We discussed his happy / joy folder, the art world not accepting him (yet), gallery representation, being rich does not make you smarter, the value of art, the price of art, sensory deprivation, predatory student loans, art as psychological analysis, using experiences from your past to shape your future, mental illness, addictions and the arts,  and how creativity comes from breaking patterns.

 

People + Places mentioned:

Bruce Nauman

Tehching Hsieh - https://www.tehchinghsieh.com

Louis Wain - https://www.wikiart.org/en/louis-wain

Andy Wilf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Wilf

 

 

http://www.bryanlewissaunders.org

https://www.instagram.com/bryan_lewis_saunders

Daily-Self-Portrait graph example. (You can navigate by using your mouse and clicking and dragging the graph and zoom in and out as well):

https://mvollrath.net/BLS/

These issues are how he funds future projects:

http://bryanlewissaunders.org/weblog/2020/nov/18/jnd/

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no