Let’s Create - Qualities - True to yourself
True to yourself
Many artists talked about the importance of being authentic, or true to who you are.
Because there is a lack of training and support for artists in co-creative practice, people talked about a draw that can exist to deliver the work in the way that you have seen someone else deliver it. This doesn’t work.
Artists need time to discover who they are when leading co-creative practice so that the way they lead is congruent with who they are.
Quotes from the research
“You can't ape somebody else's way of facilitating co creativity. I think you have to draw on your own style. You know, if you're a bit more of a shy person, use that, don't pretend to be something that you're not.”
“People can smell bullshit from a mile off whatever age they are. So actually, just being true to yourself, don't try and push being passionate and you know, wildly gesture. Everybody works in different ways. And actually somebody with a very quiet energy can probably pull the threads of creativity out of a quiet person beautifully.”
Listen to the Podcast
with Conrad Murray
Conrad Murray is an award winning (OFFIE Award, Pick of The Fringe, The Arts Foundation Nominee, Fringe First) theatre-maker, writer, director, actor, performer, rapper, beatboxer, live looper and singer. Raised in Mitcham, South-West London, He is passionate about making work through hip hop and beatbox theatre. Within his work, he has used his Anglo Indian working class heritage to address issues such as class, race and heritage.
He is the founder and Artistic Director of the BAC Beatbox Academy - which is resident at the Battersea Arts Centre. since 2008.
In 2023 he was Musical director and composer/ lyricist for Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist. The play text published in 2023 on Methuen. He authored his first two books in 2022 - a book on Hip Hop theatre titled ‘Making Hip hop Theatre ‘ , And a trilogy of his plays ‘Beats & Elements - A hip hop theatre trilogy’ with Katie Beswick for Methuen Drama /Bloomsbury.
