The Creativity Roots Podcast

Creativity Roots - Episode 28 by Ronald Paredes Cultural appropriation its a controversy in its own term, culture doesn’t belong to anyone, it doesn’t have intellectual property so it can not be appropriated. Culture is an ever-changing and developing entity in which we are all born, raised, and assimilated. Cultures or aspects of culture being reinterpreted, adapted, and used as a base for new expressions is only natural. When we prevent others from using some aspects of our culture we are isolating it, and a culture that is isolated is condemned to disappear. We need to encourage cultural enrichment, diversity, and evolution by allowing people to use it as a springboard or their own creativity. - Music featured in this episode: Gambia by Sona Jobarteh http://www.sonajobarteh.com/ Hona by Boubacar Traoré https://www.boubacartraore.com/ Complementary videos and links: Toronto gallery cancels exhibit of white artist's paintings over complaints of cultural appropriation https://tinyurl.com/yczzyafm Picasso's African-influenced Period - 1907 to 1909 https://www.pablopicasso.org/africanperiod.jsp VCU student goes viral for response to cultural appropriation criticism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ4bNh0TnMI Can White people have dreadlocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHYls9e4mVM Joe Rogan Rants About Cultural Appropriation "It's stupid!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVhcN8hQd8 What Defines Cultural Appropriation? | i-D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwEMVEmeubk - Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode Support the podcast at patreon.com/creativityroots Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected] Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots

Creativity Roots - Episode 27 by Ronald Paredes Cultures are alive entities that evolve, adapt, mature, and change with time. It is important not only to study, understand and preserve our cultures but also to abolish some of the practices and behaviors that do not correspond with our times and with the state of our human evolution as modern and developed societies. We must evaluate our cultures and turn them into practices that enrich and strengthen our identity, cultures that are respectful and considerate to all the members of our societies. The music featured in this episode was: Free Fall by Dave Johnston from the album World Didgeridoo Vibes Volume 1 https://archive.org/details/World_Didgeridoo_Vibes_Vol1/Freefall_DaveJohnstone.mp3 - Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode Support the podcast at patreon.com/creativityroots Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected] Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots

Creativity Roots - Episode 26 by Ronald Paredes Brendan Davis is a filmmaker, producer, consultant, and prolific podcaster with three active podcasts, Big Fish in The Middle Kingdom, How China Works, and If I Knew You Better, additionally he is involved in current film projects which includes three movies and in the creation process of a TV series of his own inspiration. His name is included in the credits of several movies, short films, documentaries in roles that range from sound operator, acting, editor, writer, producer, and director. His most recent involvement in film projects is the newly released documentary film “Crazy Hot” in which he is a writer, and as producer in “My Favorite Season”, film that at the moment of releasing this episode its been nominated for best picture at the International Fashion Film Award 2020. www.crazyinagoodway.com Brendan Davis at IMDb Crazy Hot (Documentary) Instagram: @brendankdavis - The music featured in this episode was: Damien Escobar in a HipHop Violin Freestyle performance www.damienescobar.com IG: @dameesco SoundCloud: Dameesco Youtube: Damien Escobar - Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode Support the podcast at patreon.com/creativityroots Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected] Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots

Creativity Roots - Episode 25 by Ronald Paredes It is terrible to spend your entire life frustrated stuck in a job that doesn’t motivate you only to wake up at 50 years old to find out that you have wasted your entire life and you don’t even know who you are and what you really want to do with your life. This episode it’s a Labor Day tribute to all those who in these terrible circumstances are putting all their heart, passion, love, and expertise to keep us safe and helping us battle this terrible pandemic. The closing song is called Ovation performed by Masterkhisis https://soundcloud.com/masterkhisis Instagram: @masterkhisis80 Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/creativityroots Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected] Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots

Creativity Roots - Episode 24 by Brendan Davis / Ronald Paredes This is a co-release of an interview to me by Brendan Davis with the title “RONALD PAREDES | Floating in Uncertain Waters” originally posted on his podcasts “If I knew You Better” and “Big Fish In The Middle Kingdom” where we talk about my career as an artist/designer and my current living situation in China. Links to both original shows below: http://ifiknewyoubetter.libsyn.com/ https://bigfishmiddlekingdom.libsyn.com/ https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/ Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/creativityroots Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected] Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots

Creativity Roots - Episode 23 by Ronald Paredes Note: For those listeners located in mainland China the podcast is accessible by using a VPN connection. The first quarter of 2020 has been completely overtaken by the COVID-19 pandemic that took us all by surprise, disrupted our lives and created an economic crisis like we probably have never seen before. This situation has forced us to rethink our relationship with ourselves and the way we live and we are all expecting changes however we tend to think of change as something that will happen somewhere, somehow without thinking about our role in such change, same like with creativity we think of it as something external and out of our control. How Change is related to creativity and how much of a role we have in it? Music break by Empress Ellehcim performing Tujja, find her on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/empesselleehcim Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/creativityroots Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected] Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots

Creativity Roots - Episode 22 by Ronald Paredes Stephanie Fuccio is a fellow podcaster, but not an ordinary one. She has made of her passion for podcasting, communication, connectivity, culture, and education an amazing mix that is already touching and influencing those who follow and listen to her with engaging, interesting and I might add, a continuous stream of online content. Stephanie is currently producing 4 regular and very active podcasts, Virtual Expats, Changing Scripts, Geopats, and the most recent called Creatively Complicated which she co-hosts with Summer Rylander. Although she insists on calling herself not-creative she is the personification of what I think is the most important aspect every creator should have, the crystallization of the ideas, which are the same as non-existent until we actually put them out to the world and that is what Steph does so well. That doesn’t mean she is just indiscriminately putting stuff out, she is actually producing, curating and editing everything she is sharing which is incredible to me, given the immense amount of work this represents. www.stephfuccio.com https://linktr.ee/stephfuccio Instagram: @stephfuccio The Creator for this episode was: Masterkhisis Performing: Awakening SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/masterkhisis Instagram: @masterkhisis80 Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/creativityroots Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected] Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots

Alëna Olasyuk is an Ukrainian artist who lives and works in Beijing. She graduated from the Arts College in Khmelnytsky city and later complementing her studies at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology where she obtained degrees in arts and media. Since then she has been working with a variety of mediums, such as oil paintings, ink on paper, woodcut print and piercing art. I met Alëna and started following her work through several art and creativity related on line groups. Although it would be a while before we got to meet in person I was already fond of her cool personality.  In several occasions Alena shared on these groups her deep rooted interest in the phenomenon of creativity and that sparked even further my curiosity even further. This is a conversation I was really looking forward to.  Find more about Alëna Olasyuk and her work here: www.olasyuk.com  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alena-olasyuk-067840a9/  facebook: www.facebook.com/alena.olasyuk  instagram: www.instagram.com/olasyuk_a  instagram: www.instagram.com/chi_media  tumblr: https://olasyukalena.tumblr.com/  cncreate.org/dark-side-art The Creator for this episode was: Mariana Savchenko Performing: Music Is My Only Guide  soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/marianasavchenko  facebook.com/mariana.savchenko Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode  Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/creativityroots  Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected]  Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots 

Creativity Roots - Episode 20 by Ronald Paredes  I first met Yolanda through a social media art group when she was making a call for volunteers to participate in one of her photography projects. The first time I met her in person the first impression is this very tall and slender, beautiful and unpretentious woman, then I got to talk to her and I was immediately hit by her insightful and caring personality, it only takes a few seconds to know what Yolanda is all about because of her blunt honesty, an aspect of her personality that she admits sometimes gets her in trouble.  I was chasing this interview for a while because I knew Yolanda would give me a very interesting view of her creative process and she delivered.  Find more of Yolanda and her work at:  http://www.yovohagrafie.de/ https://www.behance.net/mail342742d9 https://www.linkedin.com/in/yolanda-vom-hagen-6b63702a/ https://www.lensculture.com/yolanda-vom-hagen http://www.shanghai-flaneur.com/flaneur-faculty/yolanda-vom-hagen/ The music at the end of the episode is from an Indie Rock band called Stray Monroe, find more of them at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/straymonroe  Twitter – https://twitter.com/straymonroe  Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/straymonroe/  YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCilhJYS_ATm0k5WHyPYnivw  Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode  Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/creativityroots  Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected]  Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots 

Creativity Roots - Episode 19 by Ronald Paredes  Note: For those listeners located in mainland China the podcast is accessible by using a VPN connection.  At the moment of recording this podcast, we are celebrating Valentine’s Day and what a perfect day to think about the effects that love have on us, especially when it comes to creativity, what is it about love that provokes in us that urge to express our love creatively. There a scientific reason to that and it has to do with a change produced in the way we think and most importantly in a disruption of our logical thinking process. Love drives us crazy and that is a wonderful thing.  In this episode I cite a couple of articles about the studies on our thinking process when we are in love and how people involved in healthy relationships live longer, you can find those in the following links:  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-falling-in-love-make/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/strengthen-relationships-for-longer-healthier-life The creator for Valentine’s Day is my dear friend Gemini George performing his song Evening Melody, find him on his website: http://www.geminigeorge.com/  Visit www.creativityroots.com for more of this episode  Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/creativityroots  Remember to send your creative work, comments, and feedback at [email protected]  Also, follow me on Instagram @creativityroots