Keep the Flow is the weekly podcast that looks under the hood of the creative process to keep your creative engine humming.
Hosted by Scott McLemore, a drummer and composer living way up north in Iceland. He has been involved in various creative pursuits including working in graphic design and writing about creativity. In this podcast he to shares what he has learned along the way.
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The Fear of Not Knowing What's Next (Even Aaron Sorkin Has It)
Last week I listened to Aaron Sorkin's interview with The New York Times ahead of The Social Reckoning, and two things stopped me.
He acts out his dialogue so physically that he once broke his nose doing it. And he lives in a constant state of panic that he'll never find another good idea.
My first reaction was, come on – you're Aaron Sorkin. My second was that I know exactly that feeling. Hans Zimmer describes something similar: he accepts a film, hangs up the phone, and immediately starts looking for a way out.
This episode is also my explanation for going quiet for over a month. It wasn't a lack of ideas – I had plenty. I just couldn't commit to one. What I've landed on is that creativity is mostly choosing, and you only reach the next fork in the road if you're already moving.
Aaron Sorkin NYTimes interview: https://youtu.be/M6dFK4AcllA?si=3Vl45NnWj8rjBZTS
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18 Aug 2026
The Hacks Finale Is Really About Creative People
I watched that finale and cried, which I wasn't expecting, and then immediately started trying to work out why.
What I settled on is that the thing that turns Deborah Vance around isn't a person or a speech. It's an idea. She gets a joke, opens her little book, writes it down – and then has to sit with what that means about where she's going.
I think that's the whole argument for a creative life.
In here I get into Bill Frisell on always reaching, a Hannah Montana song my daughters wore out on road trips, and why playing big rooms matters less to me than a melody showing up at the piano back home.
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11 Aug 2026
What if you’re better at judging than enjoying?
I bought a camera a few weeks ago, and it changed how I experience a day. I started noticing sounds, smells, the air, my stepfather's ancient dishwasher in Virginia.
But the second I actually noticed that dishwasher, my brain immediately asked which one was better – his or ours.
That reflex is what this episode is about. Somewhere along the way we started rating everything, and when that filter runs unchecked inside your own work it stops being taste and starts being the thing that keeps you from enjoying anything, or wanting to make anything.
I have some suggestions.
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