Becoming Creature

After a week Hiatus I am back and looking fresh thanks to new art from past guest @forshaper! Listen to my interview with him here.

This week I have the very bubbly @gptBrooke on the show.

We discuss:

* Commercial fishing in Alaska

* Drug use

* Domestic abuse

* Homelessness

* Recovery

* Making new friends

* And living life with gratitude and positivity

and much more

We hope you enjoy!

—Nick

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Nick has a laid-back conversation with @Virtual1nstinct about:

* Music and audio

* The self and relationships

* Phenomenology and experience

* Depression

* Salience and association

* The future of social media

and much more

We hope you enjoy!

—Nick

Mentioned in this episode:

A null model for Dunbar’s circles

Picasso bull

Guernica

Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

Dhyana

Amir

Dalton Emery

The Equitable Prose

Conversations with Tyler

Timestamps:

1:10 Audio, music, and spotify

7:00 Twitter

9:50 The self and networks

10:40 The self and art

13:00 Depressional and personal narrative

17:00 Salience

22:20 Meditation

28:00 Poetry and felt sense

31:20 Writing and association

34:40 Phenomenology, experience, and consciousness

45:00 Post-social environment, social media

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Nick talks to @MaybeGray about sexuality, relationships, sex positivity, the legal system, and what it was like going to clown school.

Don’t miss Maybe at the InterIntellect Salon on January 17th!

We cover

* Being a Clown

* Canadian Law

* Emotions

* Relationships

* Eroticism and Intimacy

* Sex Positivity

* Hookup culture and consent

* Onlyfans and how people relate to porn

* Embodiment

* Physical and emotional masks

and much more

We hope you enjoy!

—Nick

Mentioned in this episode:

* InterIntellect Salon

* Baker vs. Canada

* Anthony de Mello

* Visakanv

* Aella

Timestamps

1:10 Clown Workshop

3:40 Baker vs. Canada

7:40 The messiness and robustness of law

12:20 Are the legal system’s flaws essential?

14:30 Emotions, and overcoming negativity

17:50 The importance of connection and the end of numbness

20:45 Eroticism versus Intimacy

24:45 What is the interplay between commitment and autonomy?

29:45 The monogamy ‘contract’ and polyamorous freedom

33:20 Sex positivity and the danger of taboo

37:15 Moving away from a culture of hookups

41:10 Consent discourse

44:40 Is consent a guardrail for dangerous situations?

47:15 What do guys need to know about sex and dating?

50:55 Onlyfans, masturbation, and porn

53:10 Clown dancing drills and embodiment

58:50 Clown dancing drills and embodiment

1:02:30 The masks we wear and fluidity

1:04:55 Interintellect Salon

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Happy New Year!

In this special episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Michael Ashcroft (@M_Ashcroft) about:

* Keto

* Herbal remedies and Pine Needle Tea

* David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage

* Building a Second Brain

* Finding your niche

* Long-term perspectives

* Energy Innovation

* The Alexander Technique (is it magic?)

* Gendlin Focusing

* Coercion

* Michael’s BALs

and much more

Have an excellent New Year!

—Nick

Mentioned in this episode:

* Herbalists Grimhood and CK Eternity

* David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage

* The Clock of the Long Now

* Climate Change Chart

* John G. Bennett’s Creative Thinking

* Eugene Gendlin’s Gendlin Focusing

* The Stoa

Timestamps

1:50 Michael’s 3-day water fast, keto, and health

8:50 Supplements and herbals

10:20 Pine needle tea

12:00 David Perell and Tiago Forte’s Write of Passage

17:00 Finding your Niche, architect vs. archaeologist

19:50 ‘Clock of the Long Now’ and the long-term perspective

21:30 What are you most excited about in energy innovation?

24:20 Climate Change

26:25 Alexander Technique Introduction

30:30 Breaking the reactive loop and renewing presence

32:20 Alexander Technique

35:40 John G Bennett’s Creative Thinking and Gendlin Focusing

39:00 Is AT Magic?

41:40 Alternatives to coercion

46:00 Clear intentions held lightly

51:10 Accessing playfulness

53:20 Michael’s BALs and youtube growth

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On this episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to oil painter Kendric Tonn (@kendrictonn) about:

* The life of an artist

* The process of creation

* How to see like an artist

* Taking big life risks

* Developing the habit of doing

* and so much more

Mentioned in this episode:

Kendric’s Documentary

Florence Academy of Art

Perseus Sculpture

Artist: Patrick Burke

Artist: E.S. Barkin

Find more from Kendric at:

His website, Nyx Gallery, and Brandt-Roberts Galleries

—Nick

Timestamps:

2:40 Genitalia in art

4:15 The art of controlling attention

6:00 Art as an expression of the Platonic

10:00 Kendric’s route to becoming a professional artist

15:30 How to start important things

18:30 Art as Pursuit

20:00 Deep Focus

21:30 How to decide on a project

22:20 Art as a struggle

23:00 Being an artist isn’t just one job

25:10 How does it feel to part with an art piece?

26:30 Developing the habit of Doing

28:00 Kendric the Hotelier and AirBnB disaster stories

32:35 “A stranger and afraid in a world we never made”

34:05 Where does meaning fit in with your art?

36:40 Expressing common feelings in art

38:15 What’s wrong with “Classics” in literature?

39:40 The social side of artistry

42:00 Cultivating deep focus

44:30 How to see like an artist

47:15 Artistic mediums

48:30 Artists to watch

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Happy holidays!

In this special Holiday episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Michael Curzi (@michaelcurzi) about:

* The Psychic War

* The Moustache

* Self Sacrifice

* Phenomenology

* Meditation

* Disassociation

* Separation

* Splintered Minds

* Michael GRILLS ME

and much more

We hope you have a happy holiday!

—Nick

See more from Michael Curzi:

Super Peer

Twitch

Youtube

Substack

Mentioned:

Movie: The Family Man

Person: Friedrich Hayek

Person: Eugene Gendlin

Youtube: David Bowie on why you should Never Play to the Gallery

Book: Hero with a Thousand Faces

Timestamps:

1:15 Christmas

5:40 Capitalism

16:30 The holidays after an insular year

20:00 A year of disconnection

25:00 The psychic war and consumerism

29:00 When your expectations are violated

30:50 Eigenrobot asks about The Moustache

34:00 Self Sacrifice and Samurai

37:40 Rival Voices asks about himself

39:10 PrinceVogel asks about Phenomenology

43:10 Meditation

44:30 Withdrawal, Return, and Disassociation

47:10 The value of Separation

49:00 Splintered Minds

51:30 Shaping one’s soul, Doing vs Contemplating

54:40 Openness

58:00 Deeper levels of meaning

1:04:00 Proper attention, proper action

1:05:00 Grill me!

1:11:00 Heroic Sincerity, Mastery, and Skill

1:14:00 Quality and Natural Action

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In this episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Harvey (@HarveyKrishna_) about

* Psychedelics

* Spiritual healing

* Slowing down

* Cultivating wonder

* Dance

* Non-attachment

* Pursuit of joy

* The metatribe

* Nature and travel

Thank you for listening!

—Nick

Have feedback? Mail me at [email protected] or message me on twitter @becomingcritter. I’d love to hear from you.

Mentioned in this episode:

How to Change your Mind

Sacred Design Lab

How we gather

Philosophers on Twitch playing Flight Simulator

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Timestamps:

1:15 Why Krishna?

2:30 Cacao and San Marcos

7:00 San Marcos Meditation Disney World

9:45 Casual vs. purpose-driven psychedelics

12:15 Life difficulties and recovering from downward spiral

15:10 Slowing down

21:30 Movement, dance, and improvisation

29:30 Healthy non-attachment

31:45 Pursuing joy and crowding out insecurity

34:45 Belonging, becoming, and beyond

39:45 Metatribe

44:15 Nature, volcanoes, guatemala, and Philosophers on Twitch playing Flight Simulator

47:45 Travel

49:45 Put the book down

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In this episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Kay (@kehwho) aka Jimmy Buckets about SO MUCH.

We talk about

* the difficulties of acclimation after immigration

* developing embodiment

* appreciating your ancestors

* developing a relationship with nature

* returning to small intimate communities

* relying on your intuition

* engrossing yourself in culture

* and much much more

Thank you for listening. We hope you enjoy!

—Nick

Timestamps:

2:10 Immigration and acclimation

9:00 Anxiety and embodiment

11:00 The danger of identification

14:15 Operating through recognition

14:30 What we say creates our world

15:10 Appreciating your ancestors

19:00 Occult sciences, magic, and embodied relationships

20:40 Communion with nature, and how culture reflects the environment

23:20 Returning to intimate communities

25:00 Alignment of purpose

27:00 Zero to one, chaos and order, masculine and feminine

28:00 The power of belief and words

28:40 Balancing doing and being

32:00 Relying on your intuition

35:00 The importance of giving a sacred offering

37:00 How to use doubt to serve you

40:10 How to experience nature through culture

44:20 How language shapes our world

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In this episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Ray (@forshaper) about his non-profit Foretrek. We talk about comfort play, egregores, and the relationships between violence, intimacy, and rhythm. We also discuss God as a romantic experience, Sufism, global love, and so much more.

To support Ray’s work please visit Foretrek.

Learn more about the pioneer of comfort play, Kelly Quinnett.

We also mention Sohbet, which is a good place to begin learning about Sufism.

Thank you for listening. We hope you enjoy!

—Nick

1:00 Comfort play, empathy, and trust

9:50 What are egregores?

14:00 Exploring the conflict in violence and intimacy

16:30 Personal experience with conflict and violence

27:30 The relationship between violence and rhythm

28:30 Interpreting life as rhythm

33:00 The importance of Sufism as a practice

36:30 Global love and God as a romantic experience

39:30 Advice on how to experience global love

43:30 Recommended reading

45:30 How to begin practicing comfort play

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New Intro!

My show is now available in all of your favorite podcast apps.

In this episode, Nick talks to @Childermass4 about the value of magical thinking, the importance of emotional connection during covid19, the meaning of love, how to empathize better, the dangers of philosophy, how Christianity might be a cope, and so much more.

You can support Robert’s writing at https://medium.com/@rob.kuusk

Thank you for listening

We hope you enjoy!

—Nick

Timestamps:

2:00 Growing out of childhood

3:30 The role of philosophy

4:50 On being Estonian

8:00 Returning to religion

10:30 On Magical Thinking

16:00 Camus, age, and the role of philosophy

21:00 Why we need an ontology

21:30 Living with passion

25:30 Having confidence in your ideas

29:00 The importance of emotional connection under Covid-19

33:00 What is love?

37:00 How discarded ideas help us empathize

38:30 The dangers of misusing philosophy

43:00 Christianity as a cope

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