What is up—Understory Bard here, Wade Skalsky. This is the Creative Peril Podcast, a rebrand of the show I've already been making for hundreds of episodes, because creativity isn't start-stop-new-thing; it's staying in process and evolving what came before. Creative brains work differently—people call it neurodivergence now; I just call it creative. That difference isn't a curse to mask with distraction. It's a gift in an information economy where you can produce and distribute from a garage bunker without a line of gatekeepers. Production glitches included. My aim here is simple: share what I've learned the hard way, plus conversations with people who've figured out how to thrive, so you can spend more time in your zone of genius—going into the understory for ideas and bringing them back. Beauty still matters. Process still matters. If you're listening, I believe in your ability to create. Welcome.