Stacy Pants is a multi-disciplinary artist who you can find live-painting and building creative installations at festivals around the Midwest US and beyond. In this episode we explore Stacy's journey to becoming a professional artist and talk about all the ways in which being an artist is a way of life more than a way to make money. Tune in and enliven your inner child with the wonderful & whimsical personality that Stacy brings to the show!
In the Plus+ Extension), we explore the notion of creativity as a spiritual pathway, Stacy gives advice for aspiring artists, we question the necessity of art school, and we take a fun detour into talking about our shared love for comic books.
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WE TALKED ABOUT…
- The story of how Stacy Pants became a professional artist
- Making passion for creation your motive instead of prioritizing money
- How art forms compassionate and open communities like nothing else
- Impact of society's current COVID-19 panic on artist's livelihoods
- Virtual reality and the immersive art of the future
- The connection between physical health and creative productivity
- Helping people find their inner child again with playful art installations
- Stacy's trusty steed La Fonda - the crazy colorful adult-sized rocking horse - Image Link)
- Being the strange you want to see in the world
- Creating artist-centric events that are about connecting instead of getting wasted
- Stacy recalls some of the many places she's lived and visited
- The incorrect assumption that making art requires heavy psychedelic use
- Art as the universal spiritual path
- Appreciating the mystery of life more than needing answers
- Advice for getting into the festival world as a live-artist
- Why you might want to avoid art school
- The importance of working on yourself in equal measure to your vocation
- Creative labor and the alchemy of magical manifestation
- Our shared love of comics and why we like them and a few titles that Stacy's into
- Connecting to past and future selves to share a loving perspective
- New images of super heroes and The Spider-Verse
- The appeal of archetypal apocalypse stories
- Cultivating the flow state
- Setting healthy social media boundaries
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