Holy Spirit,
You have descended time and time again
both to confuse and elevate language.
In this episode, Blake sits down with the Creative Team from Storymakers. They discuss their process of bringing a story to life through the crafting of words and the use of color and illustrations, as well as their intention to always point people toward the Gospel.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with writer, David Zahl. They discuss his journey into writing, the philosophy of writing from below, and the struggle with the inner critic.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with storyteller, Andrew Strother. They discuss his time as a sports photographer, podcaster, and his love for Dungeons and Dragons…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with writer, Jared C. Wilson. They discuss the influence of his elementary school teachers as he evolved into a writer, working with an agent, and the importance of getting the words onto the page.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with battle rapper, Loso. They discuss his creative process, how he went from classroom teacher to international recording artist, and the importance of surrounding yourself with honest people.
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We’d been in bands together off and on as teenagers and kept in musical contact ever since. Brenton and I have been occasionally collaborating here in there on single songs over the years but never honed in on a specific sound. We felt like was time to commit to a new fun project and call it a real band…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with writer, Heather Choate Davis. They discuss her writing career as it began in advertising, later books, and now songwriting.
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I remember going to see a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Zilker Park here in Austin when I was about twelve. It wasn't the first play I'd seen, but that memory sticks out to me as one where I saw the magic of theatre, and just felt a very visceral yearning to be inside that world of magic, too.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with writer, Chad Bird. They speak about his process, how it has changed over the years, and the necessity for all writers to be readers.
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I was a musician first although I never would have used that word to describe being a member of a church choir and school choir and taking piano lessons. I think I would've just described myself as having a love for music…
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What first drew me to music and songwriting was the freedom within the whole process of both. Music happened when I was probably 9 or 10 with my best friend teaching me how to play the drums on his drumset, which progressed to…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with Elyse Fitzpatrick. Elyse is a writer, speaker, and counselor who sums up her vocation as a communicator. They discuss her the writing process, and how her different forms of communication inform each other.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with the team behind Storymakers. They discuss the process of taking a story in written word and turning it into a fully interactive zine for kids.
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Darrin Stephens on Bewitched. He was an advertising guy and I just loved the whole idea of making words and pictures work together. From a very young age I started telling people that I was going to be in advertising, “the word part, not the art part.”…
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