DeShawn Cavanaugh is a Minnesota native. He moved to Los Angeles to become a professional actor, and has done so very well, booking numerous roles in TV, film and commercials. He is also part of local music group tbc.records whose music is featured on the episode today! He hosts a weekly open mic at Crave Cafe in Studio City featuring poets, spoken word artists and musicians, while he also performs his own words and music at multiple LA venues. His lyrics and beat poetry focus on maintaining positivity and childlike naïveté in a sometimes daunting and dark world; DeShawn focuses on making his words and music a force of light.

From DeShawn: “Finding the light in hopelessness is made easier by holding onto the inner child. Being an actor and a writer makes us the vessel as well as the curator, which can either help or hinder us in maintaining naïvete, depending on our perspective. This is why we must choose to think and write positively. Our pieces are like our children, and we want them to be beacons of light.”

@deshawncavanaugh @tbc.records @shoeshirt @ravelward @nfandango

Pieces shared on this episode:

Photograph

The Gun

Behavior (to visualize)