Frame & Sequence Podcast Update
And a few take aways from 25 Episodes
I’m excited to finally re-launch my podcast, Frame & Sequence, this coming week. It’s been three long years since I’ve been doing it consistently. I debated if it was even worth continuing on. Does the world need another podcast in a world saturated with “content”?
In the end I decided that it was worth it to me and hopefully my guests and listeners. One of the things that truly brings me joy in life is having long meaningful conversations with interesting people about the subjects that fascinate me. Namely art, photography, cinema, travel, and some of the deeper philosophical and spiritual considerations. And if others can also get something out of the episodes, then I’d rather share them than not. I never started this to make money but out of genuine curiosity and that will always be the driving factor.
When I started it, one of my rules that I set for myself was that all of the interviews had to be in person. And I’m sticking to this. I find that I much prefer sitting down with someone face to face. For me, and hopefully whomever I’m interviewing, it creates a more connected and flowing conversation than over the internet. I try to keep it analog where I can.
I’ve also debated using video to record these as seems to be the trend. But in the end I didn’t want to also produce a tv show, which is essentially what that would be. I prefer to keep it a bit more raw, real, and less polished. Besides, I personally am not of fan of video podcast aesthetics. (Why does everyone wear big headphones and look like they are working an air traffic control tower?)
My intent is to keep it casual and comfortable for my guests and focus on the topics at hand. I’m also experimenting with recording them more out in the world, at cafes, coffeeshops, on walks. I like immersive background noise.
I’d love to know what you like and want to hear more of!
I’ve also been re-listening to some of the episodes and thought I’d share a few take aways have that have really influenced me and my own work.
Ep. 5 Karl Gnass iTunes Spotify Google
Karl has been one of the most influential people in my artistic and internal spiritual life. I first got to know him when he taught drawing and painting classes at the Animation Guild in Burbank and we’ve since become good friends. One of the concepts that I’ve always loved of his is: “Come with a question”. I’ll be expanding on this in a future post.
Ep. 4 Matthias Königswieser iTunes Spotify Google
Since I interviewed him, Matthias has gone on to be the cinematographer on some much bigger projects, including, A Man Called Otto, starring Tom Hanks.
One of the things he talked about in our chat is the idea of photographing your life on film. He made the point, that if you get one good photo on film a month for the rest of your life, think of the body of work you’ll have at the end of your life.
I’m getting back into this habit and will write a whole post on my personal approach.
Ep. 21 Renato D’Agostin iTunes Spotify Google
I re-listened to this episode on a recent solo road trip to Arizona and took away so many things. One idea that really stuck out was to just go deeper into my own photography. What does that mean exactly? Again, I’ll be writing a lot more about this in the coming weeks. Give this episode a listen and drop me a comment!
Ep. 24 Jamie Beck iTunes Spotify Google Podcast
One of the things I admire about Jamie’s work is her unique romantic vision of life and how she thinks about, and builds her still life photographs. She always starts with an emotion which is something I’m trying to lean into more.
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