I’ve described my approach to vulnerability in podcast conversations this way: It’s like a high flag staked in the ground or a flare shot into the sky, a signal to others who want connection to come this way. Maybe it’s orange. Or white. I visualize this happening in a flat, Read more…
I’ve long told myself, “I’ll know I’m getting somewhere when the haters start hatin’.” I create public-facing work in various capacities. As a writer, photographer, podcaster and visual artist. By the nature of being an individual who puts his name on his subjective work and sends it out into public, Read more…
I’ve struggled for decades as a creative person who devalued his creativity if it wasn’t packaged with absolutes that could explain why I did things the way I did them. I felt as if I needed to make a lawyerly case to gain external validation for them, for myself. I Read more…
I was listening to The Rich Roll Podcast the other day. His guest was comedian and fellow podcaster Pete Holmes. Midway through their conversation, they hit on something close to home for me: why I host conversational podcasts, and why I do it the way that I do. I’m an Read more…
What we create isn’t for the haters. So forget ’em. Haters gonna hate. No matter what you show them, offer them, give them, bare to them. So dismiss ’em; they lack credibility. We create and share and make ourselves vulnerable first for ourselves. With courage haters can’t imagine. And then Read more…
I don’t have the energy for this blog post. But my mind keeps trying to write it, so here we go … The other day, I came across a comment from months ago from an unsubscriber who wanted me to know why she was quitting the Humanitou newsletter. She wrote, Read more…
Overview: In this solo episode (ep 146), Adam Williams gives into the intruding thoughts that came to him during meditation. Thoughts on God, being “good/bad” at meditation, vulnerability and connecting with each other through sharing what we’ve got to share. Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 146 SHOW NOTES, LINKS & Read more…
When we’re unsure of who we are as creators, when we are new to the experience, especially coming to it later in life, it’s tempting to think there is a particular way to create, a right way. It’s tempting to think there is a secret language known to “real” artists Read more…
Overview: In this solo episode (ep 151), Adam Williams speaks to the misconception non-artists have who walk into galleries and dismiss artists’ work with a flippant, “I could do that” with the help of musician Jack White. He talks about the difference between “I could do that” and “I did Read more…
I recently wrote that self-study is the point. True. And at the heart of self-study, and so much else, is vulnerability. So now I am saying, vulnerability is the point. And that’s true too. Vulnerability is the point and, through that vulnerability, we are constantly becoming, learning ourselves and going Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 132), Adam Williams shares the pure gold of what we’ve been looking for and a way to get there, amid his reflections on Maya Angelou’s line, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” (Released Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 130), Adam Williams digs into why he shares what he creates as a writer, artist, podcaster and so on, even when no one is asking him to. He explores the value of being vulnerable over and over, and facing down the fear. (Released Read more…
When I wrap a podcast conversation and say goodbye to the guest, I’m left with myself, an introvert crashing in the wake of significant social energy expenditure. I’m not saying that’s negative. But I’m still trying to learn how to deal with it. To be clear, for any readers who Read more…
The artist Daniel Arsham posted a handwritten list of answers to this question on Instagram today: What is the job of the artist? Arsham’s answers: Reframe the present Interdimensional narrative Reveal the unseen Interpret the era Make joy and sadness Time travel Re-present the familiar as strange and unusual Provoke Read more…
It’s a daily challenge to shed lifetimes of mucked-up, fear-based rules — ones we often have unwittingly supported — to practice our authentic paths, to remove fear about ego, money and fitting into status quo as the guiding forces in our lives. “Is this really OK? Am I safe? Am Read more…
There are many worthy things author Neil Gaiman offers in his 2012 address to graduating students at the University of the Arts. The video is below. They are honest things born of experience. And they especially hit home for me on a day when I was getting caught in a rabbit Read more…
Connection is a word I have thinking about more and more in recent months. As I prepared to share a bit of my Humanitou story at a PechaKucha event last fall, I recognized that that one word — connection — summarizes what Humanitou is about. Then I started noticing it’s Read more…
“The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind, and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself … That is the moment you might be starting to get it right.” ~ Neil Gaiman Read more…