A&T Talks :: Finding Your Meaning in the Process of Making
Sep 10, 2021
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Photographer and filmmaker Sean Tucker discusses his new book focused on helping creatives find their voice, discover their message, and stay mentally healthy. Topics include infusing personal meaning into creative work, transitioning from creating videos to writing a book, embracing creativity through personal journeys, and prioritizing mental health and self-motivation in the creative process.
Helping creatives find their unique voices and stay mentally healthy.
Prioritizing protecting highlights and embracing shadows in creative work and life.
Deep dives
Sean Tucker's Creative Philosophy: Helping Creatives Find Their Voice and Inspiration
Sean Tucker discusses his new book, 'The Meaning in the Makin,' where he emphasizes the importance of helping creatives find their unique voices, discover their messages, and stay inspired and mentally healthy as creators. He shares insights on addressing common struggles creatives face, such as finding their artistic voice, tapping into creativity, and exploring existential questions.
Writing a Deeply Personal Book: Sean Tucker's Journey to Sharing Meaningful Insights
Sean Tucker delves into his motivation for writing a book rather than creating a video product, sharing how his personal journey, spanning from working as a pastor to transitioning to photography and filmmaking, influenced his creative philosophy and the lessons he learned along the way. He explains how the book's development during lockdown offered him the opportunity to reflect on his experiences and share valuable insights.
Embracing Shadows and Protecting Highlights: Lessons for Creativity and Life
Sean Tucker explores the metaphor of 'embracing shadows and protecting highlights' in both photography and life, advising creators to prioritize protecting the highlights and embracing the shadows in their work. He extends this concept to mental health, discussing the value of acknowledging and learning from life's challenges, integrating both light and shadow aspects of one's personality for holistic growth and creativity.
A&T Talks — Practical advice and insight for your creative journey in 30 minutes or less.
:: BREAKDOWN In this A&T Talks episode, photographer, filmmaker, and writer Sean Tucker joins us to talk about his new book The Meaning in the Making. It is his creative philosophy focused on helping creatives find their voice, discover their message, maintain inspiration, and stay mentally healthy and motivated as creators. Tucker's work spans stills and films and he has worked for NGO'S and big multinational corporations across more than 20 countries. Today, he creates introspective and inspiring short films exploring the elements of photography and the philosophy for a creative life on his popular YouTube channel.
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