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What amends do you need to make for your past creative sins? How can you forgive yourself for the past creative mistakes you’ve made? Two deep questions from my conversation with Gary Rogowski—furniture maker, podcaster, author, and teacher. In this conversation, Gary shares stories that inspire his latest podcast project, Creativity: Hustlers, Fakers, and Thieves. Additionally, we discuss the creative process from different angles: forgiveness and humility. It was an enriching conversation to have and to return to in the editing process. I hope you’ll learn much from it as you continue your creative journey.

Previously on Getting Work To Work

• “The Handmade Journey” with Gary Rogowski (GWTW350)
• “Craft and the Art of Change” with Gary Rogowski (GWTW600)

Show Links

• The Northwest Woodworking Studio
• Splinters with Gary Rogowski
• Creativity: Hustlers, Fakers, and Thieves
• The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World’s Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio
• Music Theory: From Beginner to Expert – The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding and Learning Music Theory Effortlessly by Nicolas Carter
• This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
• Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
• Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
• Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life by Joshua Becker
• Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History by Witold Rybczynski
• PAD Tiny Houses
• The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories by Christopher Booker
• Jaco Pastorius
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
• Note By Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 (2009)
• Photo by Carlo Borella on Unsplash