We are in the first week after publication of Lynn Farley-Rose’s latest book The Interview Chain, and today, as part of her series of guest posts, she introduces Spencer and his take on creativity:
“I think creativity is about giving yourself permission to be raw and to make mistakes. I imagine it like putting your hand on a door—you don’t know yet what’s on the other side and that can be scary because the minute you open the door there might be a dozen…or a hundred…or thousands of people looking at you. But I’ve learned to trust that whatever shows up will be OK. The creativity is there. You just have to let go and allow it to come out without worrying about being judged by anyone else.”
After a career as a successful musician, Spencer had a car accident that forced him to change direction. Now he works as a sculptor creating fantastical sculptures using mechanical objects from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and he also helps people to find their own creativity. Interviewee Number 19 in The Interview Chain.
Published by Holland House Books, 30th June 2021
Spencer argues that everyone is creative. But what kind of creative are you—adaptive or innovative; divergent or convergent?
More about Lynn Farley-Rose on the authors’ page here: Authors
The Interview Chain is available from Amazon, Waterstones and directly from Holland House Books : The-Interview-Chain
“I wanted it to grow organically. I didn’t want to influence it too much.”: Lynn interviewed on BBC Radio Solent
