WELCOME TO EPISODE 29. OF GET YOUR HEART ON!
“There is no art or creativity without someone making a statement. Without somebody divulging something about themselves.” – James Victore
In this Spotlight feature, I’m so pumped + excited for you to meet today’s incredible guest, James Victore!
James Victore is an author, artist, mentor, and designer to brave clients.
As a creative thought leader James is a sought after speaker known for his timely wisdom and impassioned views about creativity and its place in the world. He teaches how to illuminate your individual gifts in order to find clarity and purpose. His work is represented in the permanent collections of museums worldwide.
Described as “part Darth Vader” “part Yoda” James is highly regarded for his provocative style, he is a graphic designer, art educator, and dynamic high in-demand speaker on creativity. His work is represented in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including MoMA and the Louvre. As well as founding his own design studio in 1990, James also taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
James has received notable awards for his designs, including an Emmy for television animation, and Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Art Director’s Club. His recent book “Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of LIfe – continues to inspire and promote creativity across the globe. Now committed to using his experience and skills to coach and mentor creatives. He has also founded his own online mentoring program called The Creative Warrior. – Which I am loving and am so excited to be a part of!
In this episode, we’ll be talking about things like creativity, sharing your voice, and having a damn opinion! And as always we’ll tie in kindness, giving back, and all around being a good person…
Quick reminder // this is going to be a longer episode as all my spotlight features are. So grab your fav beverage of choice, a cup of coffee, or maybe a little something stronger cuz, there’s no holding back today! And you might want to get something to take notes on and then buckle up…cuz, as James always says…— CLASS IS IN SESSION! Are you ready?! Let’s GO!
HIGHLIGHTS // SHOW NOTES
1:30 Introduction
3:00 Fun Backstory
7:30 A little bit about James + his interest
9:00 Shares about his journey that brought him where he is today as a designer, artist, and teacher
14:80 How did James get his work into famous museums? What steps did he take to end up there.
18:00 A fun story about being recognized Why she cares so much about creating less fear around dying
19:30 What does it mean to be creative, what does it look like, and are we all creative?
22:00 Thoughts on being an artist + how to get started.
24:30 The things that make you weird as a kid makes you great today and how to embrace who we are.
28:46 What does it mean to have a damn opinion and why should this matter to us as creatives?
32:00 How to share your work and creativity when your fear and negative thinking starts to come up.
34:56 The haters: any advice?
36:50 James talks about courage, confidence, and being bold
41:09 What does success mean?
44:10 Why should we always sign our work + a cool story about a boy and his electrician dad.
48:05 A few Self Care Tips + James shares his morning ritual
51:10 Who has influenced his life?
53:08 Thoughts on being kind + all the things you are not.
55:30 Pay it Forward
58:00 Wrap up + What’s next for James
GET YOUR HEART ON // CALL TO ACTION
In every Spotlight episode, I’m going to ask my guest if there’s one way we can collectively Get Our Hearts On to help them to help someone or pay it forward right now.
RESOURCES // LINKS // GOODIES
James, thank you so much #1 for reaching out and asking to be on my show! – You beat me to it! And #2 for so openly sharing parts of your story, words of wisdom and so many incredible tips and helpful advice on how we can express our creativity, share our voice, and have a damn opinion! – FECK YEAH!
A huge thank you to each and every single one of you who joined us today….I hope you are even more inspired and ready to share your big amazing heart and your unique voice with others in your own kickass way. – WE ARE READY FOR YOU!
So much courageous love to you!
: ) gia
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In this Spotlight feature, I can not wait to introduce you to my super go-getter, inspiring guest Reyn Aubrey! 
