540 - Why the Creative Path Has to Be Twisty and Turny with Nishant Jain

Creative Pep Talk

Arts, Education, Business, Design

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Pre-Order My New Book Mysterious Things Here --- It’s so easy to forget what this is all about. If you need a reminder to embrace imperfection as part of your flavor, and rekindle your drive to just go out and make stuff you love about things you’re interested in, this is your episode!! Guest Nishant Jain drops a billion good gems here. We talk about his sneaky public drawing practice, his inspiring philosophy around creativity and his new book “Make Sneaky Art”. I could have talked to Nishant for another hour or more! This will fuel your creative tank! SHOW NOTES: Nishant Jain https://www.sneakyartist.com Book: Make Sneaky Art https://www.sneakyartist.com/the-book Kendyll Hillegas http://www.kendyllhillegas.com Roald Dahl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl Quentin Blake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake Sneaky Art Podcast - Hosted by Nishant Jain https://www.sneakyartist.com/podcast Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what's hard to do? It's hard to stay in relationship to your creative self.
0:08.1	As an adult in this economy and in this world, it's so hard to remember why you love making
0:18.0	stuff, how you find that curious part of yourself that wants to do stuff
0:23.4	for the sake of doing it. But if you don't stay in relationship to that, you don't have a
0:27.9	prayer at having a practice or a profession around your creativity or even just a consistent
0:35.8	creative habit because it's hard to remember why it's worth it
0:42.0	when you don't have that relationship.
0:45.1	And so this episode is about rekindling your creative brain.
0:49.9	How are we going to do that?
0:51.2	We're going to do it by chatting with Nishant Jane, who wrote this book, Make Sneaky Art.
0:58.0	It is about how you go out into the world and sneak around and draw things and people and tap
1:03.6	into your curiosity.
1:05.1	Had a freaking blast talking with Nishant.
1:08.5	This thing is just littered with so much inspiration. I left this conversation
1:12.5	feeling on fire. At the end, I'm going to come back. Well, no, at the end of the conversation,
1:17.9	we actually get into the CTA, the call to adventure. It's called No Point B. And it is a practice,
1:23.9	a thing you could go do today to help rekindle and get back in touch with that curiosity.
1:30.9	I was very inspired by this.
1:32.3	I want to do this myself.
1:34.4	So, yeah, go nowhere and listen to this chat with Nashant Jane, author of The Make Sneaky Art book, and have fun.
1:50.5	Bye y'all.
1:50.9	On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift off.
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