Category: Conversations about Creativity

An Interview with Adrian Belew, Part Three

Photo credit: Image courtesy of Daryl Darko. Welcome to the conclusion of this three-part interview with guitarist, singer, and songwriter Adrian Belew. If you’re just jumping in, be sure to hop back to the start to hear Belew talk about…

An Interview with Adrian Belew, Part Two

Photo credit: Image courtesy of Daryl Darko. Welcome to the second part of this interview with guitarist, singer, and songwriter Adrian Belew. If you haven’t already read the first part, you can find it here. Be sure to also check…

An Interview with Adrian Belew, Part One

Welcome! This interview is part of an ongoing series of chats with artists about their creative process. You can find the full set of interviews, including musicians Van Dyke Parks, Dan Wilson, and Jonathan Coulton, memoirist Ianthe Brautigan, and cartoonist…

An Interview with Tobie Giddio

Image created for Tiffany & Co. by Tobie Giddio, reproduced courtesy of the artist. Tobie Giddio grew up on the New Jersey Shore where she fell in love with fashion and art from the books and magazines in her basement…

An Interview with Dan Wilson, Part Two

photo credit: James Minchin. Welcome to the second half of this two-part interview with musician Dan Wilson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic), whose new solo CD, Free Life, was just released by American Records/Columbia. If you haven’t already read the first part,…

An Interview with Dan Wilson, Part One

photo credit: Steve Cohen. Dan Wilson first made his mark with Trip Shakespeare, a Minneapolis-based band featuring Wilson, his brother Matt, bassist John Munson, and drummer Elaine Harris. The four produced a catalog of songs noted for soaring harmonies and…

An Interview with Matt Wagner, Part Two

Photo credit: Greg Preston. Welcome to the second half of this two-part interview with Matt Wagner, award-winning comic book writer and illustrator, and creator of Mage and Grendel. If you haven’t already read the first part of this interview, be…

An Interview with Matt Wagner, Part One

Image (c) copyright Matt Wagner. Matt Wagner is a comic book writer and illustrator, best known for his original comics Mage and Grendel (winner of three Eisner awards) and a five-year run on Sandman Mystery Theater, as well as for…

“About-creativity.com, I choose you!”

Woke up this morning to find that some wonderful human being over at Yahoo had selected us as Yahoo Picks’ “Pick of the Day.” If you’ve discovered this site through that review, welcome! The artist interviews to-date include: poets Kim…

An Interview with Kim Addonizio

Photo credit: Joe Allen. Kim Addonizio is the author of three books of poetry from BOA Editions: The Philosopher’s Club, Jimmy & Rita, and Tell Me, which was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. Her latest poetry collection,…