Munch and Learn: The Four Codes of Creative Energy

The Four Codes of Creative Energy

Zack Orsborn, Founder, Like Really Creative

"I grew up in Amory, Mississippi, a town where creative expression was feared.

While other kids played sports, I lived in worlds of my own making—dancing alone to pop songs pretending I was Britney Spears, filling journals with stories and poems, experimenting with “inventions.” My creative spirit was often met with sideways glances and whispered mockery. I began to hide the brightest parts of me. I developed social anxiety, and the easiest way to express myself was through art.

But I didn’t have a willing audience or community to share with.

I build these creative refuges for that anxious kid in Amory who danced alone, for the 20-something losing himself, for anyone who feels the call to create but doesn't know how to answer it.

My vision has become my vow: to foster a world where creativity isn't just respected but recognized as essential medicine—where people instinctively know that making art heals what hurts, that expression dissolves fear, and that no creative needs to walk alone.

After years of wading through fear, I now move through life as what I was always meant to be: fearless, loving, consistently creative, and—finally—whole enough to help others find their way home to themselves.

Thank you for being creative,

Zack"

Orsborn, Zack. “My Name Is Zack Orsborn, and It Is My Life’s Purpose to Help Creatives Be Fearless.” Like Really Creative, www.likereallycreative.com/zack. Accessed 5 June 2026. 

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