Practically Happy

Come a twenty-twenty-four's November, absolutely nothing of national importance happened that would leave one yearning for a late September's afternoon with wordsmith and stencil artist Mor. With wisdom beyond their years and a silk blue slip-dress, Mor inspires us word over word with their journey from street artist to public speaker, and recounts their darker nights of the soul to better understand the purpose of suffering in a life worth living. To what capacity can we truly respond to a reactive world? What values are placed upon your cognitive currencies? Beyond what square footage does a New York City bathroom become "palatial" ... but we digress. Take a trip through life with us – dawg – on this week's episode of Practically Happy.

|| 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 ||
0:00 - Mor Introduction
2:30 - Mor Stencils
7:30 - Mor Suffering
12:20 - Mor Attention
14:00 - Mor Passion Mor Energy
25:00 - Mor Emotional Regulation
29:30 - Mor Alchemy
38:25 - Mor Love
44:00 -  Mor Digression
49:50 - Mor Jokes
52:15 - Mor Purpose
1:03:30 - Mor Relinquishing
1:12:20 - Mor Social
1:14:20 - Mor Divination
1:28:18 - Mor Wisdom

|| 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 ||
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𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: http://www.morstencilart.com

{𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞}

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Change is in the air at Practically Happy – what with visual artist Abby Rhodes and audio engineer Cole Raser making moves of their own forth and from the Five Buroughs. All in due time, however – we have some catching up to do. Join us for a latent summer soirées with graphic designer, poet, and dear friend Maria Dimanshtein as we once again delve into the depths of artistic living, parley on the woes of subjective perspective, and unearth what wisdom the widling of ponderous soap could lend a ceaseless creative act. Are thrifted jeans haunted by their past? Has the commodification of art stripped us of our wonderment? How many ways can Abby mispronounce "Dimanshtein"? All this – a meandering's more – and a tale or two from Maria's book of poetry "Expect the Be(a)st" on this episode of Practically Happy.

|| 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 ||
00:00 - introducing maria dimanshtein
02:30 - spring break (a summer's art show)
05:00 - maria's chronicle of artistic pursuits
19:00 - a poem: i don't want any knitted socks
22:45 - the pre-traumatics of thrifted things
25:50 - studio visits and forced perspective
35:25 - divisive art critique: big soap
39:00 - just keep chipping, just keep chipping
49:00 - a poem: the empty universe
55:55 - consuming the commodified artist
01:02:30 - maria's forth-comeuppance

|| 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 ||
Abby Rhodes: https://www.instagram.com/abbyrhodesart/
The Faraday Cage: https://www.instagram.com/thefaradaycage/
Join Us! https://www.instagram.com/raserandrhodes/
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𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: https://www.mariadimanshtein.com/

{𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞}

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How does a person – artist or not – channel creativity? From the written whimsies of a wellness blogger to the broadcast prattlings of yours truly, the creative professional cannot help themselves but to serve the same worn scriptures. Embrace boredom, attempt to upkeep a consistent journaling practice, tune into Practically Happy with Raser & Rhodes… the usual suspects. However, what can be said of an artist's spiritual practices – how our implicit energies can better a cosmic creative act? After a long-fabled presence on the pod, we welcome spiritual-advisor Mel Davis to share their perspective of the importance of spiritual wellness in all walks of life, well beyond the confines of creative living. Join us as we seek to align with earthly purpose, establish faith in our intuitive selves, and better understand clairaudience – rounded out in a reading you won’t want to miss – on this week's episode of Practically Happy.

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|| 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 ||
00:00 - magical mel & the ritual of all things
03:55 - creative practice in spiritual spaces
07:00 - the capricorn moon support group
10:55 - finding alignment with your purpose
15:38 - how to establish faith in your intuitions
19:14 - understanding clairaudience & mel's emergence
29:44 - channeling the spiritual vs. intuitive download
35:32 - applying yourself to imperfect practice
37:40 - our cosmic protections and spirit teams
48:38 - guarding your energy: frankincense and mineral
54:45 - on oils of the holy and the hoodoo
58:02 - you're gonna want to stick around for this
01:00:26 - coming into and aligning with your soul-tribe
01:02:40 - 👏 working 👏 harder 👏 hardly 👏 works 👏
01:06:30 - we are but passengers of a shifting paradigm
01:11:54 - sending off the magical mel

{𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞}

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For a second season’s premiere, audio-engineer Cole Raser and visual-artist Abby Rhodes levy their mismatched microphones against the auspicious Pance Pony in an  absurd effort to unpack the creative minds among us. Revel in the conversational chaos as touch-and-go trio bounce between depths of greater artistic intent and the convictions of conspiratic handymen. What value lies in passionate denial? Do artists use their craft to cope? To what end does a name define you? Get ready to find your shtick and quit your job on this week's Season 2 premiere of Practically Happy!

|| 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 ||
00:00 - a delicious liminal speakeasy
01:33 - the infamous pance pony
05:27 - on nurturing creative spaces
11:16 - covid made us weirder
15:51 - how to offend the right amount of people
17:58 - the o-games were very french
24:00 - what reality are you questioning today?
29:52 - find your shtick / quit your job / money is fake
37:28 - people want to help you dammit
39:20 - the value of passionate denial
40:42 - nihilism and eric andre at a farmers market
43:05 - why does pance make art?
48:18 - the convictions of conspirc handymen
58:00 - curvaceous globestupid
01:06:30 - how pance discovered their name
01:13:25 - the setting of intentions
01:16:14 - the pulling of the cards
01:20:00 - the divining of the pance
01:29:04 - putting out a helping hand
01:33:45 - a conclusory troll 2 review
{𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞}

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Despite a bi-weekly skirmish caving to an every third's Tuesday, creatives Cole Raser and Abby Rhodes return to send Practically Happy's inaugural season off in a violent display of artistic altercation. Following an episodic check-in – of wistful intention and prying up Cole's artistic floorboards – Cole and Abby  lay down their pensive opinions as they revisit an intellectualized battleground of institutionalized art critique to spit in its lunch. Does the ghost of Christmas Paul haunt your holiday? Could a dirt pile leave one pining for its pasture? All this – brought to close in particularly cacophonous divination – on today's Season 1 finale of Practically Happy!

|| 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 ||
0:00 - Announcing Practically Happy Season 2
1:54 - What Is Divisive Art Critique?
8:44 - Abby's Struggle With Intention And Motivation
11:58 - Visual Language and Self-Indulgence
14:20 - Is Cole Fumbling The Faraday Cage?
17:45 - Ego Death And Artistic Re-Awakenings
25:30 - Bursting Our Bubble Of Self Doubt
29:35 - Introducing: Divisive Art Critique
30:45 - Simply Having A Horrible Christmas Time
38:00 - A Malice For Minimalism
44:18 - The Unsightliness Of Invisible Art
51:00 - Beans And Botero
58:02 - Absurdism And Perspectives On Existing
01:03:20 - Concluding: Divisive Art Critique
01:05:38 - Abby Attempts Tarot
01:14:46 - Cole's Reassessment
01:20:40 - Sending Off Season 1
{𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞}

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What is artistic free-will amidst an inspired daybreak – can one concoct an original thought under this same sun or is AI replacing you? Will Cole take creative freedom over podcast descriptions in graceful stride? *shakes magic eight ball* Unlikely... Nevertheless, Abby Rhodes and Cole Raser join forces in long awaited exhale to speak of what delicious crumbs of craft can be found so fond as to embellish everyday life with them – as well as parts of person too precious to keep from canvas – all to boast of what divine benevolence becomes of creative pursuit. From childlike embarkment to titillations for toolset and filigree, welcome to Practically Happy!

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Following last week's toe-dippage into connections between cognitive deviancy and artistic act, Abby Rhodes and Cole Raser continue delving the mental murk to unmask a maddened craft. Join Practically Happy in further dismantling the ogled auteur – be it a loose screw or an act of transmutation at their helm – and reflect upon our own collective creative pursuits through the Tarot.

[Content Warning: Suicide]

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How many marbles should a sorry soul lose to claim themselves an "artist" – what's to spare for the fetishized "mad genius" among you? In this weeks episode of Practically Happy join Abby Rhodes and Cole Raser in deconstructing what perceived links lie betwixt the artsy and the mentally fartsy – the woes of city-living, an imbalanced sociological scale, and thrilling renditions of "Smooth Operator" – to discover if disorder truly moulds the master crafts-person. Join us next week for Part 2 as we continue the conversation!

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Does your desire to belong entitle you to a life worth living? By what metrics do you value a sense of self? Did Cole wait until the last moment to write this week’s description? Who's to say – tune in this week as two mid-twenties nutcases pursue the simple allowance of self and what dissonances lie between its worth and esteem.

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Working harder hardly works – let's get into it. Join artists Cole Raser and Abby Rhodes in dissecting the American "productive Model" into its decrepit parts, exposing the broken machine for what it has become and how it has tarnished the creative act. Protect paper over people, product over practice – and above all else – the greasy cogs of a tiresome treadmill.

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