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Gift biz unwrapped episode 335.

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Cause you love it.

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Love every step of the way,

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regardless of the outcome Attention gifters bakers,

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crafters, and makers pursuing your dream can be fun.

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Whether you have an established business or looking to start one.

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Now you are in the right place.

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This is gift to biz unwrapped,

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helping you turn your skill into a flourishing business.

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Join us for an episode,

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packed full of invaluable guidance,

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resources, and the support you need to grow.

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Your gift biz.

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Here is your host gift biz gal,

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Sue moon Heights.

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Hi there.

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And thanks for joining me on this week's show.

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I have some great fun and inspiration coming your way today.

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But before we get into that,

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I want to update you on what's going on in my

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private Facebook community gift biz breeze.

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It's time to update the buzz book.

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And if you're interested in being included,

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now's the time to submit your information.

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It's totally free.

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The buzz book is a compilation of small handmade business owners

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and provides a way for you to support each other.

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You can do this by purchasing from each other of course,

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but it goes deeper than that.

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The main goal is to provide a way to connect with

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people who make a similar product to yours,

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to discuss the nuances of your industry.

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It's also a way to easily find and get in touch

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with fellow Breezers in your local area.

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You can get together for coffee or even establish more formal

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face-to-face networking type meetings.

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It's a way to create collaborations.

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I've seen local brick and mortar shops reach out to regional

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makers to display their product in store,

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helping increase visibility for both of them.

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I've also watched Breezers get together and do virtual shopping shows,

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offering different,

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but compatible products,

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thereby getting exposure to each other's audiences and let's face it.

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This going live thing is a lot easier when you do

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it with somebody else,

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the things we can do through our connections together is far

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greater than what we can achieve on our own.

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The buzz book facilitates that.

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And again,

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it's totally free for more details and to learn how to

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be listed.

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Join the gift biz breeze,

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Facebook group,

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all the details.

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Along with a video,

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talking more about the program are right there,

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separated as a special guide for easy access.

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Today's show is all about winning my guests.

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Just one big $100,000

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big for that matter.

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He's the latest master maker from this season's NBC show making

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it. Did you watch,

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oh my gosh.

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So many unbelievably creative makers,

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the ideas they come out with and the end products are

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incredible. The out of the box,

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thinking the risks to push their creativity beyond the limits.

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It's such a fun show.

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And if you haven't seen it,

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you can still go back and catch the show now because

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it's available on demand.

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It's fun to hear the behind the scenes of being on

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the show and you're going to get all of that,

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but I want you to be a winner too,

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by taking away new ideas or inspiration that you can apply

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to your business.

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That's always my goal with each podcast episode.

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And you'll see that I had you in mind the entire

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time with my line of questioning.

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We dive deep into things that I know you give thought

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to regularly,

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the creative side of being a maker and all that comes

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with that from an emotional and tactical creative level.

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Let's turn now and shine the spotlight on our featured master

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maker. I am so excited to introduce you to Adam Kingmen.

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Adam is the most recently titled master maker.

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He's the winner from season.

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Three's making it show hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Hoffman.

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Adam is an industrial designer and creative director from lake Tahoe.

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Growing up the mountains were his playground influencing his stewardship of

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the planet and resourcefulness of craft with recycled and retired materials.

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Adam is a modern day MacGyver using designing,

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thinking to create simple,

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intuitive solutions outside of work.

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Adam loves to write stories,

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direct short films and explore the Sierras.

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Adam believes we're all just kids at heart and imagination is

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our finest resource.

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His dream is to be a Disney Imagineer and someday a

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design professor,

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Adam, welcome to the gift biz unwrapped podcast.

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Hi Sue.

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Thank you so much for that intro.

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I was like tearing up.

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I was like,

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I've never heard anybody read it with like heart.

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So thank you and great to be here.

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I love what you do.

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And as we were talking about in the pre chat a

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little bit,

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all of our listeners are right in line with you.

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So I am super excited to get into the conversation,

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but I have to delay it for just a short second,

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because I'm going to have you participate in what has become

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a tradition on this show.

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And that is having you describe yourself in a little bit

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of a different way through a motivational candle.

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So if you were to share with us what a candle

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that speaks all about you,

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Adam, what color is it?

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candle? Such a good question.

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The candle would be yellow.

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Yellow is my favorite color because it is the color of

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warmth of sunshine,

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of happiness and the girl next door when I was five

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years old and she was five years old,

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she told me her favorite color was yellow.

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woman I know,

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and my color has to this day remained yellow.

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So it always reminds me of her.

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And my quote would be enjoy the process because I believe

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process is the most important thing.

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the more we think about perception and presentation and we lose

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sight of why we did anything in the first place was

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simply because we love the process.

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everybody who sees it,

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Hey, do it because you love it.

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You love every step of the way,

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regardless of the outcome or the presentation.

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Yes. I love that.

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Enjoy the process.

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it's so easy to forget that because we get so involved

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in taken up with like what our goals are,

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forgetting that what you're doing along the way and those small

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points of success and appreciation and interaction with people and all

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of that.

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You don't want to lose that because that's the gold.

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Exactly. I'm sure Winning master maker is amazing.

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That's what you were going for.

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But being able to work with other contestants,

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just this whole process of going through the journey with the

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show and all of that was steps that I'm sure you

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got a lot from along the way,

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too. Absolutely.

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often a question I get asked about the show,

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but there are ideas I have we're on the show.

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We're told the challenge ready,

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set, go,

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or now make it right.

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The catch phrase.

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I start thinking through ideas and there were times where I

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knew what I wanted to make.

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I had the vision,

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the outcome,

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I don't actually want to make this.

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I wouldn't have fun making this.

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Like Nick and Amy would come over and they'd be like,

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out of it looks like you're having a bad day.

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I'm just foreseeing this happening.

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because I don't actually like stained glass.

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I would rather be doing this.

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Hey, even if I don't finish,

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what would I love to make every minute of this show

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and you're spot on,

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correct. Love it.

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It is the gold.

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And that's where you really add your heart and your spirit

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and your passion.

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And it's got to reflect on what comes out through your

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hands, through the creativity too.

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Yeah. All right.

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Well, let's back it up for a second.

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Share with me a little bit about how you became a

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maker by passion or profession or wherever you want to start

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I think growing up in lake Tahoe,

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I lived in the woods and I was always just tinkering,

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building snow caves.

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And I loved creating spaces and architecture rooms houses like anything

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that I could put myself in would fascinate me because you

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could create a whole experience and that's very much large-scale,

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but small scale,

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I also loved creating the objects within the space and how

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much joy would be created by interacting with certain things in

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my life.

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very selective,

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very interested in,

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the way things have made me feel and ultimately curiosity as

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well. I just love to figure things out,

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take them apart,

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put them back together and understand how they worked and growing

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let's say 18 and I'm in college and I stumbled into

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the design major at university of Washington.

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I always thought I wanted to be an architect.

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That's what I thought I liked.

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but I had never heard of design and I take this

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class and I fall in love with it right away,

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because it's all about what is objective versus subjective.

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How do you solve a problem?

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How do you create something that makes people feel a certain

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way? And every question I had always wondered growing up with

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suddenly being answered,

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I didn't even know what questions to ask,

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but I'm being told things that I've always wanted to know

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and graduated in 2014 with a degree in industrial design,

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which is all about designing products and spaces and objects that

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are understandable,

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intuitive that make you feel good.

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That bring you joy.

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Are you using that today in your professional career?

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consultancy and creative consultancy in San Francisco.

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So it's a mix,

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big mix of projects.

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And I still have creative inches on the weekends to take

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photos or direct short films or be a little sillier.

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I just love working with my hands and working with people

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who think like me and who don't think like me,

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it's such a creative world.

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scenarios. I've got to say,

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I know for sure that we have listeners here who just

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like, from what you're describing,

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you've always had that creative vein running through you.

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It gives you joy and fulfillment and all of that.

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that on as you've gotten to be an adult in your

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professional career and all.

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have done other things for their profession,

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become bankers or realtors,

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name it,

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whatever it is,

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but now are gravitating back to the,

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making the craft and things that they enjoy and trying to

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kind of discover what's possible for them as they continue on

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either in addition to what their quote unquote professional job is,

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or possibly transitioning even into a business around whatever their creative

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art is.

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So we're in the same group,

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Adam right here.

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I love hearing though,

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that you were able to move this into your professional life

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too. And I know you have big visions for the future

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as well,

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which is amazing.

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I've watched the whole season.

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So I have known you from the beginning when you first

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appeared on the show and it seems to me,

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first of all are like a magnet for people.

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I mean,

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everyone adored you so much on the show and you're also

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kind of a sensitive guy,

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aren't you?

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Why are you laughing?

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I guess I am sensitive.

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That's a new descriptor for me sensitive,

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but yeah,

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I do.

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I feel right.

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Things, you know,

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emotions are a gift and if we listen to them,

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that can be a huge asset.

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Right? Well,

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that was kind of where I was getting at with the

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question is,

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do you see yourself using that?

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Like what you're feeling and what you're sensing and all of

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that as you apply it to your creativity?

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Yeah. That's such a good question.

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I go back to like the rules of good design,

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right? Good design.

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Not only does it satisfy a function,

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but it also makes you feel things.

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Does it make you feel frustrated,

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angry, upset?

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Does it make you feel seen or understood?

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Does it make you feel nothing?

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Right? It almost disappears.

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Like some people say good design is almost invisible because you

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don't even notice that it's there.

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And I just remember being on the show and the judges

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would give us the criteria of what they're looking for.

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And I would always add in a few more bullet points

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for my own personal goals,

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right? So if nobody was in this barn with me,

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what would I make?

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Like what would I love to have walked away with at

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the end of the day?

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And I would always add in can't really want it to

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be interactive.

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You have to be able to touch it.

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You have to be able to push and pull or sit

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or step into something.

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So interactive first and foremost,

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second, there has to be an element of surprise.

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There also has to be something emotive and there has to

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be story and always would try to integrate just a little

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bit more into it.

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And we look to our past for inspiration.

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I believe we know what we love and that exists in

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our memories because they stand out.

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And so how do we pull from memories to create something

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special? And so I think certainly a sensitivity and our emotions,

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if we want them to can play really strongly.

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And that goes back to what you were saying in the

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beginning is it has to be something that I'm enjoying making.

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And then the result is going to be the best,

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which includes emotion,

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past experience,

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what your interests are at the time.

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And now we know that you added additional goals on top

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of yourself,

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so super achiever,

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but that was what made you happy and continued making you

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challenged at all.

351
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So we have to start now from how did you get

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involved with making it,

353
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how did this whole thing come about?

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Sure. So this is now mid pandemic and my sister and

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I are both home in Tahoe.

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And my sister Abby starts watching this show called making it.

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I had no idea what it was,

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but quickly found myself with my sister.

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It was our nightly ritual.

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We would watch making it,

361
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we loved it.

362
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We got so involved and I remember being so inspired by

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Justine and Justy and their creative approach and almost abstract presentations.

364
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I loved it.

365
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I had never seen something like that on TV before.

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And I turned to my sister and I go,

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oh, this looks like so much fun.

368
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And my sister goes,

369
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I would have fun watching you on this show.

370
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I give her some side-eye and I go,

371
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what, what do you mean?

372
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She's like,

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I think you'd be great on the show.

374
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I was like,

375
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huh. Okay.

376
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I don't think they're looking for a guy like me.

377
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I don't really have a thing.

378
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I kind of just like to make cribbage boards with scrap

379
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wood, but maybe we'll see.

380
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And so Google casting call making it season three,

381
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find the portal,

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make a little video and submit an application.

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And a few weeks later,

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get a call back.

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And a couple of months later,

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next thing I know I'm in the barn with the makers

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and we're making,

388
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Was it surreal for you that you were there from this

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idea, sitting with your sister watching to actually then being on

390
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set had to be crazy.

391
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It's wild.

392
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Cause you're watching through the TV right here.

393
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You're watching this thing and suddenly you're in it.

394
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It's real.

395
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And it's around you.

396
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And it just was so fascinating and so wonderful.

397
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And I loved watching Nick and Amy and I have never

398
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been around actors or actresses before.

399
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Right. Entertainment.

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That's a whole world.

401
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I know nothing about,

402
00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,340
but to be around these two characters who are not just

403
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entertainers, but like really,

404
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really good entertainers,

405
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right. They know how to read the room.

406
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They know how to give people joy and laughter and I

407
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found myself just so enamored watching them perform and then work

408
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and the improv that they do and the way that they

409
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can just have these beautiful conversations and joke around as I'm

410
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like crocheting,

411
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I'm sitting there crocheting like front row seat to an improv

412
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theater. It was wild.

413
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So yes.

414
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Surreal is a great word.

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Well, an added bonus that you weren't expecting,

416
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I guess,

417
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but Adam,

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why didn't you think that it should be,

419
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you, you know,

420
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you were saying when your sister first suggested it,

421
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you're like,

422
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I don't know,

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like me,

424
00:17:05,810 --> 00:17:06,560
why would it be me?

425
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Why would they want someone like me?

426
00:17:08,210 --> 00:17:09,410
Why would you think that?

427
00:17:10,610 --> 00:17:14,300
I guess I didn't think it would be me because I

428
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have a hard time explaining what I do.

429
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And I don't really have a thing.

430
00:17:19,190 --> 00:17:21,620
I suppose we always feel like we have to have a

431
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thing or a certain craft or a certain medium.

432
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We have to commit to one thing and that's it.

433
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And if we're a Jack of all trades,

434
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then we're actually kind of useless,

435
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which I believe the complete opposite.

436
00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:38,390
Right? Like the more skills you have or materials,

437
00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:41,390
methodologies are familiar with that's when you have fun.

438
00:17:41,420 --> 00:17:44,750
Cause that's when you can start merging unlikely mediums and you

439
00:17:44,750 --> 00:17:47,000
create these outcomes that you would never expect.

440
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I just thought the show wanted somebody a little craftier.

441
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I don't know what crowd.

442
00:17:51,450 --> 00:17:51,810
I don't know.

443
00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:52,410
Well, you know,

444
00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,300
Well, it's interesting that you say that though.

445
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Well, first off and the reason I wanted to ask you

446
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that question is I think there are a lot of us

447
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who make things who don't feel like we have what it

448
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takes or we're not enough,

449
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like, or it can be other people,

450
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but it can't be us.

451
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And then look,

452
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you had that initial thought and now you're the master maker.

453
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I bring it up for everybody listening who would go along

454
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that line of thinking.

455
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And there's no reason it can't be any of us,

456
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except when we stand in our own way.

457
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Because look,

458
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if you wouldn't have gone through and just said,

459
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oh, I'm going to apply.

460
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Let you know,

461
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we'll see what happens.

462
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You know,

463
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if you didn't do that,

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someone else would be master maker.

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So it was just putting yourself out there,

466
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believing in yourself just enough,

467
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you know,

468
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just enough to take that action,

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to see what could happen.

470
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Yeah. I love that.

471
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And look at you now.

472
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And then I'm going to say one other thing.

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When you say like everyone has to stand for one thing,

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you know what I see you standing as the modern day

475
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MacGyver, you know,

476
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that is your thing.

477
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No, because you're taking all these different types of things.

478
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Every single thing you make is different,

479
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but you're applying your same skills.

480
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And that is what makes you,

481
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you, that is your special thing.

482
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If that makes sense and pulling from the environment,

483
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no matter what the end result is,

484
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it might be all different types of pieces and products and

485
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sheds and everything else.

486
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But it's still coming from that same source of inspiration,

487
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,020
right? So I'm saying you have a thing at them already.

488
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Yeah. What I love about you bringing what guy for backup

489
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is, and again,

490
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you ask like,

491
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why not me?

492
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And I go,

493
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I don't have a wood shop.

494
00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:42,090
I don't have a studio.

495
00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,310
I don't have a laser cutter.

496
00:19:44,370 --> 00:19:45,480
I don't have a sewing shop.

497
00:19:45,510 --> 00:19:49,680
Like I don't have all these tools that I think what

498
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I assume a master maker would have.

499
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I am always on the road.

500
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I'm here and there and I travel light and I don't

501
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necessarily have all these tools,

502
00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:02,730
literally in my duffel bag,

503
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I have a pocket knife and maybe a crochet hook.

504
00:20:05,490 --> 00:20:09,030
And I let that prevent me from feeling.

505
00:20:09,420 --> 00:20:10,770
I have a place on that show,

506
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which as you said,

507
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I just acted on that feeling of,

508
00:20:13,530 --> 00:20:14,700
Hey, who knows?

509
00:20:14,970 --> 00:20:16,650
Maybe I have something different to offer.

510
00:20:17,220 --> 00:20:18,780
I think that was the push of,

511
00:20:19,020 --> 00:20:21,090
okay, this may not go anywhere,

512
00:20:21,210 --> 00:20:21,900
but gosh,

513
00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:23,640
wouldn't it be cool to meet Nick Offerman?

514
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That was it.

515
00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:26,760
It was like,

516
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I just want to meet Nick.

517
00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:28,440
And you know,

518
00:20:28,590 --> 00:20:30,180
maybe they won't pick me for the show.

519
00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,590
Maybe Nick Offerman will see my application video and be like,

520
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,580
like high school.

521
00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:37,260
And I'll never hear back,

522
00:20:37,290 --> 00:20:39,270
but maybe I made him laugh.

523
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:40,350
That was like,

524
00:20:40,350 --> 00:20:40,890
step one,

525
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,580
right? Like,

526
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:42,720
oh, step one,

527
00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:43,710
let's just do this.

528
00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:44,310
And we'll see where it,

529
00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:47,230
And it's also much more like,

530
00:20:47,230 --> 00:20:47,560
you know,

531
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,350
I'm so proud of you and so excited and happy for

532
00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:51,490
you that you did that.

533
00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:54,610
This is something I want everybody to think of is we

534
00:20:54,610 --> 00:20:55,900
limit ourselves.

535
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:56,170
You know,

536
00:20:56,170 --> 00:20:57,010
what's possible.

537
00:20:57,010 --> 00:20:59,320
If we just don't stand in our own way,

538
00:20:59,950 --> 00:21:01,660
you can become a star like Adam,

539
00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,120
I Want to emphasize what you say of,

540
00:21:04,210 --> 00:21:08,350
we get in the way of our own opportunity.

541
00:21:08,890 --> 00:21:10,360
We dismiss ourselves,

542
00:21:10,390 --> 00:21:11,830
which is so silly.

543
00:21:12,310 --> 00:21:14,350
I often have to remind myself,

544
00:21:14,470 --> 00:21:15,910
Hey, these ideas,

545
00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:17,170
the ideas in my head,

546
00:21:17,770 --> 00:21:20,620
they're invitations to create their opportunities.

547
00:21:21,130 --> 00:21:25,180
And if I don't act on these ideas,

548
00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:28,060
I feel like it's a disservice to myself.

549
00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,410
It's a disservice to the world,

550
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,640
right? For some reason,

551
00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:31,780
these things are in my head.

552
00:21:31,870 --> 00:21:34,750
I should share them because nobody knows that they're up there.

553
00:21:34,780 --> 00:21:39,010
And maybe somebody might resonate with this strange dream I had

554
00:21:39,010 --> 00:21:40,060
or this impulse,

555
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,820
this thought I had driving from Seattle to Tahoe.

556
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,330
And the more I act on these silly ideas,

557
00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:47,740
the more people are like,

558
00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,450
wait, I resonate with that too.

559
00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:50,260
And I go,

560
00:21:50,290 --> 00:21:50,920
oh my gosh.

561
00:21:51,220 --> 00:21:52,090
Cool. Okay.

562
00:21:52,150 --> 00:21:53,890
I'll listen to those impulses.

563
00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:55,840
Those feelings a little more.

564
00:21:56,530 --> 00:21:57,580
Yeah. I love what you said.

565
00:21:57,820 --> 00:22:01,060
The ideas in my head are an invitation to create.

566
00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:02,200
I love that.

567
00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:03,400
Yeah. It's beautiful.

568
00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,460
Nobody knows what's in your head until you let it out.

569
00:22:06,940 --> 00:22:08,050
It was so funny.

570
00:22:08,290 --> 00:22:09,370
I like this conversation.

571
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,040
You're bringing up thoughts that I have long forgotten about.

572
00:22:12,580 --> 00:22:15,610
I remember episode one on the theme of like getting in

573
00:22:15,610 --> 00:22:16,090
your own way,

574
00:22:16,090 --> 00:22:17,080
tripping on yourself.

575
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,530
I remember they said make a family portrait.

576
00:22:20,890 --> 00:22:21,550
I'm like,

577
00:22:21,910 --> 00:22:24,760
Ooh, what if I made portraits of my family?

578
00:22:24,820 --> 00:22:27,820
And I used like cards or baseball cards.

579
00:22:27,820 --> 00:22:29,380
I'm just going to use like objects.

580
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,390
I remember thinking don't do that.

581
00:22:31,390 --> 00:22:31,930
That's stupid.

582
00:22:31,930 --> 00:22:33,460
Everyone else is going to do that too.

583
00:22:33,490 --> 00:22:38,050
Like the skin skill look like everyone else's and I drew

584
00:22:38,050 --> 00:22:39,490
up a few other ideas,

585
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,070
but I had to act quick and I had to move

586
00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:45,580
fast. And so I just ran outside and made those baseball

587
00:22:45,580 --> 00:22:47,890
portraits. And then the clock was up.

588
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:48,820
They call time.

589
00:22:49,270 --> 00:22:52,870
And I remember seeing everybody else's and done like holy smokes.

590
00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:54,400
They're all so different.

591
00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:57,160
Everybody thinks so uniquely.

592
00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,890
And I kind of was kicking myself,

593
00:22:59,890 --> 00:23:00,970
going, okay,

594
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,230
get out of your head out of like,

595
00:23:03,310 --> 00:23:04,750
don't dismiss your first ideas.

596
00:23:04,780 --> 00:23:05,470
Like, Hey,

597
00:23:05,470 --> 00:23:06,820
that first idea you have,

598
00:23:07,150 --> 00:23:08,620
it's often just waiting to come out.

599
00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:09,940
So go with it,

600
00:23:09,940 --> 00:23:10,630
see where it goes.

601
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,250
Yeah, absolutely.

602
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,450
Well, and this you've walked me perfectly into another conversation I

603
00:23:16,450 --> 00:23:17,290
want to have with you.

604
00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:18,760
And that is okay.

605
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,260
Here you are on the show.

606
00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:22,090
And I'm going to just describe it a little bit for

607
00:23:22,090 --> 00:23:23,680
anybody who hasn't seen the show,

608
00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:27,730
but you're given an assignment and you're given,

609
00:23:27,790 --> 00:23:29,080
let's just go with the last one,

610
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:30,070
which was the stats,

611
00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:33,100
right? Or the porches were so fun to those porches.

612
00:23:33,130 --> 00:23:34,360
Well, we'll stay with the shots.

613
00:23:34,690 --> 00:23:36,010
So you're given a shed.

614
00:23:36,010 --> 00:23:38,890
So everyone starts with the same base piece.

615
00:23:38,890 --> 00:23:39,760
I guess I'll call it.

616
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,590
These are full life sheds.

617
00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:44,350
They're not like a little mock up on a table for

618
00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:45,890
anyone who seen the show yet.

619
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:51,020
And then there's like a place you go to pull any

620
00:23:51,140 --> 00:23:53,690
product that you want to use to make your shed.

621
00:23:53,690 --> 00:23:56,630
Right. And you get certain things that you're going to be

622
00:23:56,630 --> 00:23:57,290
judged on,

623
00:23:57,530 --> 00:23:59,150
which is how they're going to rank and decide who the

624
00:23:59,150 --> 00:24:01,220
winner is for that project.

625
00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:04,490
Right? So you find all of this out,

626
00:24:04,730 --> 00:24:05,960
like within the second.

627
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,270
And then you have to go running to decide what you

628
00:24:08,270 --> 00:24:10,970
want to pull back and use for your project.

629
00:24:11,270 --> 00:24:14,090
How does your mind work?

630
00:24:14,150 --> 00:24:16,070
Like you find out what you're doing.

631
00:24:16,370 --> 00:24:18,590
You find out what you're going to be judged with.

632
00:24:18,620 --> 00:24:22,820
You're running to a set of items.

633
00:24:23,210 --> 00:24:26,570
How does all of that work in your creative mind?

634
00:24:26,570 --> 00:24:29,510
Adam, are you thinking of what you're designing first?

635
00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:32,300
Or are you running into the pile and seeing what's there

636
00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:33,710
and then developing it?

637
00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:34,790
How does that work?

638
00:24:34,790 --> 00:24:38,090
It intrigues me that you can do that so fast.

639
00:24:41,090 --> 00:24:43,370
Next we'll get a peek inside.

640
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,260
Adam's creative mind,

641
00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:48,380
but a short break first to hear from our sponsor.

642
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Thank you.

671
00:26:12,650 --> 00:26:13,910
That's such a good question.

672
00:26:14,450 --> 00:26:17,210
I have a few different ideas popped into my mind as

673
00:26:17,210 --> 00:26:18,050
you're asking that,

674
00:26:18,410 --> 00:26:19,250
and I have two things.

675
00:26:19,250 --> 00:26:21,500
One is the brain Rolodex and the two is the scrap

676
00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:23,690
pile. And if I forget to touch either one of those

677
00:26:23,690 --> 00:26:25,190
feel free to loop it back in.

678
00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:27,680
But first I want to talk about the brain Rolodex.

679
00:26:28,010 --> 00:26:31,370
This is what I call the internal pinup board that we

680
00:26:31,370 --> 00:26:32,330
all have in our mind.

681
00:26:32,810 --> 00:26:36,080
I feel like we often feel like an idea just happens

682
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:36,860
on the spot,

683
00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:37,320
you know,

684
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:37,520
and just,

685
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,130
we just get this spark of inspiration right away.

686
00:26:40,130 --> 00:26:40,910
And it happens.

687
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,800
And sometimes that happens.

688
00:26:42,830 --> 00:26:46,230
But I think often we observe and we just start collecting

689
00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:50,730
ideas. We collect materials and things and approaches that we really

690
00:26:50,730 --> 00:26:51,990
like that stand out.

691
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,690
And we often don't really know what to do with them

692
00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:56,550
in that moment of time because you know,

693
00:26:56,550 --> 00:26:59,220
you're buying vegetables or you're showering.

694
00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:00,270
That's why I like the shower.

695
00:27:00,330 --> 00:27:00,540
You know,

696
00:27:00,540 --> 00:27:02,910
it's such good ideas in the shower because you're just standing

697
00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:06,270
there thinking and we have to store these ideas away.

698
00:27:06,660 --> 00:27:10,350
And I remember being in the barn and being surrounded by

699
00:27:10,350 --> 00:27:13,800
so many materials that I had never seen before that I

700
00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:15,780
didn't even know what they were even tools.

701
00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:16,050
I'm like,

702
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,010
I don't know what this thing is.

703
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,180
What's this little pizza cutter.

704
00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:20,850
I still don't know what that thing is in my desk.

705
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,320
And you just start storing concepts,

706
00:27:25,350 --> 00:27:30,000
storing crafts and materials in my brain relatives.

707
00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:31,230
And so when they say,

708
00:27:31,590 --> 00:27:33,210
Hey, shed hack,

709
00:27:33,420 --> 00:27:34,560
I immediately go,

710
00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:38,100
okay, what has been sitting in my head that would go

711
00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:40,290
inside, said shed.

712
00:27:40,590 --> 00:27:41,250
So meanwhile,

713
00:27:41,250 --> 00:27:42,540
that's like the brain Rolodex,

714
00:27:42,540 --> 00:27:44,340
it's sort of this like pinup board.

715
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,020
And then there's the scrap pile.

716
00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:49,410
And I remember being on the show and week after week,

717
00:27:49,590 --> 00:27:53,430
I would walk past this section of the barn that was

718
00:27:53,430 --> 00:27:55,290
just slowly accumulating,

719
00:27:55,620 --> 00:27:57,480
really nice hardwoods,

720
00:27:57,510 --> 00:28:02,940
really nice pieces of ripstop lots of embroidery hoops,

721
00:28:03,030 --> 00:28:04,320
great canvas fabric,

722
00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:06,960
really great durable canvas,

723
00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:08,040
even some steel,

724
00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:09,960
some like tube steel.

725
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,620
And I kept walking past this pile and I would turn

726
00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:14,460
to my makers and be like,

727
00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:15,810
guys, what's all this stuff.

728
00:28:16,290 --> 00:28:16,500
I'm like,

729
00:28:16,530 --> 00:28:17,550
oh, that's the scrap pile.

730
00:28:17,820 --> 00:28:18,180
And like,

731
00:28:18,390 --> 00:28:19,890
what? This is a scrap pile.

732
00:28:19,980 --> 00:28:20,940
This is treasure.

733
00:28:20,970 --> 00:28:21,600
What are you talking about?

734
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,130
Like, this is good stuff.

735
00:28:23,430 --> 00:28:25,170
And I was like,

736
00:28:25,170 --> 00:28:30,450
wait, what's the future of all this unloved set aside material.

737
00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:32,790
So that's concluding topic,

738
00:28:32,790 --> 00:28:33,600
number two,

739
00:28:33,750 --> 00:28:34,500
scrap pile.

740
00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:35,520
And so we're told,

741
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:36,540
Hey, make a shed,

742
00:28:36,570 --> 00:28:37,470
make a space,

743
00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:38,820
make your happy place.

744
00:28:38,970 --> 00:28:39,900
And I immediately go,

745
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,460
oh my happy place.

746
00:28:41,550 --> 00:28:43,800
This is about for the first time in this whole show,

747
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,690
we're being asked to create something for ourselves,

748
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:46,560
not somebody else.

749
00:28:46,830 --> 00:28:47,250
And I go,

750
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:48,030
Ooh, what do I love?

751
00:28:48,030 --> 00:28:49,200
I love primary colors.

752
00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:50,790
I love the playfulness of red,

753
00:28:50,790 --> 00:28:51,600
yellow, and blue.

754
00:28:52,050 --> 00:28:52,530
And so I'm like,

755
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,610
okay, that's my palette.

756
00:28:53,610 --> 00:28:55,020
So I first paint the walls.

757
00:28:55,380 --> 00:28:55,650
I go,

758
00:28:55,650 --> 00:28:57,150
okay, what else is my happy place?

759
00:28:57,150 --> 00:28:57,660
The woods.

760
00:28:57,690 --> 00:28:59,070
Okay. So it's got to feel woodsy.

761
00:28:59,470 --> 00:28:59,700
I go,

762
00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,120
okay, there's some beautiful Palm trees and trees surrounding the barn.

763
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,800
So I have to knock out these windows.

764
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,870
So I cut out these windows and I cut them out

765
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,010
above eye level.

766
00:29:08,370 --> 00:29:11,190
So you only see the tree tops and the blue sky.

767
00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,330
So when you look out the window,

768
00:29:12,330 --> 00:29:14,490
it feels like you're much higher than you actually are.

769
00:29:14,850 --> 00:29:15,480
And I go,

770
00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:16,920
okay, I want it to be airy.

771
00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:18,240
So let's create a porch.

772
00:29:18,270 --> 00:29:19,020
Let's create,

773
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,030
I'm going to knock out a side door because I want

774
00:29:21,030 --> 00:29:22,170
people to move through it.

775
00:29:22,390 --> 00:29:23,910
Right. I don't want to dead end.

776
00:29:24,210 --> 00:29:26,040
So you walk in and you turn around and walk out.

777
00:29:26,070 --> 00:29:27,390
I want you to walk in from the side.

778
00:29:27,690 --> 00:29:28,530
You can check it out.

779
00:29:28,530 --> 00:29:30,150
You can go out on the porch and it creates this

780
00:29:30,150 --> 00:29:30,870
nice flow.

781
00:29:31,230 --> 00:29:34,920
And I remember filming Amy turns to me before they start

782
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:35,700
rolling the cameras.

783
00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:36,150
And she goes,

784
00:29:36,180 --> 00:29:36,690
oh my gosh,

785
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,640
Adam, we've never walked in on the side before.

786
00:29:38,790 --> 00:29:39,030
I'm like,

787
00:29:39,030 --> 00:29:39,420
what do you mean?

788
00:29:39,420 --> 00:29:39,630
She goes,

789
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,410
we've never walked into the side of a shed.

790
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:42,970
They've all been from entry.

791
00:29:43,330 --> 00:29:44,920
And that was fun for her to say.

792
00:29:45,490 --> 00:29:46,180
So meanwhile,

793
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,190
the shed itself is starting to take shape.

794
00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:50,850
And I start looking at these materials.

795
00:29:50,870 --> 00:29:51,070
I'm like,

796
00:29:51,070 --> 00:29:51,850
okay, what can I do?

797
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,380
Okay. I need a place to sit.

798
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,190
I need a couch.

799
00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:55,150
I have this palette.

800
00:29:55,180 --> 00:29:56,350
That's primary color.

801
00:29:56,650 --> 00:30:01,900
Primary color goes really good with mid-century mid-century furniture and design

802
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,840
aesthetic. And I love Charles and Ray Eames.

803
00:30:04,910 --> 00:30:05,680
So I'm like,

804
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:06,610
okay, what would they do?

805
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,560
What would Charles and Ray Eames do?

806
00:30:08,620 --> 00:30:09,880
And so I made a fire pit.

807
00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:12,070
I made it a little asymmetrical.

808
00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:13,900
I made a huge bookshelf.

809
00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:14,650
And again,

810
00:30:14,650 --> 00:30:16,510
with this scrap fabric laying around,

811
00:30:16,630 --> 00:30:17,440
instead of painting,

812
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,690
I just put fabric on the back of my bookshelf.

813
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,730
So it kind of looked like Mondrian.

814
00:30:22,060 --> 00:30:25,630
I love monitory on the painter and it's just starts taking

815
00:30:25,630 --> 00:30:29,200
shape. And the scrap pile like continues to grow as I

816
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,940
take from it at the same time.

817
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:34,450
And so I added trellis and I add this like fo

818
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:35,560
extruded wall.

819
00:30:35,890 --> 00:30:38,440
And I keep finding these there's some bowls,

820
00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:39,490
there's some shapes.

821
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,130
I have extra lamp cord and I just add lamps.

822
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,680
And it was just sort of this analog,

823
00:30:44,830 --> 00:30:47,050
organic growth of like,

824
00:30:47,050 --> 00:30:49,960
I kept finding things and they fit and it worked.

825
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:50,920
And that's,

826
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:55,270
what's fun about the MacGyver approach mixed with a little mid-century

827
00:30:55,270 --> 00:30:56,200
is it's very simple.

828
00:30:56,260 --> 00:30:57,700
It doesn't have to be elegant.

829
00:30:57,730 --> 00:30:58,990
It doesn't have to be too detailed,

830
00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:00,430
but the details that are there,

831
00:31:00,430 --> 00:31:02,320
just make sure that they're thoughtful.

832
00:31:02,470 --> 00:31:03,070
I don't know.

833
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,720
That's it It's really interesting because when we watched the show

834
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,670
and of course they can't put everything on air,

835
00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:12,790
right. But you were made some comments on the show that

836
00:31:12,790 --> 00:31:15,070
I understand much better just by your description.

837
00:31:15,070 --> 00:31:17,230
Now, like one of the things you talked about is I

838
00:31:17,230 --> 00:31:18,700
kept going back to the scrap pile.

839
00:31:18,950 --> 00:31:22,090
Well, now I understand better what the scrap pile was.

840
00:31:22,420 --> 00:31:24,160
But another thing you said is,

841
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:24,670
you know,

842
00:31:24,670 --> 00:31:28,090
the doors that you put on your shed that you described

843
00:31:28,090 --> 00:31:30,160
as kind of quilt,

844
00:31:30,190 --> 00:31:31,390
it was actually out of wood,

845
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:34,660
right? Or that's maybe where you use the rounds,

846
00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:35,830
the frames.

847
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,300
I'm not sure if that's what you use,

848
00:31:37,310 --> 00:31:39,550
but you made the comment about the sun coming in.

849
00:31:39,550 --> 00:31:40,150
You, you were saying,

850
00:31:40,150 --> 00:31:41,680
I just could imagine at sunset,

851
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,800
the sun coming in and reflecting all those colors.

852
00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:49,150
Now I'm understanding it better because you were taking the outside

853
00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:50,860
into your shed as well.

854
00:31:50,860 --> 00:31:52,510
Not it wasn't just the shed itself.

855
00:31:52,510 --> 00:31:56,020
It was the extensions of what would happen with what you

856
00:31:56,020 --> 00:31:56,980
made in the shed.

857
00:31:57,940 --> 00:31:59,350
So I hadn't gotten that before.

858
00:31:59,350 --> 00:31:59,830
So that was,

859
00:31:59,830 --> 00:32:00,700
that's really interesting.

860
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,120
That's a total side personal note from me,

861
00:32:04,540 --> 00:32:08,740
but would it be right to say that you didn't have

862
00:32:08,740 --> 00:32:13,630
the finished product already imagined it continued to be created over

863
00:32:13,630 --> 00:32:17,110
time based on how it started to evolve?

864
00:32:17,710 --> 00:32:19,300
Yes, absolutely.

865
00:32:19,750 --> 00:32:22,660
And you start with a feeling and you kind of build

866
00:32:22,660 --> 00:32:23,170
it out.

867
00:32:23,380 --> 00:32:25,300
And because the shed was so big,

868
00:32:25,330 --> 00:32:26,470
it was really hard to fathom,

869
00:32:26,470 --> 00:32:28,720
like every detail that would go into it.

870
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,450
But you start with the hero moments,

871
00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:32,110
the door,

872
00:32:32,140 --> 00:32:32,710
the couch,

873
00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:33,610
the bookshelf,

874
00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:34,630
the porch,

875
00:32:35,260 --> 00:32:35,620
and you go,

876
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:38,080
okay, now I have moments.

877
00:32:38,410 --> 00:32:39,920
What moment I want within the moment.

878
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,420
Right? Dream within a dream.

879
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:42,830
Once you get a closer look,

880
00:32:42,830 --> 00:32:43,880
then what do you discover?

881
00:32:43,910 --> 00:32:45,230
Okay. So I walked through the door,

882
00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:46,400
what happens now?

883
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:50,660
And I found this lovely felt also there's beautiful felt in

884
00:32:50,660 --> 00:32:51,110
the barn.

885
00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:54,950
And so I made these really almost like Danish style,

886
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:55,910
like slippers.

887
00:32:56,030 --> 00:32:56,840
It's really quick,

888
00:32:57,130 --> 00:32:57,800
really quickly.

889
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,570
It just stepped on some cardboard.

890
00:32:59,690 --> 00:33:00,890
I made it out of masking tape.

891
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,620
I made a masking tape slipper and then cut it in

892
00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:05,750
half. And then that became my template,

893
00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:06,920
which I traced on felt,

894
00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:09,770
and then made a couple of pairs of little felon slippers.

895
00:33:10,140 --> 00:33:10,490
I'm like,

896
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:11,870
Ooh, I want right feelings.

897
00:33:11,870 --> 00:33:12,590
Like, okay,

898
00:33:12,650 --> 00:33:14,090
hospitality, that's important.

899
00:33:14,450 --> 00:33:16,220
Well, what makes you feel like a guest?

900
00:33:16,250 --> 00:33:17,630
Oh, slippers a gift,

901
00:33:17,690 --> 00:33:18,680
a gift when you walk in.

902
00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:25,040
And so it was very organic and starting big and hour

903
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,540
after hour seeing,

904
00:33:26,540 --> 00:33:31,100
okay, well what's next and working big to small was huge.

905
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,650
And I think this is a really big point too,

906
00:33:33,650 --> 00:33:37,250
is you don't always need to know where you're going in

907
00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:38,060
the end yet.

908
00:33:38,090 --> 00:33:40,130
You can build it up along the way.

909
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,670
Yeah. We were talking about it for a creative challenge,

910
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,560
but I think that's important overall.

911
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,990
You don't always know how you're going to get there or

912
00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:49,460
what it's going to look like in the eye and you

913
00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:51,470
just know the direction you're trying to take.

914
00:33:51,770 --> 00:33:55,700
Right. That's what I'm hearing from you and how your creative

915
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:59,270
vision built upon itself until you got to the end.

916
00:34:00,110 --> 00:34:03,830
Right? I once met a writer.

917
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,450
I think I was sitting at a coffee shop and this

918
00:34:05,450 --> 00:34:08,030
woman was writing notebook page after notebook page.

919
00:34:08,420 --> 00:34:12,440
And I've always admired story and I would love to be

920
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:13,130
a writer,

921
00:34:13,190 --> 00:34:13,970
but I've always,

922
00:34:14,390 --> 00:34:14,780
I don't know.

923
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:16,400
I don't quite understand.

924
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:17,090
I'm learning.

925
00:34:17,150 --> 00:34:18,230
It's interesting to me,

926
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:19,310
we're Always learning.

927
00:34:19,310 --> 00:34:20,840
Right, right.

928
00:34:21,110 --> 00:34:21,470
And I say,

929
00:34:21,470 --> 00:34:24,080
Hey, what's the best piece of advice anybody ever gave you

930
00:34:24,260 --> 00:34:24,980
when writing?

931
00:34:25,340 --> 00:34:26,060
And she said,

932
00:34:26,180 --> 00:34:27,740
write down everything,

933
00:34:27,740 --> 00:34:28,280
you know,

934
00:34:28,370 --> 00:34:29,660
to figure out what you don't.

935
00:34:30,140 --> 00:34:31,190
And I loved that.

936
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:33,350
And that applies to what you're saying,

937
00:34:33,350 --> 00:34:34,670
Sue with this shit,

938
00:34:34,910 --> 00:34:36,260
right. Start with what you know,

939
00:34:36,380 --> 00:34:39,140
okay. I know I want this and this and this.

940
00:34:39,470 --> 00:34:41,180
Okay. Now that you've got that out of the way,

941
00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:44,360
what's next and you don't need to know every single detail

942
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:45,380
to take that first step.

943
00:34:45,740 --> 00:34:46,790
So well said,

944
00:34:46,850 --> 00:34:47,300
spot on.

945
00:34:47,780 --> 00:34:51,680
I'm just trying to get a little view into your creative

946
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:55,310
mind. And that's what I'm coming from listening to is you

947
00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:56,360
don't have to know the whole thing.

948
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,660
It just new ideas are generated based on what you put

949
00:34:59,660 --> 00:35:00,620
together to a point,

950
00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:02,540
and then you just continue layering it on.

951
00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:05,120
The other thing I was hearing from you is,

952
00:35:05,210 --> 00:35:05,420
you know,

953
00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:08,900
when you were talking about the slippers is you thought about

954
00:35:08,900 --> 00:35:12,680
what the piece or the product or the element would be,

955
00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:16,970
but you also thought about what emotion would that generate,

956
00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:20,180
which adds a whole nother level to what the experience,

957
00:35:20,180 --> 00:35:23,750
the atmosphere or the feeling that someone gets when they're looking

958
00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:25,580
or interacting with whatever you make.

959
00:35:25,970 --> 00:35:29,060
So I think that that's really significant and something worth all

960
00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:31,070
of us thinking about when we're making something.

961
00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:32,990
Yeah. That's fun.

962
00:35:33,140 --> 00:35:34,190
I like how you said that,

963
00:35:34,220 --> 00:35:38,340
what emotion start with the emotion and then work backwards.

964
00:35:38,910 --> 00:35:42,450
You get a certain number of hours to complete different tasks.

965
00:35:42,450 --> 00:35:43,770
Right? Right.

966
00:35:44,190 --> 00:35:47,790
Do you always work up to the amount of time you

967
00:35:47,790 --> 00:35:51,120
have allocated or is there ever a point let's say it's

968
00:35:51,150 --> 00:35:52,800
like half an hour before and you're like,

969
00:35:52,830 --> 00:35:54,060
Nope, this is perfect.

970
00:35:54,060 --> 00:35:54,810
Where it is.

971
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,340
I'm going to leave it alone now.

972
00:35:56,910 --> 00:35:58,530
Or do you use up all your time?

973
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:00,150
It's a mix.

974
00:36:00,210 --> 00:36:05,370
Sometimes I would finish a little bit early one episode.

975
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,680
I finished my hammock chair a little bit early.

976
00:36:07,740 --> 00:36:10,710
And so I ran over to help Chelsea with what she

977
00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:11,370
was working on.

978
00:36:11,910 --> 00:36:13,140
And that was rare.

979
00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:15,950
That was rare that I finished early and sometimes I'm working

980
00:36:16,020 --> 00:36:20,340
right up to the clock and sometimes I would add stretch

981
00:36:20,340 --> 00:36:21,930
goals, what I'd like to call them.

982
00:36:22,230 --> 00:36:22,650
It's where I go.

983
00:36:22,650 --> 00:36:24,990
Okay. I know I need this in order to have a

984
00:36:24,990 --> 00:36:27,690
successful day to feel accomplished.

985
00:36:27,780 --> 00:36:29,160
I have to finish this,

986
00:36:29,550 --> 00:36:32,520
but how cool would it be if I made this as

987
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:33,450
well? Right.

988
00:36:33,450 --> 00:36:35,550
So like the slippers that was like,

989
00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:38,370
no way did I need to put slippers in my shed,

990
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,260
but wouldn't it be cool if there was slippers?

991
00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:44,160
And so I think that's where I would always add these

992
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,800
little bullet point footnotes to go,

993
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,470
okay. If I have time at this.

994
00:36:49,470 --> 00:36:52,110
Cause that would be cool in short the answer.

995
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,060
Yes. I was always working up to the clock.

996
00:36:54,510 --> 00:36:57,750
It's interesting how those ideas evolved as you were working in

997
00:36:57,750 --> 00:36:59,250
completing something else.

998
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:00,300
I've kind of think,

999
00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:03,660
you know how sometimes if you keep going,

1000
00:37:03,810 --> 00:37:04,470
it ruins,

1001
00:37:04,540 --> 00:37:07,320
like you're adding in more than you need for the impact.

1002
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,510
And it actually reduces the impact.

1003
00:37:09,690 --> 00:37:11,820
Like if you just keep adding on and adding on and

1004
00:37:11,820 --> 00:37:12,960
adding on Yeah.

1005
00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:14,100
Knowing when to stop,

1006
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:15,240
Knowing when to stop.

1007
00:37:15,270 --> 00:37:18,420
Yeah. And I think you said it depends.

1008
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:19,590
Good point.

1009
00:37:19,620 --> 00:37:20,490
Great question.

1010
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,160
The baseball portraits on episode one,

1011
00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:27,960
I was really tempted to paint the faces because I was

1012
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,350
doing really good on time and I had the faces assembled,

1013
00:37:31,530 --> 00:37:33,630
but not yet glued in place.

1014
00:37:33,990 --> 00:37:35,670
And I looked at them and I was like,

1015
00:37:35,790 --> 00:37:36,930
are these too flat?

1016
00:37:37,140 --> 00:37:38,550
Are these too boring?

1017
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,290
Does it look under cooked?

1018
00:37:40,650 --> 00:37:42,090
And I said,

1019
00:37:42,270 --> 00:37:42,500
no, no,

1020
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:42,690
no, no.

1021
00:37:42,690 --> 00:37:43,650
I think it's good enough.

1022
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:44,340
I think it's good enough.

1023
00:37:44,370 --> 00:37:44,940
Don't paint it.

1024
00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:46,410
Do not paint these faces.

1025
00:37:46,620 --> 00:37:47,610
I'm not a big painter.

1026
00:37:47,790 --> 00:37:51,180
And that was almost going against my own aesthetic or what

1027
00:37:51,180 --> 00:37:52,260
I would like.

1028
00:37:52,590 --> 00:37:52,920
And I was like,

1029
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:53,100
no, no,

1030
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:53,880
no, don't paint it.

1031
00:37:53,910 --> 00:37:55,290
Don't paint that finish early.

1032
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,230
And just don't overdo it as you said,

1033
00:37:58,740 --> 00:37:59,580
no one to stop.

1034
00:37:59,670 --> 00:38:00,150
And so yeah,

1035
00:38:00,150 --> 00:38:01,230
there were times where you're like,

1036
00:38:01,260 --> 00:38:02,130
okay, I'm done.

1037
00:38:02,590 --> 00:38:05,190
I done walk away And total judgment call.

1038
00:38:05,190 --> 00:38:06,690
Right? Like you might've painted it.

1039
00:38:06,690 --> 00:38:07,590
And it turned out great.

1040
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,170
But there's something to be said for leaving things to the

1041
00:38:10,170 --> 00:38:11,430
imagination too.

1042
00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:13,220
And you've just got to call it,

1043
00:38:13,230 --> 00:38:14,610
you decide one way or another.

1044
00:38:15,390 --> 00:38:16,020
So really,

1045
00:38:16,050 --> 00:38:17,160
really interesting.

1046
00:38:17,490 --> 00:38:19,530
So if we were to sum all this up,

1047
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,940
Adam, what would you say overall about your experience now being

1048
00:38:23,940 --> 00:38:24,750
the master maker?

1049
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:30,420
I learned to trust my gut.

1050
00:38:31,230 --> 00:38:33,600
You have these ideas go for it.

1051
00:38:33,990 --> 00:38:34,860
And as you said,

1052
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,510
I would get in the way of my own creativity.

1053
00:38:37,540 --> 00:38:40,180
I'd get in the way of my own output and what

1054
00:38:40,180 --> 00:38:45,880
was most unexpected and most wonderful and value from this show

1055
00:38:46,150 --> 00:38:51,460
was realizing that my craft are so simple,

1056
00:38:52,210 --> 00:38:53,980
but they're more than enough.

1057
00:38:54,430 --> 00:38:59,140
And the comments I've gotten since the show has aired have

1058
00:38:59,140 --> 00:39:00,220
been so kind.

1059
00:39:00,220 --> 00:39:02,410
And so many people are saying,

1060
00:39:02,410 --> 00:39:05,170
Hey, this simplicity is great.

1061
00:39:05,290 --> 00:39:05,710
Or, Hey,

1062
00:39:05,740 --> 00:39:06,610
I understand this.

1063
00:39:06,610 --> 00:39:07,000
Or, Hey,

1064
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,470
I resonate with what you're saying.

1065
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,380
And so what I always thought wasn't enough.

1066
00:39:12,010 --> 00:39:12,940
People are saying,

1067
00:39:13,570 --> 00:39:15,340
oh, this feels great.

1068
00:39:15,460 --> 00:39:16,180
And I like it.

1069
00:39:16,210 --> 00:39:18,910
And thank you for being on that show to remind me

1070
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:20,860
that this is good.

1071
00:39:20,890 --> 00:39:21,550
This works,

1072
00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:22,540
this style.

1073
00:39:22,990 --> 00:39:25,660
And this approach to crafting resonates with me.

1074
00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:27,520
And I'm inspired to create too,

1075
00:39:28,030 --> 00:39:29,290
which has been so great.

1076
00:39:29,770 --> 00:39:31,600
Well, your whole image,

1077
00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:35,770
like everything just feels so good about what you're doing as

1078
00:39:35,770 --> 00:39:36,340
a maker.

1079
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You know,

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you've got your heart into it.

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You're using things that you've grown up with that are important

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00:39:42,220 --> 00:39:45,100
to you in terms of the environment and all of that.

1083
00:39:45,550 --> 00:39:48,850
You don't have all of the professional tools at hand all

1084
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the time.

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You're just counting on your gut and your skill and your

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00:39:52,630 --> 00:39:55,930
style and your personality and all of that.

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Isn't just enough.

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00:39:57,340 --> 00:39:58,570
It's fabulous.

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00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:01,690
It's the best we each have that in ourselves.

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And then we don't let it come out.

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So you're a perfect example.

1092
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No one else can be you Adam,

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but everyone else has to be themselves and being brave enough

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00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:13,420
to show that to the world like you did through the

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00:40:13,420 --> 00:40:16,660
making it show is I think a great message for us

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00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:17,980
to leave everybody with.

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And you are the example.

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00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,930
So you are even now a double master maker.

1099
00:40:23,230 --> 00:40:23,830
How about that?

1100
00:40:24,730 --> 00:40:25,210
I love it.

1101
00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:25,600
Thank you.

1102
00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:26,850
Reminds me of that.

1103
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:27,940
Is it Dr.

1104
00:40:27,940 --> 00:40:29,980
Seuss recess today?

1105
00:40:29,980 --> 00:40:30,850
You are you.

1106
00:40:30,910 --> 00:40:31,590
That is true.

1107
00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:32,290
That true.

1108
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,400
There was no one alive,

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00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:34,630
more you are than you.

1110
00:40:35,020 --> 00:40:36,700
Beautiful. Absolutely.

1111
00:40:36,940 --> 00:40:39,550
And we all need to claim it because if we don't,

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we're not allowing the world to see it.

1113
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:42,880
And just like you were saying,

1114
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:43,240
you know,

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00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:44,200
things that you're making,

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00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,190
make people happy,

1117
00:40:45,190 --> 00:40:46,600
give them certain feelings.

1118
00:40:46,930 --> 00:40:49,060
If we don't share what we have,

1119
00:40:49,060 --> 00:40:51,790
we're denying people of having those feelings that we're able to

1120
00:40:51,790 --> 00:40:53,590
offer. Yes.

1121
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:54,640
I love that.

1122
00:40:54,670 --> 00:40:55,270
Thank you soon.

1123
00:40:55,570 --> 00:40:57,100
No, I'm Really serious about it too.

1124
00:40:57,100 --> 00:41:00,160
And that's why I'm so in love with the handmade community,

1125
00:41:00,190 --> 00:41:02,830
because everyone brings something different to the table.

1126
00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:05,560
It makes us feel good and makes us happy and is

1127
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,210
fulfilling as a maker as well.

1128
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:09,040
So it all comes full circle.

1129
00:41:09,340 --> 00:41:10,240
So Adam,

1130
00:41:10,270 --> 00:41:12,790
if people want to follow you or know a little bit

1131
00:41:12,790 --> 00:41:15,520
more about you after they've listened to the show here,

1132
00:41:15,580 --> 00:41:17,410
where would you send them online?

1133
00:41:17,950 --> 00:41:19,450
First Instagram,

1134
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,450
most likely Instagram is where I'll be the most.

1135
00:41:22,450 --> 00:41:25,210
Up-to-date that's just Adam Kingman is my handle.

1136
00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:26,860
Just like it sounds okay.

1137
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,010
K I N G M a N Adam Kingman.

1138
00:41:30,490 --> 00:41:33,860
That's also the same handle for my YouTube where I'm starting

1139
00:41:33,860 --> 00:41:35,540
to post drawing videos.

1140
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,990
Cause I just want everybody to be excited to draw and

1141
00:41:38,990 --> 00:41:41,660
to overcome the fear of a blank piece of paper.

1142
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:45,770
And I'd love to start uploading little maker tutorials on there

1143
00:41:45,770 --> 00:41:46,310
as well.

1144
00:41:46,370 --> 00:41:48,500
So YouTube Adam Kingman,

1145
00:41:48,620 --> 00:41:50,210
Instagram, Adam Kingman,

1146
00:41:50,330 --> 00:41:51,650
and my personal website.

1147
00:41:51,740 --> 00:41:52,970
If it's interesting,

1148
00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:53,420
that's the word?

1149
00:41:53,420 --> 00:41:55,640
A little bit more professional portfolio work.

1150
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,080
That's just Adam kingman.com.

1151
00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,230
Beautiful fun links to explore and some personal,

1152
00:42:00,290 --> 00:42:03,440
I love directing short films and you'll find some other little

1153
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:04,310
videos on there.

1154
00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:06,230
Wonderful. Well,

1155
00:42:06,260 --> 00:42:08,870
all of this information will be on the show notes page.

1156
00:42:08,870 --> 00:42:11,240
So if you're out and you weren't able to capture what

1157
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:11,990
Adam just said,

1158
00:42:12,050 --> 00:42:13,910
make sure to just look at the show notes page.

1159
00:42:13,910 --> 00:42:15,230
We'll have all the links there.

1160
00:42:15,530 --> 00:42:16,370
And Adam,

1161
00:42:16,730 --> 00:42:17,450
I say,

1162
00:42:17,450 --> 00:42:20,240
we all rally behind your YouTube channel.

1163
00:42:20,330 --> 00:42:20,720
Is it up?

1164
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:23,780
Now? There are a few videos up.

1165
00:42:23,780 --> 00:42:26,570
Now I have a handful of drawing videos and I'll keep

1166
00:42:26,570 --> 00:42:27,770
uploading. Okay.

1167
00:42:27,770 --> 00:42:33,470
So everybody go over to Adam's YouTube account and subscribe to

1168
00:42:33,470 --> 00:42:35,600
it so we can get his subscribership up.

1169
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:38,600
Okay. That's when we can do for you,

1170
00:42:38,630 --> 00:42:42,920
for you sharing so much with us about the inside,

1171
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:44,660
behind your maker world,

1172
00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:48,260
and really a lot of beautiful gems for us to understand

1173
00:42:48,260 --> 00:42:50,870
as makers of how we can trust in ourself and move

1174
00:42:50,870 --> 00:42:52,160
forward to great things.

1175
00:42:52,220 --> 00:42:54,050
Just like you've been doing Adam,

1176
00:42:54,050 --> 00:42:55,820
thank you so much for being with me today.

1177
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:56,840
Of course.

1178
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:57,290
Thank you.

1179
00:42:57,290 --> 00:42:58,430
This was wonderful.

1180
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,160
Didn't you just fall in love with Adam from the second

1181
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:09,110
he started talking so genuine endearing and likable.

1182
00:43:09,860 --> 00:43:13,400
He's also so humble and generous with his thoughts too.

1183
00:43:14,060 --> 00:43:16,640
I'm sure you're with me and hoping that his dream of

1184
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,100
being a Disney Imagineer comes true.

1185
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,030
That'll give us more chances to see his creativity at work

1186
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:24,740
up next week.

1187
00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:27,980
I'll be sharing with you a resource which can take the

1188
00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:32,510
complexity of doing all the things off your to-do list.

1189
00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:34,070
They still get done,

1190
00:43:34,490 --> 00:43:38,390
just not by you tune in next Saturday to hear more

1191
00:43:38,450 --> 00:43:41,570
about that and as always,

1192
00:43:41,690 --> 00:43:44,030
thanks so much for spending time with me today.

1193
00:43:44,390 --> 00:43:46,700
If you'd like to show support for the podcast,

1194
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:48,860
will you please leave a rating and review?

1195
00:43:49,370 --> 00:43:52,430
That means so much and helps the show get seen by

1196
00:43:52,430 --> 00:43:53,240
more makers.

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00:43:53,450 --> 00:43:56,720
So it's a great way to pay it forward and now

1198
00:43:56,870 --> 00:43:57,980
be safe and well.

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And I'll see you again next week on the gift biz

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unwrapped podcast.

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I want to make sure you're familiar with my free Facebook

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It's a place where we all gather and our community to

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support each other.

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Got a really fun post in there.

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That's my favorite of the week.

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I have to say where I invite all of you to

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share what you're doing to show pictures of your product,

1209
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to show what you're working on for the week to get

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reactions from other people and just for fun,

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because we all get to see the wonderful products that everybody

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in the community is making my favorite post every single week,

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without doubt.

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