During Hulaween festival 2024, Chris Dyer had the chance to sit down for an in-depth mystical conversation with artist friend Torus Energy aka Jack Lightfoot.

Jack shares the meaning behind the name Torus Energy, his artwork, the inspiring interplay between dark and light, dream realm visions and channelings.

The two also discuss the rapidly evolving trajectory of humanity towards singularity, AI, consciousness, how they are learning from what they are observing and how to navigate.

About the Artist:

Jack William Lightfoot under the pseudonym Torus energy is a multifaceted artist and creator from the UK born in 1992. Projects include painting, fashion design, architecture, carpentry, digital design and many others. Born in the Midlands countryside and exploring world's in search of constant inspiration to the work he creates with these experiences attempts to represent powerful unification of all the human spirits and in turn with the natural world and our part to play in it.

Website: 

www.torusenergyart.com

Social Media (IG): 

@thetorusenergy

During a visit to his former hometown of Montreal, Canada, our artist friend Chris Dyer sits down with longtime street artist friend, Derek, better known to many as “Troy Lovegates” or “Other”.

Derek shares about the magic he finds in street art, tales of train hoping and treasure hunting, the days when artists could focus freely and solely on their art, his worldwide travels as a unique creator, people watching in relation to his subject matter and working with a multitude of mediums.

About the Artist:

A self-described "collector of lost souls”, Lovegates focuses on the figure as a story, building motifs through heavily condensed mark-making. The figures in his work are sympathetically drawn from equal parts caricature and realistic observation.   

Website: 

https://www.troylovegates.com

Instagram:

@troy_lovegates

@otherscribbles

For our 100th episode Chris sits down with legendary visionary artists, Alex & Allyson Grey!

Together they recount the founding of Chapel of Sacred Mirrors and creation of Entheon, both a museum and sanctuary of visionary art. They expand upon the mission of CoSM and the importance of what it offers to the community as social sculpture, merging spirituality with business, what each is expressing through their creative work, the trinities of “mind, body, spirit” relating to “chaos, order & secret writing”, interdimensional philosophy and much more!

About the Artists: 

Alex Grey is best known for his depictions of the body that provide a multi-dimensional “x-ray” of anatomical, psychic and spiritual forces. For many people his visionary art presents icons of the psychedelic mystical experience.

Allyson Grey: Painter, Social Sculptor, Muse... For forty years, Allyson has expressed in her paintings an essentialized world view consisting of three root components: CHAOS, ORDER, & SECRET WRITING.

Alex Grey & Allyson Grey are co-founders & Ministers of CoSM. CoSM is a place of contemplation & worship for community honoring the practice of art as a spiritual path.

Website: 

https://www.cosm.org

https://www.alexgrey.com

https://www.allysongrey.com

Social Media (IG): 

@AlexGreyCosm

@AllysonGreyCosm

@ChapelOfSacredMirrors

In this 10th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews the show's co-creator Ben Zion Jackson (http://rawzion.com)!  He is a filmmaker based in Montreal who has been Dyer's longtime video collaborator.   They talk about skateboarding, kids, homeschooling, coming to Montréal, how they met at the Foufounes Électriques Skate Night, Ben's projects and career, making Chris Dyer's Artventures, relationship breakdowns, surfing in Canada, what it means to be Black, personal racial histories, Black Lives Matter and thoughts about the future.

In this 9th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Leyla Ghobadi, aka Leyla is on Fire ((@leylaisonfire)!  She is a multimedia artist and DJ based in the Plateau hood of Montreal.  
They talk about her studio and the Plateau Mt Royal neighbourhood, horror movie props and Halloween, the band Alexisonfire, Leyla's Persian heritage, Miami Art Basel, her path of becoming an artist, working in marketing, interior design, real estate and modeling, as well as pricing art, working with epoxy, working with galleries, fraudulent art reprinters/bootleggers, teaching art, live painting at festivals, her infamous tryst (or lack thereof) with Kanye West, and world travel and art jams

In this 8th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews "En Masse" founder Jason Botkin!  Jason is a muralist and studio painter based in Montréal.  
They talk about his studio in Hochelaga, his journey from the USA to the Alberta College of Art and Design, his dreams of becoming a professional snowboarder, divorce and a new commitment to art, Montréal, living in Japan and studying ceramics, gallery art, the En Masse project Jason founded, their show at the Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, the difficulty of enacting cultural activities during Covid, creating a new art marketplace, the role of galleries nowadays, finding ways to share wealth and resources in the community, street art and intramuralism, using paintbrushes for murals, the difficulty of finding masks for art creation, how to deal with less or no social media, the revival of street art and using it as a tool of emancipation, dealing with depression and an autoimmune disorder, psychedelics and other plant medicine, DMT visions, meditation, Jason's religious path from Christianity to Buddhism, Yogic studies, Scientology and beyond, and their personal perspectives on 2020.

In this 7th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Adam Millward!  Adam is a painter based on the south shore of Montréal.   They talk about how they met, buying and collecting art, drinking beer and alcoholism, choosing sobriety, the Costa Rican party life, marriage and divorce, becoming an artist, the spiritual experience of painting, a serendipitous encounter with the president of Costa Rica, the business of being a full-time artist, changing algorithms and fighting against AI, wanting to give up, the COSM art workshop, local art markets, mandalas, the new video game level art style, using different acrylic paints, the Arty Time Podcast, manifesting negative energy and fighting conspiracy theories, why Qanon's missing child statistics are wrong, the Keto Diet and eliminating sugar, playing guitar and making music as meditation, and improvisation in music and art.

In this 6th episode of the Chris Dyer's Creative Friends Podcast we get to meet Sake, who has been most prolific graffiti artist in Montréal for the last 26 years.  
They talk about graffiti, the meaning of Sake, Instagram, climbing, being chased, Kings and Queens, murals and drawings, Sake products, stealing from stores, eating healthy organic food, cilantro and garlic pills, toxic spray paint, and then go on a deep dive into Sake's political perspectives of our current world; wrapping it all up a little discussion on getting back to nature and doing art.

In this 5th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Sloast!  Sloast is a studio and street artist based in Montréal.  
They talk about Satellite Studios on St Laurent Blvd, art jams, the Montréal street art community, what Sloast means and the importance of artist names, they address gender questions, pronouns, queer identify and gender expressions in art.  They talk about the mission of art, studying art history at McGill and NYU, activist professors, the Silence = Death movement, politics vs healing in art, defending freedom of speech, street art around the world, travelling to Colombia, Brazil and Armenia, the Armenian war situation, obsidian crystals,  and how Covid has affected her art.

In this 4th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Adida Fallen Angel! Adi is a skateboarding visual artist and multimedia creator who has travelled the whole world from his original home in Israel and is now starting a family in Montréal.    
In this wide-ranging conversation they talk about his identify, spiritual living and angels, music, traveling in Europe, Israel, California, New York, the Laurentian mountains and Montreal, working as a VJ, singing in the band SpoonLicker, getting off drugs, winter in Canada, living as an Israeli, being evalutated by the Israeli Army, comparing insanity and disability, computer skills, Tel Aviv life, the Israeli situation, working at a skate shop in Israel, living in San Diego, California, living in Paris without knowing French,  living in Berlin, Love Parade and street art, studying art in Rotterdam, Flash website design, Street Art in galleries, living in NYC, Montreal, Struggling as an illegal artist, the music industry in Quebec, Adida's Wheat Paste project, The Fresh Paint Gallery, the Under Pressure and Mural Festivals, the theme of Love, spray paint and mural art, Winter and other impediments (COVID), adaptation and evolution, the drive to create, letting go and the impermanence of street art and impending fatherhood.

In this 3rd Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Labrona!
Felix is a legendary Montréal street artist now doing studio art and commissioned murals.  After a fun skate sesh at the Big O, they settle in his studio to talk about painting trains, street art, his characters, travelling the world, LivArt studios, street art vs studio art and prints, galleries and dealers, evolving art styles, skateboarding and skate art. Enjoy!

In this 2nd Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Germ Dee! Germ lives a free life of creation between the streets, pop culture and fighting the politricks of our world!  
They talk about how they met, becoming an artist, kidulting, skateboarding, punk, pop culture propaganda, comics, storytelling, graffiti, branding, making toys, Beautiful Losers, smoking weed, fasting, diet, his farm, getting shadowbanned on Insta, love and faith.  Enjoy!

Welcome to the first episode of my brand new Super Awesome Podcast show! In this series I will be interviewing a bunch of my Creative Friends worldwide, starting with my local Montreal tribe! My first guest is both a visual artist and a musician, Danny Rebel who will tell us all about himself and his perspectives in life! He also made the music for the initial intro. Hope you will enjoy this pilot, and if you do, please subscribe to the channel to catch our future Positive Creators!

Are you ready for this one?? Chris sits down with legendary urban/hip hop artist, Justin Bua in his Texas home studio.

Bua shares about his colorful and funky childhood growing up on the streets of New York in the 70’s & 80’s, b-boying, drawing endlessly and absorbing the iconic culture that is hip-hop. 

His appreciation for this culture paired with his expanding artistic skillset and knowledge of the masters contribute to Bua’s no BS approach to life, art and activity amidst the “Art World” as we later hear.

About the Artist:

Award-winning artist, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Groundbreaking in his field, BUA is internationally known for his best-selling collection of fine art posters - The DJ being one of the most popular prints of all time.

Website: 

https://justinbua.com

Social Media (IG): 

@JustinBua

Chris and his artist girlfriend, Paulina, sit down over some coffees in their St. Pete home and talk about the many “hats” she wears. From podcast producer & editor, to painter, carpenter, green witch and permaculture enthusiast, Paulina shares how she came to have such a great “hat” collection, formative moments from her childhood, from where she draws inspiration, the tools she works with and much more! About the Artist: Paulina Casati is a visionary artist from the mountains of south-central Appalachia and is presently based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Inspired by her appreciation for nature and divine intelligence, she explores motifs of oneness, non-duality and multi-dimensionalism. Her creative intention is to reflect the synchronistic unity displayed across humans, our planet and the cosmos. Website: https://www.paulinacasatiart.space https://www.abundantsatisfactions.com/ Social Media (IG): @PaulinaCasatiArt @AbundantSatisfactions

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Chris catches Roots Reggae Musician Mike Love just as he comes off stage and has a deep conversation! They talk about  him playing solo vs with a band, spirituality, dreadlocks, rastafarianism, Selassie I, energy healing, The Marley family, leadership, community, love, hopelessness and letting go.

About the Artist:

Mike Love is at the forefront of this movement.  With a foundation rooted in the spirituality and message-based music of Reggae and Rastafari, he blends the sounds of progressive and classic rock, pop, R & B, soul, blues, flamenco, jazz and so much more.  Healing is at the core of his music.

Website: 

https://mikelovemusic.com/

Social Media (IG):  

@MikeLoveMusic

Chris visits long-time artist friend, Illuminated Rose, aka "Rosie"! They chat about the Hippie movement of the 60's and 70's in New York, how she became a part of the Visionary arts movement and CoSM, her passion for sand mandalas and the classes she offers, sacred geometry, drumming, non-attachment, cultural appreciation, becoming an art teacher, the Vision Train and her recount of going to Woodstock as a teenager.

About the Artist:

Eileen M. Rose (“Rosie”) has been leading mandala classes for over 20 years and taught art to children for over 30 years. A visionary artist and award-winning photographer, she is a certified facilitator of Judith Cornell’s mandala process. Many of her mandalas are featured in Cornell’s The Mandala Healing Kit. She has also studied with other traditional and contemporary artists and experts, including visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Pieter Weltevrede, Mavis Gewant, and monks from the Gyuto-Tantric University, and has been a member of Jean Houston’s Mystery School for several years.

Website: 

http://illuminatedrose.com

Social Media (IG): 

@illuminatedrose

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The future is now! Chris hops aboard the Future Joy mobile RV to chat with musical artists, Zach & Emily! They talk about the  band’s history and mission, their ongoing love story, how they express their creativity through making music, Genre fluidity, the importance of joy, having fun and how they are spreading both through their music. 

We’re honored to share with you that they have covered the Creative Friend’s intro jingle à la Future Joy!!!

About the Artists:

Blending elements of funk, house, bass, pop, drum and bass, hip-hop, techno, jazz, dubstep and more; Future Joy takes the listener on a joyous adventure with no musical boundaries. Both artists DJ, sing, and play keyboard while Zach shreds tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones in the key of fun. 

Website: 

https://www.futurejoymusic.com/

Social Media (IG): 

@FutureJoyMusic

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Chris sits down on the waters edge of Downtown St. Pete with street artist Birdcap! The two enjoy conversing about their shared participation in Reggae Rise Up, Birdcap's history and love for street art and illustration, what inspires and fuels his creative expressions, exploring alternative creative mediums, the mural market, his shared journey of navigating grief and the ongoing development of AI and his response to it.

About the Artist:

“I paint colorful murals reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons as a proxy world to explore wide ranging themes such as grief, mortality, and political upheaval. I believe a style wrapped in childhood nostalgia makes these topics more palatable. My work is a product of the American South and as such I strive to create a contemporary landscape both beautiful and troubled.”

Website: 

https://www.birdcap.store

Social Media (IG): 

@birdcap

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Chris goes to Queens, NY to visit fellow artist friend, Nicole Palapoli at her cool Art Studio! The two talk about her tattooing and art career, what inspires her, her approach towards and appreciation of hand crafted artwork, how art can heal us, what the bleep she sees happening in the world and how to navigate.

About the Artist:

“My artwork exists to illuminate our soul’s experience in human form; the duality of love and heartbreak, our connection with nature, sacred symbols and the unified field of consciousness.”  

Website:  https://www.innerspacegallery.com/

Instagram: @NicolePalapoli

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Today we’re going to Brooklyn! Chris visits Pop/Street artist Wizard Skull at his Bushwick studio. Alex shares with us some of his early-on art adventures, inspirations and lessons that lead to him becoming the artist he is today. 

The two also chat about his involvement with skateboard graphics, Zines, street art, inflatable art, observing the “Art Game” and social media offerings.

About the Artist:

Painter and illustrator Wizard Skull’s humorous and often raunchy riffs on cartoon characters and mascots poke fun at pop culture and commercialism. Wizard Skull transforms recognizable characters from Homer Simpson and Mickey Mouse to Gumby and SpongeBob SquarePants into hybrid mashups, squiggly portraits, and obscene portrayals of fetishistic sex acts.

Website: 

https://shopwizardsworkshop.com/

Social Media (IG): 

@WizardSkull

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Long time artist friend, Lindy Kehoe, stops by Chris' house where they chat about the importance of cuteness, synchronicities, the dream like worlds she channels through her art, the messages they bring forth, caring for ourselves, our earth and our future generations.

About the Artist:

Lindy Kehoe enjoys living a spacious and peaceful life, choosing to reflect that quality within her dream-like work. Contemplative and quiet, her paintings are portals into the subtle realms of remembrance, shape-shifting in care of the viewer.

Website:  www.LindyKehoe.com

Instagram: @LindyKehoeArt

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Chris makes a stop in Grass Valley California to meet up with artist friend, Miles Toland! 

He shares with us a multitude of knowledge regarding the importance of a proper studio space, organization, community, the relationship with different surfaces he paints upon, his love for traveling, street art and lots more!

About the Artist:

Miles’ creative juices have been squeezed from the fruits of graffiti culture, a BFA at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, live painting at festivals, and traveling around the world creating street art in places including Paris, Switzerland, Art Basel Miami, Mexico, Canada, and India. His mural series at the Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh has been published in the Smithsonian Magazine and The New York Times blog.

Website: https://www.milestoland.com/

Instagram: @milestoland

Chris meets up with street artist friend Chaz Barrisson from the “London Police”  at The Wynwood Walls where he and art partner Bob Gibson are in the midst of creating an impressive new mural.

These two jokesters sit down over some beers and talk about what The Wynwood Walls is, Art Basel, street art, graffiti, the purpose of creating, and why “those birds are throwing nuts” at them!

About the Artists:

Chaz Barrisson and Bob Gibson, originally from the UK, began their artistic voyage on the streets of Amsterdam. 

25 years later they have painted in galleries and on walls all over the world.
Proud of their meticulous craftsmanship, TLP draws everything by hand. 

Chaz makes the iconic Lad characters which are married with Bob’s illustrative architecture and portrait style.

Website: 

https://www.thelondonpolice.com

Social Media (IG): 

@TheLondonPolice

Amidst the hustle and bustle of Miami Art Basel, Chris sits down with artist friend Mear One during his “Metaphysical Surrealism” solo show. The two discuss graffiti history, Mear’s involvement in it, how it differs from street art, psychedelic research, his artistic inspiration and the messages he is currently conveying through his body of work.

About the Artist:

Mear One is an American artist based in Los Angeles, known for his often-political street graffiti art. Mear One is associated with CBS and WCA crews. As a graphic designer, Mear One has designed apparel for Conart, Kaotic, as well as his own Reform brand.

Website:

mearone.com

Social Media (IG):

@Mear_One

Legendary Folk Painter and Installation Artist Shrine was in Saint Petersburg for a job with a tattoo shop so spontaneously dropped by Chris' home. In that visit he quickly painted his staircase and stayed for a nice coffee and conversation we share with you here!

Shrine has been around the block a couple of times, thus why he is so well known and respected in the festival scene. So the conversation is deep and poignant, touching many deep matters to artists and humans in general.

About the NonProfit:

The Highway Sanctuary is an ongoing experiment of creative expression— creating the kind of world we want to live in.  https://www.highwaysanctuary.org/

Social Media (IG):

@ShrineOn

Chris sits down with legendary artist Roger Dean to philosophize over the art and architecture movements, what influenced them into what they are today, his extensive career, working closely with the progressive rock band “Yes” and what the future of the world may hold.

About the Artist:

Roger Dean is a world renowned artist and designer, known for his unique style of album cover paintings, logos, typefaces and organic architectural designs. He was born in Kent, England and graduated from the Royal College of Art as a silver medallist.

Website:

https://www.rogerdean.com

Social Media (IG):

@rogerdeanofficial

Chris and Gavin Gerundo aka Gavinger, sit down amidst the weird and lively Secret Dreams Music Festival. Gavinger shares about his role in producing this and other events, The Gallery Society, art curation, what’s so great about festivals, creation, inspiration, the myriad of mediums he works with, his journey with psychedelics, sexuality and social evolution.

About the Artist:

Gavinger is Gavin Gerundo, a visual artist on a mission to challenge our perceptions and inspire moments of awe in our everyday lives. Drawing inspiration from the natural and scientific worlds, Gavin combines the geometric with the organic in artwork ranging from canvasses to interactive pieces of hand painted furniture. He utilizes a variety of medium to portray fantastical states of consciousness, drawing influence heavily from dreams and lofty waking moments of grandeur.

Website:

https://gavinger.com

Social Media (IG):

@gavinger_

Chris visits long-time artist friend Sweet Melis at her mountain-top art studio in Asheville. In their chill conversation they discuss the birth of live painting into the east-coast festival scene, the community and artists formed from and around it, composition, snowboarding, graphic design, becoming a fine artist, the importance of finding your own artistic voice, running a small business, social media pitfalls, empowerment through motherhood and the ongoing changes amidst the festival scene and world at large.

About the Artist:

“I am passionately living a dream of constant creation. I am inspired by the earth and the sky, by color and design. I want to project the beauty of nature and its synchronicity in my work. I want people to see the beauty I see in this world, to feel it, to live presently in it.” 

— Melissa Leigh

Website:

https://www.sweetmelis.com

Social Media (IG):

@Sweet_Melis

Get ready for a playful and curiously philosophical ride with Chris and his artist friend Damon Soule!

The two discuss living off grid, chickens, creative inspirations, the human process, making an effecting upon others, toroidal fields, energetics, natural law, divineness, universal origins, religion constructs, Damon’s role in The Furtherrr Collective and what it means to be a creative.

About the Artist:

Soule’s work is highly complex and imaginative in both practice and concept. Fueled by his inherent investigative and obsessive curiosity, he employs an array of scientific and artistic systems to create his paintings including polarity, abstraction, alchemy, geometry, quantum physics, surrealism, molecular biology, meta physics, ancient symbolism, cosmology, Buddhism, sci-fi fantasy, cyber- infrastructures, the global, digital subatomic and infinitely vast multiverses we may find ourselves in at any given moment.

Website:

https://www.damonsoule.com

Social Media (IG):

@DomonSoule

Chris sits down with artist friend Karma Glass to talk about blowing glass, the industry, Asheville, hip hop, spirituality, what cannabis legalization has meant for glass artists, why he loves rainbows, his creative craft and his inspiration. Stick around long enough and you may even get to hear some pretty wild stories laced with some heartfelt wisdom.

About the Artist:

Kevin has been making borosilicate glass art since 2010 & has a deep passion for bringing forth functional glass art pieces to act as totems on the daily during one's smoking rituals. He currently is creating in a color pattern he lovingly calls the Karma Stack, which is a transparent rainbow pattern he is best known for. Most of his art these days is collaborative with other glass artist around the country. Kevin travels when he can to manifest art for the people. All of his art is infused with consciousness, Hip Hop,  messages of a higher vibration. He is always looking to spread love and unity!

Website:

https://karmaglass.bigcartel.com/

Social Media (IG): 

@KarmaGlass420

Get your eyes and ears ready for a lesson in Psychedelic Art History!

Chris sits down with “The Chambers Project” gallery owner, Brian Chambers, to pick his brain about his passion for psychedelic art, how he became immersed in the culture, his art collection, projects, exhibitions, favorite artists and why this branch of art and collaboration is so important.

About The Chambers Project:

The Chambers Project is the world’s leading psychedelic art gallery representing the most influential contemporary artists in psychedelic culture, holding long standing relationships with the likes of Ralph Steadman, Roger Dean, the Rick Griffin Estate, Oliver Vernon, Mars 1 and many more! 

Website:

https://thechambersproject.com

Social Media:

Instagram - the_chambers_project

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thechambersproject

YouTube:

@thechambersproject

Chris sits down with long-time artist friend, Ashely Josephine Foreman. Ashely is a visionary tattoo artist and member of the Cherokee Nation Oklahoma. 

The two chat about their personal experiences integrating with the visionary arts scene, the art of tattooing, ancestral trauma, our healing paths and the medicine we bring back from our experiences to share with the collective.

From the Artist:

"My intention for my work, beyond personal healing, is to reflect a simple Truth -- That the Universe is made of a profound Love beyond human categories, and that inter-collectively, we are One Being, One Consciousness.”

Website:

www.faelien.com

Social Media (IG):

@ashelyjosyphine

@faelien.ink

https://www.facebook.com/AshelyForemanArt

Youtube:  @JupiterCascadia 

In this episode, Chris is in San Francisco California for some book launches and had the chance to visit the legendary Mark McCloud!! Mark is an art teacher, sculptor, painter, photographer, amateur comedian, and the leading collector of LSD blotter paper and Psychedelic Art. Founder of the "Institute of Illegal Images", he has the largest and most comprehensive blotter art collection in the world! With nearly 30,000 framed tabs on the walls surrounding him, he shares with us various bits of knowledge, history of LSD and stories of his super interesting Life!

In this episode Chris meets with the World's Funkiest Diplomat, "The Polish Ambassador" aka David Sugalski! The two sit down in his California livingroom and talk about community living, permaculture, digital work balance, exploration living, activism, musical tastes & inspiration, how The Polish Ambassador came to be and much, much more! About the Artist: Musician. Producer. Beatsmith. Recording artist. Composer. Dance-floor general. Label-head. A mystery man of many hats, The Polish Ambassador rocks more than just a trademark jumpsuit, authoring sublime, intentional artistic works, animated safaris in technicolor sound. Website: - https://thepolishambassador.com Streaming: - https://thepolishambassador.bandcamp.com - https://spotify.link/np3QcxiYBDb - https://soundcloud.com/thepolishambassador - YouTube: @thepolishambassador Social Media: - IG: @thepolishambassador - FB: https://www.facebook.com/thepolishambassador

Chris sits down with legendary skate artist, Jimbo Phillips! These two skater dudes talk about Santa Cruz (the place and the brand!), the importance of skate art, what is offers, its messages and meanings, brains, skulls, bulging eyeballs, the impact of the Phillips’ family legacy upon Dyer, artistic styles, and much more!

About the Artist:

Jimbo Phillips, an artist from Santa Cruz, California was born and raised in the art world. His father, Jim Phillips, designed all the artwork for Santa Cruz Skateboards in the 70’s and 80’s and was the creator of the iconic “Screaming Hand” logo. At an early age Jimbo Phillips began working for his father doing graphics for the skateboard industry, creating eye-popping artwork for t-shirt designs, decals, magazine ads, and skateboards.

In the early 90s Jimbo started his own graphic art business continuing to work for skateboard companies as well as other major brands such as Toyota, Nike, Snickers and Volcom.

Website: http://www.jimbophillips.com

Webshop: https://jimbophillipsstore.storenvy.com

IG: @JimboPhillips

Fellow psychonauts Chris and Rob Corradetti sit down in the Killer Acid studio and banter over some cans of Psychedelic Bug Juice. The two talk about Rob’s colorful background, fear, energy, microdosing, design, starting and running a successful clothing and goods brand, his wide ranging artistic stye and inspiration, moon craters, making NFTs, patience, wisdom and life before social media.

About the Artist:

Killer Acid represents the psychedelic work of artist Rob Corradetti, who has been actively making art and creating products for over 25 years. Located in Santa Cruz, CA, the brand specializes in screen prints, T-shirts, and a myriad of mysterious, humorous, and highly-detailed psychedelic ephemera. Originally launched in 2010, the style is a blend of head shop and punk rock, hearkening back to his tumultuous and technicolor coming-of-age in New York City.

Website:

https://killeracid.com

Social Media (IG):

@killeracid

Chris sits down in the cozy Santa Cruz studio of fellow visionary artist friend, Blake Foster! 

The two chat about San Francisco, CoSM, MAPS, street art, graffiti, Blake's medicine path and artistic journey, his schooling, the interdimensional inspiration behind his work and much more!

About the Artist:

Blake Foster has been developing his stylistic vision for the past two decades; emerging from roots in graffiti, completing a certificate program in visual FX for film with a focus in digital sculpting, and exploring the healing potential of entheogens, nature, and the all mighty paint brush.

Today he spends much of his time transforming canvas into a window of the mind’s eye. Blake’s artwork aspires to bridge the inner metaphysical realms with the outer natural world.  By juxtaposing micro and macro structures of the cosmos his work attempts to reveal the universal patterns and building blocks of our perceived reality. Drawing from dream-like states of consciousness and a limitless imagination, his brush strokes channel spiritual experiences with the divine.

Website:

www.sydwox.com

Social Media:

IG: @blakefosterart

https://www.facebook.com/BlakeFosterArt

Chris sits down with Psychic, Medium and Artist friend, Patty Davis during the “Align and Shine” healing retreat in Northern California. The two explore our innate gifts as humans, including but not limited to: psychic abilities, intuition, energetics, telepathy, clairvoyance, auric fields, healing modalities (such as sound healing, breath work, hypnosis and artistic expression), art portals and the powerful etheric phenomena they facilitate to creators and viewers.

About the artist:

Patty is a psychic, medium, intuitive teacher, healer, spiritual podcaster, spellcrafter, Aromatherapist, author and Heart Math Coach in Humboldt, CA. Through her work she offers encouragement, tools, insight, and healing modalities. 

She believes artistic expression to be an intimate and important healing and activating practice, describing her own passion for painting as one of the purest forms of flow state and alignment.

Websites:

https://pdavispsychic.com

https://linktr.ee/Wingandaether

Spirit Speakers Podcast

https://www.spiritspeakerspodcast.com

Book: “It’s Too Much”

https://pdavispsychic.com/childrensbook

Social Media (IG):

@wingandaether

@spiritspeakerspodcast

In this episode, Chris joins Legendary Street Pop Surrealist painter Ron English at his “PopMart” in Upstate New York!  These two toy-loving friends discuss the real genius behind Van Gough, how artists “blow up”, street art, Ron's thought provoking body of work, his extensive oil painting process, vinyl toys, sculptures, books, creating controversial artwork, staying true to your self expression, AI, his NFT crypto club and much more!

About the artist:

Ron is a major player in the Pop Surrealism movement. Having painted over 1,000 renegade billboards in his lifetime he continues to challenge the ethics and paradoxes of numerous corporations, media and politicians through his paintings and vinyl toys.

Websites:

https://www.popaganda.com/

https://shoppopaganda.com/

The Rabbbits:

https://therabbbits.com

Song: Yellow

IG:

@RonEnglish

@Team_Popaganda

@LightCultCryptoClub

YouTube: @POPagandaTV

Chris sits down at CoSM with long time friend, art curator, art manager, event producer and artist advocate, Jen Ingram.

They discuss Jen’s various contributions to the visionary community for more than 20 years, the various platforms she creates to support artists, what the growing mainstream acceptance of entheogens means for the visionary art movement, the importance of professionalism, entering the mainstream world of art, visionary contributing founders, styles, history and much more!

https://linktr.ee/ancientdigital

Instagram:

@AncientDigital

@Tribe13Gallery

Chris sits down with tattoo artist friend Elisa Rose Mountain to discuss Grateful Dead culture, her tattooing career, artistic side hustles and projects, the various art styles they’ve both experimented with, Elisa’s healing modalities and spiritual path, her journeys to the south for purging, the importance of observing societal events with compassion and the potential impacts of AI and EMF on future generations.

IG: @elisarosemountain

Links:

https://linktr.ee/elisarosemountain

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ElisaRoseMountain

https://laceylightnin.bigcartel.com/

In this playful episode from a recent visit to Denver, Colorado, Chris sits down with his dear friend Max Paularena who is a Visionary Artist and shamanic practitioner. In this talk they discuss their latino heritage, the importance of having an art community, sacred plant medicines (Psilocybin, Ayahuasca, cacti and Kambo) and the healing roles they play. They also discuss their time spent in the Jungle, what it means to be shamanic, the ethics of navigating power, Mexican traditions, Max’s art career, his own healing journey, transgenderism and the spectrum of gender.

Chris Dyer sits down with fellow artist Chris Morphis at Sol Fest to discuss his process and experience of becoming a renegade artist.

They recount their meeting in 2012, delve into festival culture, what it offers to society, the wealth of knowledge through networking and workshops that have been made available, Morphis' career of becoming a successful artist, his approach to business, tips for up-and-coming- artists, and how he's been able to integrate his art into various music scenes.

In this episode of our Super Awesome Podcast Show, Chris visit his Visionary Artist friend Jessica Perlstein at her San Francisco California home studio.

They got into a bunch of fun topics about her art career, the visionary art scene through the years, being an intern under Android Jones, changing mediums and styles of expression, etc. May you be very inspired by this conversation!

Webpage: https://www.jessicaperlsteinart.com/Insta: @jessicaperstein

Chris sits down in his library with music producer friend, Random Rab during his tour through St. Petersburg, Florida. These two talk about archeology, ancient cultures, pyramids, plant medicines, psychadelics, creative passion, the profound healing found through music, the connection between music and visual art and the developing relationship between artists and AI and what that means moving forward. 

Chris and film director friend, Michael Ien Cohen, sit down for an in-depth conversation about his uplifting documentary “Humanity Stoked” featuring awesome people like Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, Tony Alva, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nyjah Houston, Lissie Armanto, Chad Muska, Shepard Fairey, Rob Machado, etc. 

Michael shares what inspired him to create; the beauty and healing that lies within overcoming fears that humans of all backgrounds and traumas face. Healing fear and instilling inspiration in our youth is the driving purpose of his non-profit organization, What Stops You.

WhatStopsYou.org

https://humanitystoked.com/

 @HumanityStoked  

IG: @HumanityStoked

FB: https://m.facebook.com/1880279355630013/

Shout out to Ben Zion Jackson for his Cinematography!

Put on your sunscreen, grab your favorite beverage and pull up a chair for this sunshine filled and fearlessly raw conversation. 

In this 68th episode, Chris sits down with musical artist Satsang (aka Drew McManus) to discuss music, tour life, skateboarding, vulnerable masculinity, plant medicines, callout culture, jiu jitsu, and life’s many lessons and purposes.

::: Discover More :::

• Website: www.satsangmovement.com




• YouTube: @SatsangMT

• IG: @satsang

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5q73QGeZGnA3ChVIPxIvyc?si=CDfwIWiHTi6hHMhik-BC0A

::: Resources :::

• www.maps.org




• www.unlimitedsciences.org




• www.reggaeriseup.com




• www.pyromusicandartsfestival.com




• www.safetyharborartandmusiccenter.com
  

This one's gonna be fun! In this 67th episode, Chris Dyer sits down with the hilarious Tampa Bay artist Sebastian Coolidge! Sebastian shares with us his personal account of being an artist, muralist, sculptor, inventor, fashion designer, family man and squirrel daddy.

Hold onto your butts and bring your open minds; In this 66th episode, Chris Dyer sits down on the lively streets of Acapulco, Mexico with Australian activist Max Igan.
Chris asks what some might perceive as “uncomfortable” or “unacceptable” questions regarding the events of the past three years and the current state of the World. Max shares his personal accounts,  alternative viewpoints and ideas for healing and resolution to the controlled narrative that we, the Collective, have been given.