Artist Decoded by Yoshino

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Julian Doan is a second-generation Vietnamese American filmmaker. He enjoys exploring the uncomfortable corners of our existence through awkward, yet heartfelt comedy. His past projects include the sentient zombie digital series "Everyone I Love Is Dead". He is currently working on the editorial team of HBO's "In Treatment". He loves the great outdoors and looks forward to seeing a Vietnamese American film renaissance in his lifetime. He is thrilled to be premiering "Raspberry" at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and is beyond thankful for the stunning cast and crew who all brought this film to life. Raymond Lee was a series regular in Alan Ball's HBO series, "Here and Now" opposite Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter. He has recurring roles on "Prodigal Son", "Mozart in the Jungle", and Scandal. Theater credits include the world premiere productions of "Vietgone at Manhattan Theater Club", which he was awarded the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Debut, "Office Hour" opposite Sandra Oh at South Coast Repertory, and "Cambodian Rock Band" also at South Coast Repertory. He will be next seen in the PARAMOUNT feature film "Top Gun: Maverick opposite Tom Cruise, Jon Hamm, Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly and as a series regular in upcoming the AMC series "Kevin Can F*ck Himself". Raymond resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• The subject and absurdity of death
• Speaking openly about death
• The origins of "Raspberry"
• Being emotionally available towards inspiration
• The creative process behind character creation
• Yoshino's personal approach to photography and inspiration
• Processing death and dealing with loss
• Reactions to "Raspberry"
• The tone of the film
• Subtle nuances of expression
• The differences between Eastern and Western thoughts
• Julian and Raymond's collaborative relationship
• Creatively pushing yourself and others
• Asian men within the arts and film
• Advice to artists and creatives

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Mark Wolynn is the director of the Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco. He is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. His book It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (published by Viking/Penguin) is the winner of the 2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award in psychology and has been translated into 19 languages. His articles have appeared in Psychology Today, Mind Body Green, MariaShriver.com, Elephant Journal, and Psych Central, and his poetry has been published in The New Yorker.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Inherited family trauma - a detailed overview of trauma's resonating effect
• Our bodies reaction to trauma and how we can biologically pass those reactions to our offspring through our genes
• Current research within the scientific field of trauma
• The potency of language
• Mark's "Core Language Approach" or otherwise known as trauma language, which is seen through the observation of verbal and non-verbal cues
• Mark's background and journey into healing
• Avoiding negative emotions
• Our symptoms being our guides
• Mindfulness and meditation practices

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When a musical ensemble chooses to self-title an album mid-career, it usually signifies their conviction that they've struck upon the motherlode, hit the jackpot, stepped up, and generally arrived at a point they've always strived for but never quite attained. Coming from GoGo Penguin at this stage in the game, it's quite a bold statement: the instrumental trio from Manchester, England have fielded plaudits and rave reviews for inspiration and originality at every turn since 2013, when they settled on their dream line-up of Chris Illingworth (piano), Rob Turner (drums), and Nick Blacka (bass). Fusing jazz, classical and electronic influences (amongst others) with a thirst for innovation, they've been garlanded as makers of one of the Mercury Prize album of the year (in '14), and have enjoyed success on record and in the live arena matched by precious few vocal-free groups post-millennium. After that prestigious Mercury nomination for 2014's v2.0 album, Chris, Nick, and Rob worked hard, consolidating their musical bond across a further two albums, which were written and recorded while juggling hectic touring commitments. For GoGo Penguin – their fourth album together (and the third to be released by the legendary Blue Note label) – they decided to jump off the rollercoaster and devote the majority of their working time in 2019 to pushing at the limits of their music. "In the past, we'd have to get in the studio and finish the album in what felt like three days. This time we had six months of writing, and two weeks of recording, so everyone had a lot more time to contribute to each track. There was more experimentation, trying things out and often throwing them away. As a result, the album is more sophisticated. We had quite simple lives in the past. We were younger, so there wasn't so much drama, and there hadn't been so many important events in our lives that fed into the music. This time, there's a lot more facing the realities of becoming older, and mortality, and watching people that you care about being very close to death. At the same time, Chris became a dad. The longer you live, the more complicated your reality becomes, so we felt our music had to reflect that." - Rob Turner (GoGo Penguin) Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Emotions while writing the newest GoGo Penguin album
• Personality conveyed through music and art
• The positive and negative dualities of life
• Conflicting emotions
• Spirituality
• Personal Philosophies
• "The Overview Effect"
• Empathy
• GoGo Penguin's desire to be "genreless"
• Self-imposed limitations and creative limitations imposed by ourselves
• The state of music
• Breaking away from boundaries within your art
• Conformity and intentionality behind the composition
• Chris's background as a classical musician
• Finding inspiration
• Reverting back to one's child-like state
• Driving force
• Examining one's self, so that others are positively affected
• Being present-minded
• Being the master of your own work

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Shari Frilot is a filmmaker who has produced television for the CBS affiliate in Boston and for WNYC and WNET in New York before creating her own independent award-winning films, including Strange & Charmed, A Cosmic Demonstration of Sexuality, What Is A Line?, and the feature documentary, Black Nations / Queer Nations? She is the recipient of multiple grants, including the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Media Arts Foundation. She is presently working on a feature film project about the crisis in water supply with producer Effie Brown's production company, Duly Noted Inc. In tandem with filmmaking, Shari also maintains a career in festival programming, occupying a distinguished position on the curatorial vanguard through her pioneering development of immersive cinematic environments. As the Festival Director of the MIX Festival in New York (1992-1996) she co-founded the first gay Latin American film festivals, MIX BRASIL and MIX MEXICO film festivals. As Co-Director of Programming for OUTFEST (1998-2001), she founded the Platinum section which introduced cinematic performance installation and performance to the festival. She is presently in her 22nd year as a Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival. She is the curator and driving creative force behind New Frontier, an exhibition and commissioning initiative that focuses on cinematic work being created at the intersections of art, film, and new media technology.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Collective consciousness and being on the cusp of the new year
• Shifts within communities
• Finding confluence within multiple subjects
• Art and science working together
• Visualization
• Shari's love of culture, and her work within curation and art
• Wave-particle dualities
• Measuring the concept of love within our life
• The differences in seeing something versus feeling something
• Neuroplasticity
• Perceiving reality
• Storytelling
• Sundance Festival and New Frontier 2021, and the innovations that are taking place
• Subjective and objective truths
• Empathy
• The lost art of listening
• Shari's experiences with filmmaking and changing the framework of the industry itself
• The complications within creating and presenting Sundance's 2021 festival
• Focusing on humanity
• Pushing into the new year with aspirations of inclusivity and connectedness
• Finding clarity within your vision

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Mark Henick is an internationally recognized mental health strategist, advocate, speaker, podcaster, and media commentator. His TEDx talk is one of the most-watched in the world. He regularly speaks to diverse audiences about mental health, hope, and recovery. Mark Henick's TEDx talk about being saved from death by a stranger is one of the most-watched in the world and has been viewed millions of times. His search for "the man in the brown jacket" whose bravery and strong arms kept him from falling to his death went viral around the world (and was successful!). Henick has been on television and radio and has written many articles on mental health. He has hosted more than 60 intimate conversations about mental health with notable public figures and celebrities on his podcast, So-Called Normal, and has executive produced and hosted the Living Well podcast for Morneau Shepell. Henick has served on the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada and was the president of a provincial division of the Canadian Mental Health Association — the youngest person in either role. He has worked as a frontline clinician, a program manager, and the national director of strategic initiatives for CMHA. Mark is currently the CEO and principal strategist for Strategic Mental Health Consulting.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Destigmatizing mental illness
• Mark's personal story and TedX Talk
• The search for the man in the light brown jacket
• Struggles and hardships being a source of strength
• Self-actualizing and truth
• Commercial art
• Compartmentalizing particular aspects of your life
• Life being an artform
• Going all-in on your passion
• Building your passion
• Resilience and grit
• Recovery
• Not knowing your full self yet
• Toxic productivity
• Toxic masculinity

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Sean Cheetham was born in 1977 in San Francisco, studied at the College of San Mateo, in California, and earned a B.F.A. degree with honors from Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California. His paintings have been included in numerous significant exhibitions internationally including the National Portrait Gallery in London. He has a devoted following of collectors and art students that are inspired by his work and distinctive technique. Primarily a figurative painter, Sean is known for his technical prowess in achieving accuracy and harmony in his alla prima paintings which he credits to a deep understanding of drawing and his own system of mixing colors which he uses adeptly to govern shadows, midtones and highlights. In addition to having an exceptional ability to understand, draw, and paint the human form, Cheetham's selection of subjects typically in familiar urban scenes contributes a truthful and often raw spirit that makes his work distinctive and a contemporary testimony of our time.

Kate Zambrano is a self-taught fine artist who applies major influences and themes such as the systemic urge to understand human nature, behavior, and the beauty in the expressive nuances.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Kate and Sean's relationship
• COVID's effect on workflow
• Personal hobbies and the meditation behind them
• Endless curiosities within relationships and art
• Community and interaction in the midst of COVID
• Appreciating the mundane experiences of life
• The origin of Kate and Sean's art practice
• Balance
• Teaching and lessons learned from the experience
• Remaining flexible within your career
• Relying on other mediums to feed into your main passions
• Refinement
• Flipping your mentality
• Ego
• Natural talent, and doing the hard thing
• Persistence

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Laura Fried is a Los Angeles-based curator and is a Co-Founder and Director of Active Cultures, a nonprofit organization that explores the convergence of food and art in contemporary life. Through collaborative projects by cooks and artists, Active Cultures' programming takes a multitude of forms such as performances, workshops, meals, and education initiatives. Throughout her career, Fried has advocated for artists and institutions while pushing forward new models for engagement and exhibition-making. She recently served as founding Artistic Director of the Seattle Art Fair, for which she organized a comprehensive program of large-scale installations, performances, talks, and projects. Fried was previously on the curatorial staff of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, as well as a curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Fried received her MA in the History of Art from Williams College and the Clark Art Institute. Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Laura's journey in curation
• Working within non-profit organizations
• The convergence of food and art
• Collaboration
• Unique opportunities that are provided through the community
• Laura's work with her business partner
• Laura's advocation for artists and institutions
• The innovation of the exhibition
• The interconnected nature of art and food
• The beginnings of "The MSG Club"
• Future endeavors of Active Cultures in the midst of COVID-19

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Cliqua is a directing duo (Pasqual Gutierrez and RJ Sanchez) born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. They have directed music videos for J Balvin, Rosalia, Bad Bunny, and others. In the span of a year, the duo has amassed over 700 million Youtube plays. They have also worked with brands like Adidas, Nike, Amazon, and Tecate. Currently Cliqua is continuing to shoot music videos and commercials while developing a feature-length film and an episodic television show.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Pasqual and RJ forming Cliqua
• Reflections on past commercial and music video work
• Intentionality within Cliqua's planning process
• Going into the trenches within business and collaboration
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Shared business values
• Examining the future, reevaluating work practices, and moving forward
• Inspiration through others
• Taking a step back from one's work
• Controlling one's process
• Being aware of faults
• Workflow
• Cliqua's recent music video for The Weeknd's track "Too Late"
• Thematic filmmaking within music videos
• Creating something that is bigger than you
• The distillation of aesthetics and ideas

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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

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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 galleries all over the United States and has been featured in such magazines as American Art Collector Magazine & Fine Art Connoisseur. Adam Hall proudly resides in Nashville, TN, with his wife Thais. Adam spends most of his time in his studio in Historic Franklin and continues to discover a fulfilling purpose through art. Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• The benefits of technology during COVID
• Adam's early career in the music industry
• Utilizing elements from outside fields of study and incorporating them into your artistic practice
• Adding different experiences and tools to your "toolkit"
• Adam's changing perspectives on painting
• The dynamic of a career vs. a hobby
• Being disciplined and producing organic results
• Healthy competition
• Surrounding yourself with individuals who are greater than you
• Humility
• Faith and understanding how it relates to our experiences
• Being in a constant state of questioning
• The notion of personal truth(s)
• Religion and ideologies
• Inclusivity and exclusivity
• Remaining open to other aspects of the world
• Adam's experiences traveling to Africa
• Morality and ethics
• Intentions behind our actions
• The meaning behind Adam's ocean paintings
• The emotion that translates through a person's artwork
• Adam's experiences as a father
• Micro-decisions within our daily lives
• Striving creatively through parenting
• "Current Journeys"

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