Artful Mind

Alex Qian is a film maker, digital artist, and a content creator, but first and foremost he's a multi talented published photographer who has worked with several brands such as Adobe, Western Digital, and Xbox. He's heavily involved in the mental health community as a strong advocate who has also raised money through not one but two charity events for the Brain and Behavior research foundation. He's a fascinating individual who has my utmost respect and is someone I admire and look up to every day.

Alex's Socials:

https://www.instagram.com/_alexqian/

Artful Mind is a podcast that explores artists stories and their relationship with mental health. In effort to enlighten us with different people's experiences and outlooks while being an artist. Tune in every Wednesday for new episodes of Artful Mind hosted by yours truly:

Omar Ordaz

https://www.instagram.com/omarordazphotography

You can view my portfolio and contact me on my website:

https://www.omarordazphotography.com

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Emily Swift is a fashion and portrait photographer with specialization in film, as well as the owner of Darkslide Film Labs. With an outstanding portfolio having worked over a dozen international fashion weeks, Emily has led an amazing career as a photographer and continues to expand as her Film Lab begins to reach its one year mark. Emily has lived with ADD for her life and teaches us how she's managed to lead such a successful career as well as run a successful business while living with ADD. As well as balancing her physical and mental health while also living with Type 1 Diabetes. Tune into this special Two-Part Episode to enlighten yourself with Emily's story and more!

You can find Emily's work here:

https://emilyswiftstudios.com/

Be sure to send any of your film to be developed at her film lab as well!

https://www.darkslidefilmlab.com/

Artful Mind is a podcast where mental health and art are explored through conversations with artists of all forms. Tune in every Wednesday for new episodes of Artful Mind hosted by yours truly:

Omar Ordaz

https://www.instagram.com/omarordazphotography

You can view my portfolio and contact me on my website:

https://www.omarordazphotography.com

Flourish by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com

Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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Emily Swift is a fashion and portrait photographer with specialization in film, as well as the owner of Darkslide Film Labs. With an outstanding portfolio having worked over a dozen international fashion weeks, Emily has led an amazing career as a photographer and continues to expand as her Film Lab begins to reach its one year mark. Emily has lived with ADD for her life and teaches us how she's managed to lead such a successful career as well as run a successful business while living with ADD. As well as balancing her physical and mental health while also living with Type 1 Diabetes. Tune into this special Two-Part Episode to enlighten yourself with Emily's story and more!

You can find Emily's work here:

https://emilyswiftstudios.com/

Be sure to send any of your film to be developed at her film lab as well!

https://www.darkslidefilmlab.com/

Tune in every Wednesday for new episodes of Artful Mind hosted by yours truly:

Omar Ordaz

https://www.instagram.com/omarordazphotography

You can view my portfolio and contact me on my website:

https://www.omarordazphotography.com

Flourish by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com

Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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Today, we have a great friend of mine, Gilbran “Gibby” Laureano Jr., who is a videographer/ cinematographer who inspires me every day with his work. Gibby talks to me about his experiences and latest projects that he’s been working on as well some of the issues he faced while being on set for a show in Las Vegas. As well as a bit of his creative process and how it’s affected by the artists who inspire him on the journey towards creative a tightknit creative community in Central Florida. Tune in now to here about Gibby’s secret to being one of the mentally strongest people I know and how he keeps himself in a happy positive life while being a creative.

You can follow Gibby on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/gibbywithag/

Tune in every Wednesday for new episodes of Artful Mind hosted by yours truly:

Omar Ordaz

https://www.instagram.com/omarordazphotography

You can view my portfolio and contact me on my website:

https://www.omarordazphotography.com

Flourish by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com

Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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In this episode, graphic design artist, photographer, and videographer Lawrence Perry and myself, Omar Ordaz, speak on personal experiences and examples of how sometimes stepping out of your creative field as a personal hiatus can serve as a healing of sorts for your mental health. As well as can lead to producing some of your best work when looking back at a project or starting a new one.

As well as talking about the anxieties of starting a new creative field/ project and many other topics including how to view aspects of a relationship from a different viewpoint.

You can view Lawrence's work on his Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/yvesstlawrence/

Tune in every Wednesday for new episodes of Artful Mind hosted by yours truly:

Omar Ordaz

https://www.instagram.com/omarordazphotography

You can view my portfolio and contact me on my website:

https://www.omarordazphotography.com

Flourish by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com

Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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JVNEBVG (pronounced "June-Bug) is a musician based out of Chicago with a primarily Trap & Metal style. JVNEBVG speaks about his experience being a military vet and the PTSD he suffers as well as opens up about the topic of suicide and his personal experiences with it. Omar Ordaz opens up with his personal experience with it as well and they speak about the effects of having that near-death experience and their pursuance of their creative fields after it.

Xavier Ordaz (Host of Artful Mind) speaks on his mental state and journey through his mental health battle. Talking about some of his experiences living in Chicago knowing no one prior and the experiences that led to the creation of "Artful Mind".

Trailer featuring a brief introduction as to what Artful Mind is about and who the host, Xavier Omar Ordaz, is.