Ep. 31: Erin Hupp and Subikksha Balaje on creativity, identity, and the courage to pivot

Описание: What happens when you leave a prestigious career and choose creativity instead? Ceramic artist Erin Hupp and fine jewelry designer Subikksha Balaje share how they pivoted from law and Big Tech into art, the identity shifts that followed, and why collaboration, imperfection, and storytelling matter more than ever—especially in midlife.

Timestamps
00:00 Creativity returning later in life
02:25 Meet Erin Hupp and Subikksha Balaje
03:40 How their collaboration began
05:00 Turning ceramics into fine jewelry
06:00 Finding inspiration in everyday life (the roti moment)
07:30 Why collaboration fuels creativity
09:00 Mixing metals & breaking jewelry rules
11:00 Erin’s shift from law to ceramics
13:30 Claiming a new creative identity
15:55 Subikksha’s pivot from Big Tech to jewelry
18:30 Style, culture & not “looking the part”
19:55 Motherhood, the pandemic & rethinking work
22:30 Creativity vs. tech culture in the Bay Area
24:50 Can AI replace artists?
28:00 Perfection vs. imperfection in craft
30:05 Making the “perfect” imperfect
33:00 Letting go of ideas that don’t work
37:00 Collaboration as creative clarity
39:00 Style, experimentation & flow state
43:30 Where creative inspiration comes from now
49:45 What makes their work uniquely theirs
52:30 Midlife creativity and final reflections
54:20 Where to find Erin and Subikksha