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Like Really CreativeCreative Clarity Meditations #07: A You Are A Revolutionary with Jared BoydVoiced by journalist and DJ Jared Boyd, this pep talk kicks you into creative gear before you start a project. It’s a reminder that you were put here to express yourself, no matter what.
2026-02-1103 min
Like Really CreativeHow to Move Through the Madness with Dr. Andrea JacoboDr. Andrea Jacobo—creative wellness practitioner, researcher, and poet—spent years studying the science of how bodies move while her right brain staged a full-scale revolt. The first-generation Dominican American became an exercise physiologist, Zumba instructor, and yoga teacher, understanding intellectually that shaking your hips (aka shaking a$$) opens the root chakra where creativity and fear live together, but it wasn't until the pandemic that she finally stopped running from her own words. She started sharing poetry again at protests in the Bay Area, watching her bilingual verses heal herself and others simultaneously. The Memphis poetry collective We Keepin' It P...
2026-01-1531 min
Like Really CreativeCreative Clarity Meditations #06: A Slow Start to The New Year with Nikkino WessonWritten and voiced by writer Nikkino Wesson, this guided meditation invites you to slow down and accept the silence instead of rushing ahead to the new year.
2025-12-2304 min
Like Really CreativeCreative Clarity Meditation #05: Meet Your Future Self with Mara DanieleVoiced by musician and creator Mara Daniele, this guided journaling exercise helps you to envision what your Future Self looks like while connecting you to your five senses.
2025-10-0703 minLike Really CreativeHow to Turn a Depression Spiral into a Goddess Anthem with Rachel MaxannRachel Maxann built her debut album "Black Fae" as a 56-minute expedition through the darkest corners of her mind, then emerged claiming her divinity. The Memphis-based vocalist and therapist structured the record like a depressive spiral. Not the sanitized kind that gets radio play, but the real thing that starts with intrusive thoughts and burrows deeper until you either learn something profound about yourself or don't come back at all. Her decision to bury "Goddess," the album's most triumphant moment, deep in the tracklist wasn't commercial strategy but psychological honesty: you don't start a spiral feeling invincible. Working as...
2025-09-1128 min
Like Really CreativeCreative Clarity Meditation #04: Notice Everyone Around with StroolyProduced and voiced by Strooly, this guided dance meditation is meant to be experienced with others.Find the rhythm, feel your feet on the ground, and notice everyone around as you connect to your body and the people sharing this world with you.⚪️ Listen at likereallycreative.com/meditate
2025-09-0405 minLike Really CreativeHow to Make the Most Out of the Music with DJ RosamiiDJ Rosamii—DJ, community builder, and founder of Bloom Haus Creative Group—found her calling through rebellion and rediscovery. Moving to Memphis in 2020, she stumbled into the local music scene while DJing for a boyfriend's show, quickly realizing she'd been hiding her true musical tastes from strict parents who wanted her to be a doctor or lawyer. What started as sneaking hip-hop past parental censors evolved into a full embrace of house and electronic music that made her want to dance all night in her room. Her confidence came from teenage angst and refusing to accept how people treated her—...
2025-08-2823 minLike Really CreativeCreative Clarity Meditation #03: The Essence of Your Creativity with Tori Grace AnitoGet to the center of your creative essence with this beautiful visualization and sound healing meditation voiced and performed by Tori Grace Anito. Tori’s soothing voice paired with the hum of sound bowls allows you to tap in, slow down, and find the trust in your creative self.The visualization begins in the front of two golden doors. What will you find behind them?⚪️ Listen at likereallycreative.com/meditate
2025-08-0424 minLike Really CreativeHow to Be A Multimedia Multihyphenate with An Emphasis in Biological Anthropology with Thomas CorbinThomas Corbin discovered his creative calling through necessity and rebellion. After being publicly humiliated in art school for not following assignment rules despite creating beautiful work, he fled to biological anthropology, studying Neanderthal extinction and learning that our ancient cousins were sophisticated artists who made jewelry and buried their dead with flowers. But art kept calling him back. Now he operates as a creative "shuffler," constantly moving between music production, visual collages, and multiple band collaborations (General Labor, Cloudland Canyons, Melinda, and Infinity Stairs) because his brain solves problems when switching between mediums. His philosophy emerged from pain: reject...
2025-07-311h 04Like Really CreativeHow to Paint a Divorce with Nate RennerNate Renner is a Memphis-based pop artist who finds inspiration in Southern rituals and commercialism. His work explores the repetitive traditions of the rural South—like the guy who throws beer cans in the same ditch every day after work—and how people prioritize vices over necessities. Growing up Church of Christ, Nate examines the connection between brands and memory, how families attach to specific products that stir up nostalgia. His recent solo show "Flowers Ain't Forever" at Ugly Art Co processed his divorce through black and white dying flower paintings, marking his first solo exhibition in seven years and...
2025-07-1735 minLike Really CreativeHow to Be a Concept Artist from South Memphis with Dame MufasaDame Mufasa is a poet disguised as a hip-hop artist, "Trojan horsing poetry through gold teeth and hip hop.” His brain works in narrative connections, whether linear or abstract, creating entire universes from disparate thoughts before they become too big to execute. Dame's philosophy centers on art as sacred work—following in the footsteps of Tupac and James Baldwin—with every project carrying the weight of representation and the responsibility to prove hip hop is fine art. His recent album "Church in the Wild" emerged from a Crosstown Arts residency where life fell apart (lost job, lost someone close, car go...
2025-07-1029 min
cityCURRENT Radio ShowThe Four Codes of Creative Energy: How to Reignite Your Artistic Spark with Zack OrsbornIn this deeply personal and inspiring episode, host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Zack Orsborn, founder of Like Really Creative, to explore the intersection of mental health, creativity, and community. Zack opens up about growing up in a small Mississippi town where creativity was stifled, navigating mental illness, and the long road to rediscovering his artistic identity.He shares the powerful story behind his framework—The Four Codes of Creative Energy—and how it's helping creatives overcome fear, reconnect with their passion, and build intentional, expressive lives. From Collage Parties to MUSE gatherings, Like Really Creative is more...
2025-07-0423 minLike Really CreativeHow to Edit the Arts Beat with Elle PerryElle Perry is Memphis's go-to Arts & Culture editor at The Daily Memphian, a self-described generalist who can hit five art gallery openings in one night. Her love affair with the arts began in third grade when a speech therapy teacher took her to see The Nutcracker, then deepened in college when she discovered the broke student's paradise of gallery openings (free wine and cheese). Elle's nosiness-turned-superpower drives her journalism, giving her permission to ask deeper questions while building genuine connections with artists. She approaches art like a tactile kid who wants to touch everything, drawn especially to abstract works...
2025-07-0334 min
Like Really CreativeCreative Clarity Meditation #02: Releasing Creative Fear with Anthony LorenzoPhotographer Anthony Lorenzo leads this meditation to help you work through creative blocks and fear. You'll visualize yourself in your creative space, connecting with your tools and the process of making without hesitation. The session focuses on building confidence in your creative abilities and trusting your instincts.Designed for writers, artists, musicians, and other creators who feel stuck or anxious about their work. The meditation includes a 396hz Solfeggio tone woven in the music, known for helping release fear. Listen at likereallycreative.com/meditate
2025-07-0204 minLike Really CreativeHow to Engineer a Drag Reveal with Vivica VanityVivica Vanity's path to drag began with a childhood creating digital art, anime obsession, and fictional world-building. As an "internet baby" who could type before writing, she spent years making animations and original characters while feeling like an outsider in school. Her drag career sparked in 2022 at Code Pink in Oxford, Mississippi after being inspired by Sasha Colby's reveal techniques. She reverse-engineered costume reveals by studying YouTube videos frame by frame, eventually mastering theater quick-release techniques. Her first performance came during a Jay Lee memorial night where she felt compelled to "embody the queer spirit," performing to Ayesha Erotica's "...
2025-06-1236 minLike Really CreativeHow to Be a Tarot-Reading Drag Witch by Hunny BluntWhen drag star Hunny Blunt first discovered tarot as a child, she had no idea that a simple deck of cards would become the spiritual compass guiding her through life's wildest transformations. After her childhood deck was thrown away, curiosity eventually led her back to the mystical practice, where she found not just divination, but a roadmap for healing. When she stepped into drag, something magical happened—the spiritual depth of tarot merged with the glamorous artistry of performance, creating a practice where sequins and sacred wisdom coexist. For Hunny, humor is "the acceptance of pain," a way to tr...
2025-06-0550 min
The SparkHow to Be Really Creative with Zack OrsbornIn this episode of The Spark, Dr. Weiss turns the microphone around to interview our own Director of Marketing and Communications, Zack Orsborn, who typically produces the podcast from behind the scenes.They explored Zack's journey from small-town Mississippi to becoming an integral part of both the Memphis artistic community and Bornblum.They talked about Zack's "Like Really Creative" podcast, where he's interviewed 30 artists in just six weeks so far, and learn about his evolution from journalism to marketing while maintaining his identity as a multidisciplinary artist. Zack shares candid insights about finding...
2025-03-1319 min