How to have a healthy relationship with your art

featuring Christopher Baker

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Listen now:

What does a healthy relationship with your creativity look like? And how do you go about achieving this? In this episode of Creativity: Uncovered, musician Chris Baker joins Abi Gatling to discuss how he reconnected with his authentic self as an artist, found his own voice and now uses this to guide his creative process.

Tune into this episode of Creativity: Uncovered to hear about:

  • The invisible pressure that comes with creative work
  • Why there’s no one-size-fits-all version of what it means to be an artist
  • What a healthy relationship with your creativity can look like
  • Avoiding burnout by connecting with your inner voice
  • Balancing your art with the rest of your life: family, work, wellbeing
  • How to approach the business side of being a creative – without selling out
  • Reframing content creation as part of the creative process
  • The personal outcomes of navigating creativity on your own terms

Chris mentioned some interesting artists in this episode who are pursuing a more healthy relationship with their art:



Happy listening!


xo Abi

More About Christopher Baker


Big Vacation is an alt pop project by Chris Baker, based in Eora/Sydney, Australia. Drawing inspiration from artists like Powfu (CA) and Arden Jones (US), Big Vacation transcends the norm with his introspective songwriting. Born and raised in south-west Sydney’s heartland Campbelltown, now living on the Northern beaches, Chris has a niche ability to create across a range of genres- through his own projects & co-writing and producing with indie artists locally and abroad including Jerome Blazé, Mookhi, Pat Carroll, daste., Kid Mac, Gabriel King Houis (NYC) and Hein Cooper to name a select few.

Big Vacation effortlessly and unashamedly leans into influences of hip hop, punk, grunge, and lo-fi soul, to reimagine the boundaries of alt-pop, lo-fi and indie music. Exploring a true DIY approach, every aspect from songwriting, production, mixing, photography and filming has been hand-woven by the artist himself.

 

 

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