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https://loveyourcreativity.com From the initial spark of a creative idea to getting your projects finished & out there! Sun, 08 Dec 2013 20:31:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/e82cdf867f3dcf128ce9504af3a51b96.png?s=48 https://loveyourcreativity.com Copyright © LoveYourCreativity.com 2013 marysia13@googlemail.com (Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows) marysia13@googlemail.com (Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows) Creativity 1440 http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q698/M013/LYCPodcastpic_zps3e343740.png https://loveyourcreativity.com 144 144 Podcasts by Marysia Trembecka of LoveYourCreativity.com to make you smile & motivate you to create & put your art out there whether you are an artist or an actor. Interviews & advice with creatives from directors to authors + Marysia[...] Love Your Creativity.com. Interviews with creatives with their advice on keeping motivated & moving forward, whether you are a actor, painter or a musician. Plus Marysia's fun weekly newsletter & 13 minute task of the day to keep you creating. Blog is at www.loveyourcreativity.com. Twitter @MarysiaT http://www.facebook.com/Loveyourcreativity. G+ & LinkedIn Marysia Trembecka creativity, marketing, author, musician, actor, novelist, positive, thinking, interviews, tips, advice Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows marysia13@googlemail.com no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/16/the-greatest-time-management-tool-ever-its-free/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/16/the-greatest-time-management-tool-ever-its-free/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:46:30 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1081 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/16/the-greatest-time-management-tool-ever-its-free/feed/ 2 0:17:57 I LOVE MY BELLY MORE THAN ANYTHING That’s what I have learnt this week using this management tool, cooking and eating is what I do most after sleeping (and some days that order sadly gets switched round).  This is the weekly Love Your Creativi[...] I LOVE MY BELLY MORE THAN ANYTHING That’s what I have learnt this week using this management tool, cooking and eating is what I do most after sleeping (and some days that order sadly gets switched round).  This is the weekly Love Your Creativity podcast,  the podcast goes into more detail but I know myself sometimes it’s great just to read the highlights, time management and all that so the main points are below For the last 5 days I have finally got around to using a time management tool that just involves a pen and paper (or a note on your smart phone). I have known about this for years but have never actually got around to doing it. Now that I have, I can report back that when I say ‘I have no time, I am always rushing around’ I know exactly where my time is spent. In my case I spent a lot of time in the kitchen cooking and eating. In fact I have spent over the last 5 days as much time cooking and eating (yes as stated I love food and my belly) as I looking at my emails, sending CV’s out and organising the business of my creativity.  I have also spent 3 times more time in organising the business of creativity than on the actual practice of my craft. So how do you do this? Well you could build a spreadsheet but that is way too anal and focused for me. I just grabbed an old A4 page a day diary and scribbled in old fashion pen what I did during the day. So I wrote the time I woke up, how long I hit the snooze button for, how long it took me to sort out breakfast and morning coffee, feeding the cat. During the day as I changed activities from getting on a tube to cooking again, to travel and time spent on Twitter I just jotted down the time. Was it perfect? No. However at the end of each day I added it up into the following  rough categories and then after 5 days totalled the lot Travelling Work on my craft Getting ready to go out Cooking/eating Faffing Cleaning/feeding cat etc Emails.CVs out. Printing scripts, ebay, twitter, Running The snooze button Blog/podcast time Sleep Actual time spent on looking at scripts Rehearsals and time actually in auditions Phone Calls. I suggest you try this for 2 weeks, I hate the idea of it but just in 5 days I am already seeing huge anomalies on where I think I spend my time and where I waste time. The snooze button and I have a committed 3 hour relationship over the last 5 days, far more than I spent practising my instruments or my voice outside of singing rehearsals, or indeed on working on text and scripts. Let me know what you learn. I hope doing it for a further 9 days will show I am learning to use my precious time better. I have been using my 13.5 hours travel time well, but I am now getting super organised about taking work and scripts etc to read on the tube. I remember Clive Rowe, the fabulous West End star saying to me that he used to sit and go round and round the Circle line to learn a script as there were no distractions, he couldn’t get on the phone or on email etc. So rather than getting upset about your time schedule, see where you can make small positive incremental changes. AiTunes rating would really help other people find the podcast so if you have a moment I would really appreciate it https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/love-your-creativity-podcast/id633181477 Tracking Your Creative Progress Here we also look at the  weekly tracking where I encourage you to do an end of week think back on what has been done, produced, worked on, booked and paid for creatively. (I don’t mean you are doing ‘creative accounting”!)  Whether you are a full time painter or a 40 hours a week office administrator who sings on the side, this is to encourage you to keep creating and make the world a better place, one song, poem, piece of art at a time.   I also have written a mini tracking tune for you to sing along to while you track.Time To Track by Marysia Trembecka Plus I did a Podcast in detail on tracking and its advantages. The following is what we need to track[...] Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/05/7-life-lessons-from-sookie-stackhouse-to-live-by-no-blood-required/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/05/7-life-lessons-from-sookie-stackhouse-to-live-by-no-blood-required/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:02:20 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=972 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/05/7-life-lessons-from-sookie-stackhouse-to-live-by-no-blood-required/feed/ 1 0:27:29 This week “ Seven Life Lessons from Sookie Stackhouse” plus our weekly creative tracking This is the weekly Love Your Creativity Podcast newsletter to keep myself and you focused on creativity whether you are an artist, actor, musician, playwright o[...] This week “ Seven Life Lessons from Sookie Stackhouse” plus our weekly creative tracking This is the weekly Love Your Creativity Podcast newsletter to keep myself and you focused on creativity whether you are an artist, actor, musician, playwright or film director. To listen to the podcast just press the arrow above, or go to here to a link on iTunes. The  highlights of the podcast are as follows (well they are highlights in my mind ;-)!) I have just finished reading ‘Dead Ever After’ by Charlaine Harris, the last of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, on which the amazing HBO True Blood series is based. (their amazing website is here) I loved the novel ending where she knew that ..they  (no plot spoilers!!) .. would be together maybe for always but even if he left she would be alright, she would survive. Lesson One – Acknowledge you have survived Sookie  knows that she has gone through crazy, death, blood, loss and she has survived… and she will come what may In our reality people go through terrible  things and somehow survive; pain, loss of love & death hurts but you will survive.Recognise that you won through (or crawled through) and you are still here. Acknowledge the battles you have survived. Also she (and probably you) have loved and lost men, some you will love forever but you need to let go. You will survive on your own, you have to Lesson Two – Live In the Moment Sookie lives in the moment – there are so many moments where she lies in the sun, the heat, the flowers.. even despite the crazy around her. She has a place to go and relax, in this moment I am OK. I have started walking/jogging daily again as it makes me happy. Find what always cheers you and reminds you of the good things in life and go do that as often as you can Lesson Three – Family and friends, some you love, others just let them go. Sookie’s family and friends are important, she has learnt to accept their differences, know she cannot change them.  Some people you will love always, some people you need to let go off if they are not positive in your life. Lesson Four – Keep your Heart Open Despite her crazy relationships  Sookie Stackhouse keeps her heart open for new love. Maybe it is easier for a fictional character! Lesson Five – Some lovers  are very selfish Some lovers  are very selfish, not necessarily in bed.. when their ego or life is more important than you all the time it is time to leave. Season 6 Clip Preview Lesson Six- Acknowledge where what you want and what HE wants in a relationship differs You need to acknowledge what you want in life and relationships and check that that matches the men you date. If u want kids why date a vampire? If you like the sun why date a night owl? Its fine when you are not ready to settle down but dating a man clearly not ready to settle down when you want a relationship s a disaster in the long term. Its fine to have casual flings but be clear if thats is what it is and whether you actually want more. Look at your relationships and see the patterns. Make peace with your choices and stop nagging or move on Lesson Seven – Insist on having really great sex Have really great sex.  If you aren’t then  go and get it, or get some help with your current lover. Most Importantly The most admired capacity in  human is not beauty or intelligence or even the capacity to love… but the ability to get up after being beaten down and then fight forward in their own way, living the life they chose. Think of  Helen Keller, The Shawshank Redemption, Rocky, Nelson Mandela. Think also of Marlon Brando in The Waterfront ‘ i could have been a contender,” – Don’t get to the end of your life and say this.   13 minute task of the day Replace the lyrics to’ I will Survive’ with a situation or name of someone you survived. Dance and sing around the kitchen (I have done a Sookie Stackhouse version of this at 15 mins 44 seconds) AiTunes rating would rea[...] Fun, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/08/how-to-be-a-successful-working-actor-marysia-ken-collard-podcast/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/08/how-to-be-a-successful-working-actor-marysia-ken-collard-podcast/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 14:30:26 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=568 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/08/how-to-be-a-successful-working-actor-marysia-ken-collard-podcast/feed/ 4 0:28:32 In this ‘Love Your Creativity’ podcast Marysia interviews Kenneth Collard, a real life successful working actor who has a huge CV from being in Albert Nobbs, Anna Karenina to many many TV series and commercials. In the interview we discuss auditions[...] In this ‘Love Your Creativity’ podcast Marysia interviews Kenneth Collard, a real life successful working actor who has a huge CV from being in Albert Nobbs, Anna Karenina to many many TV series and commercials. In the interview we discuss auditions, showreels, research and the mental approach necessary to becoming a working actor and earning a living as one. The Main Takeaway The starting point is that it’s absolutely possible, there is no reason why, if you are half decent as an actor, there is no reason why you cant get consistent work. Show note highlight  – (please note these are not a transcript but just some of the highlights. The full transcript of the podcast is below) The fact that  95% of actors are not working did not worry Ken. He made a decision 13 years, that there is no reason why he should not be part of the 5% and started on a journey to change that. The starting point is always that it is possible to earn a living from what you do and what you love. It is tough and difficult and when you get work there are always a new set of challenges, broadening your capacity, deepening your work and bringing something more wonderful than you have before. If you strive to create something amazing it will always be challenging and that’s a good thing and make you raise your game. His favourite quote is by Daisaku Ikeda, SGI President,  the lay organisation of Nichiren Buddhists “Press on, nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Perserverance and determination alone are omnipotent”   FULL TRANSCRIPT Hi this is Marysia for loveyourcreativity.com, this week’s interview is with Kenneth Collard. Ken is not only a friend of mine but a real life working actor. Recent film credits include Albert Nobbs and Anna Karenina and on television he’s all over it from Skins, to The Borgias, Cuckoo. He’s done some forty-five or fifty commercials over the past 10 years as well. He really gives some great advice the big takeaways, “you’ve got to come from a place you’ve known you can make a living out of this”. This is really inspiring. I also spent a lot of time asking him how to basically do more television and film. Hope you all enjoy.   Marysia: Hello, Ken   Ken: Hello, Marysia.   Marysia: This is Marysia for loveyourcreativity and I’m with Ken Collard, who’s a friend of mine and an actor. I do talk about you to the other actor friends of mine particular when they’re having problems not working. I said “you need to meet Ken, he’s a proper working actor.” What are you working on at the moment?   Ken: I’m working on two projects at the moment. One is a film called The Fitzroy. We’ve done the first main principal photography, finished that last week. We have to pick up in a few days or the end of the month. I’m also working on new tricks for the BBC. Those are my two projects at the moment, just waiting to hear on a third if I could squeeze that in and possibly more after that.   Marysia: You’re in Cuckoo as well. Are they doing the 2nd series of that now?   Ken: Yeah. The 2nd series was commissioned quite early on; the difficulty always is trying to get everyone’s availability. So yeah, in principal, this is the 2nd series.  It ran about September-October, we stopped filming on that but it really depends on some folks availability, if they can work from September-October then that’s fantastic. Andy’s waiting to hear on the pilot, then fox gets commissioned for a series if it does then we’ll shoot on that time so we can make even more. The idea is around September or October.   Marysia: When I spoke to you recently you were doing something for channel 4 trying to look at script for the next day for something else. I know myself I kind of get busy but I don’t get busy like you [...] Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/07/07-podcast-advice-on-criticism-be-strong-and-wrong/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/07/07-podcast-advice-on-criticism-be-strong-and-wrong/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 00:01:14 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=537 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/07/07-podcast-advice-on-criticism-be-strong-and-wrong/feed/ 1 0:13:10 BE STRONG AND WRONG This is my Third Weekly Love Your Creativity Newsletter and podcast  to keep myself and you focused on creativity. Don’t lay your dreams down because of some peoples negative comments. Some people will NEVER like what you do, so [...] BE STRONG AND WRONG This is my Third Weekly Love Your Creativity Newsletter and podcast  to keep myself and you focused on creativity. Don’t lay your dreams down because of some peoples negative comments. Some people will NEVER like what you do, so dismiss them and move on. Sure you look at constructive comments and see what positive actions you can take to improve, but never let it stop you. 13 minute task -Take 3 negative comments or criticisms that have stayed with you.  Somehow we always remember the negative comments, be it from a teacher, parent or colleague -Write them down on separate pieces of paper -Write down for 2 minutes each on how you felt and feel about these comments, and your behaviour and  actions that came out of that. Did you practice more, give up, get upset, get trashed and have a ridiculous affair with someone inappropriate, (I once had 2 funerals in eight days, the last being my godmother’s funeral and I ended up finally sleeping with someone who I had said no to for a decade – hmmmm not good), we do react from hurt and grief in bizarre ways. -Burn incense and a candle and one by one burn each paper, send prayer for the happiness of the person who made the comment and for your ability to heal from this -Or rip the paper into pieces and put in the bin -Or see the paper as tiny faded black and white newspaper crumbling to dust and throw away. -Make a positive affirmation, not a pie in the sky dream but a positive actionable move forward so if they don’t like the way you sing you promise yourself to do ten min practice every day for a week or a month. or ‘They didn’t like my art so every day this week I am going to make my art and post it online”. Make your positive affirmation an action based thing and move forward use their negative as a power to move forward. -Find the venom and strength in yourself to come back harder and stronger, refuse to lay down and play dead cos others don’t like your work. Take classes to improve where you need but keep moving forward. Dont stay in study mode either all your life, get your work out there whilst you are improving. Tracking Your Creativity The following is what we need to track each week as a look back in brief, full explanations are in the Previous Podcast on Tracking How many CV’s and emails did you send out for creative work? How many creative jobs did you actually do, whether 8 shows a week, a gallery opening or a song in a children hospice? How many auditions and meetings for creative projects? How many classes and workshops did you do? How much practise done that week, how much each day? How much money made through your creative pursuits? What marketing of your creative output did you do and what revenue generation plans put in place? Did you learn or see anything new or worth exploring creatively? If it is zero then dont feel guilty, just look at the coming week and endeavour to do better. Each week track these statistics and review the same day every week. Your creativity and bank balance will thank you for it! Love Your Creativity.com is dedicated to all creatives trying to make great work and make a living from it. This newsletter sets a 13 minute creative exercise with a full explanation of the weekly tracking where I encourage you to do an end of week think back on what has been done, produced, worked on, booked and paid for creatively. (I dont mean you are doing ‘creative accounting”!)  Whether you are a full time painter or a 40 hours a week office administrator who sings on the side, this is to encourage you to keep creating and make the world a better place, one song, poem, piece of art at a time. I also have written a mini tracking tune for you to sing along to while you track ;-)) About Marysia and Love Your Creativity I blog at least three times a week on creativity and techniques to get your art on. Whether you are a musician, an actor or a choreographer I endeavour to make https://loveyourcreativity.com is a place to c[...] Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/04/29/06-podcast-7-tips-to-make-you-feel-more-beautiful-strong/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/04/29/06-podcast-7-tips-to-make-you-feel-more-beautiful-strong/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:43:11 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=450 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/04/29/06-podcast-7-tips-to-make-you-feel-more-beautiful-strong/feed/ 3 0:21:35 Seven Ways to feel good, more beautiful and strong inspired by the DOVE Real Beauty Sketches ad. The podcast has all the full details on but these show notes are for quick reference. Learn how to find yourself irresistible, fall in love with yourse[...] Seven Ways to feel good, more beautiful and strong inspired by the DOVE Real Beauty Sketches ad. The podcast has all the full details on but these show notes are for quick reference. Learn how to find yourself irresistible, fall in love with yourself and from there the world will be a better place for yourself and others. Thus you will be able to create from a place of joy and freedom. As Liz Ranken said in our interview, you have to get the ego out of the way and let the work come through. So first thing in the morning do the following 5 tips at least (should take you about 5 mins max), ideally get Tips 6 and 7 done too! First Tip   Think specifically of one part of you that is beautiful and/or strong, your boobs, biceps, skin. Second Tip  Find one specific thing you are grateful for regards your physical health and well being eg I can bend down and tie my shoe laces. Be positive! Third Tip    Pick a specific spiritual or human to human positive thing you did yesterday for example “I was really kind to X, even though she always seem to have exactly the same problems with men, I listened and was compassionate”, or “I was honest and clear with her about her choices of consistently unavailable men” Tip Four  On a creative aspect or in work and life think of something you are proud of. ‘I struggled to get my degree but I got it’, ‘I made a phone call I didn’t want to’, ‘I paid off and closed my credit card’. Tip Five Glen Walford reminded me of this technique with her own special twist to it. She is a great director and actress and among her many theatre productions she has directed some of Willy Russell’s plays including Shirley Valentine with Meera Syal that I saw and loved. She is an amazing director and creative who really reminded me of why I want to act, and can bring out things in you you had forgotten were there Stand in the room and say from a place of truth ‘I am very beautiful’ and believe it three times Then “I am very powerful” three times Then mix them  up, feel how your words change how you stand and feel, how the energy in the room changes as does how we change how we feel. Water Crystal Research and Interview (from 13.00)by Dr Masaro Emotu Everything in existence vibrates – see the crystal move to different kinds of music. Even exposure to negative written words (23.00) is amazing to see in water crystals. Some quick graphic clips on his research youtube on this Tip Six  Daily Exercise, ideally first thing in the morning, even 15 minutes or a lunchtime walk to the shops Tip Seven Accept a thank you or a compliment with grace. Minimum Seven days, ideally a month of doing this every day. Just remember someone has looked at you and thought about you that you are beautiful and strong, as a child a teenager, as a grown person.   The weekly tracking – Yours and mine This podcast newsletter sets a 13 minute creative exercise and then our weekly tracking where I encourage you to do an end of week think back on what has been done, produced, worked on, booked and paid for creatively. (I don’t mean you are doing ‘creative accounting”!) Whether you are a full time painter or a 40 hours a week office administrator who sings on the side, this is to encourage you to keep creating and make the world a better place, one song, poem, piece of art at a time. The following is what we need to track each week as a look back in brief, full explanations are in the podcast is here How many CV’s and emails did you send out for creative work? How many creative jobs did you actually do, whether 8 shows a week, a gallery opening or a song in a children hospice? How many auditions and meetings for creative projects? How many classes and workshops did you do? How much practise done that week, how much each day? How much money made through your creative pursuits? What marketing of your creative output did you do and what revenue generation plans put in place? Did you lea[...] Gratitude, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no