Music, Creativity, and Mental Health: Robert Koch (of Foam and Sand) - Roundtable

This is a roundtable discussion with my friends from Nettwerk Music. Our subject was the Music, Creativity & Mental Health podcast with Robot Koch. It was a deeply insightful and wide-ranging discussion that appropriately matched the often deep and fascinating discussion I had with Robert. Topics discussed included: Why do people decide to be artists even though they know it is likely to be difficult, insecure, stressful and so on; Becoming comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity, learning to trust it, even value it, as a key for creativity; Fluid versus Crystallized intelligence and how that informs intuition; Quietening down and placing the brain in a more contemplative state to encourage intuition; Social Media and the shifting music industry landscape, especially the ‘compare and despair mindset that can result; Sensitivity and listening to the quiet inner voice of intuition, and tuning the internal antenna; The importance of navigating difficult experiences for one’s creative and personal development.