Timber Masterson is a truly diverse creative. Actor, author, writer, singer/songwriter and dreamer of dreams.

I have had the pleasure of working with Timber for a few years now, as audio engineer, co-producer and consumer of fine coffee.

In this episode, Timber and I discuss the pleasures and pressures that come with living a creative life- grappling with distraction, doubt, dilution, empowerment, inspiration and the Muse, and how we try to hold it all together and look cool to those around us!

Though we talk about some very heavy concepts, we keep it light and listenable for you.

In this episode, I go into the topic of ego versus experience, and how that can and likely will impact the experience of a creative group setting.

We can fool ourselves, but how far can what we "think" we are take us in a creative venture with others?

It will go one of these two ways- we will pull up our creative socks and grow and excel or we will trip over that ego and have to face some harsh realities.

As always, I'm speaking about real-life experiences working both solo and as a collaborative artist.

Roger Guetta is a multidisciplinary artist currently living in Montreal, Canada.

His early years in the arts were somewhat by accident as he recounts his story of attending business management school. From there, Roger pivoted into theatre, photography, poetry, and eventually into being a professor in a liberal arts program in Quebec, Canada.

Here, Roger and I discuss motivation, inspiration, the momentum of creativity, teaching philosophies, monetizing your art, food, a bit of politics and even our possible immortality as artists and creators and educators.

If you want to tune into this podcast on YouTube, you can watch a lovely montage of some of Roger's recent digital photography, this, is audio-only.