Artist Decoded by Yoshino

Explore the intersection of tarot, artistic creativity, and technical innovation in The Artist Decoded Tarot, a first-of-its-kind deluxe deck and guidebook set from author of Amenti Oracle Jennifer Sodini and artist Yoshino. Jennifer Sodini is an artist, writer, speaker, and producer whose creative endeavors span various realms of art and spirituality. She is the author of Amenti Oracle Feather He...

John Wentz is a contemporary artist whose work is an exploration of process and technique. Working within the classical idiom of the human figure, his goal is to reduce and simplify the image to its core fundamentals: composition, color, and mark-making. Paint application and brush strokes are broad and simplified as a means to connect and convey these ideas to the viewer with an abstract sensibil...

Tim Bettinson is a 27-year-old singer-songwriter and producer most recognized for creating and living behind the lustful, ambient guise of Vancouver Sleep Clinic. Across his catalogue, elements of anthemic indie rock, intimate R&B, and sophisticated folk provide a sweeping film soundtrack for Bettinson's gentle vocal and expansive storytelling. Emerging from his native Brisbane, Australia on the s...

Iranian-American filmmaker Saman Kesh has the most Vimeo staff picks, ever. He attributes this accolade to excessive consumption of rocket fuel and a knack for combining the human experience with a healthy dose of controlled chaos. After his music videos won him YDA Silver at Cannes and two Best Video at SXSW, his foray into advertising was an epic international Superbowl spot for Taco Bell. Since...

Daniele Bolelli is a writer, martial artist, university professor, and podcaster. He was born in Italy and currently lives in Los Angeles. Topics discussed in this episode: Daniele's podcasts History on Fire and The Drunken Taoist (00:05:55) Daniele's writing practice (00:08:51) Family and navigating personal struggles (00:15:03) The origin of Daniele's passion for history (00:30:59) Reflections o...

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Yoshino's essay "Photo Roulette" can be read at Yoshino's Diary on Substack . Yoshino's Links: yoshinostudios.com yoshino.substack.com instagram.com/yoshinostudios twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Wesley Stringer (b. 1985) was born in Oklahoma City and has worked as a photographer for the past 13 years. Stringer began photographing while a BFA student at the University of Oklahoma. His practice is concerned with the natural environment, both in its untouched state, as well as how it relates to the spaces people occupy. The printed image is as important to Stringer's work as the physical and...

James "Munky" Shaffer is best known as co-founder and guitarist for American rock band Korn. With a career spanning three decades, his latest project Venera ventures into experimental electronic territory. Venera L.A.-based James Shaffer and Atlanta-based Chris Hunt converged as Venera in early 2022 in Downtown Los Angeles while working on songs for singer Xhoana X. Their kindred interest and back...

Paul Yoon is the author of four previous works of fiction: Once the Shore, which was a New York Times Notable Book; Snow Hunters, which won the Young Lions Fiction Award; The Mountain, which was an NPR Best Book of the Year; and Run Me to Earth, which was one of Time magazine's Must-Read Books of 2020 and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. A recipient of a Guggenhe...

Johan Van Mullem (Belgian painter born in 1959) persisted in his youthful search for wrinkled faces, seeking the beauty he recognized in an experience engraved on the faces and in the hands.  Since then, the face remains the major subject of his work but over time reversing the imprint of it on his own face while these subjects seem to rejuvenate, disappearing or emerging in a halo of light in old...

Jacqueline Castel is an internationally award-winning director, screenwriter, and curator based in NYC. Her short film work has been featured at more than fifty festivals worldwide, including Sundance, SXSW, Rotterdam, BAMcinemaFest, Sitges, and Fantasia. She has written for and directed cult auteurs John Carpenter and Jim Jarmusch, and collaborated on a film with David Lynch for his Festival of D...

Internationally acclaimed, prominent contemporary artist and social media Influencer; Dan Lam is an artist based out of Texas, US. Lam's sculptural work expresses and plays with sensational dichotomies by combining unconventional materials, organic forms, and bright colors. With contrasting themes verging on beauty and grotesqueness at once, Lam's art provokes its viewers to ponder meaning and exi...

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Yoshino's short story "The Inner Symphony" can be read at Yoshino's Diary on Substack . Yoshino's Links: yoshinostudios.com yoshino.substack.com instagram.com/yoshinostudios twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Christine Kuan is President & Executive Director of Creative Capital, a nonprofit grantmaking organization funding artists creating experimental and groundbreaking new work in the visual arts, performing arts, film, technology, literature, socially engaged, and multidisciplinary forms. Before joining Creative Capital, Kuan was CEO & Director of Sotheby's Institute of Art, and held roles as Chief C...

Mitch Horowitz is a historian of alternative spirituality and one of today's most literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult. He is the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America, One Simple Idea, The Miracle Club, Daydream Believer, Uncertain Places, and the forthcoming Modern Occultism. Mitch hosted, co-wrote, and produced a feature documentary about the occult class...

Cj Hendry (b. 1988) is a New York-based artist originally from Brisbane, Australia. Hendry transforms her fascination with contemporary material culture into large-scale, hyper-photorealistic drawings. Cj Hendry's exhibits aren't intended to be passively observed but, rather, actively experienced through engaging, fun, and thought-provoking exhibits. For her exhibit Monochrome, Hendry and her team...

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Yoshino's short story "And Then Awoke The Butterfly" can be read at Yoshino's Diary on Substack . Yoshino's Links: yoshinostudios.com yoshino.substack.com instagram.com/yoshinostudios twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Brett Amory's multidisciplinary practice is based on the intersection of quotidian and habitual engagements with the everyday world. His works consider moments of visual perception that precede interpretation. Working primarily in painting and installation, he uses the ordinary as a vehicle for extending the familiar into the realms of the unfamiliar. His work has been exhibited both nationally an...

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Yoshino's essay "Wandering and Wondering" can be read at Yoshino's Diary on Substack . Yoshino's Links: yoshinostudios.com yoshino.substack.com instagram.com/yoshinostudios twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Topics Discussed: Living with love and compassion (00:07:48) The journey into understanding (00:11:56) Making impactful decisions (00:15:27) Yoshino's creative life (00:19:41) Manifesting future outcomes (00:25:35) Napolean Hill's concept, "The Definite Chief Aim" (00:27:51) The psychology of money (00:32:02) Yoshino's life as a m...

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Topics Discussed: Dealing with negative thoughts and emotions Yoshino's perspective shifting while running "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu Living in a productivity-focused world Giving ourselves permission to step deeper into ourselves Sufi mysticism Thich Nhat Hanh "Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasu...

Raymond Lee stars as Dr. Ben Song on the new NBC drama "Quantum Leap." Ben is a brilliant quantum physicist leaping through time to put right what once went wrong. Lee also stars in the AMC series "Kevin Can F*** Himself," which begins its second season Aug. 22. Previously, he was a series regular on Alan Ball's HBO series "Here and Now." Additional recurring roles include the HBO Max series "Made...

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Topics Discussed: Making good use of your observations The cop-out of not feeling inspired Observing people's body language and the way they treat animals Yoshino's perspective on street photography The artist's duty "Our hearts all beat for something." - Yoshino Following one's own personal interests Being honest with one's self...

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Topics Discussed: Questioning illusions Envying what others have Finding a deeper understanding of ourselves Brutal honesty with oneself Dealing with trauma Healing Building your intuitive muscle Being conscious of what we give our time to Writing from a place of honesty Embracing paradoxes Yoshino's Links: yoshinostudios.com inst...

Elly Smallwood is a figurative and portrait artist living in Canada. She works primarily in acrylics and oils. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Elly moving from Ottawa to the woods The energetic differences she notices between living in a city versus being in the woods Modern-day false prophets and gurus The power of questioning dogmatic principles Art capitalism Trying to seek balance in the nee...