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In this episode, Jeff sits down with Michelle "Mo" Whetstone to talk about her journey in comedy and how it has affected her spiritual journey and vice-versa. Mo shares some reflections about her experiences in writing and performing standup comedy with the intention of being present in each moment and what it has meant to her at a deeper level.
In the episode, Jeff sits down to talk with Kyle Dickinson, who wrote the screenplay and recently completed filming for his movie, "Cigarettes For Breakfast" Kyle shares some details about the story and very candidly describes his experiences during the process of writing and producing the movie. He is very upfront and frank about his own personal psychological struggles and has a very deep conversation with Jeff about what going through this process has meant to him and how it has affected him ...
In this episode, Jeff sits down to talk with artist Corrie Reagan about her work and her area of focus. She reflects deeply on what is most important to her as she continues her journey as an emerging artist in the OKC area and about her vision for the future.
In this episode, Jeff and Danny Joe sit down to catch up from their conversation in December of last year and to talk about his current exhibition, "Flatlands" on display at The Norick Art Center At OCU. Danny Joe shares about how he got started with doing the work that is in this exhibition and about his relationship to the process of creating them and how he has allowed it to unfold on its own. He also shares some deep thoughts and reflections about how allowing this process to "take on a life...
In this episode, Jeff sits down to visit with artist Sarah Day-Short about her life journey and how she started doing works of art and how her work has evolved over the years. Sarah reflects on how she began to work with epoxy resin to create abstract colorful acrylic painting, gold leaf, and functional art. She also visits with Jeff about how she is really passionate and excited about creating custom, affordable works of art for her clients and then shares some deeper thoughts about her experie...
In this segment, Laura shares information regarding recent and current exhibits as well as an overview of the artwork that is part of their permanent collection. As the interview comes to a close, she also speaks about their Mentorship program that is a partnership with several local high schools, and then closes with some information about their upcoming Steamroller Print Fest, which happens on Saturday, April 28 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The festival activities include artist demonstrations, l...
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Laura Warriner to hear the story of how she started [Artspace] at Untitled, about their various programs and events, and how it has evolved over the years.
As we continue the conversation, Kerri speaks more in-depth about her life journey since childhood and how she has grown and evolved. She also shares some thoughts about the path that she has taken since leaving college and how she sees her place in the world and reflects about the impact of her artistic work. The interview winds up as Kerri and Jeff talk more in-depth about the value of being a little more lighthearted and how being able to laugh at ourselves more, to take ourselves and everyth...
In this episode, Jeff sits down with visual artist, poet, and bookmaker Kerri Shadid to talk about her artwork and poetry. She shares information about her Poetry Stands, where she writes customized, spontaneous poems for strangers, using intuition and stream-of-consciousness to craft small morsels of insight at various venues and events in the OKC metro area. She also speaks about how her visual art highlights text and marbling and how it incorporates the unknown and loss of control into her pr...
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Katelynn Knick and Virginia Sitzes about their new artist collective called The Art Group and how it got started. We hear from both of them about their personal and professional reasons for being a part of it and how this experience has changed their lives. Art Group is a collective of emerging artists in the OKC metro area who have gathered to create a community centered around discussing and creating contemporary art. Their goal is to help artists develop t...
In this episode, Jeff sits down to talk with Steve Herburger, the owner of 2 Fellas Moving Company at their headquarters in Oklahoma City to talk about the services that they provide to their residential and business customers and also to the OKC Thunder as their preferred movers. As the interview continues, he shares the story of how he and his business partner started 2 Fellas and then explains about how they are different than van lines and why they can provide more timely and flexible servic...
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Evan Anderson, the CEO of Oseberg, at their headquarters in the heart of Oklahoma City’s Automobile Alley to hear about the services they provide and why he decided to start the company. Anderson explains that the oil and gas industry, while being a large percentage of the U.S. in terms of GDP, has seen little to no technological innovation, especially in terms of data and information. In fact, many people in the oil and gas industry still operate with microf...
In this episode, Jeff sits down with local artist Katelynn Knick on a late winter evening outside the Art Hall at 23rd and Walker in The Uptown District and hears from her about some of her current work, about her recent house art show called “You’re in my bubble,” and about the increased popularity of artists having exhibitions in their homes and why that is happening. They continue the conversation as Katelynn talks about her life journey, how she got started as an artist and what inspired her...
We begin this segment by hearing from Marissa about how she always wanted to be an artist and how she began and continued her art education and then started her art career. We continue the conversation as she talks about how the therapeutic aspect of art has always been very important to her and how it helps her cope in her own everyday life amidst the challenges that come up from time to time. She then reflects about how her work has evolved over the last three years and how she feels about how...
In this segment, Jeff sits down to visit with Marissa Raglin, the 2018 Skirvin Paseo Artist-In-Residence at her studio on the first floor of the Skirvin Hilton Hotel downtown. She creates ethereal, whimsical collage works with images delicately removed with a cutting blade from vintage magazines, books, and postcards, and she favors the endless assemblages of collage imagery. Using original, unaltered imagery and basic design elements, the images are compiled and become unified, telling one stor...
In this segment, Janet and Jeff continue the conversation about significance of “visual literacy” and the relationship of that to one’s own life journey. Janet also talks about how all that we create in our lives are done so “upon a canvas” and how that relates to art and our own spiritual journeys. We wrap up the interview with Janet sharing some of the most formative lessons she has learned on her journey as an artist and how the artist’s work is ultimately a “conversation with oneself.” Lastl...
In this segment, Jeff sits down to visit with local artist Janet Shepard. She shares information with us about the artwork that she creates, about what inspires her, and about the significance of the spirals that she uses in some of her designs as that comes from her Celtic heritage. As the interview progresses, she talks about the evolution of her work over the long term and how she has grown and changed along with it. As this segment wraps up, she speaks about the importance of what she refers...
In this segment, we hear from Robin about her life's journey and how she started and progressed in her career and positively dealt with challenges in her life. She reflects upon how she began to see the power of the Internet as she worked as a consultant in the automotive sales industry and how this informed her future decision to start WeGoLook utilizing an Internet-based service model. After that, she looks back at her own experience of "taking the leap" and starting WeGoLook after a successfu...
In this interview, Jeff sits down with Robin Smith, CEO of WeGoLook, as she first provides an overview of the company and the services that they offer. Robin talks about how WeGoLook combines technology with an on-demand workforce to help businesses and individuals gather and validate information anytime, anywhere. As the interview begins, Robin shares a story about how she got the idea for this service in late 2009 as a friend of hers was looking to buy a high-end projector on eBay from someone...
In this segment, we continue the conversation with Helen Opper, Curator at The Art Hall as she talks about how she always knew that she wanted to work in the arts since she was a child. She reflects about her life journey and how she transitioned towards studying Art History and receiving her Bachelor’s degree in that field of study and then earned her Master’s degree in Museum Studies from New York University. We then hear about how her career progressed in the early years as she had opportunit...
In this segment, Jeff sits down with Helen Opper, Curator of The Art Hall, which is located at The Rise at 23rd and Walker in Oklahoma City. She explains that they have a specific exhibit schedule and feature various works by Oklahoma City artists as well as works from artists out of the Oklahoma City area, but mostly from within the state. We continue hearing from her about how they focus on featuring diverse kinds of works by artists who don't always have opportunities to exhibit at other loca...
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Philip Baker, CEO of Staplegun, a full service advertising agency with its headquarters in downtown Oklahoma City. We begin by hearing the story of how Philip and his business partner, Brent McCutchen, started Staplegun in their home offices and then continue with him sharing some stories from his earlier life and about how he got started in the advertising business. He shares some stories about how different the advertising business was when he started and t...
We continue the conversation as Danny Joe talks about his life journey and what inspired him to become an artist and about early experiences that have informed his artwork over the years. We then hear from him about a trip to Indonesia to teach art and design and about how it changed his life in so many ways. He talks about how he found himself there through his experiences in fully immersing himself in the people and in the culture despite the difficulties in communicating verbally with people ...
