<![CDATA[Creative Life in Contact Podcast]]>
sokeizen.substack.com]]>https://sokeizen.substack.com/podcastSubstackMon, 15 Jun 2026 18:18:02 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/7628058.rssSōkeiCreative Life in Contact supports creatives whose work has been dulled by effort. Essays and conversations pointing back to direct experience as the source of a genuinely creative life. episodicSōkeisokeizen@substack.comNo<![CDATA[The Boundary You Can't Find]]>An inquiry into the line you’ve always assumed was there. The one between you and what you’re making. Between the listener and the sound. Between the hand and the work. For anyone whose creative practice has begun to ask quieter, deeper questions.

Your host, Sōkei, is a Zen teacher and artist and the creator of Creative Life in Contact, a body of work that helps creatives draw on direct experience as the source of a vibrant and genuine creative life.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sokeizen.substack.com]]>https://sokeizen.substack.com/p/the-boundary-you-cant-findsubstack:post:199402347Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTSōkeiNo551full<![CDATA[When the Wanting Gets Quiet]]>There’s a stubborn idea that good creative work requires special circumstances. This episode questions that assumption and looks at what becomes available when we meet our actual life, with its imperfect light and unfinished edges, instead of rehearsing a better one. A contemplative invitation for anyone whose making has started to feel more like effort than relief.

Your host, Sōkei, is a Zen teacher and artist and the creator of Creative Life in Contact, a body of work that helps creatives draw on direct experience as the source of a vibrant and genuine creative life.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sokeizen.substack.com]]>https://sokeizen.substack.com/p/when-the-wanting-gets-quietsubstack:post:199240346Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTSōkeiNo492full<![CDATA[The Practice Beneath the Practice]]>Most of us treat attention as something we apply, like pressure, to whatever we're trying to accomplish. But there's another kind of attention that turns out to be the ground beneath all real creative work. This episode is a reflection on what arrives when we stop managing the moment and start letting it be what it already is.

Your host, Sōkei, is a Zen teacher and artist and the creator of Creative Life in Contact, a body of work that helps creatives draw on direct experience as the source of a vibrant and genuine creative life.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sokeizen.substack.com]]>https://sokeizen.substack.com/p/the-practice-beneath-the-practicesubstack:post:199108981Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTSōkeiNo601<![CDATA[Stop Waiting for Inspiration]]>What if the listening itself is already the work? This is an invitation for anyone who makes things to notice the wider field of attention beneath every creative act. An opportunity to experience what’s possible when you stop waiting for inspiration to arrive and recognize that you're already inside it.

Your host, Sōkei, is a Zen teacher and artist and the creator of Creative Life in Contact, a body of work that helps creatives draw on direct experience as the source of a vibrant and genuine creative life.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sokeizen.substack.com]]>https://sokeizen.substack.com/p/stop-waiting-for-inspiration-152substack:post:198275236Fri, 22 May 2026 12:12:00 GMTSōkeiNo480full<![CDATA[Contact Before Concept ]]>Most of us believe we create from the inside out. There’s an inner self with vision, reaching out to shape the world. But what if that story isn’t quite true? What if making doesn’t begin with an idea, but with contact, before technique, before intention? In this episode, I explore what happens when the familiar boundary between maker and made begins to dissolve.

Your host, Sōkei, is a Zen teacher and artist and the creator of Creative Life in Contact, a body of work that helps creatives draw on direct experience as the source of a vibrant and genuine creative life.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sokeizen.substack.com]]>https://sokeizen.substack.com/p/contact-before-conceptsubstack:post:197858204Fri, 15 May 2026 14:00:00 GMTSōkeiNo4482full<![CDATA[Attention Is the First Creative Act]]>What if creativity isn’t something you have to find, but something already moving through your life, right now? In this episode, I explore attention as a creative act, the gift of loosening judgment, and the question your life might already be asking you.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sokeizen.substack.com]]>https://sokeizen.substack.com/p/attention-is-the-first-creative-actsubstack:post:194463659Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:28:41 GMTSōkeiNo492