Faced With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Matthew Stone's Manifesto on Positivity
Visual Artist Matthew Stone uncovers his evolving relationship with optimism in both his work and personal life via NOWNESS. Watch below:
Rather than running at a million miles an hour and feeling like I can do anything, there have been moments where I haven't been able to do some pretty basic things. That alone always manifests a sense of optimism. That experience has changed me and the way that I think.
Healing With Wounds, 2016
Unconditional Commitment To Sacred Love II, 2012
Now that I know that it's not always possible to feel optimistic all of the time I can see that pitching optimism as the primary means of self-actualization for those facing genuine adversity can be a patronizing tool of oppression in itself.
Image: Roman McKenzie
Meditative Music: The Japanese House - Teeth
Artist Decoded: Jean-Paul Mallozzi - "REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN CONDITION"
Artist Decoded is a weekly podcast series created by emerging creative director and photographer Yoshino.
Jean-Paul Mallozzi was born and raised in Queens NYC, and received a scholarship to attend the Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD). Mallozzi was born and raised in Queens, New York, and received a scholarship to attend the Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD). He graduated with B.F.A and has since been highly collected with international exhibitions in galleries, museums and major collections the world over.
Jean-Paul Mallozzi's work explores the broad spectrum of the human condition. Ranging from youthful to mature content, the work encompasses and reveals the idea that while emotions are amorphous, each one emits a color that echoes complex emotional states that all of us can relate to--no matter what language we happen to speak.
Meditative Music: Robert Glasper Experiment - Calls ft. Jill Scott
Artist Decoded: Director Sean Dunne on "MEDITATION, PSYCHEDELICS, AND OPERATING FROM THE HEART"
Artist Decoded is a weekly podcast series created by emerging creative director and photographer Yoshino.
Sean Dunne made his feature-film-directing debut with OXYANA, a portrait of a small coal-mining town caught in the grips of the Oxycontin epidemic. OXYANA premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 where Dunne won the award for Best New Documentary Director as well as a received a Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary.
Dunne has also directed several short documentaries including: THE ARCHIVE (nominated for an Emmy in 2011), MAN IN VAN, THE BOWLER, STRAY DAWG, BLACK BIKE WEEK, TRUMP RALLY and AMERICAN JUGGALO (named documentary of the year for 2011 by the website, Short of the Week). In 2015, Sean Dunne released the micro-feature FLORIDA MAN as well as a feature about online sex workers titled CAM GIRLZ.
Hailed as the “master of fringe Americana” for his ability to honestly capture half-mythical corners of the country, Dunne’s approach to documentary is to give his subjects the ease and opportunity to find their own voice and his viewers the freedom to form their own conclusions.
All of the films are available to watch for free at VeryApe.tv