Breaking Walls

In Episode 10 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with Portland, Oregon-based stop-motion animator Javan Ivey for a conversation about how to find and sustain a eureka breakthrough.

In 2007 Javan invented a form of stop-motion animation he called The Strata-stencil Method in My Paper Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOoB_jDKIqw). We talk about what it was like to invent something and how we can make sure we don't negatively judge future accomplishments against past ones.

Highlights

• Why Javan gravitated towards stop-motion animation

• How Javan arrived at his breakthrough in 2007

• Where the Strata-stencil method of stop-motion animation takes its inspiration from

• What it's like to know you're in the middle of a eureka breakthrough

• How we can keep moving forward after the completion of a eureka project

• How we can ensure that we don’t end up drinking gin at 8AM like Ernest Hemingway

Javan's links:

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/javanivey

Twitter: https://twitter.com/javanivey

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2545186/

In Episode 9 of Breaking Walls we sit down with animator and IOS developer Spencer Johnson. Spencer is part of a family business called Infinite Cortex Creations with his parents and two brothers. We talk about all the things to keep in mind when running a business with someone you have a previous emotional connection with.

Highlights

• How a simple meeting changed the Johnson family's life

• Using the trust you have for people you care about to create synergetic business relationships with them

• Why open lines of communication are so important

• How growing up on a farm influenced Spencer and his family

• Infinite Cortex Creations' first game release for IOS

Infinite Cortex recently released their first game app! Fillip's Feast. Fillip is a hungry frog on a mission to eat as many bugs as possible before the bugs kill him. It's a free download that can be gotten here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fillips-feast/id926100130?mt=8

You can find more about Infinite Cortex Creations' goings on at: http://blog.infinitecortex.com

You can tweet to Spencer here: https://twitter.com/maroonfacelift

In Episode 9 of Breaking Walls we sit down with animator and IOS developer Spencer Johnson. Spencer is part of a family business called Infinite Cortex Creations with his parents and two brothers. We talk about all the things to keep in mind when running a business with someone you have a previous emotional connection with.

Highlights

• How a simple meeting changed the Johnson family's life

• Using the trust you have for people you care about to create synergetic business relationships with them

• Why open lines of communication are so important

• How growing up on a farm influenced Spencer and his family

• Infinite Cortex Creations' first game release for IOS

Infinite Cortex recently released their first game app! Fillip's Feast. Fillip is a hungry frog on a mission to eat as many bugs as possible before the bugs kill him. It's a free download that can be gotten here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fillips-feast/id926100130?mt=8

You can find more about Infinite Cortex Creations' goings on at: http://blog.infinitecortex.com

You can tweet to Spencer here: https://twitter.com/maroonfacelift

In Episode 9 of Breaking Walls we sit down with animator and IOS developer Spencer Johnson. Spencer is part of a family business called Infinite Cortex Creations with his parents and two brothers. We talk about all the things to keep in mind when running a business with someone you have a previous emotional connection with.

Highlights

• How a simple meeting changed the Johnson family's life

• Using the trust you have for people you care about to create synergetic business relationships with them

• Why open lines of communication are so important

• How growing up on a farm influenced Spencer and his family

• Infinite Cortex Creations' first game release for IOS

Infinite Cortex recently released their first game app! Fillip's Feast. Fillip is a hungry frog on a mission to eat as many bugs as possible before the bugs kill him. It's a free download that can be gotten here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fillips-feast/id926100130?mt=8

You can find more about Infinite Cortex Creations' goings on at: http://blog.infinitecortex.com

You can tweet to Spencer here: https://twitter.com/maroonfacelift

In our exclusive February mentor interview, we sit down with performer and dancer Chelsea Bonosky, who recently finished up a run playing six different characters at NYC's famed interactive theater experience, "Sleep No More." Chelsea spoke with us about the importance of vulnerability in her life and how being comfortable putting herself out there has given her the opportunity to experience her dreams.

Subscribe to this podcast via itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

Highlights

• Chelsea’s beginnings as a dancer, how something small, but ingenious Chelsea’s mother did for her when she was a child helped her to feel more comfortable being vulnerable.

• Chelsea has portrayed six different characters at the NYC Interactive Theater Experience “Sleep No More.” Hear what having such a deep, emotional connection with show patrons is like for her.

• The importance of trying new things to discover what you’re passionate about.

• The importance of giving your all to your passions and how your passions are always an extension of who you are.

• How awareness of self makes it easier to be vulnerable.

• Why we are all innately in tune with the universe.

• Why life is all about risk vs. reward

• Advice from Chelsea if you have been stuck and have a fear of being vulnerable.

Chelsea’s Links:

http://www.chelseabonosky.com

You can get tickets to Adam Barruch & Chelsea’s Belladonna, which will be performed from 2.20 - 2.22 at the 92nd Street Y here: http://www.92y.org/Event/Adam-Barruch-Belladonna

In our exclusive February mentor interview, we sit down with performer and dancer Chelsea Bonosky, who recently finished up a run playing six different characters at NYC's famed interactive theater experience, "Sleep No More." Chelsea spoke with us about the importance of vulnerability in her life and how being comfortable putting herself out there has given her the opportunity to experience her dreams.

Subscribe to this podcast via itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

Highlights

• Chelsea’s beginnings as a dancer, how something small, but ingenious Chelsea’s mother did for her when she was a child helped her to feel more comfortable being vulnerable.

• Chelsea has portrayed six different characters at the NYC Interactive Theater Experience “Sleep No More.” Hear what having such a deep, emotional connection with show patrons is like for her.

• The importance of trying new things to discover what you’re passionate about.

• The importance of giving your all to your passions and how your passions are always an extension of who you are.

• How awareness of self makes it easier to be vulnerable.

• Why we are all innately in tune with the universe.

• Why life is all about risk vs. reward

• Advice from Chelsea if you have been stuck and have a fear of being vulnerable.

Chelsea’s Links:

http://www.chelseabonosky.com

You can get tickets to Adam Barruch & Chelsea’s Belladonna, which will be performed from 2.20 - 2.22 at the 92nd Street Y here: http://www.92y.org/Event/Adam-Barruch-Belladonna

In our exclusive February mentor interview, we sit down with performer and dancer Chelsea Bonosky, who recently finished up a run playing six different characters at NYC's famed interactive theater experience, "Sleep No More." Chelsea spoke with us about the importance of vulnerability in her life and how being comfortable putting herself out there has given her the opportunity to experience her dreams.

Subscribe to this podcast via itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

Highlights

• Chelsea’s beginnings as a dancer, how something small, but ingenious Chelsea’s mother did for her when she was a child helped her to feel more comfortable being vulnerable.

• Chelsea has portrayed six different characters at the NYC Interactive Theater Experience “Sleep No More.” Hear what having such a deep, emotional connection with show patrons is like for her.

• The importance of trying new things to discover what you’re passionate about.

• The importance of giving your all to your passions and how your passions are always an extension of who you are.

• How awareness of self makes it easier to be vulnerable.

• Why we are all innately in tune with the universe.

• Why life is all about risk vs. reward

• Advice from Chelsea if you have been stuck and have a fear of being vulnerable.

Chelsea’s Links:

http://www.chelseabonosky.com

You can get tickets to Adam Barruch & Chelsea’s Belladonna, which will be performed from 2.20 - 2.22 at the 92nd Street Y here: http://www.92y.org/Event/Adam-Barruch-Belladonna

With Thanksgiving around the corner, on Breaking Walls Season 1, Episode 7: The Season Finale we give thanks to you guys for tuning in and giving us the confidence to produce this podcast, and to our guests for believing in us enough to voice their stories through Breaking Walls. On this episode we recap some of the themes from Season 1, such as:

• Learning from any situation and not settling in life

• Ways to figure out what your "tool-kit" is

• The importance of figuring out what your passions are

• Knowing what you're good at and what you can earn money doing so you always have a fallback

• Understanding the big picture in your own life so that you can remember what you’re really trying to do

We also look ahead to Season 2, and what else is in store for The WallBreakers community.

You can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2#sthash.c6vK1HKm.dpuf

With Thanksgiving around the corner, on Breaking Walls Season 1, Episode 7: The Season Finale we give thanks to you guys for tuning in and giving us the confidence to produce this podcast, and to our guests for believing in us enough to voice their stories through Breaking Walls. On this episode we recap some of the themes from Season 1, such as:

• Learning from any situation and not settling in life

• Ways to figure out what your "tool-kit" is

• The importance of figuring out what your passions are

• Knowing what you're good at and what you can earn money doing so you always have a fallback

• Understanding the big picture in your own life so that you can remember what you’re really trying to do

We also look ahead to Season 2, and what else is in store for The WallBreakers community.

You can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2#sthash.c6vK1HKm.dpuf

With Thanksgiving around the corner, on Breaking Walls Season 1, Episode 7: The Season Finale we give thanks to you guys for tuning in and giving us the confidence to produce this podcast, and to our guests for believing in us enough to voice their stories through Breaking Walls. On this episode we recap some of the themes from Season 1, such as:

• Learning from any situation and not settling in life

• Ways to figure out what your "tool-kit" is

• The importance of figuring out what your passions are

• Knowing what you're good at and what you can earn money doing so you always have a fallback

• Understanding the big picture in your own life so that you can remember what you’re really trying to do

We also look ahead to Season 2, and what else is in store for The WallBreakers community.

You can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2#sthash.c6vK1HKm.dpuf