Kendrick Lamar and Rick Rubin Discuss Creative Process, Challenging Yourself, and Meditation
In a 50-minute conversation piece by GQ. Read the accompanying written piece online here.
““I have to have at least 30 minutes to myself,” the California rapper revealed. “If it’s not on the daily, every other day, to just sit back, close my eyes, and absorb what’s going on.””
Meditative Music: French for Rabbits - Claimed by The Sea (PLAN Remix)
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.