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Episode 16 of the ArtWalk Podcast: Solo Thoughts: Will artificial intelligence steal your creative job? Aaron Massey discusses his thoughts on whether certain A.I. has the means to take your job, in several areas of the creative industry. This conversation spans several different topics that stroke the brush over the art world, music making, and film industry. Are we safe from artificial intelligence? Let's dive in!

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ArtWalk Podcast - Solo Thoughts (EP #15) - Little Victories

In this epidsode, Aaron Massey highlights the importance of small wins, which he calls "The Little Victories", and how to be more creative by making daily habits. The emphasis on doing the little things on a smaller scale can help relieve anxiety about large scale creative work, and over time create a more expansive body of work.

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ArtWalk Podcast - Filmmaker Eric Latek (EP #14) - State of the Movies: In Episode #14 of the ArtWalk Podcast, Aaron Massey talks with filmmaker Eric Latek about everything from Tom Cruise, to the writing of Network, to whether or not movie theaters are a dying thing.

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When you walked by with him it caught me off guard. I thought you had moved out of the neighborhood. I honestly didn’t even care about him. I was simply upset at the fact that you were close again. Never left I guess. Did you look in? Did you see me? Did you see me see you? Maybe even staring out of the side of your eyes so as not to draw attention to the moment, up and to the left, just over the freshly cut hilled lawn in front of my candle lit window. I’m glad you saw the grass that way. A nice, clean, mowed down version of my living arrangements.

I drank you. I drank the poison from the cup you delivered to my quenched lips. I was a fool for you, and fooled. Damnit. I never said the words to you, but I felt it. I surely did. I wonder if you even came close. And I will never know. And it doesn’t matter either.

Matter of time, matter of time. It had happened before, remember? Running. I called you by your name as we crossed in opposite directions, like a silly metaphor, and you stopped. I wanted to hug you, but couldn’t reach that far. You stood so far from me. Remember that? I don’t know why I felt, and somewhat still feel that way about you. All you did was make me sick with your poison shots, jabs, pricks, pokes, punches, mashed up words of death, all hurled at me over my castle walls like a fire engulfed catapult launch. You broke my defenses, and got inside. I could barely fend you off. I was a dead man. A dead, man.

But the sun rose. It rose with a bluish tint, and it flooded my eyes. I was alive. Rested and rousted from your poisonous sleep. Molting back into a new skin, a skin that was fresh, and familiar. You can have the scraps. You can have the empty bottle you wedged down my throat, emptying the liquid of your derision.

I was the fool. I am a stranger now. Built in the memories of your own mind. You will not live in mine.

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Haruki Murakami's Thoughts On Patience: ArtWalk Podcast (EP #13) Solo Thoughts -

In this episode #13 of the ArtWalk Podcast, Aaron Massey discusses his thoughts on a Haruki Murakami quote about finding patience in your creative field and your art. Social media has created a constant stress of needing to be seen and validated. What does Aaron think about social media's requirements for content and art? Check out this week's episode.

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In this podcast episode, Aaron talks with Paul Lindsay about television production, some old stories about how the two met as stand-ins on a tv show, and how to hustle in the film and television industry, to climb your way up the ladder.

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Aaron talks with Megan about life as an actor in Hollywood, how to audition, casting directors, and making bold life decisions like moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in movies and television. There is even a body slam story in this episode.

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In this episode of the ArtWalk Podcast, Aaron's talks with Director, Producer, and Entrepreneur Justin Polk. Justin is the co-founder of the ad agency Invisible Collective, based in Los Angeles, Ca. The creative company has a main focus on collaborating to make content using diverse talent in production for tv and digital. Invisible has worked with major brands such as the Major League Baseball, Amazon, Hulu, and many others. Aaron and Justin have a fun discussion around Justin's career path, and how the two of them met on a movie called Freeloaders, based on a "sort of" fictionalized story about The Counting Crows' lead singer, Adam Duritz, and his friends.

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Welcome to episode (#09) of the ArtWalk Podcast. Host Aaron Massey discusses his solo thoughts on a creative life, broken down into Four Acts. The Hope, The Struggle, The Experiences, The Rewards. What should you expect when choosing a life of creativity? How do you navigate the people around you? Aaron offers tips and advice for all creative fields in this episode. Are you a beginner, just starting your career? Or looking for a change in your life? Do you have any creative aspirations or desires? This is a great episode to listen to and watch.

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I was craving a large, filling meal after my journey east by train. I checked into my lodging, which was quaint, but reasonable. I have learned to accept small quarters and wayfarer roommates. The streets here were thin and rugged, many of them filled with uneven water stone, giving ground to the vendors that sold trinkets along the twisted pathways that lead downward from my perched hostel on the city’s hillside. Down below, I took time to walk throughout the town center, and along the Genil River. It was a pleasant evening. I sat on the stone wall built to keep fools out of the wet. The sun set early this time of year. The sky turned purple, then wrapped itself around the lovers that watched it.

I found an Irish pub in town, figuring they would have substantial portions of meat and potato dishes. I found an empty barstool near the front door, and ordered a pint of Guinness. I was disappointed when the bar keep told me the kitchen was closed, and so I drank my frothy beer with good pace, so that I could continue my hunt for a gorging. I should have realized an Irish pub in the middle of Spain should not have been my first option for food, but maybe I was seeking a sort of comfort away from home. I moved on to a tapas bar and met a man from London, after he had heard my American accent and worked his way into my conversation with the bartender, then slid down a few seats toward me, to get closer to ear shot. His name was Jack, and he ordered a round of dark beers for us on his tab. The Brit was a firefighter back home, and was in Granada on leave, studying the Spanish language here for a few weeks.

“Why Spanish?” I asked.

Not sure really. I guess it is something I always wanted to do, but never did. So now I’m doing it,” Jack said, still thinking about it. 

“I understand. That’s noble.”

Jack nodded and drank the remainder of his beer, then flagged down the bartender with his right thumb raised out, wiggling it from side to side.

“Two more, thanks,” he said. 

“And how’s it coming along?”

“What’s that?”

“The Spanish,” I asked.

“Terribly, but my teacher is extremely attractive so that keeps things interesting, right?”

“Maybe you’re having a tough time concentrating?” I asked him.

“I potentially worry about nothing, and enjoy all of it,” Jack said, in a confident manner, as if he has said this phrase over and over, to those wanderers that he would meet randomly in places such as this. The comment stayed with me for a moment. Then I put it in my pocket. 

We talked awhile longer over more pints and tapas. I told Jack that he was a comical fella, and reminded me of a famous British comedian, to which Jack replied,

“He’s an egotistical twat,”

I explained to Jack that you more or less have to have an ego to be a comedian, coupled with extreme bouts of depression. He agreed. I told a couple jokes from the famous comedian’s repertoire. Jack did not like my London accent when I attempted one. 

We made our way to a couple other tapas bars, eventually stumbling upon an establishment that was a local favorite according to Jack. It was small and hidden down an alleyway, far from the roaming tourist’s nose. The beer was fairly cheap here in Granada, and the tapas were outstanding. We mainly ate seafood, ranging in various types of morsels from the Alboran Sea to the south. We had a good time and talked of country, job, and enjoying one’s self in places of travel. Jack wanted to meet out again tonight after a quick siesta. That is when I realized it was only 6:30pm. Spain’s ways were unusual to me in regards to their eating and drinking habits connected to unorthodox timetables, but I imagined it was something I could easily get used to with enough practice. I told Jack I may or may not come out again this evening, as I had a long day of adventure beginning at sunrise. He told me to meet at a place called El Bar, a couple blocks from here at 9:00pm if I decided to join. We shook hands and walked in opposite directions. I would not meet him again. 

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