Elucidate No. 36 - Mactruque

Mactruque is a prolific visual artist, a musician, original thinker, philosopher, and arts advocate. - We talk about painting, painters, technique, society, and art in general.




Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/oitYmVF6PPs
Audio of this podcast can be downloaded here: http://off.li/MfJLm






Show notes: 

- Here's some of mactruque's paintings: https://encrypted.google.com/MacTruque
- Mactruque's twitter: https://twitter.com/mactruque
- Mactruque's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mactruque



Things we talked about:

- Gerhard Richter Painting (documentary trailer): https://youtu.be/XrE5JSTm7rA
- Jim Draper (painter): http://www.feastofflowers.com/

Elucidate No. 29 - Diggie Vitt

Diggie Vitt is a nomadic conceptual photographer, musician, and all around artist. - We talk about the creative process, photography, Tom Waits, living as an artist, and some about his travels.




Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/FqbTdsIqAKg
Audio of this podcast can be downloaded here: http://off.li/jzt3m




Show notes: 

- Diggie Vitt's photography on tumblr: http://diggievitt.tumblr.com/
- Diggie's website: www.diggievitt.com
- Diggie's facebook page: ttps://www.facebook.com/diggie.vitt

Things we talked about:

- A take on the creative process; http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/02/19/tiffany-shlain-creative-process/
- Another illustration of the creative process: http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-4-stages-of-creativity.html
- What country music was about in 2013: https://youtu.be/WySgNm8qH-I
- Tom Waits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits
- Desperado Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-j413oAMf8
- Kiko and the Lavender Moon by Los Lobos: https://youtu.be/ornSpLMUzbw
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (TV): https://youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (Album version): https://youtu.be/PwXai-sgM-s
- Leonard Cohen: http://www.leonardcohen.com/home
- David Choe - Facebook's Graffiti Artist Says Life Unchanged by $200 Million:
 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/facebooks-graffiti-artist-david-choes-life-unchanged-200/story?id=15543816
- Does the internet/social-networking kill creativity?: https://medium.com/@thrillerchick/how-social-networking-kills-the-creative-spirit-e22728594519
- David Byrne: 'The internet will suck all creative content out of the world': http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/11/david-byrne-internet-content-world
- "Woomp! There It Is": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoomp!_(There_It_Is)
- Some of the major songs that Led Zeppelin stole: https://youtu.be/tiiY4ciKFQA
- Another list of this Led Zeppelin situation: http://turnmeondeadman.com/led-zeppelin-plagiarism/