Pirate Utopias Aaron Benavides and Jesse Berger
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Hop on board and enter our Temporary Autonomous Zone where we set sail into the uncharted waters of Art, Crypto, Consciousness and more!
Each Episode we talk to Creatives (Artists, Activists, Entrepreneurs...) about the work they do, how they engage with reality and the general vibe of creative life in the long tail.
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[Pirate Utopias Ep. 4: Schivona Johnson](https://www.notion.so/Pirate-Utopias-Ep-4-Schivona-Johnson-7c833a3b295649328acc9d7e140bad97)
This episode we talk to Schivona Johnson about the power of imagination and living out our true identity.
Schivona is the founder of Third Eye Snacks.
@thirdeyesnacks
Aaron Benavides is a music producer and artist
@Shadowsweat
Chris Caballero is an Audio engineer and Tea connoisseur who runs Import and Tea -
Grayson Creely: Community, Curation and Craft in the Music Industry
This week we're talking to Grayson Creely. Grayson's a fantastic musician, audio engineer and entrepreneur. In our conversation we talk about the music industry and about creating alternative business models that are more based around community and curation. We also touch on some key ways that crypto and blockchain can help artists to take the power back in the Music Industry.
He works at the illustrious Sugar Hills Studios and at his studio. He also runs a music licensing company called SyncWorthy. You can follow him here:
gpcmusic.com
IG: @gpcmusic
Also Check us out on Odysee @PirateUtopias
You can follow Aaron on IG and twitter @Shadowsweat
You can get tea from Chris at Import and Tea -
Brooklyn Moore on Learning how to access your Intuition through Poker, Dance, and Cryptocurrency
Brooklyn Moore is a fascinating person we were introduced recently. She has some interesting perspectives from whole bunch of unique experiences from her upbringing in the bay being born of "Jamaican Gypsies" to her work as a Dancer and Professional Poker player. She's very into Painting, Movement meditation, Crypto, and herbal medicine and Tea.
This was a really interesting conversation that ranges from lessons that we can learn from playing poker and letting go of our attachments to results to some of the ways that cryptocurrencies can connect the abstract world of computers to the physical world and help democratize the money system.
00:00-2:00 Intro
2:00-5:09 Tea and Tea Culture
5:09-9:35 How She got into Poker
9:35-23:15 Playing professional Poker
23:15-50:40 How Crypto can bring us more in touch with the physical world
50:40-55:00 Other things Brooklyn is doing now. And Events in the future
55:00-1:03:18 Gong Fu Cha and Yaupon Culture growing in the US
1:03:18-1:06:00 Brooklyn's Art Practice
1:06:00- Finding our lost sense of intuition -
Jerome Morrison: Gamification, Media, and the Future of Art Collectives
This week we talk to Jerome Morrison. Jerome is a technologist, installation artist, and general problem solver who works at Meow Wolf. He just finished opening Meow Wolf: Omega Mart in Las Vegas. In this episode we discuss his work opening up Omega Mart, his thoughts on Game design when creating immersive art spaces and using Gamification to redesign everything from our institutions to our personal lives. We also go through his journey as an artist and how he got to where he is.
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Pirate Utopia pt. 17 feat. Human Shaped Animal
Human Shaped Animal boards captains the ship in this inside look into the mind, studio, and work of HSA and her artistic career. HSA is a fearless individual of many talents and, offers insight, and explains her work process for the emerging artist. It was so great to catch up with one of my favorite working painters, see where she's at now and connect here to Aaron, this episode hints at potential collaborations and how to change our audience's experience of art in a post-covid world. Support Links Below.
HUMAN SHAPED ANIMAL: https://www.humanshapedanimal.com/INSTA: @humanshapedanimal -
Pirate.Utopia.pt16 feat JuJu
In this episode Juju boards the ship and steers us back home to our place of spiritual centered-ness. Juju shares insights from her own affirmation cards, gives a beautiful explanation of the 'One-ness' and why to have an attitude of gratitude. Chris Cab slides in for a last minute check-in and reminds us to apply our spiritual and mindfulness practices to our work and personal relationships. Check out more of Juju's work below, and as always.. WE LOVE YOU!!!