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Sep 2024
1h 34m

Brian Biggs

Giuseppe Castellano
About this episode

Giuseppe Castellano talks to author, illustrator, designer, and educator, Brian Biggs, about how reinvention can play a part in one’s creative life; what it means to be a victim of your own success; whether or not creative types need to be inspired (if inspiration even exists); and more.

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