Episode 8: Being Actively Creative with Writer & Photographer Lindsay Crandall

Lindsay Crandall is a photographer and writer, a mama, and half of the daily collaboration at hellotherefriend.com. She has written for Art House America and The Curator. Most recently, Lindsay began working as a photographer with Stocksy United. Listen in as we chat with Lindsay about finding joy in creativity, defining creative success on your own terms, being actively creative, and finding art in the ordinary.
Here's were you can find Lindsay:
Website: www.lindsaycrandall.com
Instagram: instagram.com/@lindsaycrandall
Twitter: twitter.com/@crandall
Don't forget to check out Lindsay and Beth's daily letter-writing collaboration at http://www.hellotherefriend.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/hellotherefriendproject/!
Here's where you can find Ashley:
Website: http://brookseditorial.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrooksEditorial
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brookseditorial/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brookseditorial/
Here's where you can find Abbigail:
Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/
Mini Book Club
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle
Quotes from the episode

If you’re asking me about my creative journey, it goes back to when I
was a child. --- Lindsay
It’s interesting how when you are interested in things, the resources
just come to you. --- Lindsay
Sometimes to be your most creative self you need to step back from
[the Internet] and learn to define success in a different way than
everyone else is defining it. --- Ashley
If it doesn’t give me some sense of joy and make my heart sing, what
is the point of doing it? --- Lindsay
I love the excitement of learning something new. It makes you feel
great on the inside. --- Lindsay
I am a creative person and I want to continually pursue that. ---
Lindsay
I could be sitting on the couch watching reality TV and wasting all my
time, or I could decide I was going to be the kind of person who was
going to get up and do stuff. I want to be the kind of person who gets
up and does stuff. --- Lindsay
Being actively creative is the difference between creating and
consuming. --- Lindsay
What is that thing that makes your heart sing? --- Lindsay
There is an ebb and a flow to it all the time. I’m not creating in
every spare moment of my life. --- Lindsay
The idea of showing up every day and doing the work is the kind of
stuff that gives you a foundation so that when you need to take a
break you can step out, and you don’t lose everything that you’ve
accumulated. --- Lindsay
What in my life can I celebrate through a photograph? --- Lindsay
There are all sorts of beautiful things around us. We don’t
necessarily take the time to pay attention to them. --- Lindsay
Embrace the fact that life is extremely ordinary, but we can have
these creative celebrations throughout all of that. --- Lindsay
As creatives, everything you know is important for the next step you
take. --- Abbigail
“Essay” in French means “to try.” --- Lindsay
Our collaboration has become such a deep friendship. - Lindsay
It is amazing how much more intentional we are with our thoughts and
words when we are sitting down with pen and paper. - Abbigail
I was so beaten up by the word “fearless.” It was awesome, but
exhausting. - Lindsay
No words. No challenges. This is a time to pull back, not to push
forward. - Lindsay
“Only what matters”: that is my guiding force for the year. - Lindsay
Maybe this is a Sabbath year for me. - Lindsay
Without the Internet, does my life feel satisfying and full? ---
Lindsay
She was talking about showing up and doing the work before it was a
thing on the internet. - Lindsay, on Madeleine L’Engle
I first read Walking on Water in college and I think I’ve re-read it
every year since then. - Ashley
Listening to the seasons of your own life - Madeleine L’Engle would
encourage that. - Abbigail