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A conversation about high strangeness and how creatives may be more likely to have such events in their lives. How does that change reality? What is happening as a result? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

This is an introductory vid with me talking about the how and why of writing 'Truthful Tall Tales' a book about high-strange events that have happened in my life. This video is a part of my work on creativity and creative people. Truthful Tall Tales is available on Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Overdrive, Apple Books, Bol, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

This is the second in a series of conversations concerning "High Strangeness" and that connection to creative people.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

I have changed the context of the podcast to explore high strange experiences  This episode starts that exploration by reading the preface that did not get into my e-book "Truthful Tall Tales." In editing, it was suggested that I take it out. In the book, I recount high strange events and experiences in my life. Here is an excerpt: "We have been taught that we are born and live, until the day we leave into a mysterious darkness. We learn that the world is ordered, and where it is not, we must attempt to make it so in our minds. We learn that we can be assured that those who rule have our best interest at heart; that the world is fair; that everything is known, or will be known, and that there is, or will be, a scientific or religious narrative that explains everything. Every intelligent, enlightened person knows better than to believe in magic, demons, ghosts, or hidden creatures." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

The importance of putting your creative work online. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

Everyone is born a Creative. Each of us paints on the canvas of our lives. Each choice we make is a color applied. See your life as a lifelong painting and learn the skills to paint in light and bright colors, in the choices we make. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

We project our trauma onto others. Many creatives use trauma or past hurts in their work as I do as a songwriter. What would our creative output be if we worked at removing the effect of trauma on our work? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

Are your dreams being affected by the pandemic? Creativity is connected to your dream state. Take the lid off by getting out, socializing, and traveling. Time to put the color back in your dreams. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

There are realities in life that should make our lives better and happier if we are reminded of them. In this episode Ken chats about two such realities; 'It begins when it begins.' and 'It's over when it's over". A lesson for everyone who is or wants to live a creative life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

Be mindful of feelings of resentment, hate, fear, and either/or thinking. Allow yourself to be awed and astonished by the world and the people around you. Creativity is as much a mindset as it is a practice. Reality is nuanced and textured that is part of the grist of being creative. The more we pigeonhole and narrow our perceptions the narrower the creative view and thus creative manifestation. The more open-minded you are the more truthful, honest, and powerful your creative output will be.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

A controversial talk on the fear and lies we buy into. Our thoughts and opinions are not who we are. The most certain thing that every human has in common, beyond religion, politics, culture, prejudice, is a heart. Creativity may be more a function of benefits of openness and love than the transient and either/or machinations of our minds. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

A chat about how a seed in the past can manifest itself in the creative projects in the present. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

IMPORTANT: I have posted more than 70 episodes of this podcast. If you have listened to any of them I am appreciative. This episode is the most CONTROVERSIAL and the most important one I have produced. If you haven't listened to any of my talks do listen to this one.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

As Creatives we all have those terrible times when a new project won't come. You can get sad, anxious, depressed. You may even feel as if you were never a creative person at all, it was just a one-off accident. It feels as if the block is permanent. I hope to cast some light on this unpleasant part of a Creatives life and some ways to work through it.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

A reading of my poem The Troll of Lampwick from my anthology book Strange Reflection available on Amazon Books A timely fairy tale about the abuse and neglect of children in an uncaring world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

In all the possible worlds and civilizations in this galaxy alone, we live on a tiny speck of sand with 8 billion mites upon it. Who of us creative or not should be arrogant? We as creatives are here to create light and be available to lift up others.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

Ken Lehnig has a master class in creativity, interviewing his daughter Annalyn Lehnig - Actor, Playwright, Dancer, Teacher, and Coach. Annalyn's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtPkvZCkqqjSD3lXiMgYaAw Annalynlehnig.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

I'm adding a new element to the show. I will do readings in the months ahead of weird and strange poems and stories from the books in my Sozzel the Jongleur series. Available at Amazon Books.  I will also be doing interviews with Creatives, wonderful people who have much to impart to us all. This reading is from Strange Reflections 'Brando's Bane'. The setting is sometime in the eighties, in a downtown cafe, in the middle of a rainy night. Two good friends share memories and a very strange story The characters use rough and controversial language I suggest 16+   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

This is an eye-opening talk on the so-called negative traits of creative people. Perception is the key to understanding how Creatives function and the need for a harder look at the way society is put together and the need for more of these negative traits in this world.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. We are coming out of a dark time. We will need to reconnect with friends and family and get our hearts in close proximity. It is up to us to make the new world a light-filled place. All creativity needs to be switched on. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeskenlehnig/support