22. Talk About What Gets Your Ideas Flowing
Welcome on Podcast That Matter!
Hosted by: Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson
Our resident poet and poet-therapist is talking to her son - a doctor of musicology, an acclaimed musician, publisher, and illustrator for some of her work. Just how great is that? In a relaxed conversation, Cynthia and her son, Dr. Kent Gustavson, discuss publishing books that matter, the five senses, bullies, pets, and of course, music.
π Kent explains the origin of his publishing company name and its tagline 01:16
πͺ Soldiers getting used to reading through comic books and how that resonates with writing books that people want to read. 03:17
π All of the publishing is driven by money. Don't let that stop you from creating something beautiful. 05:33
π The sense of smell. 06:41
ποΈ Talking about the illustrations from "Bully! The Big Book About Bullies and the Bullied" from the previous episode of the podcast. 08:48
π Kent talks about bullying and Cynthia talks about how it was like for her as a parent. 11:05
πͺ Kent talks about his pets and biggest passion, music. 14:20
βͺ Composing music for the church. Simple chords, singable, playable, not made for performance. 16:57
π [Cynthia reads a poem from her most recent poetry book Between Tahlequah and Tulsa.] 20:24
π This weekend, write about your passions. 22:24
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