Norland Téllez is an Artist, teacher, and mythologist with a background in film animation. Grounding himself in classical painting and drawing, his core artistic and intellectual life centers around the study of the Popol-Vuh, a classic of Mayan mythology.

In this episode, Norland shares what it means to be a visual artist whose work centers around the Popol-Vuh, the Mayan epic of creation and perennial wisdom. Having this cultural masterpiece as our guiding thread, we explore different facets of life such as:

• Language and other artistic forms of human expression
• The intersection between psychology and mythology
• Happiness, Pleasure, and Hedonism
• Creativity and self-destruction
• The quest for the unknown
• The meaning of dreams
• Non-linearity of time
• (un)Consciousness
• The Hero's journey

Find out more about Norland and his work at norlandtellez.com

Timeline:

(00:04:01) What is the Popol-Vuh?

(00:04:57) What contribution did the Mayans make to the world?

(00:10:35) How does Mayan wisdom approach our biases?

(00:17:14) Jumping into the unknown, spirituality and psychology

(00:20:14) Language, artistic expression, and the layers of human experience

(00:28:27) How can we bridge the gap between the conscious and the unconscious?

(00:32:52) In what way has the study of Mayan wisdom influenced Norland's life?

(00:40:46) Myth or Ideology: what is the line that separates them?

(00:45:59) What's the Mayan story of human creation?

(00:52:26) Jouissance, Creativity & Death-drive

(01:07:00) The Hero's Journey: from selfhood to self-divestment

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