Last week on our sister podcast, We Are Made, Imani sat down with CEO & Creative Director Jordan Lyle to discuss how he infuses the balance between culture and quality design birthed from black perspective. This episode dives into what it means to have representation at the forefront of your reality, how to become what you always needed and how to support other aspects of a vision you too hold for your future. Jordan shares the importance of seeing people of color in good light and the power of creating opportunities for the next generation by showing others what is possible. Enjoy! 

About My Conversations with Creatives:

Inspired by the many conversations, we are BACK for our second season! Still hosted by Imani Evora but this time with a new vision, new insights and new perspectives. Since Season I, I have sat down with dozens of creatives having groundbreaking conversations about what it means to truly be a professional maker in the world. To make sure this podcast serves all facets of the creative life, We Are Made Studios has created its very own podcast network featuring our sister series We Are Made podcast. Our new black creatives series.

So think of this podcast as a compliment to our network, while here we will dive deeper into the topics at hand and have plenty of time and space to do so. My Conversations with Creatives Season II is here!

Find us, support us, love us:

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Welcome to Blackground, just like the name may suggest, this is a bonus bi-weeklyish digest of the lives and professional background of black creatives. First creative being featured on Blackground is no other then an American novelist and poet James Baldwin, in this episode we unpack Baldwin's life in Harlem, his risky move to Paris and his impact on not only the creative world but the minds and perspectives of people of color. Let's get started! 

Links to books and information, no affiliate links so don't worry! 

https://www.biography.com/writer/james-baldwin

https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Baldwin

https://www.amazon.com/James-Baldwin/e/B000APVA9U%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

https://www.amazon.com/Giovannis-Room-James-Baldwin/dp/0345806565

https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Next-Time-James-Baldwin/dp/067974472X

About My Conversations with Creatives:

Inspired by the many conversations, we are BACK for our second season! Still hosted by CEO & Founder Imani Evora but this time with a new vision, new insights and new perspectives. Since Season I, I have sat down with dozens of creatives having groundbreaking conversations about what it means to truly be a professional maker in the world. To make sure this podcast serves all facets of the creative life, We Are Made Studios has created its very own podcast network featuring our sister series We Are Made podcast. Our new black creatives series.

So think of this podcast as a compliment to our network, while here we will dive deeper into the topics at hand and have plenty of time and space to do so. My Conversations with Creatives Season II is here!

Find us, support us, love us:

@wearemadestudios

@wearemaderadio

www.wearemadestudios.com/podcasts

https://www.patreon.com/wearemadestudios

Last week on our sister podcast, We Are Made, Imani sat down with florist and creative director Karla Smith-Brown to discuss her journey as a florist and the importance of betting on yourself. Our first episode back is packed with not only humor but amazing tips to help creatives ease into taking a chance on not only themselves but their dreams. May this episode support the next step in your career and leave you feeling more confident in your ability to go out on a limb and just do the damn thing. Please don't forget to share this episode with someone who could use it, and rate and of course comment wherever this podcast is found. 

About My Conversations with Creatives:

Inspired by the many conversations, we are BACK for our second season! Still hosted by me Imani Evora but this time with a new vision, new insights and new perspectives. Since Season I, I have sat down with dozens of creatives having groundbreaking conversations about what it means to truly be a professional maker in the world. To make sure this podcast serves all facets of the creative life, We Are Made Studios has created its very own podcast network featuring our sister series We Are Made podcast. Our new black creatives series.

So think of this podcast as a compliment to our network, while here we will dive deeper into the topics at hand and have plenty of time and space to do so. My Conversations with Creatives Season II is here!

Find us, support us, love us:

@wearemadestudios

@wearemaderadio

www.wearemadestudios.com/podcasts

https://www.patreon.com/wearemadestudios

Inspired by the many conversations, we are BACK for our second season! Still hosted by CEO & Founder Imani Evora but this time with a new vision, new insights and new perspectives. Since Season I, I have sat down with dozens of creatives having groundbreaking conversations about what it means to truly be a professional maker in the world. To make sure this podcast serves all facets of the creative life, We Are Made Studios has created its very own Network featuring our sister series We Are Made podcast. Our new black creatives series.

So think of this podcast as a compliment to our network, while here we will dive deeper into the topics at hand and have plenty of time and space to do so. My Conversations with Creatives Season II launches December 6th.

Find us, support us, love us:

@wearemadestudios

@wearemaderadio

www.wearemadestudios.com/podcasts

https://www.patreon.com/wearemadestudios

That’s a wrap guys! Season I is complete and I have enjoyed every aspect of hosting My Conversations with Creatives for each and every one of you all. We have a beautiful season coming up this fall and I can’t wait to share new episodes, insights and ideas with you guys. In the meantime join our next gathering hosted in partnership with We Are Made Studios, thank you guys once again for being here and always remember to stay creative! Sending you so much love, until next time.

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Maybe this advice sounds familiar when your starting a new project, launching a new business or maybe even putting yourself out there. "Just start", found familiar? OF COURSE IT DOES, but what we (and others) often forget about is the repercussions of giving this advice prematurely without providing insight on what the journey will be like. We forget the hardship, the mental challenges, the discomfort, we forget the insightfulness. This is an episode dedicated to sharing 10 things they don't tell you about just starting. Enjoy Pt.I as we wrap up our first season, see you guys next week!

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Everyone has a natural desire to be noticed, to be seen. Episode 8 focuses on teaching you how to create work that resonates, taking our attention from what others think of us and placing it back where it belongs, on our creation, our impact. But what does that look like in the real world? Don't worry I've got you covered, today I will share 5 new tips to help you get started, you read that right people 5 new tips, this week I wanted to take it one step further by providing you with big questions packed with new insights. Although this episode will be a little longer then normal, I promise you its worth the extra 10 minutes. Hope you don't mind! 

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I 100% understand what it feels like to have so many ideas you don't know what to do with them all. Thats where this episode comes in! Today I'm sharing a few ideas to help you discover new ways to  nurture your current and even incoming ideas. Together we will learn how to reestablish our relationship with inspiration and get out of our own way so that our best ideas have the ability to grow into something more. Because thats really the entire point, am  I right? So without further or do, feel free to dive into this weeks episode and let me know your thoughts.

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