Headmosh with Todd Norman podcast: Recent Episodes
Todd Norman & hand3seen
Todd Norman is a creator, teacher, and documentarian. Big questions about what art is and isn't. The macro and micro choices artists make and what's new and funky on the art scene. Always curious about individual differences on artists and their processes. Headmosh explores how and why humans create, what motivates artists, and where ideas are born. Todd Norman discusses memories, art classroom ideas, inspiration, and tests out interstellar travel techniques.
We’re back— getting back into the pod
new job new thoughts
https://youtube.com/@toddnorman?si=FboRVRGxtz_WXuiU
it's usually better to have multiple opinions around when you're running an organization.
This is realizing how I work, process = trying something new and failing, in order to understand what the new thing is and how it works
repeat
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A collection of Art I just dropped--- web3 people enjoy!!!
https://zora.co/collections/0x12f6aca8e51270464724e659ed3233c442916edb
i love how kids talk to each other — favorite thing about being a teacher is real kid talk,
this podcast is also a video!!!
https://youtu.be/X3l8OnyWE0c
this episode is also a youtube video
https://youtu.be/Iq_OJIb7bGU
goals and staying uncomfortable
Dan Koe has some good stuff out there, check him out,
https://thedankoe.com/
Why is everyone dippin out?
1. pay
2. stress
3. people change careers a lot more
4. Kids have super computers in their pockets
looking back at some, brain dumps and the poems that came out, also Flavorful Origins!!!
sorting through this giant pile of art supplies that students drop on the floor, and how it's saving brand new supplies from the trash can, and sharing Alan Watts stories with a good friend.
of course, give the people what they want, don't be so selfish, :)
research why people like things like this, and how could long
form content be born from it.
“The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.”
― Bill Murray
the first real series of books that made me the reader I am today, grateful for all those choices and endings, Choose your OWN adventure, The originals, with the 70's illustration covers
https://www.amazon.com/Cave-Time-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/055312790X
this has always brought me to new artists and a deeper understanding of the work. Thelonious Monk led to John Coltrane and W. Eugene Smith and the Jazz Loft Project, and NYC during that those sessions, find the source, dig into it, repeat
micro/macro helps keep you moving forward, good to think big picture when you get stuck
how is that young children haven't learned how to be afraid of failure, and when does that happen? Why do we let it happen? What can a teacher do?
it’s all about this infectious energy for whatever it is that you love, and dig, and want to share with others
why and where did these come from?
imagine a waiter observation as part of your job requirements 🙈
there's this park that Mae and I go to, I used to take the dogs there when they were puppies. It's simple, beautiful, and designed with natural giant stumps and sections of unfinished wood made into tables, chairs...there is a natural balance beam of different heights. Love this place
feeling inspired by my own children and feeling compassion for kids struggling in school
quick mid journey update, google it and go on discord and read the directions!!
https://www.midjourney.com/home/
i love that this is mobile, build for the studio, happy with what i have. ❤️ tired and happy
a storm blows in and I almost fall asleep. Thank you whoever you are
https://youtube.com/channel/UCdmr-uqxjji5voODdT-SDUg
some tutorials above
young painters seem to have a sense of what colors go well together, they don't need to be taught color theory? maybe maybe not.
First day of school experiences and thoughts. No masks is easier to communicate. I'm grateful.
school starts and people are weird about coming back in the same room as other people, the art of soccer passes, swimmers
teachings of don juan, Carlos Castaneda, weirdness and refreshing of language, new worlds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda
the story of the food fight and unbecoming shy, a new character is reveled, and what it sounds like when the teachers want to leave the meeting early,
When students help the teacher learn, the beauty of a creative solution, dreaming big, rich, lux dreams,
digging for old photos, and remembering the polaroid enigma,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ryx8XU58RLH8degZ9
new media and it's effect on old media, photography, letter writing, contact sheets, art school dark rooms,
remix knuckleball thoughts with samples from Peace Orchestra, the man pt1
a radio memory, and collections
putting out the podcast no matter what, getting out the house, change your venue, Velvet underground box set, love of music
A band from Uganda named the cranes, and their 1974 song Joy, teaching as a way of sharing and demonstration, as opposed to spraying information at people,
Halfway inn, Ann Arbor. A Doors cover band suprise, and 1996 Ann Arbor. East Quad.
https://theconcertdatabase.com/concerts/mustard-plug-89
Mustard Plug show, 1996
loops, weird patterns that occur and what do they mean, and is the universe looping itself?
Remembering the beauty of leaving one place behind, trying to make a safe space for kids, and weird freestyle at the end.
thinking about my Grandpa's bomb shelter, walking through the woods with Luna, and old shed exploration,
your voice will come through regardless of the equipment, sharing, and connection is the goal, tips and tricks abound, the weird thing about getting new equipment... I always miss the old stuff, even if it works better, --- something about workflow---
I taught for 8 years in a Montessori classroom environment, touched on this today, will discuss more, art teaching and remembering how to draw like a child,
Friedrich Froebel, Montessori, Teaching philosophy, the clay incident,
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
― Pablo Picasso
Thinking about music and musicians that just hit right, when Thelonious Monk is playing the piano like an 88 key drum set, with rings and sweat dripping into alternate universes. The printmaking studio and knowing that it's the best space to create art, finding your best art space and community.
a walk in the rain, breaking in the microphone, Mae gets a compliment on her umbrella, and the train makes a distant impression, Nirvana at Reading is a moment in time, and the recording of the crowd noise and singing reminds me that every situation is special, different, and unique.
Eating poptarts in the showers when practice was rained out, things that swimmers do, backstroke, mirrored googles, swedish googles,
Favorite place #004, looking out the window, finding out what's behind the door. Something walked out of the woods in the night.
Wake up and Headmosh. Morning swim practice and the ecstasy of breakfast. Underwater swim love, tinkle bells and Mae (first ever Headmosh guest)
In woods in Northern Michigan, trouble relaxing and getting started on this episode, until I thought about where my feet were.
Grateful and remembering the teacher that taught me how to Headstand, and the exploration of secret unknown underground caves, tunnels, and mines.
750 words style morning brain dump of memories from Medford. The weird things about the pine barrens, and brain storming story ideas.
Walking and talking in the woods, moving forward with curiosity, and the realization at some point you will run into trouble when you are making something.
Walking the dogs, remembering my first open printmaking studio, and hearing the train in the distance.
Putting all the things together, mixing all the ingredients necessary to surf. Realizing a dream, and making it happen, expect the unexpected when you're trying something new.
Birds in the dunes by Lake Michigan, what was it like 1000 years ago, what is it about seeing a deer in the valley, frozen in your footsteps.
Remembering when I went back to Skilman as a college kid, what moving is like when you leave a school behind, the fun of not giving a shit, patterns, and a sound collage!! beginnings of a song.
Sharing about migraines, visual aura, and how artists look at perception. A short piece of writing follows the podcast, based on a Migraine experience.
Bats and yellow tennis balls, homeruns and summer nights. Memories and storytelling process.
Meandering through the idea that artists need to document their work, remembering another New Jersey memory, and the weirdly intimate world of short videos and podcasts.
Memories of growing up and a friend who shared the best parts of himself and the places and people he knew. Grateful for the people that open up new worlds.
Digging into where your art journey began. What is your history? How does your setting and environment play into your work? How does it ground you? What is your place?
In this episode Hand3seen talks about comfort and mediums, pushing yourself past the realm of comfort. The late David Bowie has some great advice for artists and musicians, and recommends that you should not feel too comfortable.
Try to set up a routine, steer clear of things "musts" that freeze your process. Keep making art and moving forward!
Host: Todd Norman (hand3seen)
Thinking back to some of how I got my art process started. Writers writing about writing were especially important to my journey. Stephen King, short stories, Ginsberg poems, Poetry anthologies, and poetry readings, live performances by bands,