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!
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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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FIND STACY PANTS ONLINE
• Website - https://www.stacypants.org
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/stacypantsdesign
• Facebook Group - Stacy Pants pARTy https://www.facebook.com/groups/1927917510766434/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stacypantz
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
ONLY IN PLUS+
• 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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MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
• Intro: "Foggy Dreams" by Wisdom Traders
• Outro: "Mezmerize" by Jonteal - https://soundcloud.com/realjonteal/