Common Shapes

Podge Thomas is in the middle of a pivot. She’s moving from operations consulting to teaching workshops and courses — all rooted in her frameworks for decolonizing how we learn.
In this neurodiverse-affirming episode, we talk about:
Why we love Notion & how it’s made us smarter
How Podge grows her audience without social media
The importance of moving from ‘not doing the thing’ to just doing the thing
Classified ads & relationship marketing
How digital gardening can be a decolonial practice
Ways we think about pricing our offerings and choosing our tech tools
 
Mentioned in the episode:
Creative Ideation Portal
Podge’s website
Podge’s free email course
Podge’s workshops
Regina Anaejionu
Anna Howard: creating a digital garden to end my doomscrolling
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Thanks to Softer Sounds, Saltbreaker, and Jess Herrera for their help making this podcast. If you'd like to support the show, please send it to a friend, leave a 5-star rating & review, and download the Creative Ideation Portal.

Cross-Pollinating Projects: 5 Ways to Weave Writing into Your Work
What if the page was a mirror for the process, rather than the product?
In this episode, I share how I weave my projects together through writing.
I open the pages of my cross-pollination log, trace the path of how “untitled field project” became my business coaching group Fieldwork, and offer you a journalling prompt for translating from one medium to another.
Tune in for a portal into your own metaphors, obsessions, and vortexes of creative imagination.
Mentioned in the episode:
Creative Ideation Portal
Reclaim the Archive: A Fundraising Work for Cody’s Book
A Quilt in a Weekend
Pollinating Through Projects
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What if the page was a mirror for the process, rather than the product?
In this episode, I share how I weave my projects together through writing.
I open the pages of my cross-pollination log, trace the path of how “untitled field project” became my business coaching group Fieldwork, and offer you a journalling prompt for translating from one medium to another.
Tune in for a portal into your own metaphors, obsessions, and vortexes of creative imagination.
Mentioned in the episode:
Creative Ideation Portal
A Quilt in a Weekend
Pollinating Through Projects
Subscribe to MONDAY MONDAY to join Object Study
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Thanks to Softer Sounds, Saltbreaker, and Jess Herrera for their help making this podcast. If you'd like to support the show, please send it to a friend, leave a 5-star rating & review, and download the Creative Ideation Portal.

Weaving Worlds on the Web with Kening Zhu
Kening Zhu is an artist, writer, teacher, and creator building worlds on the internet.
Her approach to business is a stunning integration of creative practice, intuition, and artistic clarity.
I’m thrilled to bring you this conversation where we talk about:
Minimalist business ecosystems
Websites as archives outside of time
Allowing ourselves to be multifaceted
How Kening runs her business without platforms
The pros & cons of paid newsletters
Seasonal memberships that support inner rhythms
The labyrinth as an artist’s path
How to quit compartmentalizing business and art
Letting your artist child grow up
Mentioned in the episode:
Creative Ideation Portal
Kening’s website
Kening’s newsletter
Kening’s podcast: Botanical Studies of Internet Magic


Get full access to Monday Monday at codycookparrott.substack.com/subscribe

Kening Zhu is an artist, writer, teacher, and creator building worlds on the internet.
Her approach to business is a stunning integration of creative practice, intuition, and artistic clarity.
I’m thrilled to bring you this conversation where we talk about:
Minimalist business ecosystems
Websites as archives outside of time
Allowing ourselves to be multifaceted
How Kening runs her business without platforms
The pros & cons of paid newsletters
Seasonal memberships that support inner rhythms
The labyrinth as an artist’s path
How to quit compartmentalizing business and art
Letting your artist child grow up
Mentioned in the episode:
Creative Ideation Portal
Kening’s website
Kening’s newsletter
Kening’s podcast: Botanical Studies of Internet Magic
.
Thanks to Softer Sounds, Saltbreaker, and Jess Herrera for their help making this podcast. If you'd like to support the show, please send it to a friend, leave a 5-star rating & review, and download the Creative Ideation Portal.