The Shifting Perceptions Podcast by Jay Alders - Inspiration For Creative Lifestyles

UK-based Visual Artist Harry Pack has gained the kind of notoriety and success that most artists dream of.

His NFT Collection of trippy, surreal, and psychedelic art on OpenSea has skyrocketed him to success. In just months, he's earned worldwide recognition and heaps of Ethereum.

As we'll learn in this episode though, his recent accolades in the NFT space wasn't without sacrifice, disciplined hard work, and a lot of struggle along the way.

Harry was very open about his recovery and mental break which led him to near destruction. Were It not for the support of his mentors and support groups, he might not be where he is today with his art career.

Observing his behavior on Twitter even briefly and it's apparent that his hardships have left him with a sense of gratitude and humility and a commitment to help others with their dreams.

Harry's artwork is colorful, whimsical, trippy – and well, just really cool. However, his willingness to give of himself to others doesn't stop there.

For those who don't understand this whole NFT thing, there's plenty in this conversation that make it worth the listen.

And for all the rest of the #NFTCommunity, stick with it, there's a lot of juicy tips, insights, and talk about how Harry and I view the crypto art space and practical tips you can walk away with.

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• Harry's OpenSea Collection Website: https://opensea.io/collection/harrypackart-collection
• Harry's Twitter: https://twitter.com/harrypackart1
• Harry Pack Website: https://www.harrypackart.com/

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Brooklyn based fine artist Daniel Maidman's drawings and paintings have been featured in The Huffington Post, and Forbes, and exhibited in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Long Beach Museum of Art.

Daniel's Instagram following at the time of writing this is over 124,000 people and it's well deserved. His mostly monochromatic figurative drawings of the human form are captivating and strike a delicate balance between highly labored renderings and minimalist linework.

In this episode, Daniel talks about what life is like as a working artist. We also talk about his signature style and how his love of previous generations of artists before him influenced his work.

We also got into the discipline of being a professional artist and the right and left brain connection of the entrepreneurial side of being an artist.

We even had a plot twist later in the episode when we learn that Daniel's work is heading to the moon. Like, literally...the Moon.

Forbes' Feature on Daniel Maidman:

https://www.danielmaidman.com/news-blog/writeup-and-interview-in-forbes

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For most professional musicians, winning an Emmy Award and being Grammy-nominated would be the dream finish line of one's career. But for David Nichtern it's just another part of his journey.

David — rightfully so, seems to take pride in his ability to not be too attached to labels and ego based accolades, but by no means has that stopped him from achieving at levels most would envy.

Without giving away too much of his story, let's assign some labels to him anyway. In no specific order, our guest today is an author, a senior Buddhist teacher, a CEO, a business consultant to clients such as Goldman Sachs. He's a published composer, a producer, a professional guitarist. To add a little context, let me mention that David's recorded and jammed with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jerry Garcia, and Paul Simon and written songs for the soap opera "One Life To Live" and his song "Midnight At The Oasis" became a mainstream classic.

We got deep on this one. Really deep. We talked about some of my favorite topics including the importance of intention and awareness as spiritual beings, as well as creative process and life changing mile markers such as becoming a parent, making it as a and pivoting careers.

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• He was one of the original students of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche – a renowned Tibetan Buddhist meditation master who combined a contemporary, secular approach to meditation with the ancient practices and philosophies of Tibetan Buddhism.
• At the apex of a diverse and prolific career, David has become the Founder and CEO of Dharma Moon – an online mindfulness-based education platform and global community. His team offers meditation training and meditation teacher training, life and career coaching, and creative and business incubation based on the principles from his most recent book and podcast, "Creativity,
• Spirituality & Making A Buck," (published in 2019 by Wisdom Publications). Dharma Moon has been established to help people integrate and balance their creative expression with their spiritual practice and livelihood.
• David has been the Director of Karme Choling Meditation Center in Vermont, Director of Buddhist Studies and Practice at OM Yoga Center (NYC), and Director of the Dharmadhatu Meditation Center in Los Angeles. He has created and taught meditation teacher trainer programs for OM yoga, Empowered Yoga, Kaia Yoga, Metrowest Yoga, Samar asa Center (LA), True Nature Yoga (Tokyo), and Journey Meditation.
• He has also been a business consultant with companies creating a variety of offerings integrating meditation in a larger health and well-being context – including Goldman Sachs, Balanced Athlete,and Journey Meditation, among many others.
• David is also the writer of "Awakening From the Daydream: Re-imagining The Buddha's Wheel of Life", (released by Wisdom Publications in October, 2016). He has several online meditation workshops available through CreativeLive.com.
• David records for and periodically tours with Grammy nominated kirtan performer Krishna Das.

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• David's Book: Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck

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New York-based Best Selling Author Daniel Paisner is recognized globally as one of the most sought-after ghostwriters, authors, and collaborators in the business.

Dan has evolved his craft to the point where people like Serena Williams, Ray Lewis, Daymond John, Denzel Washington, Steve Aoki, Bob Hurley, Izzy Paskowitz, Anthony Quinn, and John Kasich all have entrusted Dan to become their voice.

In this long-form conversation, Dan and I cover a lot of topics. Ranging from his early days as a class clown and how he became recognized for his writing and how his tenacity and ability to become one of the busiest collaborators in the Publishing world.

I pressed Dan for practical advice for writers and what it feels like to have a productive collaboration with some of the most successful and talented people on Earth and how he remains so damn humble and ego-free and he didn't let down. We also talked about fatherhood and the creative process and our connection to surfing and a mutual friend connected us.

Whether you are an avid reader or a writer or just creatively curious, there are solid gold takeaways in this episode.

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Some of Daniel's Books

• Ray Lewis: I Feel Like Going On
• Steve Aoki: Blue: The Color of Noise
• Bob Hurley: Chasing Perfection
• Daymond John: Rise and Grind
• Denzel Washington: A Hand To Guide Me
• Izzy Paskowitz: Scratching The Horizon

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Los Angeles-based body painter, Paul Roustan, is internationally recognized for his mastery in body painting art and photography.

Paul is the winner of the North American Bodypaint Championships and is recognized as one of the world's leading bodypainters. His style combines traditional fine art, pop culture, and reflections of the contemporary world to create conceptually-based bodypainting. Paul is an alum of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Rhode Island School of Design, Roustan's career spans both the fine art and commercial worlds.

His work has appeared on media including, Spike TV, The Game Show Network, Sabado Gigante, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Post, GQ, Playboy, Maxim, and galleries along the East and West coasts. His work has been acquired in over 200 private collections.

Paul and I have been following each others' art for many years now. It was a pleasure to talk at length about the hustle and evolution of being professional artists. We started out our conversation recapping the weird past year of pandemic life and then got into the business, creative, personal and spiritual aspects of making a living from art.

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Burton LeBlanc is the head of the Makeup Department for the Emmy Award-winning show, The Handmaid's Tale.

This show is single-handedly responsible for me having no fingernails left and Burton is the main guy that is responsible for the blood, gore, bruises, wounds, and perfectly groomed beards.

Burton talks candidly not only about his current role (which is a dream position that took him decades to earn), but we dive much deeper into his outlook on creativity and inspiration.

Particularly fascinating is how he is able to compartmentalize his very intense work with some truly gory scenes to keep his real life both mellow and spiritually balanced.

While Handmaid's Tales fans won't be let down by this behind the scenes perspective, Burton also talks more broadly about what it feels like to finally feel like he's made it and how he stays grounded after being launched onto the red carpet with two Emmy Award nominations, a nomination for The Met Fashion Award and winning the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Award.

Burton and I would both love to know what you think about this conversation. Make sure to follow him on instagram.com/burtonleblanc as well as our show @shiftingperceptionspodcast and @JayAlders.

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This conversation is a deep dive into creativity, artistic inspiration, and what it looks (and feels like) to dedicate yourself to your art.

We flipped the switch today for this episode. Artist, father, aspiring author, and serial entrepreneur Jay Alders is interviewed by fellow artist Tom Shepherd.

Jay Alders is a New Jersey shore based visual artist inspired by the beach, nature, ocean culture, romance, spirituality and surrealistic scenes from his mind's eye.

Alders' work has been seen around the world. From covers of magazines and on album art of music legends like Slightly Stoopid, Mishka and Echo Movement to TV appearances and on licensed products on shelves of your favorite stores.

Tom is based in Warwickshire, England. The birthplace of Shakespeare. He himself is a full-time artist that focuses on wildlife paintings and landscapes in watercolor and oil. And he spends a lot of time teaching and now on lockdown with his wife and new baby.

This interview was originally broadcast on Tom's own podcast, Creative Perspectives Podcast. But it was one of those magical conversations between artists worth sharing. So today, we bring it to you on Shifting Perceptions.

The dialogue floated between many topics that a creative person of any medium can relate to. We spoke about the grind and hustle of making it as an artist. And how the landscape of business has changed and evolved since the early days of social media. We talked about the challenges of finding time (and opportunity) as an artist and how to tap into flow states when creating art.

I talk about my personal philosophies and strategies around being a full-time artist and how purpose, intention, and having a mission are at the center of my mindset.

I really enjoyed having the roles reversed on this one. I hope you find this inspiring and entertaining as we both did.

Oregon based artist Erik Abel is highly recognized in the surf industry. His work is bold, geometric, and inspired largely by the Pacific Northwest and South Pacific and Central America and beach culture. His latest pursuit is abstraction and fatherhood.

I've known Erik for about a decade now. We've never actually met in person, but we've shared a camaraderie over the phone and internet. Erik's someone I consider a virtual colleague in a genre and industry that we both have common links to.

His original pieces have been featured in galleries across the country and abroad while his commercial work has attracted clients including Patagonia, Reef, REI and Billabong. Abel gives back to environmental and humanitarian projects through nonprofit partnerships, exhibitions, and commercial projects.

This conversation is one I've wanted to have for a long time now. We talked about inspiration, the hustle of the art world, navigating the business side with the artistic side and the challenges of balancing parenthood and entrepreneur-life.

No matter what your medium, if you're creative or working from home (which really, aren't we all right now?) you'll have something in this conversation to relate to.

From week four or lockdown, I bring you my fellow artist friend Erik Abel.

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I had the pleasure of having a conversation with Artist and Designer Peter Robinson, better known around the world as "Ten Hundred" ).

He specializes in bright, colorful, imaginative character work which has been exhibited in iconic global art hubs as Seattle, Portland, Denver, Los Angele, Japan, and Brazil.

Ten Hundred pulls inspiration a wide variety of sources such as cartoons and anime, street art and graffiti, childlike imagination, comics, world cultures, religions, and folklore.

Ten Hundred is not only an accomplished and sought after street mural artist, but his commercial demand is growing with a client list thet includes Amazon, Nordstrom, Converse, Jet Blue, Lenscrafters, and Monster

I first stumbled upon Peter's work on YouTube where he publishes art tutorials and documents his travels and his very diverse art career to his over 280,000 subscribers. With some of his videos getting close to 5 million views, it's clear that this artist has some things really dialed in.

We didn't just talk about art and process in this interview. Peter tells us about getting over drug addiction and hitting rock bottom. We talked about what it takes to make it in the arts and what hustling really looks like. "Ten Hun" walks us through his early days as a musician and working at Guitar Center and how he re-invented himself into a globally recognized artist, teacher and successful YouTuber.

I hope you love this in-depth interview with Artist and Designer, Ten Hundred.

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As his online bio reads Chris, makes music with a guitar and lots of pedals. Chris is an accomplished soloist, studio musician and composer and has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Dweezil Zappa, Snarky Puppy, and Karsh Kale.

He's authored eight books, 40 guitar courses and has taught guitarists from all over the world through Berklee College of Music, TrueFire, Guitar Player, Guitar One, Just Jazz Guitar, Hal Leonard, Alfred, Course Technology & Guitarinstructor.com.

On a personal note, Chris is a long-time friend of ours for many years and you can hear it in the Jersey style sarcasm and wise cracks between us.

This conversation isn't just for Guitar geeks though. We talk about networking, marketing, the importance of self-promotion and good old fashion hustling. Chris is also the ultimate "slash", which we'll get into later. While on the topic of Slashes, we also reminisce about how Chris, Jay and the former guitarist for Guns N Roses (No, the other one), Bumblefoot shared laughs & Thai food during a photoshoot at Jay's old beach house in Belmar.

This conversation with Chris Buono is a good one and we hope you walk away motivated, inspired & entertained.

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