Anthony On The Cosmic Nod (Early Release)

Hello creature friends...  lots of posting today :) hope that's ok. 

(AKA BONUS SHIT FOR YOU)

So I've been kicking down the doors between my personal patreon  and this one a bit to allow for some more harmonious crossing of the streams...  This way I can include some more of my creative process with Circa over there as well as share some things that would likely interest you over here & in the end we all benefit from this less compartmentalized world<3

Some of you may or may not know that I make my own podcast called The Cosmic Nod, it is a big part of my personal patreon along with my journey with visual art... I mostly try to talk to creative people about their process, their struggles and successes but honestly these days I just like to let the conversation go wherever it wants to go. 

I have publicly released 20 episodes to date and a bunch more on patreon. My patrons got it last month but this episode with Anthony is still publicly unreleased at the moment and I thought you all would enjoy having a listen before the rest of the world gets their ears on it. 

What can I say? We've been friends for over 20 years, creative partners for over 16 of them and I love the shit out of him.  To this day he remains a constant source of inspiration as an artist and human.  It's a rare thing to be able to work with someone as closely as we have with each other and still be able to have such a loving connection.  That connection is actually  something we all share in this band and it's something that I couldn't be more grateful for. 

Reference : This conversation took place on April 8th. 

Also : Normally my podcast has an intro where I blather on about whatever is going on with me and promote things for the guest and such but I don't include those in these early releases. Just straight to the conversational juice.

A bit of an episode run down for you : 

You pay your admission price over the first 5 mins or so and hear us quickly talk depressing politics before things get much more interesting.

Here are some bullet points for you....

-bye bye bernie 

-oh no sleepy joe

-life in quarantine as an artist and father of 4 

-will this ever end?

-the balance of inspiration vs escapism

-getting out of your own way (creatively) 

-collaboration is like a rock tumbler 

-experiences with gnosis and the cosmic nod 

-evading arrests and other foul fates

-quitting saosin to start a band with me (why the hell?)

-never losing the "holy shit"-ness of what we do

-bizarro alternate timelines

-the real secret vs THE SECRET™

-redirecting Anthony's wild beast 

-Anthony is the God of Trash

I HOPE YOU ENJOY.

xoxo

Colin

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