Creative Adventures - An accidental podcast

In this episode I express my love of the River Thames through the metaphor of a storybook with the bridges as the chapters, explore the difference between art culture and meme culture, and reflect on boredom as a powerful indicator of living a meaningful life.
TL;DL
2’ 41”     A trip to St Leonards and the Hong Kong  valley of the spiders
6 ’02”     A love affair with the Thames
15’ 16”   The existential importance of boredom
17’ 33”   Readings from my old school reports
27’ 07”   Memes vs art
37’ 26”   Support the show and a soabox bit about podcasts
39’ 44”   Jim the Podcast Sherpa

Links to things I mentioned
Seething Wells
10 Year plan prints
My shop
Podcast with Jim the Podcast Sherpa
My next mask workshop
Super Secret Musical Improv Workshop
My online shop
Become a patron of my studio
Buy me a coffee (from £1)

The written substack version of this episode can be read on my Substack.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.

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(Total listening time 41’ 46”)

In this episode I reflect on the cyclical emotional process of making this podcast, tumble down a fascinating eel rabbit hole, ponder the excruciating greyness of “normal”, and explore my love of the brilliant weirdo.

TL;DL
1’ 15”     Running in the dark and the peril of head-torches
6’ 34”   The repeated process of making this podcast
8’ 55”   The excruciating greyness of normal
10’ 53”  Patterns of stuckness
12’ 54”  Tumbling down an eel rabbit hole
18’ 22”   My love of the brilliant weirdo
32’ 20”  Making little zines that you can buy
33’ 02”  Mask workshop promo
33’ 24”  Spread the word

Links to things I mentioned
Sound of Silence podcast
Pavement’s “Type Slowly”
Michael Malay’s “Late Light”
Watzlavick et al on stuckness
Daniel Johnston: “Walking the cow”
Lucia Pamela: “Walking on the moon”
Wesley Willis: “Rock and roll McDonalds”
The Shaggs: “Philosophy of the world”
Connie Converse: “I have considered the Lillies”
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in
Shooby Taylor live at The Apollo
Daniel Johnston’s first live TV appearance
Buy my zines
My next mask workshop
My online shop
Become a patron of my studio
Buy me a coffee (from £1)

The written substack version of this episode: Stevexoh’s substack thing.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.

Comments, questions, requests and stuff to [email protected]

(Total listening time 34’42”)

In this episode I talk about how discovering a bizarre mural has helped me approach the festive season with a little more resilience, reflect on ego ideals as the posters my inner critic keeps on its bedroom wall and tell the story of the man who loved dragons as a way of exploring the phenomenon of aboutism.

TL;DL
6’ 17”    The Kingstonymus Bosch mural
15’ 38”  The ghostly posters on the inner critic's bedroom wall
24’ 05”  All about aboutism
24' 45”  The man who loved dragons
30'56”  The imperfect portrait experiment
36'25"   Plug for my 20% off sale in my shop and mask workshop

Links to things I mentioned
London's horrific AI mural (Evening Standard article)
My talk about learning to dance with my inner critic
The Inexpert 2018 conference experiment
Drawing portraits in Trafalgar Square
John Luke Robert’s telling the story of the person who hated his gig
My online shop
My next mask workshop
Become a patron of my studio
Buy me a coffee (from £1)

The written substack version of this episode: Stevexoh’s substack thing.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.

Comments, questions, requests and stuff to [email protected]

(Total listening time 38'00")

In this episode I reflect on how much I love autumn, tell the story of a crow reunion, play a weird song I wrote and performed in assembly age 8, experiment with less censored/more eccentric social interaction and talk about the power of masks that help reveal more of who we already are.

TL;DL
2’ 15”    I really love autumn
4’ 36”    A crow reunion
14’ 27”  The open studio/welcome to my world
22' 02”  The bizarre assembly performance remembered
26’ 51”  Experiments in social interaction
31’ 01”  Reflections on masks that reveal
44’ 32”  Plugs for festive markets I’m doing
46’ 06”  Weird greetings cards available in my shop

Links to things I mentioned
Buy a print of "Crow Therapy"
Feelings are Real exhibition at Barbican (Feb 25)
My studio
Partners zine
Keith Johnstone
Len Dancing
My mask workshops
My shop

The written substack version of this episode: Stevexoh’s substack thing.

If you're wondering why this is an accidental podcast then listen to the first 5 minutes of episode one.

Comments, questions, requests and stuff to [email protected]

(Total listening time 47’ 12”)

In this episode I tell the story of how getting trapped on an exposed beach in a lightning storm became the highlight of a disastrous snorkelling trip, explore how dreams can be a scary, intense but ultimately helpful healing process and reflect on the beauty and power of inexpertise through the lens of the Portsmouth Sinfonia.
TL;DL
3’ 32”   The disastrous snorkelling trip
13’ 13”   Live from "lightning beach" (contains swears!)
25’ 10”  The fish that makes dreams
36’ 53”  Reflections on beautiful inexpertise
50' 29”  Plug for (Not a) Lost Cat prints and open studio
Links to things I mentioned
My One Track Minds "LSD" talk about Daniel Johnstone
The Portsmouth Sinfonia play Also sprach zarathustra
My One Track Minds talk on the Portsmouth Sinfonia
The One Track Minds website
The Inexpert 2018 website
The Back Gaemen project
Buy (Not a) Lost Cat limited edition prints
Come to my open studio
The written substack version of this episode: Stevexoh’s substack thing
Comments, questions, requests and stuff to [email protected]

(Total listening time 53’ 01”)