Untangled Knots

For too many years I had a strong ideas about the kinds of songs I wanted to create and such high standards that I ended up blocking myself off from the flow. My creativity just barely trickled.… a new song every year or two and musical evolution at a snail’s pace, goals piling up without any real progress. Now it kind of seems silly to me. Now I’m taking a new approach to music and art in general...

Part 2 of this amazing conversation with Dr Rune about how to fix our current state of affairs from an individual level that can reverberate out towards community and politics and affect every aspect of society. In Part 1 we talk about how our trust has been violated and how we’ve built our lives on weak foundations, and in part 2 we go more into the individual process of how we can built a strong...

In this important conversation with Javier (@drrune), we go deep into what trust actually is and why it always seems to be broken, how we may be looking at it the wrong way, and how learning to build trust could potentially fix many problems both in our personal lives and in the structure of society and our communities. Part 2 coming soon. You can find Javier on Instagram (@dr_rune) Tiktok ( @drru...

Trying to survive in the world as an independent artist and thinker. Thoughts on exploration and freedom of ideas Support at patreon: Www.patron.com/ipluseverything Novels/music/merch https://linktr.ee/selfhelp4trolls

This is the conversation that convinced me to put up these conversations on audio only podcast platforms like Spotify Apple and Fountain. Prior to this I had been uploading to YouTube. We discuss the struggle artists have trying to share their work on social media and the benefits of different approaches. Mark James Hill is an actor, model and photographer. He’s best known for playing Nikolai in R...

This may be the most controversial podcast we’ve recorded so far. This time we discuss our opinions and experience being disciplined as kids. Obviously our upbringings are very different, from being diagnosed ADHD to the strict Asian upbringing to being hit by teachers. We come from Hong Kong, USA and Nigeria so we have very different stories to share. We go deep on this one. Josediccus’s blog : h...

Javier and I go into our different experiences with shadow work and how it’s helped us grow. We also go into storytelling and some of the mystical symbolism in famous works of fiction from Intersteller to Harry Potter to Westworld

In this episode Cemy and I discuss how curiosity has led us both to live more fulfilling lives, living and traveling abroad, stereotypes and individuality and more about Bali and Indonesia. You can find Cemy’s photography at: www.unsplash.com/cemy My other work (music, fiction, merch, patreon): https://linktr.ee/selfhelp4trolls #culture #travel #stereotypes #individual #podcast #cultureshock #cult...

Vincent and I talk about how we find inspiration to create art (music, fiction, movies) and what motivates our creativity. Both of us have been struggling to find a balance between monetizing our work and keeping it honest and raw. It took us some time but we are finally finding our artistic flow and our voices.

This was a test-run episode from 2021. 3 of us from 3 places share our struggles with money and working, freelance, our attitude towards investments, and how we are navigating this evolving world landscape. Interest in cryptocurrency and Bitcoin as potential mechanisms for social evolution is something that all 3 of us share, and so our conversation naturally leaned towards that towards the end. J...

Talking with Javier about connecting with the city in a spiritual way, facing the shadow, and life as a mirror. Javier is from Venezula and is someone I often find insight from and share ideas with. He is a rune reader, artist, and perhaps even an urban shaman. Our conversation flows from the concept of urban shamanism and our respective locations in Venezuela and Japan (part 1), to our evolving r...

We recorded this after 2 years of the pandemic. Friends around the world were stuck at home, numb and depressed and not sure what to do with themselves. A tiny handful of people I knew were staying positive, myself and Ching Yi included and so we tried to share a little bit of those good vibes with our friends through this podcast episode. I love having her on because she always asks great questio...

What’s considered normal varies from place to place. In some countries, it’s normal to have 1 kid, in others, it’s normal to have 33. In this episode I talk to Karina about polygamy in Nigeria and what it’s like having such a huge family. We also go into traditional medicine practices, many of which I misunderstand when I first hear them.   When I can finally travel to Africa I want to stop in Nig...

Vincent Nijman is a “failed filmmaker” and the mind behind Hypersensitivosaurus, a series of illustrated kids stories for adults. He and I go deep into our creative process and where our inspiration come from, how we interpret what others consider failures and how we keep growing and evolving as artists. We go into how we both struggled with the balance between producing art non commercially and m...

Cemy and I talk about the subtle diffetences between local cultures, exploring out own cities and how our curiosity has given us much more fun and interesting lives. She talks a bit about her home country, Indonesia,and her unique family life and experiences. We were so excited to talk about all our exprrirnces that we jumped between topics a bit, I even forgot to introduce her but it was all good...

In our first "official episode of Untangled Knots, @josediccus and I talk about freelance work, how to earn cryptocurrency creating content, food, dating in Nigeria, and compare life in Asia, North America and Africa. Josediccus’s blog My work: Check out Zack’s work: ⁠Confessions of the Damaged ⁠by I+Everything - A collection of short stories that follows a homeless wanderer who talks to trees as...

Talking with Javier about connecting with the city in a spiritual way, facing the shadow, and life as a mirror. Javier is from Venezula and is someone I often find insight from and share ideas with. He is a rune reader, artist, and perhaps even an urban shaman. Our conversation flows from the concept of urban shamanism and our respective locations in Venezuela and Japan (part 1), to our evolving r...

AI and automation are the hot topic right now and while some people are excited, others are worried about losing their jobs and the potential dangers of this new technology. I find myself worried about what I’m going to do if this technology makes it near-impossible to find a job and what kind of social implications that might have. I’m trying my best to remain positive though, as the future is to...

After a long debate with a friend as to whether or not my YouTube based podcast could really be considered a podcast, I decided to try out audio only podcasting and see how it goes. Please find my on twitter (@ipluseverything) or instagram (@untangledknots) and tell me why I should keep going with this Audio only format