Chasing Curiosity and Living Life as Poetry with Atticus

Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Natalie Barbu

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.8 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Episode 144: Someone once asked Charles Bukowski, “What do you do? How do you write, create?” To which, he replied: “You don’t try.” Today’s guest left Natalie starstruck and the wild thing is, she didn’t even see his face or learn his real name. It’s likely you have come across his work, whether through Instagram, one of his bestselling books, or as a tattoo. Atticus, the man behind the very famous quote, “Love her but leave her wild," and many others, joins Natalie to share about his very unique journey to becoming one of the most successful yet unrecognizable poets of this generation and why he chooses to remain behind the mask. They discuss his relationship with fame, his many different muses, and his life-changing encounter with Michael Madsen. There is no doubt you will walk away from this episode inspired to pick up a pen and start writing, because that is all it really takes to begin exploring your own creative side. Don’t try, just write. Atticus is an anonymous Canadian poet with three bestselling books, The Dark Between Stars, The Truth About Magic, and Love Her Wild. He is also the co-creator a wine brand, Lost Poet, and has an online store filled with beautiful merch. He finds inspiration in many different forms whether it’s drinking a cup of coffee, visiting a beautiful city, or meeting someone new. Today’s episode dives into: The challenges fame can bring Ways to incorporate writing into your life Overcoming writer's block (and this advice can be used for anyone facing a creative block) What inspires the one and only Atticus Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow Atticus on Instagram @atticuspoetry and Lost Poet @lostpoetwine. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: TRUEBILL – Don't fall for subscription scams. Start cancelling today at truebill.com/realreel CANVA - Go to canva.me/realreel to get your FREE 45-day extended trial. CUROLOGY - Go to curology.com/real for a free 30-day trial and just pay for shipping and handling! PRINCESS POLLY – Go to princesspolly.com and use the code REAL20 for 20% off your next order. NUTRAFOL – Go to nutrafol.com/realreel to save FIFTEEN DOLLARS OFF your first month’s subscription plus FREE shipping on EVERY order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Real Real, where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real lives of
0:16.1	entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.
0:20.9	I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.
0:23.7	Bill Murray's got a great quote that I offer in reference and he said if you
0:31.5	want to become rich and famous become rich first and see if you still want to be famous and you know I mean you can draw what you you want from that and not that wealth fixes things but I think the general idea is just like people
0:46.0	want often fame because they see it as a way to get rich and it's not always what
0:50.5	it's cracked up to be so just be sure that's what you want before you get into it.
1:00.4	Hello everybody, welcome back to the Real Real real podcast I'm your host Natalie
1:05.2	Barboo if you're new here I am so excited because I love having new listeners and I
1:10.5	love when you guys share that you're a new listener or share that this was the first episode that you started listening to the real real.
1:17.2	I hope that you enjoy it and continue listening, but glad to have you.
1:22.4	For everyone else, so excited that you're back and I love just
1:26.2	chatting with you and being open on these intros and it literally feels like I'm chatting with a friend,
1:30.9	so I just wanted to kind of do a quick
1:33.1	appreciation and a quick thank you for that. I am currently in Miami. I'm going to
1:38.0	North Carolina next week because Rella is launching so that's so exciting. By the time that you listen to this
1:44.1	Rella will most likely be launched because we're launching on Tuesday and
1:49.0	this goes up on a Monday so for the most part it's to be launched and if not you can still find
1:53.6	it on the App Store and pre-order it but I am so excited and also so nervous
1:58.6	because this has been my baby for a year and the fact that it's kind of like
2:02.4	going out in the open and to the
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