Practically Happy

Raser & Rhodes
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As creatives faced with the ever shifting goal-post of 'success', co-hosts Cole Raser and Abby Rhodes take on the trash-fire of career in creative pursuit to double-down on why a life well lived might – in fact – be practical. Tune in on a Tuesday every-so-often as we call into question the good, the bad, and the ugly truths of dedicating oneself to a life in the arts and reaffirm that we – sorry... you! – have what it takes through the lens of everyday practice. A practical person is not one who denies their passions, but one who is happy in pursuit – thank you for joining us!Watch Us On YoutubeFollow Us On InstagramJoin Us On Patreon

  1. 11/07/2024

    013 - Hell And Back... But I Digress (w/ Mor)

    Come a twenty-twenty-four's November, absolutely nothing of national importance happened that would leave one yearning for a late September's afternoon with wordsmith and stencil artist Mor. With wisdom beyond their years and a silk blue slip-dress, Mor inspires us word over word with their journey from street artist to public speaker, and recounts their darker nights of the soul to better understand the purpose of suffering in a life worth living. To what capacity can we truly respond to a reactive world? What values are placed upon your cognitive currencies? Beyond what square footage does a New York City bathroom become "palatial" ... but we digress. Take a trip through life with us – dawg – on this week's episode of Practically Happy. || 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 || 0:00 - Mor Introduction 2:30 - Mor Stencils 7:30 - Mor Suffering 12:20 - Mor Attention 14:00 - Mor Passion Mor Energy 25:00 - Mor Emotional Regulation 29:30 - Mor Alchemy 38:25 - Mor Love 44:00 -  Mor Digression 49:50 - Mor Jokes 52:15 - Mor Purpose 1:03:30 - Mor Relinquishing 1:12:20 - Mor Social 1:14:20 - Mor Divination 1:28:18 - Mor Wisdom || 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 || Abby Rhodes: https://www.instagram.com/abbyrhodesart/ The Faraday Cage: https://www.instagram.com/thefaradaycage/ Join Us! https://www.instagram.com/raserandrhodes/ Coin Us? https://www.patreon.com/practicallyhappy/ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: http://www.morstencilart.com {𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞} All assets in use by Practically Happy are generated by real human beings with hands and feelings. Stand With Artists. Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    1h 35m

  2. 10/17/2024

    012 - Chipping Away (w/ Maria Dimanshtein)

    Change is in the air at Practically Happy – what with visual artist Abby Rhodes and audio engineer Cole Raser making moves of their own forth and from the Five Buroughs. All in due time, however – we have some catching up to do. Join us for a latent summer soirées with graphic designer, poet, and dear friend Maria Dimanshtein as we once again delve into the depths of artistic living, parley on the woes of subjective perspective, and unearth what wisdom the widling of ponderous soap could lend a ceaseless creative act. Are thrifted jeans haunted by their past? Has the commodification of art stripped us of our wonderment? How many ways can Abby mispronounce "Dimanshtein"? All this – a meandering's more – and a tale or two from Maria's book of poetry "Expect the Be(a)st" on this episode of Practically Happy. || 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 || 00:00 - introducing maria dimanshtein 02:30 - spring break (a summer's art show) 05:00 - maria's chronicle of artistic pursuits 19:00 - a poem: i don't want any knitted socks 22:45 - the pre-traumatics of thrifted things 25:50 - studio visits and forced perspective 35:25 - divisive art critique: big soap 39:00 - just keep chipping, just keep chipping 49:00 - a poem: the empty universe 55:55 - consuming the commodified artist 01:02:30 - maria's forth-comeuppance || 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 || Abby Rhodes: https://www.instagram.com/abbyrhodesart/ The Faraday Cage: https://www.instagram.com/thefaradaycage/ Join Us! https://www.instagram.com/raserandrhodes/ Coin Us? https://www.patreon.com/practicallyhappy/ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: https://www.mariadimanshtein.com/ {𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞} All assets in use by Practically Happy are generated by real human beings with hands and feelings. Stand With Artists. Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    1h 27m

  3. 09/03/2024

    011 - Channeling Creativity (w/ Mel Davis)

    How does a person – artist or not – channel creativity? From the written whimsies of a wellness blogger to the broadcast prattlings of yours truly, the creative professional cannot help themselves but to serve the same worn scriptures. Embrace boredom, attempt to upkeep a consistent journaling practice, tune into Practically Happy with Raser & Rhodes… the usual suspects. However, what can be said of an artist's spiritual practices – how our implicit energies can better a cosmic creative act? After a long-fabled presence on the pod, we welcome spiritual-advisor Mel Davis to share their perspective of the importance of spiritual wellness in all walks of life, well beyond the confines of creative living. Join us as we seek to align with earthly purpose, establish faith in our intuitive selves, and better understand clairaudience – rounded out in a reading you won’t want to miss – on this week's episode of Practically Happy. Mel's Linktree 🌳 https://linktr.ee/Iammel___ || 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 || 00:00 - magical mel & the ritual of all things 03:55 - creative practice in spiritual spaces 07:00 - the capricorn moon support group 10:55 - finding alignment with your purpose 15:38 - how to establish faith in your intuitions 19:14 - understanding clairaudience & mel's emergence 29:44 - channeling the spiritual vs. intuitive download 35:32 - applying yourself to imperfect practice 37:40 - our cosmic protections and spirit teams 48:38 - guarding your energy: frankincense and mineral 54:45 - on oils of the holy and the hoodoo 58:02 - you're gonna want to stick around for this 01:00:26 - coming into and aligning with your soul-tribe 01:02:40 - 👏 working 👏 harder 👏 hardly 👏 works 👏 01:06:30 - we are but passengers of a shifting paradigm 01:11:54 - sending off the magical mel {𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞} Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    1h 15m

  4. 08/20/2024

    010 - Put Your Pants On (w/ Pance Pony)

    For a second season’s premiere, audio-engineer Cole Raser and visual-artist Abby Rhodes levy their mismatched microphones against the auspicious Pance Pony in an  absurd effort to unpack the creative minds among us. Revel in the conversational chaos as touch-and-go trio bounce between depths of greater artistic intent and the convictions of conspiratic handymen. What value lies in passionate denial? Do artists use their craft to cope? To what end does a name define you? Get ready to find your shtick and quit your job on this week's Season 2 premiere of Practically Happy! || 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 || 00:00 - a delicious liminal speakeasy 01:33 - the infamous pance pony 05:27 - on nurturing creative spaces 11:16 - covid made us weirder 15:51 - how to offend the right amount of people 17:58 - the o-games were very french 24:00 - what reality are you questioning today? 29:52 - find your shtick / quit your job / money is fake 37:28 - people want to help you dammit 39:20 - the value of passionate denial 40:42 - nihilism and eric andre at a farmers market 43:05 - why does pance make art? 48:18 - the convictions of conspirc handymen 58:00 - curvaceous globestupid 01:06:30 - how pance discovered their name 01:13:25 - the setting of intentions 01:16:14 - the pulling of the cards 01:20:00 - the divining of the pance 01:29:04 - putting out a helping hand 01:33:45 - a conclusory troll 2 review {𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞} Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    1h 37m

  5. 08/06/2024

    009 - Introducing: Divisive Art Critique

    Despite a bi-weekly skirmish caving to an every third's Tuesday, creatives Cole Raser and Abby Rhodes return to send Practically Happy's inaugural season off in a violent display of artistic altercation. Following an episodic check-in – of wistful intention and prying up Cole's artistic floorboards – Cole and Abby  lay down their pensive opinions as they revisit an intellectualized battleground of institutionalized art critique to spit in its lunch. Does the ghost of Christmas Paul haunt your holiday? Could a dirt pile leave one pining for its pasture? All this – brought to close in particularly cacophonous divination – on today's Season 1 finale of Practically Happy! || 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 || 0:00 - Announcing Practically Happy Season 2 1:54 - What Is Divisive Art Critique? 8:44 - Abby's Struggle With Intention And Motivation 11:58 - Visual Language and Self-Indulgence 14:20 - Is Cole Fumbling The Faraday Cage? 17:45 - Ego Death And Artistic Re-Awakenings 25:30 - Bursting Our Bubble Of Self Doubt 29:35 - Introducing: Divisive Art Critique 30:45 - Simply Having A Horrible Christmas Time 38:00 - A Malice For Minimalism 44:18 - The Unsightliness Of Invisible Art 51:00 - Beans And Botero 58:02 - Absurdism And Perspectives On Existing 01:03:20 - Concluding: Divisive Art Critique 01:05:38 - Abby Attempts Tarot 01:14:46 - Cole's Reassessment 01:20:40 - Sending Off Season 1 {𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞} Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    1h 22m

  6. 07/16/2024

    008 - The Brighter Side Of Creative Pursuit

    What is artistic free-will amidst an inspired daybreak – can one concoct an original thought under this same sun or is AI replacing you? Will Cole take creative freedom over podcast descriptions in graceful stride? *shakes magic eight ball* Unlikely... Nevertheless, Abby Rhodes and Cole Raser join forces in long awaited exhale to speak of what delicious crumbs of craft can be found so fond as to embellish everyday life with them – as well as parts of person too precious to keep from canvas – all to boast of what divine benevolence becomes of creative pursuit. From childlike embarkment to titillations for toolset and filigree, welcome to Practically Happy! Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    1h 17m

  7. 06/25/2024

    007 - Fetishize The Mad Genius: Part 2

    Following last week's toe-dippage into connections between cognitive deviancy and artistic act, Abby Rhodes and Cole Raser continue delving the mental murk to unmask a maddened craft. Join Practically Happy in further dismantling the ogled auteur – be it a loose screw or an act of transmutation at their helm – and reflect upon our own collective creative pursuits through the Tarot. [Content Warning: Suicide] Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    47 min

  8. 06/18/2024

    006 - Fetishize The Mad Genius: Part 1

    How many marbles should a sorry soul lose to claim themselves an "artist" – what's to spare for the fetishized "mad genius" among you? In this weeks episode of Practically Happy join Abby Rhodes and Cole Raser in deconstructing what perceived links lie betwixt the artsy and the mentally fartsy – the woes of city-living, an imbalanced sociological scale, and thrilling renditions of "Smooth Operator" – to discover if disorder truly moulds the master crafts-person. Join us next week for Part 2 as we continue the conversation! Watch Us On Youtube Follow Us On Instagram Join Us On Patreon

    45 min
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As creatives faced with the ever shifting goal-post of 'success', co-hosts Cole Raser and Abby Rhodes take on the trash-fire of career in creative pursuit to double-down on why a life well lived might – in fact – be practical. Tune in on a Tuesday every-so-often as we call into question the good, the bad, and the ugly truths of dedicating oneself to a life in the arts and reaffirm that we – sorry... you! – have what it takes through the lens of everyday practice. A practical person is not one who denies their passions, but one who is happy in pursuit – thank you for joining us!Watch Us On YoutubeFollow Us On InstagramJoin Us On Patreon

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    Raser & Rhodes
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  • Episodes
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