Interview with Canvas Rebel

Had so much fun chatting with the lovely folks at Canvas Rebel magazine on creativity, writing a novel, my learnings and experiences along the journey and so much more. You can read it here-

Here are some excerpts from the interview- Interview with Canvas Rebel

1) Building worlds for readers is a playful dance of artistic expression, honing the craft of words at the cellular level, implementing larger plot and structural devices, while also giving oneself space for creative daydreaming.

2) After having interviewed hundreds of people, and written, produced, and reported thousands of
stories, for over fifteen years, I started feeling the call to explore deeper mysteries of fate, destiny, consciousness, and leave something behind that would last longer than the ever-shortening news cycle.

3) I see myself as someone who not only studies ancient and contemporary wisdom on mindfulness but also continually then tries adapting and reinventing those learnings to create centeredness and a state of natural flow sought by the yogis and philosophers of previous eras. That’s why I like to call myself a storytelling yogi.

4) I think non-creatives might struggle to understand how creative time operates differently from discrete time, or how the layers that are involved in the creative act are not only individualistic but also sometimes wildly unpredictable, and how, at the end of it, the creative act doesn’t ever end.

5) My creative process cannot be confined to a set template, or office cubicle. It is informed by the creative, chaotic forces of life itself. That in my case includes psychology, philosophy, quantum physics, Indian mythology, mysticism, spirituality, among others.

6) I consider myself a wanderer and wonderer, with nomadic tendencies, always intrigued by multiple interests. My mind is constantly brimming with questions, ideas, musings, and more questions. I truly relish the freedom of being creative, where everything in life informs creativity.

Have a read, and if you’re a creative, would also love to know your top tip for sustaining and balancing the creative fire.