With pianist and musician Jared Ray Gilmore. We talk about the broke, miserable artist trope, substance abuse and addiction, depth work, which is a process of therapy drawn from the work of Carl Jung, and Daemons (both as terms for the shadow self and also as the name of his EP album), sex as creative energy, and other aspects of reconciling the psyche and our numerous “altar ego” forms.  At the time this was recorded, Jared Gilmore was in the process of leaving the digital media arts center nonprofit Spyhop, where he was an audio mentor for teens. He’s currently training under various psychologists and starting https://www.theactualizedself.com/ (his own practice) as a personal mentor in depth-work and other therapies of emotional thought, trauma, creativity, and subconscious. You can contact him the handle @jaredraygilmore on instagram or Tiktok. You can also find all these links in the show notes.  As you get into the episode, please excuse the water trickling in the background at the beginning, that was my self-watering plant system that still couldn’t keep those poor things alive. I have to admit, I’m a neglectful plant parent. There’s also a bit of apartment-life interference throughout, I’m on the hunt for a more soundproof space, but until then, the podcast must go on.  [13:45] Listen to Jared’s EP Daemon on https://open.spotify.com/album/6o4u7JZiF2GoVWG2txtXB6?si=mVtwypXFTHKodHjXqDKJVw (Spotify) or https://music.apple.com/us/album/daemon-ep/1493487462?uo=4 (Apple Music) [14:05] https://modernmythology.net/socratess-daemon-and-ancient-oracles-c5c080641ae5 (Socrate’s Daemon ) [17:50] Sexual energy is creative energy. [34:10] https://skylightcounselingcenter.com/depth/ (What is Depth Work): Diving into Your Psyche [35:19] https://www.amazon.com/The-Alter-Ego-Effect-Todd-Herman-audiobook/dp/B07J1LB6H8 (The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman) [1:10:41] Jared’s Spiritual Mentoring: https://www.instagram.com/jaredraygilmore/ (Instagram) and https://www.tiktok.com/@jaredraygilmore (Tiktok) and https://www.theactualizedself.com/ (Website) Feel free to follow https://www.instagram.com/artbreakerspodcast/ (@artbreakerspodcast) on Instagram for fun behind-the-scenes photos of the artists at work and snippets from the show. And if you have an admired artist you'd like to hear from, visit https://my.captivate.fm/artbreakerspodcast.com (artbreakerspodcast.com) for artist submissions, show notes, and more.