We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Geoffrey Dicker a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Geoffrey thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

A few months away from turning 30, a lot of opportunities had dried up for me in Los Angeles so I decided to take a huge risk and move to New York. As a going away present, a friend gave me a set of paint brushes. When I arrived in New York, I was living in the smallest space I’d ever been in so I decided that every object I owned needed to be used. I took the brushes I’d been given into a paint supply shop and I walked up to the counter and said, “Hi. I have these brushes. What do I do?” They advised I buy some acrylic paints and canvas, so I did. I got back home, lit some candles, put on music and the rest, as they say, is history!

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I’ve always joked that I have creative attention deficit disorder. I started my creative journey writing books. I self released a cult classic entitled “Sketches of Verbal Alchemy,” that consists of one to five line ‘abstract poems’ in 2006. After Oprah didn’t call, I decided to keep writing, focusing instead on covering the vibrant art and music scene of New York. After doing that for years, a friend suggested that I should stop chasing the stars and become one myself. That was the spark I needed to get back into book writing. Since then, I have released 12 books that range from short stories, a play to novels as well as poetry. For fun, I dabbled in making abstract paintings. When I moved back to Los Angeles during the Covid-19 pandemic, I found myself living in a large space with a lot of white walls. I bought some canvas to decorate the apartment and once the walls were covered in color, I didn’t want to stop. Several hundred paintings later, I am still going! What sets these paintings apart is their versatility. Each canvas can be rotated and viewed from multiple angles, creating a dynamic and interactive experience that encourages the viewer to actively engage with the work. This fluidity of form reflects the ever-changing nature of our environment and invites the viewer to see the world from a new perspective.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

Many people think that if you have a creative gift, that immediately translates into financial success. Some people choose to go the “starving artist” route and others like myself prefer to have a steady income until such time as you can make a living off your art. You have to ask yourself: do you want to create from the heart or from the wallet? I choose to create from the heart and I think the honesty shows up in my work.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

If you are lucky enough to have creative ideas run through your head, acting on those impulses is very rewarding. You start off with nothing and then eventually you have a finished product that you can hold in your hand. There is nothing greater than the realization that you rescued an idea from oblivion.     

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