EP 044: “Art & Creativity Offer Solutions for Humanity” with Michaell Magrutsche - Multimedia Artist | Author | Podcaster | Coach
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Michaell is an Austrian-Californian multimedia Artist, educator, author of 5 art-related books, podcaster, coach, creative advisor and former Newport Beach CA arts commissioner. He is working on raising the awareness of our limitless human potential & wisdom contrarily to man-made limited systems like technology, economy and knowledge. He is the creator and host of 'The Smart of Art Podcast' - the art-podcast for new art-talk about humans’ most valuable power - ART and CREATIVITY.
In this episode:
-the importance of setting boundaries in order to be responsible for showing up as your best self
-how he began his work to offer solutions for humanity and our limitless potential through art and creativity and why he felt the most accepted at a young age in a community of artists
-why being an artist has saved his life and why he couldn’t imagine having a job within a system that doesn’t allow for the space to be creative all the time
-his exploration of why 97% of artists worldwide are living below the poverty line
-why he believes that everything that is exists is creativity and every human being is creative
-why artists have struggled to place value on their work
-why we need to understand the power that our art holds the world and why artists are responsible in guiding the world to recognise this power and the importance of our work
-the physical and non-physical aspects of creating art and how this becomes the physical manifestation for the audience member
-why we need to be more conscious of the ‘starving artist’ narrative and why the systems that humans created have diminished our magic and power as creators
-why throughout history, people in power were worried about how art might be detrimental to the systems that kept us separated and segregated
-how our time in COVID revealed how important art is and why people wanted to become more creative
Michaell's Website: www.michaellm.com
Michaell's Instagram: @michaellart
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