I don't know about you, but for me, I'm waking up into a chaotic world most days, both in my

house, just like dogs whining, kids, screaming, all that kind of stuff, but also the news,

what have you. It can be very difficult, a difficult ass to get up and just put some pants on,

let alone make any creative work, draw something, film something,

write something. It is asking a lot in the face of what you're facing and what I'm facing today.

But this episode is hopefully a reminder to help you feel fresh that creativity can be a salve and a solve for that feeling.

This conversation in today's episode made me feel in a new way, in a fresh way, as a reminder of

how meaningful life can feel when you create work that feels meaningful to you.

Today's episode is with Jared K. Anderson, aka the crypto naturalist on Instagram.

No, not cryptocurrency or anything like that, but cryptid nature, mysterious nature. And he writes

poetry there. He has a new book out. It's a novel called Strange Animals. I freaking loved it.

It is juicy. It's philosophical, but it's also just fun, sucks you in right away, and it's mysterious and just so good.

I loved it.

We're going to talk about that project today as a way of talking through how Jared as a

neurodivergent person who struggles with major depression has used his creativity,

that creative lens to create and see

meaning in life and find a life that is rich with meaning through art and nature. And if you stick

around to the end, I'm going to share with you a creative call to adventure. We're calling it. We're calling it.

See the pattern. And it's a way to use your creative eye to start sensing and digging into the meaning that life can offer you.

But for now, I hope this conversation makes you feel as excited to create meaning

and create meaningful work as it did for me. Jared is just an inspiring guy, and this was a

fantastical chat. A fantastical chat. It was fantastical and fantastic. All right, here he is. Jared Kay Anderson.

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