The Cosmic Nod

The incredible painter Jillian Evelyn and I have our very first conversation! We talk about navigating the creative process, the labyrinth that is a fine art career, doing murals, steady paying jobs vs the feast or famine life, and the strange role that time plays in the life of a creator. My dogs interrupt the podcast yet again, this time with some wonderful shreeks and howls.

Jillian Evelyn's paintings combine the contorted female figure with graphic shapes and a limited color palette. Her work explores the struggle of womanhood and the anxiety that arises from societal expectations.

Jillian studied illustration at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. After graduating, she worked as a footwear designer for several years before moving to California to pursue her career as a full time painter.

Jillian lives in Los Angeles with her pug Olie.

follow her on instagram @jillian_evelyn

all other info at jillian evelyn.com

Taryn Southern is one inspiring human being! We talk about her new documentary I AM HUMAN, the balance of work and life, about up sides and down sides of technology and social media, and lastly Taryn's recent experience battling breast cancer.

As one of the first creators on YouTube and more than 750 million views across her online videos, Taryn has spent the last decade at the intersection of tech and storytelling. In 2018, Taryn released the first album composed with AI, wrote and directed an award winning immersive VR series for Google, and released the world's first blockchain-token enabling artists to share royalties with fans. Her directorial debut, I AM HUMAN, a documentary following three humans with brain computer interfaces, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the spring of 2019 and will be released in the spring of 2020. - LINKS - www.tarynsouthern.com www.iamhumanfilm.com - to sign up for our email newsletter www.instagram.com/tarynsouthern or www.twitter.com/tarynsouthern - to stay in touch w me!

Edgar Fabián Frías is one of my favorite people to follow on instagram. Their digital spells and interdimensional art is a constant source of joy and inspiration for me and many others. This was the first time we ever spoke and I was so thrilled to be introduced to this magical, kind and brilliant being of light. I'm convinced that we all need more Edgar in our lives. Please make sure you check out Edgar's work especially the video pieces which are heavily referred to in this episode. Go to edgarfabianfrias.org for everything you need!

We talk about Edgar's journey in art, psychology and magic. Their indigineous ancestry and awakening experiences. The intersection of political resistance and expression. Plant Medicine both macro and micro doses... And the human birthright that is play and community.

Edgar Fabián Frías, MA MFT is a nonbinary, queer, indigenous (Wixárika) and Latinx interdisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist. Their work traverses academic, social, historical, and relational planes, building bridges and weaving webs. Their practice is amorphous and expansive, rooted in multivalent forms of connection and in the magic that emerges from it. Born in East Los Angeles, Frías earned dual BA degrees in Psychology and Studio art from the University of California, Riverside and completed an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Consequently, Frías' work is often collaborative and engages with the intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of consciousness and the continuing effects of colonial and patriarchal structures on the health and resiliency of marginalized communities. Their work has been shown at Angel's Gate Cultural Center, Vincent Price Art Museum, Human Resources, Machine Project, SOMArts, ESMoA, Recess Gallery, Pieter Performance Space, and PAM Residencies. Frías is currently participating in the Tulsa Art Fellowship.

links:www.edgarfabianfrias.org https://linktr.ee/edgarfabianfrias @edgarfabianfrias on instagram

During a visit to Portland, Sarah was my first in-person pod. We sat on my living room couch with my two dogs and cats and chatted about the glory and horrors of being a creative, doing client work, mystical adventures and universal creativity.

Sarah Zucker is a writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles.

Her work merges the gorgeous and grotesque through humor, psychedelia, mysticism, and the interplay of cutting edge + obsolete technologies.

She works across mediums, specializing in mixing digital and analog video techniques and the use of VHS. Her GIF art has been viewed over 3.5 billion times. She incorporates elements of performance, drawing, painting and collage into her interdimensional rainbow visions.

Through Fancy Nothing, she produces curatorial projects and VHS Glitch Art Apparel.

She runs YoMeryl, an art + animation studio, with partner Bronwyn Lundberg.

She writes short-form comedy, television/feature scripts and Arts + Culture articles. She was a finalist for the 2016 and 2017 Women in Film / The Black List Episodic Lab. She has written + directed several short-form comedy series for Super Deluxe.

She became a Jeopardy! Champion on September 27th, 2013.

Clients and Publications include: Super Deluxe, NowThis, The City of West Hollywood, The Brooklyn Museum, AMC, MTV, Universal Music Group, Tumblr Creatrs, Into, HuffPost, Book + Film Globe, The Center for Disease Control, Electric Objects and more.

She co-produced Prism Pipe, a monthly visual music event, at pehrspace in Los Angeles from 2014-2016.

She holds a BA in Theater/Creative Writing for the Media from Northwestern, and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU.

follow her @thesarahshow on instagram and twitter

and @fancy_nothing

Ramin Nazer is Episode 1. Wow, Yay, The Cosmic Nod has been born! We talk about all kinds of stuff and he makes me laugh A LOT. If you made a drinking game out of me laughing in this episode, you would DIE. So don't do that. My dogs interrupt us. We talk about legacy, awkwardly running into friends at Trader Joes, the dissonance between our true selves and how we THINK we are perceived and lots more.

Ramin Nazer is an artist and comedian based in Los Angeles. He is the author of After You Die, Cave Paintings for Future People, and Infinite Elephants. He was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and has performed stand-up on the The Late Late Show on CBS. His debut album You Were Good Too is available for streaming everywhere along with his weekly podcast Rainbow Brainskull on the Mind Pod Network. To learn more about Ramin, visit www.raminnazer.com.

follow him on twitter and instagram at @raminnazer