The Inspiring Conversations Podcast

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In this episode, Jeff sits down with Drew Davis to hear about his abstract art, and about what his experience was like having some of his art on display at Living Arts of Tulsa in their ReMember exhibit earlier this year.Drew also reflects deeply about what he has learned about himself and about life through working his craft. 

The conversation concludes as they talk about what life has felt like during this unprecedented time in history and about the healing aspect of balancing "being with doing."

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In this episode, Jeff sits down with His Grace Sankarshan Das Adhikari as he shares deeply about his life journey since he started spreading the Krishna consciousness movement since the 1970's. Sankarshan Das fully dedicated his life for serving the order of his spiritual master to become a guru and deliver the world. 

For the last 40 years he has uninterruptedly served his spiritual master’s movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in various capacities.In the year 2000, in recognition for his full dedication to Srila Prabhupada’s mission, ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) gave him their blessings to initiate disciples. 

Since that time he has been regularly traveling and lecturing extensively all over the world for reviving the dormant Krishna consciousness in the hearts of all living beings. Well known for his Internet based training program, the Ultimate Self Realization Course, he has attracted over 12,000 subscribers from over 100 different countries who receive a daily inspirational message and personal answers to their questions regarding how to become perfect in Krishna consciousness. Those who are interested can join his course at www.backtohome.com

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In this episode, Jeff visits with Erica Royal at her home studio to hear about her artistic perspective and process. She also shares about how she has been coping with the current situation with the pandemic and about how she has been creating a new abstract art piece every day for the past 40 days.

As the conversation concludes, she presents her 40th art piece during the interview and also reflects about what it has been like to return to Tulsa and becoming active in the art community after being away for many years.

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In this episode, Jeff sits down to visit with Hector Beven about his work, his perspective, and evolution. He and Jeff also reflect at a deeper level about the effects of the recent crisis on artists and art community.

Hector also shares about how he got started creating art and about how there are several important balances that he is maintaining in order to continue to grow as an artist and as a human being.

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In this episode, Jeff sits down to visit with artist Ray Short about his work with assemblage, which is a form of sculpture comprised of "found" objects arranged in such a way that they create a new, unique piece 

He shares deeply about the inspiration for his work and how it is centered around the meaning of rituals and how this practice has provided him with healing and newfound joy in his life.

In this episode, Jeff visits with Charlie Larson, a Tulsa artist that has been very involved in creating ArtCars for many years, about the upcoming ArtCar Porch Parade in collaboration with Living Arts of Tulsa and Philbrook Museum Of Art. 

The cars will drive on designated routes and engage with the community while still maintaining a safe social distance.

The parade will happen on Friday, May 1st from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Saturday, May 2nd from 2:00-4:00 p.m., and Sunday May 3rd from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Routes will be announced in the coming weeks.

Charlie also reflects about the history of ArtCars, about how he got started creating them, and some of his favorite memories and most memorable reactions from people who have seen his various ArtCars over the years.

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In this episode, Jeff sits down with singer-songwriter and human being Samantha Crain to hear about her transformation over the past three years and about how she has more fully inhabited her life as a human being while still continuing her craft. 

She speaks very candidly about how she has been and is continuing to experience a "different way of being." She also reflects about how she got started writing songs and performing, about how her work has evolved, and also about her life journey since those early years.

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Jeff sits down to visit with Heather Duncan, the Executive Director and Sina McLin, Arts And Communications Manager to hear about how things are going during this time. Heather and Sina share a very compelling story of how their team and organization has "pivoted" in a very short period of time and have created very fresh and relevant programming in order to not only stay connected to their members, but also with the "community at large."

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In this interview, Jeff sits down with artist and educator Ariana Jakub to hear about her work as an artist and as an educator and about her process in both areas and how they intersect.

Ariana also shares how she has been coping during this time in terms of her work and personal projects, and she reflects about these changes in daily life that many of us have all been experiencing lately and how they may very well influence how she lives, works, and creates in the future.

In this episode, Jeff sits down with artist and photographer Destiny Jade Green downtown at Living Arts of Tulsa to hear about her work, her artistic perspective, and her evolution as an artist and as a human being.

She also speaks very in-depth about how she works with light, space, time, and temporal distance in her photographic work,