Creative Habits Podcast

Nami Oshiro is an artist based in the DC-Metro area. She makes drawings, paintings, and comics.

Her work plays with everyday absurdities experienced by people with unique relationships with societal constructs like race and gender. Viewers have described her art as "trippy," "unsettling," "nihilistic," and "very upsetting to my friend Daniel."

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She was born to Okinawan parents in California, was raised in Florida and Virginia, and now works in Washington DC. She went to the Corcoran College of Art + Design, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Art in Fine Art in 2012.

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Oshiro’s work has been exhibited in spaces throughout the DC-Metro area, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Area 405, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, and more. Her first professionally-published comic book is scheduled to come out in 2022.

When not focused on her own work, she teaches art to children in DC’s Ward 7 community and coordinates gallery exhibitions of artwork created by youth artists from marginalized communities.

https://www.namioshiro.com/

Instagram: nami_oshiro

Intro

During the conquest of Africa under European rule in the 1800s artifacts from non-western nations were under the wrongful control and ownership of their colonizers. Recently, there has been a demand for all artifacts housed in museums to return to their place of origin.

Many artifacts in Western museums and libraries are believed to have been seized over the ages by conquest and colonialism. Anthropologists, curators, and private collectors have looted African artifacts during both war and peace. The act was justified as an act of benevolence; as a way to save dying knowledge.

Museums have begun to acknowledge that some of their collections have uncomfortable histories linked to colonial violence. In spite of this, Britain does not give up its looted treasures. David Cameron, the then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, had said of Greece's Elgin Marbles and India's Koh-i-Noor diamond: "No, I certainly do not believe in returnism.". I don’t think that is sensible.”

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Keyonna graduated from St. John’s College High School in 2006 and started her collegiate career as a student of Psychology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. In search of a more challenging path, she transferred to Philip Merrill’s College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism with a concentration in Education. She obtained her Master’s in Science Management with a specialization in Public Relations in December 2019.

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During the four years she worked as a news producer for News Radio station WNEW, 99.1, Keyonna received two Edward Murrow Awards. Returning to one of her original passions, in August 2015, Keyonna founded Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center (CHACC) home of #soufsidecreative, located at 3200 MLK Ave. SE, with a mission to bring something new and necessary to the East of the River community in the District of Columbia. She also serves on the board of Community College Preparatory Academy, the first adult charter school East of the River, and on the board of The Creative School as Vice President.

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Beyond her many efforts at CHACC, Keyonna has given serious energy to her many hobbies, transforming many of them into entrepreneurial ventures. She turned her love for thrifting into a 'side hustle' of Freelance and published Fashion Styling and Image Consulting through KMJ6Style . KMJ6Kloset was also born from the love of thrifting, where Keyonna offers one-of-a-kind handpicked items for low prices. Her backyard gardening sparked the idea for KMJ6Bloom, providing handmade products infused with garden herbs and flowers. KMJ6Photos is Keyonna's photography journey and KMJ6Designs consists of digital and fashion designs.

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In June 2020, Keyonna had the honor of being 1 of 7 artists to paint the 'Black Lives Matter Plaza' and has since been doing murals in and out of her city through KMJ6Art.

Keyonna is a proud mother of daughter Kayla Shawn and son Keon Michael.

"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth."

Music by LuKremBo

Elaisha Hilliard is a fine artist located in Detroit, Michigan.  Her favorite medium is paint. 

Paint is her most preferred medium. "You can communicate so much with it," she adds. "A brushstroke, a texture, as well as a color can tell you a lot about an artist's emotions." Elaisha began with acrylics because they were the cheapest and most accessible medium, but as she became more serious about her work, she transitioned to oil paints and is loving every minute of it. She has shown interest in pursuing additional mediums in the future.

When asked what motivates her to create art, she replied, "I'm inspired by everything." Elaisha stated emphatically that she strives to be as unique as possible. She claims that in the past, she would frequently come across artwork by other painters and think to herself, "Wow, I wish I could paint like that," but then she goes on to say, "I wish I could paint like that."

You can check out her work at https://www.artlaish.com/

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Cassandra Marin owns several companies one of which happens to be a wellness company by the name of Rawsource Kitchen. where she focuses on educating the community about different nutritional facts fruits and veggies have to offer and how a fast every once in a while can affect the body in a good way.

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When I graduated college over 10 years ago I was certain my path would be straight. Life has been more like a jungle gym or monkey bars on a playground. This website encompasses my journey of mastery. It is not until now that I have discovered a way to combine all that I have accomplished and all that I am passionate about. I am excited to be in this space where I can be complete.

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Topic: virtual and augmented reality

Augmented reality (AR) is becoming more common in social media. After Snapchat pioneered it, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok have launched their lenses, filters, and effects. In the process, AR is showing its value not only for branding and entertainment but also for commerce.

You can thank augmented reality for a quick filter to tweak your appearance if you don’t have time to touch up your blemishes before your morning post. If you were a fan of Pokémon go between 2016-2018, you can thank augmented reality for that experience as well.

In today’s episode, we will discuss all things augmented and virtual reality. How does this phenomenon impact our lives for the betterment of society? how does it hinder our ability to function without it?

First, it’s imperative to define and share What augmented reality and virtual reality are. We’ll start off by sharing a little about virtual reality:

Virtual reality or VR is a technology that creates a virtual environment. People interact in those environments using, for example, VR goggles or other mobile devices. It is a computer-generated simulation of an environment or 3-dimensional image where people can interact in a seemingly real or physical way.

Since the pandemic began, there’s been a spike in dependency in the United States when it comes to virtual and augmented reality. Some drive-throughs adjusted to contactless customer service by using self-checkout kiosks, we all probably downloaded services such as instacart, doordash, had conversations with colleagues via zoom, or our years of exposure to FaceTime, those are mostly examples of augmented reality.

Augmented reality Unlike virtual reality, where everything a user sees is generated by a computer, augmented reality keeps the real-world focus, but just adds elements that aren’t really there to enhance the user’s experience

Technology continues to advance as the years progress with amazing inventions and creations that may be moving faster than we can keep track of, Although it’s clear that there are many possibilities to immerse ourselves in the VR/AR world and take advantage of this leading tech, we also need to consider the applications and the cost before starting a journey into virtual and augmented worlds.

The distinctions between VR and AR come down to the devices they require and the experience itself:

If you’re looking for a truly immersive gaming experience that will allow you to leave the real world behind, virtual reality (VR) will allow you to do just that. These gaming applications can help you experience places and events that go far beyond our real-world environment by allowing players to exist within a three-dimensional artificial world. The human brain can adapt quickly. When you’re in the VR world, it can take as few as 30 minutes to lose your sense of spatial awareness in this one. Your brain may be able to quickly adapt to inhabiting the virtual world, but your body will still remain in this reality—and so will the walls you can walk into and slip, trip, and fall hazards, and people you may punch in the face.

As virtual reality continues to soar in popularity, so do cases where the use of VR resulted in injury.

Jean Robert Edouard jr, however I am better known by my alias

“O’Skoo”.

I am an aspiring artist with a passion to showcase my talents as

well as motivate other young individuals to explore their own creative and

artistic side. They type of artwork that I identify with the most is Visual Art.

This specified art form has allowed me to express myself through drawing,

painting, fashion/jewelry design, as well as decorative art.

Beginning from a young age and residing in one of the greatest

cities better known as the Big Apple, Queens ny.

my inspiration has always came from

my everyday surroundings and cultural exposures such as, music, poetry,

and various styles of dance.