Muses & Monsters

Apr 04 2021

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Do you sometimes crave for creative expression, but then procrastinate a while, only to feel the creative itch ferociously reappear and initiate something promising... But then you plunge into doubts about why you would, whether you should and why you will or will not? In other words: are you perpetually surrounded by the muses and monsters of creativity? If yes, then this podcast is worth your while! Join the conversation between Bram and Jeroen, two creative minds that ruminate like wild water buffalo.

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MM06 - Performance

Apr 04 2021 82 mins

This is probably the last episode of Muses & Monsters' first season. It focuses on (live) performance as an aspect of the creative process. Jeroen, having little experience with creative performance himself, wanted to pick Bram's brain on the topic. How does one go about delivering his or her creative art form in front of a live audience? Does that performance or delivery becom

MM05 - Procrastination

Feb 08 2021 92 mins

For this episode of Muses & Monsters, we did some major prep work. During the whole month of January we slacked off in very professional fashion to get inspired by the topic at hand: procrastination. Behind our microphones, we delved into four archetypes of procrastinators, as presented by a Business Insider article. That way we tried to come up with some concrete cures or simp

MM04 - Inspiration

Dec 28 2020 84 mins

A few weeks ago, we recorded a conversation about what is generally considered the nucleus of any creative endeavor: inspiration. But is that consideration really accurate or is there a chicken-or-the-egg argument to be had? In other words: does inspiration always spark the creative expression or can creative expression also spark the inspiration? We wondered and ponder

MM03 - Failure

Nov 24 2020 76 mins

We asked our Instagram followers what creativity related topic they wanted to hear us talk about next. Well, we gave them a choice: between 'Inspiration' and 'Failure'. Interestingly, the latter won the vote (no fraud involved by the way). So, is failure merely the opposite of success? Or is there more to it? And either way, doesn't the definition of failure depend on how one

MM02 - Collaboration

Nov 03 2020 69 mins

Slightly later than anticipated, Bram and Jeroen have hooked up their microphones again. They discuss another component of many creative processes: collaboration. Mainly, we tried to find out what we are really after when we choose to collaborate. Do we have an outcome in mind or are we simply hoping to discover something that is unknown to us, so far? We also talked about the fe

MM01 - Self-censorship

Sep 16 2020 66 mins

Here it is: the first episode of Bram and Jeroen’s conversational podcast about the muses and monsters of creativity. The topic at hand is: self-censorship, quite symbolic for a first podcast episode that was long overdue. We started off with an internet definition of self-censorship and then explored other meanings that we tend to relate to this theme. Things like: the blurry l