{"id":21576,"date":"2024-05-21T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=21576"},"modified":"2024-05-22T17:38:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:38:46","slug":"james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"James McCrae: Why We Need the Art of YOU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where does creativity come from? How do we uncover our authenticity and deepest expression in a society that would have us cover it up to fit in? What is the connection between creativity and healing? Join Tami Simon in conversation with poet, artist, and author James McCrae as they discuss these questions, the role of the artist today, and his new book, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/products\/the-art-of-you\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Art of You: The Essential Guidebook for Reclaiming Your Creativity<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wonderful listen for creatives of every type and anyone who&#8217;s ever had the thought, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not creative,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tami and James talk about the courage to choose authenticity; the magnetic nature of vulnerability; creativity as a spiritual path; intuition as a portal to the invisible dimensions; emotion: the energy that fuels creativity; shadow work and the &#8220;creative purge&#8221;; the yin and yang of creativity; cultivating the soil; giving your ego the appropriate job; the metaphor of the sunflower; listening: the first stage of creativity; social media, art, and technology; viral ideas and the origination of the term <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meme<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; curiosity and the spirit of exploration; and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&amp;As with our guests. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/join.soundstrue.com\/\">join.soundstrue.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21596,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[1085],"tags":[170],"contributor":[1108],"class_list":["post-21576","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-growth","tag-insights-at-the-edge","contributor-james-mccrae"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Mccrae Why We Need The Art Of You | Insights at the Edge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring james mccrae why we need the art of you. Discover insights on mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual growth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Mccrae Why We Need The Art Of You | Insights at the Edge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring james mccrae why we need the art of you. Discover insights on mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual growth.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sounds True\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-22T23:38:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"465\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/\",\"name\":\"James Mccrae Why We Need The Art Of You | Insights at the Edge\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-21T14:00:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-22T23:38:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring james mccrae why we need the art of you. Discover insights on mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual growth.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":465},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Podcasts\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"James McCrae: Why We Need the Art of YOU\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sounds True\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sounds True\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/soundstrue-logo-footer-color.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/soundstrue-logo-footer-color.png\",\"width\":1035,\"height\":235,\"caption\":\"Sounds True\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"James Mccrae Why We Need The Art Of You | Insights at the Edge","description":"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring james mccrae why we need the art of you. Discover insights on mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual growth.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"James Mccrae Why We Need The Art Of You | Insights at the Edge","og_description":"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring james mccrae why we need the art of you. Discover insights on mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual growth.","og_url":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/","og_site_name":"Sounds True","article_modified_time":"2024-05-22T23:38:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":465,"url":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/","url":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/","name":"James Mccrae Why We Need The Art Of You | Insights at the Edge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-21T14:00:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-22T23:38:46+00:00","description":"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring james mccrae why we need the art of you. Discover insights on mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual growth.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PD07284W-IATE-McCrae-episode-banner-jc-r2-1.jpg","width":1440,"height":465},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/james-mccrae-why-we-need-the-art-of-you\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Podcasts","item":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"James McCrae: Why We Need the Art of YOU"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/","name":"Sounds True","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#organization","name":"Sounds True","url":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/soundstrue-logo-footer-color.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/soundstrue-logo-footer-color.png","width":1035,"height":235,"caption":"Sounds True"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/21576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21576"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=21576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}