Lines & Shapes: Recent Episodes
Justin P. Heap
A podcast about anything and everything and the connections between it all—an experimental intersection of Enneagram, Systems Thinking, Creativity, and Spirituality.
Here’s a previously unreleased recording of a Spoken Word / Slam Poem I wrote in 2020 and performed in 2022 at Pax Coworking Studio during an Open Mic Night.
Episode [008] moves through all of these elements, but if you want to skip the philosophy portion, please consider the following loose timetable:
0:00-2:30 — Intro Nonsense
2:30-4:00 — Iconoclasm
4:00-9:00 — Enneagram Rant
9:00-11:45 — Enneagram Practices Intro
11:45-15:45 — Type 8 Practices
15:45-21:00 - Type 9 Practices
21:00-27:00 - Type 1 Practices
27:00-End - Integration Stuff
“Everything that happens in the present is connected to the future. Change only happens in the moment, and we’ll become aware of it in the future.”
Episode [007] moves through the importance of practicing mindfulness, how we might integrate rhythms into our daily lives, the beauty and power of yoga, and why energy is better than strength.
We also briefly touch on some Enneagram application ahead of the next episode [008].
Everything is connected.
“Presence cannot be copied, imitated, or substituted; it is the single greatest currency and most authentic expression within interpersonal experiences.”
Season 2 is officially underway, resuming with [006] and brand new content.
Many years ago, a friend of mine once asked me the question that has haunted me all of my days when they couldn't quite figure out "What exactly I do..."
They said, very calmly and with intrigue, “You do so many different things—what is the one thing you’re passionate about?”
This scenario would be repeated over and over and over through the years, and through various friends, mentors, clients, and all manner of humanoids. Recently, this same question dealing with what I am passionate about came back—and I invite you into the process and my open-letter style response.
It’s the worst possible question for someone like me. Maybe you can relate.
They said, "I don't know what you're passionate about..." It propelled me into a dark abyss. But I came out the other side full of energy and hope. This was my journey.
The question becomes: how do you keep going—and what are the connections between fear, reality, and something of the creative, something of the spiritual?
I’m often asked how to “be” innovative or where “good ideas” come from. How does one create an atmosphere for good ideas to be...developed? I get asked a lot of these questions because of my work as a Creative Director—which inevitably leads to an even more fantastic question: "What is a creative director?"
This episode takes a closer look at creative direction, thought tools for the creative journey, and Justin's own creative framework ORBIT (the world's first and only acronym related to creative thinking—this is patently false—Observation, Realization, Breakthrough, Iteration, and Transformation.
Wander with me through the vast world that is The Enneagram: including myths, the dangers of typing your friends, and maybe we'll end up talking about the spiritual nature of innovation.