This week’s episode is a pretty interesting conversation that did not go at all like I thought it was going to. The conversation I have with miniature painter and music producer MalevDaShinobi flows, kinda like music, from one topic to another and back and intertwines different threads and all in all I was totally surprised at the sort of depth we explored on topics that I thought were going to be fairly technical but ended up being more philosophical than anything else, all driven by Malev himself. Some broad highlights from our conversation are: discussing his music and how poetry and music and miniature painting all kind of flow together while trying to produce an emotional response in people; we talk about freelancing and making a living as a commission painter and how that feels relative to working a “9 to 5” type of gig and we talk about the psychological impact of viewing insanely good top-tier miniature painting works of art at contests like the Crystal Brush. All of that in addition to chatting about his paint style and his twitch streaming and tabletop gaming.

Bookmarks00:00:00 – Opening (News & Sundries)00:04:26 – Interview 01:17:30 – Hobby Progress01:20:23 – Section Charlie

In Section Charlie, where I highlight something or someone cool I’ve come across on the internet, I share the youtube channel The Crafsman SteadyCraftin. That’s right, no letter T in his YouTube name. This channel is great for kids as well as adults. This guy – and I don’t know who he is (you’ll understand that comment if you check him out) – he’s in the Bob Ross vein for me. He does crafts with casting resin and stop motion and other just strange little weird toys and things but the real draw for me – you guys’ve heard of ASMR? Like the legit ASMR, not the whole I’m-a-cute-girl-with-a-tight-shirt-rubbing-my-microhpone-with-a-feather-duster thing, like legit ASMR where someone with a particular voice or very particular quiet sounds can sort of calm your psyche? Well, if you haven’t, you can read up on that stuff. The Crafsman is like ASMR for my soul. I find some of his crafting techniques pretty informative but the whole reason to check out the Crafsman, for me anyway, is for THE CRAFSMAN himself. The more you watch of his stuff tho the more you’ll realize how genius the guy is.

SHOW NOTES

MalevMinis on InstagramMalevMinis on FacebookMalevDaShinobi on Facebook (music)

TheCrafsman on YouTube Some of my favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgUXYpeC1tU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKRTrsV4yXY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOObM28s4vc

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