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www.patreon.com/artistdecoded Densil McFarlane is the lead singer and guitarist of the Canadian rock trio, The OBGMs.  Topics Discussed In This Episode: The origin of The OBGM’s Complications and stresses of the business of music Densil’s honest self-reflection on why he creates music Not caring too deeply about what others think of you The new clarity and purpose found within Densil’s latest album. Being in touch with how you are feeling Success being a multi-dimensional phenomenon Batteling the identifiers of success Balancing your ego Shifting negative energy into positive and productive motivation The energy found within Densil’s latest album The changes within the music industry Staying innovative Specific values that current listeners have Incentivization within social media Keeping musicianship alive throughout covid Cultivating real friendships Staying committed to your craft Differences between Canada and America www.artistdecoded.com www.theobgms.com www.instagram.com/theobgms

www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Adam Hall: As a visual artist, Adam Hall began working mostly with charcoals and oils. Self-taught, he attempts to mix traditional style with contemporary. Using palette knives and layering techniques he creates a true richness and depth to his work. Adam believes every painting is his next opportunity in truly expressing his vision and vibe through landscape. “Art is such a powerful tool and I strive to use it in the most positive way I know how.” While his passion for art began growing up in Wellsburg, West Virginia, his professional artistic career began nearly two decades ago in Nashville. When he was not on the road touring with bands all over the world, Adam slowly became involved with a local design firm whose clientele took great interest and demand for his art. Eventually, he started working full time with major record labels and recording artists in Nashville, all the while pursuing his dream to become a full-time artist. Today, his work has been represented in ga

www.patreon.com/artistdecoded Jeffrey Martin Zacks, American psychology educator, member of the American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, and the Cognitive Science Society.  His book, Flicker: Your Brain on Movies, delves into the history of cinema and the latest research to explain what happens in your brain when you sit down in the theatre and the lights go out. Topics Discussed In This Episode: How the brain helps us think perceive and aid us in solving problems Mirror neurons The impact that film has on it’s viewers Mimicking attributes of the brain and how it specifically helps us in daily life Film perception Evoking and implementing cues for specific responses within films “The willing suspension of belief” Kids viewing violent films and how it affects them when they are adults Mindset and engagement Age and films Neuroplasticity The “nimble brain” The brain’s development and how we can shift the way we think in order to retain a greater amount of plasticity Movies and the

www.patreon.com/artistdecoded Self-taught, David Uzochukwu (b. 1998, Austria) creates (self-)portraits that speak of both placelessness and belonging. His work sees bodies shifting through nature, performance, and digital reconfiguration. Uzochukwu’s photographs have been exhibited at Bozar, Photo Vogue Festival, and Unseen Amsterdam. He has collaborated with artists FKA twigs, Pharrell, and Iris Van Herpen, and received commissions by Dior and Hermès. Since 2019, he is a participant of CPH:DOX’s talent development program. British Journal of Photography named him One to Watch in 2020. He currently lives in Berlin, where he pursues his first degree in philosophy. Topics Discussed In This Episode: David’s development and obsession with photography Looking at other photographers work and being inspired Distraction and aesthetic within David’s work Emotions and the expression of an image David’s photography process Finding your signature approach Navigating your youth, and standing your ground Leaning into you

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz are both directors and writers, known for Antebellum (2020), Rapture, and 17 Seventeen (2017). Topics Discussed In This Episode: Required solitude Shifting perspective within a paradigm Truth Bush and Renz’s collaboration and how that has evolved Acceptance of failures and misfortunes The process of working together within relationships Discovery within the arts Companionship within the process of creating The process of trusting your art Spiritualism The collective consciousness Inspiration and how an artist taps into it Leaving behind a legacy When to put on and shed your ego Being afraid to feel something The emotion felt while filming Antebellum Social change The foundations and future of America www.artistdecoded.com Gerard‘s Instagram  Christopher’s Instagram

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Justin: Justin Mortimer (b.1970) is a British artist whose paintings consistently invite us to question the relationship between subject matter and content, beauty and horror, and between figuration and abstraction. While the imagery is almost exclusively pitiless, the texturing of the paint, the play between light and shade, and the passages that lead from photo-realist definition to near-abstract formlessness are so sensitively handled as to make the work at least partially redemptive as well as to indicate a key philosophical dimension: the oblique relationship between evidence and interpretation. In his recent solo show, his works create paradoxical beauty in the landscape of oppression and violence around the world. With the Covid-19 pandemic and the escalating racial conflict, Justin Mortimer's solo exhibition sets the stage for reflection on the 'tomorrow' of our society. Show Notes: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:04:52 - Paradoxical Psychological Truth in Work

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Mike: Mike Lee is a world-ranked professional boxer who has fought in some of the world’s most iconic arenas like Madison Square Garden, Cowboys Stadium & The MGM Grand in front of millions of fans. In 2014 Mike was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, ankylosing spondylitis, that almost ended his career. In and out of hospitals for over two years he became tired of all the medications and treatments. Mike began searching for all-natural alternatives which lead him to discover CBD and all of its incredible physical and mental benefits! Using his background in finance and business, Mike felt that creating Soul CBD would be the perfect way to share his knowledge while helping others to defeat whatever battles with the pain they may be facing. Columbia Tatone is an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer. Known for her dynamic cinematic action and relational, relevant storytelling, she often features unique elements of sci-fi in her work. Taton

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Edon: Edon Guraziu specializes in Concept Design & Consultation. These various industries range from Entertainment, Industrial, Defense, Medical, Consumer Products, and more. Many years of collaboration have resulted in meaningful relationships with the following companies, some of which include: 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Microsoft, Netflix, NVIDIA, MPC, Method Studios, JBC Safety Plastic Inc., StrikerVR, TheVRCompany, Swiss Federal Railways, and more. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Upbringing and immigrating  Not allowing fear to inhibit productivity Logic and emotion Age and skills  Movies and their influence Mentors and relationships Being present, here and now Decision making and their ripple effect Valuing yourself, your art, and your business  Art and business Stoicism & identity of work Work, failure, and recontextualizing www.artistdecoded.com Edon’s Instagram  Edon’s Website  

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Jesse: Jesse Draxler was born in rural Wisconsin, studied in Minneapolis, MN, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. A formal mixed media & inter-disciplinary artist, Draxler has exhibited extensively both domestically and internationally.  Draxler had solo exhibitions in New York at the Booth Gallery in 2017 and 2016, and has been in exhibitions across Europe at galleries in Munich, London, Paris, Hamburg, and Berlin. Draxler collaborates with brands including Hugo Boss, McQ Alexander McQueen, and Ferrari, with original artwork appearing in Elle, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among other publications.  Topics Discussed In This Episode: The path of friendship  The intentionality behind social media  Thinking about the motivations behind what you are doing  Dedication within your craft  Artists relation to sports  Mental fortitude and willpower  The meaning behind Jesse’s latest show, “Table of Losses”  Letting artwork play i

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Yasmine: Yasmine Nasser Diaz is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice navigates overlapping tensions around religion, gender, and third-culture identity. Her recent work includes immersive installation, fiber etching, and mixed media collage using personal archives and found imagery. Diaz has exhibited and performed at spaces including the Brava Theater in San Francisco, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, and the Torrance Art Museum. She is a recipient of the California Community Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship (2019) with works included in the collections of LACMA, UCLA, and the Arab American National Museum. She lives and works in Los Angeles. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The background behind the title of Yazmine’s latest show “Soft Powers” The concept of “code-switching” Navigating different worlds within the world we live in Cultural differences Yazmine has experienced and how it has personally developed in her work Growing up within two different cu

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Pádraig: Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet and theologian from Ireland whose poetry and prose have been published widely across Ireland, the US, and the UK. He presents Poetry Unbound with On Being, a hugely successful podcast where he explores a single poem. Short and unhurried; contemplative and energizing, this podcast had more than a million downloads of its first season. The second season starts on the 28th of September. Mondays and Fridays for twelve weeks. Topics Discussed In This Episode: What Padraig’s poem means to him, reflecting back on it Life being circular Padraig’s writing process The beauty in the confluence of various things coming together Padraig’s roots within writing poetry Embracing the flourishing of life  Isolation within artists The “peasant poet” Cultural conflict Shelter and the shadow Leaning into self-discovery within our life Considering things that have been ingrained within us and actively challenging their purpose within our live Poetry

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Colin: Colin Frangicetto is a multidisciplinary visual artist, musician (Circa Survive & Psychic Babble), and podcaster (The Cosmic Nod). He lives and works in Portland, OR. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The genesis of Circa Survive Colin’s experiences with psychedelic drugs at an early age, and how it affected his view of life in both the present and future Empathy towards others Being present with an individual Lessons learned within political unrest Learning to intentionally listen to those who you disagree with “Being your own Buddha” and living the teachings you subscribe to Colin’s journey with ayahuasca Intentions of reciprocity The concept of giving and taking Homelessness being on the rise within L.A. and Portland Giving your life to the arts Life as an artist The difficulty of not being able to tour throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Circa Survive’s “rhythm of touring”  An artists’ work turning into a brand Being connected to yourself and being com

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Carlos: Carlos Torres has been tattooing for over 20 years and is mostly self-taught. Early in his career, Carlos worked at a couple of tattoo shops before he got his big break at So. Cal Tattoo in San Pedro, CA. It was there he learned the most and built his tattoo portfolio. Carlos specializes in black & grey realism and surrealism tattoos and loves creating original pieces of art. In addition to tattooing, he enjoys photography, painting, sculpting, teaching workshops, and traveling. His travels to international and domestic conventions have earned him awards including Best Small Black & Gray, Best Large Black & Gray, and Best Backpiece. In October of 2017, Carlos opened his own studio, The Raven and The Wolves. This fine art gallery and tattoo studio is located in the heart of downtown Long Beach and is home to 8 artists. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Carlos’ start in tattooing The power of mentorship  Apprenticeship in the tattoo practice In

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Sophia: Sophia Rokhlin is an author, speaker, and nonprofit organizer dedicated to supporting the conservation of indigenous wisdom and territory. Through engaged botany and ecology, she bridges the worlds of traditional ecological knowledge and Western science. She is a Program Coordinator at the Chaikuni Institute, supporting sustainable ayahuasca cultivation and reforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. She is a co-author of When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism, and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance (Watkins, 2019) on the global spread of ayahuasca. She helps coordinate Folk Medicine, a live-stream benefit for communities of the Amazon rainforest impacted by COVID-19. She sits in the Ayahuasca Community Committee for the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Her research appears in publications including the New York Times and the BBC. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The beginning stages of Sophia’s work with indigenous people groups

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About William: William von Hippel, Ph.D., grew up in Alaska, got his B.A. at Yale and his PhD at the University of Michigan, and then taught for a dozen years at Ohio State University before finding his way to Australia, where he is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He has published more than a hundred articles, chapters, and edited books in social psychology, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Economist, the BBC, Le Monde, El Mundo, Der Spiegel, and The Australian. Topics Discussed In This Episode: William’s start in social evolutionary science The fear we experience being attributed to evolution Technology affecting our evolution Social vs. technological innovations The difference and similarities between hunter and gatherers and us now living in the modern world Great ideas being found Sexual selection within evolution and how it has shifted with the influence of dating apps and the internet Maximizers vs

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About CJ: Cj Hendry (b. 1988) is a New York based artist originally from Brisbane, Australia. Globally renowned for her large-scale, photo-realistic drawings of consumer goods and immense, interactive exhibitions, she has developed a dedicated following through her unique brand of technical mastery and conceptual depth.  A self-professed “lover of products”, Hendry is heir to the Pop Art tradition that firmly established depictions of everyday objects and mass culture in the art historical canon. In the footsteps of Andy Warhol, Hendry generates instantaneously appealing images that celebrate kitsch aesthetics and it’s ubiquitous presence in contemporary digital culture. More recently, the artist has incorporated new subject matter to delve into deep-seated concerns and anxieties of current society. After seven years of studying architecture and finance in Australia, Hendry abandoned the endeavor in 2014 to pursue art full-time. She has since presented 6 solo exhibition

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Anna: Anna Park is a contemporary artist based in New York City, creating pieces that blur the lines between figurative and abstract work.  Creating a dazed, yet emotional experience, Anna’s central content revolves around larger bodies of people within social settings while provoking a vaporous and ethereal sensation. Her most recent work takes on a new form, having a larger, tangled, and fragmented abstraction that envelops the viewer as the cacophony of black and white charcoal reveals intimate messages relating to society and the people we interact with. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The inspiration behind her most recent work describing them as an “amalgamation of people” The desire for “the viewer can become the voyager”  Anna feeling that the inspiration for her new body of work can be attributed to her living in New York City  The dynamic of paintings feeling nostalgic and how our subconscious draws from past memories without truly knowing why Work and

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Ryan: Ryan York is a Doctor of Philosophy, postdoctoral scholar within the department of neurobiology at Stanford University, and an author of over a dozen publications.  His research is focused on the evolutionary genomic basis of brain and behavior with a specific interest in the courtship behaviors of Lake Malawi cichlid fish. Having a passion for music and working in constant collaboration with individuals such as Justin Daashuur Hopkins, Ryan borders the line between highly intellectual compositions and spontaneous, free-flowing, and seemingly primal soundscapes Topics Discussed In This Episode: Ryan’s work as an evolutionary biologist, and his specific project working within computational methods in understanding behaviors Applying concepts used within artificial intelligence and using them for work in other areas of science The overlap of art and science  The idea of repeatability  Collective consciousness and collaboration  Provisional answers and the u

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Daniele: Bolelli reads a passage about fear from his book, “Not Afraid: On Fear, Heartbreak, Raising a Baby Girl, and Cage Fighting” Daniele Bolelli (born January 11, 1974) is an Italian-American writer, university professor, martial artist, and podcaster based in Southern California. He is the author of several books on philosophy, and martial arts, including On the Warrior's Path. Known for his writing since the 1990s in Italy and the early 2000s in the United States, Bolelli rose to greater public prominence in the 2010s, beginning with his appearances on popular podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience. He went on to create his own podcasts, and has hosted The Drunken Taoist since 2012 and History on Fire since 2015. Bolelli holds M.As in American Indian Studies and history from UCLA and California State University, Long Beach, and did postdoctoral research in history at Cardiff University. As a professor, he has taught a wide variety of courses in the arts,

https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Jerome: Acclaimed and revered painter, Jerome Lagarrigue, was born in France to a father who was an illustrator and a mother who was a writer and journalist. Being rooted within a world of creativity and culture, Jerome’s life - from youth to adulthood, can be described as a type of compelling metamorphosis, including experiences both from a creative and racial point of view which directly saturates his current work as a painter.  Finding love within depicting movement inside of his work, Jerome continues to create powerful work that calls into question particular aspects of the world we live in and frames the subtle and reflective essence of human beings.  Topics Discussed In This Episode: Jerome being exposed to two different cultures, and how it offered both confusing and later, harmonious element to his life as a whole The topic of race – its objectivity, functionality, horrific nature, and the struggles that have come with being associated with a specific ra