How to Focus Your Creativity | Faith, Storytelling, and Imagination w/ Andrew Peterson

Welcome to the first episode of the 7th season of The Collide Kids Podcast! Host Christen Clark is thrilled to welcome the incredibly talented Andrew Peterson, an award-winning singer, songwriter, and author of the Wingfeather Saga.In this episode, Andrew shares insights on creativity, both in the arts and beyond, and how social media and technology can often hinder us from engaging more fully in creative endeavors. Christen and Andrew discuss the fascinating Wingfeather Saga, exploring its whimsical yet deep narrative, the joy he finds in creating unique words, animals, and plats to fill his stories, as well as the inspiration behind his new book, "The Prince of Yorsha Doon,"As always this episode features the "Kids Only" segment with a joke from listener Reagan, and Christen invites you to join in the fun by sharing your favorite joke, bible verse, quote or song at CollideKidsPodcast.com.Resources Mentioned:Andrew-Peterson.com for more about Andrew Peterson's music and booksWingfeathersaga.com for information on the Wingfeather SagaAngel Studios app for the animated Wingfeather Saga series"The Prince of Yorsha Doon," Andrew Peterson's new bookCollideKidsPodcast.com for listener participation and the monthly newsletterClip Finder"The Breadth of Creativity": "A friend of mine, Jonathan Rogers, talks about how if creativity is a pie, then the arts are only one slice of that pie. And he jokingly says they're not even a very important part of it." — Andrew Peterson 00:05:50How Social Media Hinders Creativity: "Every moment that you're on social media is a moment that you're not writing the book or the song that you could be writing or gardening or whatever." — Andrew Peterson 00:08:09The Return to Analog Creativity: "I actually considered working on my new book with writing it longhand. Really? With a legal pad? Yeah." — Andrew Peterson 00:08:54Digital Detox: "I actually just bought a light phone. Have you heard of this? It's called the light phone. It's a phone that. All it does is text and call, and it works kind of like an old ipod." — Andrew Peterson 00:09:57The Magic of Fantasy Writing: "If you're writing fantasy, one of the cool things is that you get to make up all the rules in your world." — Andrew Peterson 00:16:06Monster Mayhem: "I get to put whatever monsters I want in the forest. I get to give the cows fangs and make them carnivorous." — Andrew Peterson 00:16:39**Unvisited Worlds in Fiction**: "So one of the places in the books that we didn't get to visit in the four main four book series is the woes of Shreve and the city called Yorsha Doon." — Andrew Peterson 00:18:15Harvesting Your Own Honey: "There is nothing quite like dipping your finger in a jar of honey that was made by bees on your own property." — Andrew Peterson 00:21:39"Childhood Adventures": "I have this vivid memory of the feeling of danger, of climbing through the corn stalks with my brother and just catching a glimpse of the train track." — Andrew Peterson 00:25:29 Bark proactively works to monitor, detect, and alert you to potential issues on your kids' devices. Visit bark.us to learn more about how you can keep your kids safe online. Use the code COLLIDEKIDS to get 15% off Your Bark Technologies Plan !Support the show