Episodes

Books! I love books, and on this episode I take a look at the Art and Spiritual Books currently on me bookshelf waiting to be read. This one ended up running longer than expected, so I split it into two parts. Part one covers mostly Spiritual Books, part two next week will be mostly Art Books. Some of the Books and tings covered include: Scrum by Jeff Sutherland, Rebel Buddha by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Daily Rituals by Mason Currey, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, Lucid Dreaming, and Anthon...

Hope you enjoy this talk about Saying No that goes completely off the rails by the end; I've so much more to say about this topic, but it will have to wait for another day as I couldn't talk anymore by the end. Literally couldn't speak lol Some of the tings I did discuss though, include: Life Getting In The Way, Feeling Guilty, Barrier Technique, How to Say No, Overcoming Addiction, and a bit of coughing! January was a very odd month for the Podcast, but hopefully normal service will resume next...

This one's a Mystery! Thought it might be fun to keep the topic a Secret from you, seeing as I didn't know what I was going to be talking about until co-host lil Dennis randomly pulled it out of my bag. I used to do this all the time, about a year a go, and I forgot how hard but fun it can be. Really enjoyed this, it's fascinating to see what the mind comes up with when it's put on the spot. Some of the tings I talk about include: How Painting has a life of it's own, Running, Honey and Lemon Loc...

The Creators Creations are Creating the Creator. I came up with that Paradoxical thought, and it sums up the out there'ness of a Theory I talk about on this 'About The Tings' episode. It covers a Meditation I had earlier this week, where I saw the whole of Space inside of itself, in a single Point Particle. I talk about stuff like: The Multiverse, 4D Tesseract Shapes, False Awakenings, Aliens, Cubes, Ghosts, What is Reality, Lucid Dreaming, Consciousness, Time and Space, and Out of Body Experien...

Time for a Therapy Session, as I talk about an Addiction to Buying tings like Video Games. Why is it so hard to stop Bad Habits? Why do I feel this insane Desire to buy more Video Games, when I don't even play the ones I already have. It's not just Video Games, it can be anything, Clothes, Books ... it's super weird being Addicted to buying tings. I also talk about: The similarities between Virtual Reality and Dreaming, Colouring In Books, Positive and Negative Thoughts, Facing Fears in Lucid Dr...

This one's about what I've Learnt, and Struggled with, after 90 days of a Daily Drawing Art Challenge where you have to do a Drawing Ever Day for a Year. I talk about a lot of tings on this one, like: The Importance of Keeping Routines, Habits, Creativity, Playing it Safe vs. Going out of your Comfort Zone, Using Reference Images, The Playfulness of Sketchbooks, Perspective Struggles, and the Power of Awareness. If you're watching on YouTube, you'll get to meet Bobby too, whose the new Hand Pupp...

This 'About The Tings' episode is about the Lucid Dreaming, and some of my recent Lucid Dream Experiences. Including such Lucid Dreams as: Mooji, It's Nan!, Dad? Dad? Daaaad?, Wooden Birds, and Bouncy Bouncy. I also talk about: Dream Interpretation, the Subconscious, Psychological Scars, the Connection between the Body and the Mind within the Dream Realm, Innerchild, The Power of Dreams, Beliefs, Dream Stabilisation, and False Awakenings on this one. Hope you enjoy this one :)

Join me and the boys, aka Dennis, Clive, Monty and Peter, for a lil Christmas Sing Along :) Happy Christmas! PS, what's happened to Phil Collins?

An Article in Graphite Magazine issue 9, entitled 'Ethereal Portraits, with Sara Tepes', is the topic of this weeks episode; I study how Sara Tepes walks through the process of drawing a Traditional Pencil Portrait from her Imagination. The entire process, from Sketch to final Detailing is covered, including stuff like : Art Tools, Facial Feature Relationships, Portrait Drawing Process, Lee Hammond, Art Paradoxes, Realistic Pencil Drawing Skills, Spirituality, How Less is More, and the Beautiful...

Who would have thought playing Video Games would result in better Focus, Balance, and Discipline? That is what's happened though; I talk about the past week of Studying on this episode, and how having one day dedicated to playing Video Games seems to be helping me find Balance, and Focus. I also talk about SVSLearn.com, Studying Fabric Folds, and various Distractions ... this one's also got a bit of a Christmasy vibe to it :) Hope you find it interesting.

This be one of them there Brain Dump episodes, where I just talk and see what comes out :) Main topics are Social Anxiety, and Video Game Addiction. Some of the tings I discuss include: Observing My Thoughts, Threshold Guardians, Positive and Negative Thoughts and Feelings, Distractions, Desires, and Synchronicities. Hope you enjoy it :)

This 'About The Tings' episode is about the Lucid Dreaming, and some of my recent Lucid Dream Experiences. Including such Lucid Dreams as: Yeah, But Who Are You Really?, Hey, I Know Him!, and The Sing Along. I also talk about: Dream Interpretation, Beliefs, False Awakenings, and Out of Body stuff on this one. Hope you enjoy this one, Night Night :)

This one's about the Art Soundoff Challenge, which is an Art Journaling Micro Podcast Challenge run by the Lean into Art Podcast. I decided to try and do all 30 prompts in one sitting, with only 30 seconds to Journal each one; I really enjoyed this episode. My Sister's away on holiday at the moment, and I'm dog sitting, so you may hear random noises and stuff...I didn't have my microphone, so recorded it using the camcorders built in microphone. Hopefully it's good enough, but lots of stuff was ...

The Drawing exercise Gesture Drawing and Letting Go of Art are the main topics for this one, as I attempt to burn my 20,000 Gesture Drawings; Five years worth of Gesture Drawing go up in smoke, or do they? Dun dun dun lol I cover a lot of tings on this one, Gesture Drawing resources - QuickPoses and Croquis Cafe, Traditional vs Digital, The KOH-I-NOOR Clutch Pencil with Magic Coloured Leads, Proko's Figure Drawing Course, Practicing Bad Habits, Should you start your Gestures with the Head?, Faci...

An Article in Issue 7 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled 'Characterful Creatures, with Haley Justice', is the topic of this episode, where Peter the Penguin and I talk about tings like: Silhouettes, Basic Shapes, Capturing Movement, Lines, Shapes, Finding Balance, and Haley Justice's Characterful Creatures :) Really hope you enjoy this one, please let me know what you think in the comments :)

This About The Tings episode see me talking about Willys and Fannys, or Cocks and Pussys lol I talk about how different words for the same thing, have different Feelings about them, and ask the question, How important is having a Willy or a Fanny? This Brain Dump episode goes all over the place, but by the end I realise that sometimes you need to go through an Experience, in order to realise you didn't actually have to; it's funny, kind of like a Paradox :) I also talk about Meditating, Lucid Dr...

Something a bit different for this one, as I go through an Article in Issue 1 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled 'Capturing a Character's Essence, with Simone Grünewald'. I talk about stuff like Thumbnails, Gathering Reference, Studying Characters, Sketching, Iterating, and Simone Grünewald's lovely Characters. Really hope you like this one; please let me know what you think. It will evolve overtime, but I'm hoping to do more of these as it was a lot of fun :)

This one's all about the Art Challenges, and how I deal with some of the various Challenges that come along with doing an Art Challenge. Minimising Overwhelm, Simplifying the Art Challenge, and Overcoming Perfectionism Are some of the tings I talk about, as well as the difference between a Monthly Art Challenge like Inktober, and a Yearly Art Challenge like Draw Everyday. ...ohh, and I also bring up the topic of Negative Thoughts, because during the episode a lil Demon creeps into my head and st...

Ka-BOOM! In this one I brain dump about me lil website that broke last week, and some of my feelings and Learnings from the experience. Sadness, Disbelief, Confusion ... followed by a sense of Liberation and Excitement! It's been Fascinating, Tings happen in mysterious ways, but I've learnt that the Universe always knows best. I will most likely talk a bit more about this on next weeks episode, as stuff has changed since recording this one, but in this episode I also talk about Transgender Abuse...

In this About The Tings episode, I talks about some of my Meditation Experiences, including: Facing A Fear Creature that resulted in 24 hours of Panic Attacks, and a Deep one that's super hard to explain, but it was like Hugging an Endlessly Expanding Hug, resulting in a Feeling of Pure Love that lasted ages! I also talk briefly about Holotropic Breathwork and Holding Your Breath whilst Meditating. Hope you like this one :)

In this one I cover the third and final Playful lil Austin Kleon Art Book called, Keep Going by Austin Kleon. Just like the previous two books, this one's incredible; So Inspiring, Motivating and Fun. Each book is amazing on it's own, but put them all together and you have a family of three lil beauties. The bright blue cover of Keep Going is nice and Simple, but very Sexy, just like every single page of the book. If you've struggled with staying Motivated, Enjoying the Creative Process, or even...

Another Beautfully Inspiring lil Art Book, this one's Show Your Work by Austin Kleon! Just like last weeks book, Steal Like An Artist also by Austin Kleon, I'm thinking this is going into my list of my all time favourite art books ... Super Fun and Inspiring it is. The bright yellow cover's sexy too :) But the thing is, I've always struggled with sharing my stuff on social media for various reasons, and this book's already helping me. I'm going to reread this one many times I think, because it's...

What a Beauty this lil Art Book is! I love it, I have a feeling in years to come, Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon, will go down as one of my all time favourite art books ... it's So Simple, yet So Inspiring. For such a lil Art Book, it packs in so much wisdom; Every single page is full of Juicy Creative Goodness. Hope you have fun with this one :)

This 'About The Tings' episode is about the Lucid Dreaming, and some of My Recent Lucid Dream Experiences. Including such Lucid Dreams as: The Shopping Trolley of Death, Whose in the Mirror?, G-Forces, Battlecat, Look into the Eyes, Dream Healing, and Get Me Out of Here! ... I finish it all off talking about the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Hope you enjoy this one, Sweet Dreams :)