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A one-off video cathartic where I rant about the recent history of the failure of the Maple Leafs, the experiment of "new hockey" and it's startling parallels with the decline of Canada over the last 10 years, forgive me if I got certain hockey history details wrong. - - - Buy my artwork and artist prints: https://www.giantartproductions.com/ Support my work on Patreon for exclusive content and mo...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this very exciting 100th episode of Content Minded, Prof. Stephanie Wakefield joins me for a brilliant and insightful d...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com On this exciting art-driven VISUAL episode of Content Minded, I explore what I term the modern painters of light. I go over the works of California abstract landscape painter Richard Diebenkorn, the Italian-American abstract expressionist Giorgio Cavallon and some of my favourite Canadian artists like Lawr...

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Apologies for a bit of an absence, but Painting Discourse is BACK. Here I am doing a quick winter lake study while talking about the significance of landscape painting and art as a form of conservationism and sacredness through aesthetic “distance”, and art as a sacred object while quoting a passage from a novel by Yukio Mishima, enjoy, and also please consider purchasing one of my works as well a...

On this episode of Painting Discourse, I come across three rusty chairs leaning up against a birch tree in a wooded field that provided a pretty good visual challenge to paint. I talk about plein air painting and phenomenology, as well as a quote describing the works of Van Gogh from the Deleuze and Guattari book "Anti-Oedipus". There is also a version of this video on my Substack. You can now buy...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this episode of the Content Minded House of Leaves series, legendary and controversial online poster Orcbrand joins me...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com On this special Solo episode of Content Minded, I am back with a lengthy discussion on the possible future of AI technologies as they relate to culture, post-humanism and the fate of civilization. One theory in particular posits that a logical outcome of these technologies will trend towards entropy and de...

On this Painting Discourse video, I paint an early winter study of a dilapidated bridge on location while talking about some aspects of abstract or non-objective painting falling out of favour in the art world, and it’s significance in the 20th and 21st centuries. As well as my love for abstract-expressionism. If you like my work, consider subscribing to my Patreon or Substack linked below for hou...

Welcome back to another episode of painting discourse. Here is a little plein air work from a session at the locks done in the later autumn. I talk briefly about painting composition, 2025 in review, illustration vs. fine art and other things, enjoy, and happy new year everyone! Also consider supporting my work on Patreon or Substack. - - - Support my work on Patreon for exclusive content and more...

Merry Christmas everyone! It was recently my Birthday, I will be back to full podcasting and streaming hopefully soon. But in the meantime, here is a painting video where I capture one of my first winter plein air outings of the season while discussing the history and significance of winter painting, along with some helpful tips for painting in the winter time. God Bless and enjoy. - - - Support m...

There is a quote from the song “Symbolic” by the famous 90s Florida metal band Death: “Savour what you feel and what you see, things that may not seem important now, but may be tomorrow.” This week on Painting discourse, I paint a quick winter field study at a vineyard here in Niagara while talking about the importance of Plein Air painting in capturing a changing geographic landscape in tumultuou...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this episode of Content Minded, the long-awaited cross over with Paultalk is here. We talk about his analysis of the hi...

Today on Painting Discourse (every Monday!) I do a little study by the Welland Canal and discuss a recent short article by my friend and filmmaker Sunwound on current cinema trends and what can be described as “slop realism” in art and films, the current state of the culture industry and lazy trends of art and films appealing to political “discourse” and what this says about cultural stagnation. P...

Painting Discourse is BACK! This week I discuss an article in Palladium magazine about the current state of Canada and it’s ruling elites, it got me thinking about a recent trip I made to a place in Niagara Falls to do a plein air painting study (I have some footage in a recent short) and what my purpose as an artist is in a changing cultural and sociopolitical epoch. Also m frustrations with the...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this episode of Content Minded, Kino Corner once again returns to the show to talk about the life and films of Vincent...

This week’s painting video, I go into a talk about the nature of stagnant mass culture, globalization of culture and the role of art, as well as doing a roadside landscape painting I recorded in 2019. If you enjoy these shorter painting videos, please drop a comment, and consider supporting me on Patreon or Substack for only $5 a month, thank you! - - - PLZ SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON, FOR EXCLUSIVE C...

Trying to go back to a new video content format of painting while I talk about various topics in art and culture, as well as painting tips. Let me know in the comments if you want this to be a regular thing, and please subscribe and support by upgrading to paid for exclusive content for only $5 a month and top help keep the content flowing! - - - PLZ SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON, FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTENT...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this special Halloween edition of Content Minded, the pulp writer Parker Longbaugh joins me to discuss a favourite film...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this episode of Content Minded, Jewel Disc Case of the Innocent X project podcast joins me to discuss the book House of...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this episode of Content Minded, I conclude my interview with Orthodox Icon painter Shayne Swenson, where we go in depth...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this special two part episode of Content Minded, Shayne Swenson joins me to talk about his history with religion and hi...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). On this episode of Content Minded, returning guest Zoomer Schopenhauer joins me to talk about his recent ecological and en...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com On this very special edition of Content Minded, I cover a recent visit to the McMichael Gallery and talk about something very near and dear to my heart as a Canadian Artist, that is the art of Canada itself and its various aesthetics and artistic traditions. I start with a discussion on the Indigenous art...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gioscontentcorner.substack.com (CONTENT NOTE: I Do not endorse everything my guests do or say online or offline, I am a humble interviewer/content aficionado trying to find different and interesting points of view). Today on a special series edition of Content Minded, J Burden joins me for another analysis of the monumental literary tex...