Do you have a box of treasured momentos, a drawer of unfinished artwork or a notebook of ideas you never quite started and definitely didn't finish?Author and illustrator Carson Ellis tells us how she uncovered a forgotten journal from her 20s and how it informed an entire series of work, with a little help along the way from some other past projects.This interview is creative inspiration for how to tell stories using pictures, capture nostalgia and perhaps even create art today as a time capsule for the future.-------SHOW NOTES:Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.comhttps://www.carsonellis.com/https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/one-week-in-januaryPicture book mentions: What is Love, Du is Tak and WildwoodTV show mentions: Mad MenBand: https://www.decemberists.com/Author Kazoo Ishiguro https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/14137/kazuo-ishiguro/Julian Glander https://glander.co/Past episode with Carson Ellis and Mac Barnett: https://creativepeptalk.com/355SPONSORS:Immaterial: 5,000 Years of Art, One Material at a Time a podcast by The Met - Each episode examines a material of art, like clay... stone... trash... and what they can reveal about history and humanity. You’ll get a sense of the meaningfulness of these materials, and see them in a whole new way. Check out Immaterial here: https://bio.to/ImmaterialPodcast!PScreativepeptalkRiverside - The easiest way for you and your team to record, edit and share professional grade Videos and Podcasts, from anywhere in the world. https://creators.riverside.fm/creativepeptalkPixite Appshttps://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=1485310935&code=PEPTALK