Dean Barker - Part 2: advocating for a double life
In this episode, which is part 2 of a 2-part series, Monica sits down with technology executive and musician, Dean Barker. Dean has two careers, one where he runs a group of designers for a fortune 100 company and the other as a gigging musician. In part 2 he talks in depth about his visiting lecture advocating for a double life and about exploring different possibilities and paths. He talks about being Brave and how to him it is about being creative. We share our separate journeys with Morning Pages (Julia Cameron) and other ways that we have faced creative challenges. He shares how he created a support group that helped through a tough creative slump, how he started making coffee haikus, “coffeeku” and the importance of daily creation. As an unintended bonus, these two episodes are full of great book recommendations.
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“Some people are built to say, ‘hey I just want to play music. I don’t care what kind of music it is.’ I was not one of those guys.” - Dean Barker