Episode 3: Creative Polymathy with Musician, Photographer, and Podcaster Michael Walker

The Syncreate Podcast: Empowering Creativity

Melinda came across the term “creative polymathy,” meaning interest and skill in multiple creative fields or disciplines, a few years ago at a creativity conference, and it really resonated. The nature of creativity is to make associations between disparate ideas and inspirations, so it makes sense that creative people often have talent and ability in more than one area. Michael Walker is one of these people; he’s a musician and songwriter, as well as a photographer, podcaster, and the Director of Many Things at Positive Energy, a building science consulting firm based in Austin, Texas. Michael recently released a couple of instrumental albums inspired by Palo Duro Canyon, near his hometown of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle. In this episode, we discuss the creative process in Michael’s music, as well as his influences and inspirations, ranging from Buddhist meditation to the landscape of West Texas.
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The Syncreate podcast is created and hosted by Melinda Rothouse, and produced by Michael Osborne at 14th Street Studios in Austin, Texas. Creative development and video production by Shuja Uddin and Devon Foster at Tishna Films. Artwork by Dreux Carpenter.
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Michael’s Website: sleepyburrito.com

Creative Polymathy
Palo Duro Canyon

Llano Estacato

Dan Flores (author)

Coyote America

Project Coyote

Artists for Wild Nature

Red River War

Canyon Illuminant album

Red River War album

Johnny Greenwood (film composer)

Trent Reznor (film composer)

Ryuichi Sakamoto (film composer)

Positive Energy (building science consulting firm in Austin, TX)

The Building Science Podcast

Terry Allen (artist and musician)

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