Episode 16 - Creativity

Former teacher turned custom jewelry maker Rachel, joins Ben for a discussion about creativity.  In addition to her thoughts on the subject, Rachel shares how she discovered her creative niche through experimentation with different mediums and how a particular TikTok video she made went viral and jump started her business.  Ben talks about Sigmund Freud, lightbulbs, and games that make him think of creativity. 00:20 - Rachel reveals the topic with such gusto! 00:50 - Rachel passes on the first question and then pleads the fifth  03:00 - “Body by Frost” started with a viral TikTok video   06:00 - They are called “jib-bits” (and they are trademarked) 07:00 - Creative vs. artistic  10:00 - Rachel’s mom is the Helen Young Frost, renown quilter 14:30 - A lesson in American Sign Language and signing songs 17:19 - “Deaf” or “hard of hearing” is not offensive  20:42 - Fallacies and Freud  23:42 - The interesting Astrology book title 25:53 - Rachel’s need and opportunity struggle with creativity  29:10 - Tom the trickster 34:08 - Two stories about boxes of stinky garbage 35:47 - “What’s the deal with lightbulbs?” 38:42 - “No, she’s a lawyer”, back to lightbulbs and it’s not Benjamin Franklin 41:23 - Innovation versus creativity 43:30 - Creative writing and “The Vagina Monologues” 46:11 - The hookers and the honor system  47:20 - Rachel cheats in the Sims in the name of creativity  50:37 - Ben’s story about his friend Michaela and the Sims   52:38 - “Brain Age” and typing games  54:50 - The cake and the companion cube  56:30 - A brief history of rhythm games  59:26 - Ben loves Katamari Damacy! 01:02:26 - Rachel’s video game conversations with her students 01:07:28 - “Boring but nice,” and the last question 01:12:20 - Closing thoughts on creativity