative Process - Arts Culture & Society.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:17:52.918814+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-creative-process-in-10-minutes-or-less-arts-culture-society-books-film-music-tv-art-writing-creativity-education-environment-theatre-dance-lgbtq-climate-change-sustainability-social-justice-spirituality-feminism-technology-4458372"},"episode":{"title":"Writers on Memory, Language & the Power of the Unconscious","slug":"writers-on-memory-language-the-power-of-the-unconscious","published_at":"2025-12-12T16:33:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-creative-process-in-10-minutes-or-less-arts-culture-society-books-film-music-tv-art-writing-creativity-education-environment-theatre-dance-lgbtq-climate-change-sustainability-social-justice-spirituality-feminism-technology-4458372/writers-on-memory-language-the-power-of-the-unconscious","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-creative-process-in-10-minutes-or-less-arts-culture-society-books-film-music-tv-art-writing-creativity-education-environment-theatre-dance-lgbtq-climate-change-sustainability-social-justice-spirituality-feminism-technology-4458372","url":"https://www.creativeprocess.info/10mins/writing-anthology-dec-wjgfy","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5745d9f137013b9d0a627c60/t/693c43d39fbc8310c40b04ce/1765557211492/Anthology-DEC2025-Writers+on+Memory%2C+Language%2C+the+Power+of+Unconscious.mp3","summary":"How can we use negative spaces in fiction to engage with readers’ imaginations? How are memory and trauma passed onto us through language? How do we become more than the stories we tell ourselves? KATIE KITAMURA (Author, Audition, Intimacies ) emphasizes that a book is created in collaboration with the reader , using negative spaces in the narrative structure to allow for reader interpretation, paralleling the space between audience and actor in performance. PAUL LYNCH (Booker Prize-winning Novelist, Prophet Song ) discusses the richness and slipperiness of the English language in Ireland , shaped by the overlay of English onto Irish grammatical constructions, resulting in unique phrasing and a capacity to create new constructions. DANIEL PEARLE (Screenwriter, Playwright, The Beast in Me ) shares that audiences are fascinated by the unfettered, uncensored ID in characters, reflecting the universal fantasy of acting without consequences. He advises writers to put people who deeply irritate them into a play, as those characters often become the audience's favorites. HALA ALYAN (Novelist, Poet, I’ll Tell You When I’m Home: A Memoir ) describes her work as an excavation of the darkest hours and intergenerational trauma carried by her lineage, which has endured repeated exile. She links exile from the body to the larger patterns of not having a place in the world. T.C. BOYLE (Novelist, Short Story Writer, Environmentalist) shares that the creative process involves a magic in reaching for the unconscious and the surprise of the creative process. He emphasizes that art and nature are our salvations , over money. He advocates for solitude in nature—alone on a beach or in the woods—to connect with the natural world. ADAM ALTER (Author of Anatomy of a Breakthrough ) discusses th…","meta_description":"How can we use negative spaces in fiction to engage with readers’ imaginations? 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