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Here’s part two of my interview on the podcast “Teaching Artistry” with Courtney J. Boddie. Be sure to listen to part one and check out the sketches I made during the interview, too!

I made these sketches while being interviewed by Courtney J. Boddie for the "Teaching Artistry” podcast. It’s interesting the ways I draw differently and talk differently when I am doing both at the same time. Go check out the interview, which is split into two parts: here’s part one, and here’s part two.

In Episode 25, "Find Your Way", Courtney speaks to artist and educator, Jason Das. This conversation discusses art and the ways in which we seek or find it. Art is all around us, after all. In this thoughtful and sometimes delightfully meandering episode, which was recorded on a park bench in New York City's bustling Washington Square Park, Jason speaks personally and profoundly about what it means to be an artist. To feel like an artist. He also speaks passionately about meaning-making through visual art by considering: What kind of artist are you? Where, in the world, do you fit in as an artist? What is your personal approach to viewing or making art? Where does your art place within the arts continuum? Listen to hear more about Jason's artistic philosophies and how they fuel his artistic journey and the ways through which he views the world. As you listen, consider this: When you create art, are you saying something about the world around you? If so, what? Why? This enlightening and entertaining episode is one you won't want to miss.

A new work-in-progress, set sometime before Rama ripped out his eyes to make the Sun and Moon ... this could get long.

“Positive Affirmations for Mindful Parenting” (originally published across five pages in Gas Water Nothing #4)

If you like looking at these there are a bunch more at http://www.jasondas.com/wintercolors/ (also they are for sale if you like buying things)

“Roo’s Afternoon” (Originally published in Gas Water Nothing #3)

How simple can a comic be? “Stapler Comics” tries. (Originally published in Gas Water Nothing #1)

Getting ready for SPX this weekend! I'll be at table A6. Selling zines and maybe custom drawings too? (Til then, printer settings kill me every time 😓)

Cachaça Pedra Blanca in the hills above Paraty, Brazil. (Part of a trip with other sketchers at the 2014 Urban Sketchers Symposium.)

“Great Feelings in Twentieth-Century White Art History” (originally published across five pages in Gas Water Nothing #4)

My new zine! Gas Water Nothing #4 debuts at MoCCA fest 2017! I'll be at table A110. April 1st and 2nd at Metropolitan West, 639 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036.

The Sea Is Home (originally published in Gas Water Nothing #2)

Community Voices (originally published in Gas Water Nothing #2)

From the Highline, 2012. Back when I was first starting to work with pencil more.