Dialogic

Recorded while driving South to a shoot in Seaside and Carmel, I discuss recent projects and upcoming ones. I also checked in on the way back! Enjoy!

Let’s just admit it, social media is pretty dang cool. I’ve met some of my favorite people because of that little smart phone. Social media both provides a way to connect and a reason to create. It is both a network and a stage. It’s kinda silly to demonize social media. That’s like blaming a car for you driving too fast. We have laws limiting how fast you can drive, and yet we engineer some rocke...

This one is a written. Nothing off the dome. Just some good ol' reflections on robots and the state of tech.

Quick rant about comedy and how jokes work according to Freud.

A short rant on subcultures, how they get misrepresented and how that leads to fake culture.

The digital era has changed the way we consume art and literature. Podcasters and YouTubers are our major artists. With the amount of money entering into the digital world of art through NFTs, there is a new market with tons of implications for producers and consumer of art. While this is all interesting, I am convinced that making things is more fun than consuming them and better for us. For this...

A quick rant about difference, complexity and historical periods in art and literature.

Jake J. Thomas thinks out loud about the importance of honesty in communication when it comes to marketing and building culture at an organization.

Anthony Arya. He's something else, man. This young artist is a purebred, an old soul, and a damn fine musician. It's rare to find the combination of talents that Arya has, and he is humble despite his gifts. Definitely one of the shining lights of contemporary music, in my opinion. Check him out on Spotify, HERE: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7d5MWIqKzhGiQDfBtQQsOf

Your favorite podcaster with a middle initial J. ruminates on what it will take to start the work of coming together in this country, in this hemisphere, in general. Why is love a practical approach to working with others? What does being positive do to people stuck in a difficult situation? Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/jakejthomasphoto/

Art is supposed to be exciting. 

I'm back, baby. Welcome to my mind.  I'm here for you. Together we will make this great. Le't start the conversation. 

Coming back from a shoot, I reflect on the creative process and its importance during times of existential dread and uncertainty.

Quick update on the status of the pod and some future designs.

HELLO friends this is Jake J. Thomas bringing you another episode of the Dialogic podcast. I hope you all are well. I wanted to take some time today to discuss the important of creating content during this uncertain time. More than just the importance of creating content I want to think about the best kinds of content to create during this time. This is especially for anyone who has children, work...

So, I have a bunch of things on my mind that I want to communicate to you, and that is the first topic actually. That is what I want to talk to you about the most today: this idea of community and communication. It’s such a strange thing to think that virtually no one in the world is unaffected by this pandemic and nobody seems to be clear about how to deal with the problems, so we have this very...

I'm addicted to wildlife photography. It's just too much fun when you come across a Blue Heron hunting. Here's a story from yesterday's hike... Enjoy! Here's a link to the blog with photos: https://jakejthomasphoto.com/2020/03/30/heron-addict/

Some thoughts and strategies for how to crush this challenging time. 1. Practice breathing. Choose a breathing exercise and practice it for four minutes four times a day. Use this exercise to help calm yourself and to check in with your breathing ability. The benefits of oxygenating your body through deliberate breathing are not to be underestimated. 2. Track your hydration. Choose a drinking vess...

We are down to essential services and that means that we need to get serious. People are having a hard time adjusting to this new reality and I want to help. I have three main ideas right now: 1. Get a journal to vent your emotions. Don't do that on social media. We need that space for important communications. 2. Be solution-based. Do not waste time thinking about things that you cannot change. F...

We are on lockdown, sheltering in place and we don't know where our food is going to come from or how long this is going to continue. A full half of the United States is about to be in full blown crisis mode. I'm strongly suggesting that the way to ground this transition is by sending citizens rations and making the food supply chain transparent. This is a time to stick together even though lots o...

Some thoughts on the start of this scary and strange new world we have entered...

I check in about the recent changes to the Dialogic podcast and explain the invention of Wilder Creatives.

We discuss our experiences with vlogging and the benefits to doing so. Jake talks about the different techniques photographers use in looking back at and editing their photo’s. We discuss the difference between discovering someone and their content on Youtube VS Instagram. We talk about Vanessa Beecroft, her upbringing, past art work and current. Jake speaks about the experience one can have with...

We discuss our first night hike up to the UCSC library.  We also discuss a recent photo of the Wolf Moon rising over the Boardwalk Jake posted that got some traction.  We talk about adapting to a schedule change and coming up with studio lighting and a Portraiture Project. Our links: https://www.instagram.com/madisonmariemodels/ https://www.instagram.com/wildercreatives/ https://www.inst...

Returning to research, we hatch a sustainable plan of doing night hikes up to UCSC’s library. Instead of learning about styles and techniques we want to learn about the people, the leaders of the art world, art history, the tradition we are participating in. The problem with using research for pose ideas is that it feels more natural when you create the pose, organically. (Having maybe some ideas/...