The Graffiti Machine

"Most of us have two lives; the life we live and the unlived life within us. Between the two, stands resistance." - Steven Pressfield In this episode, we talk about the force known as resistance; it comes in many forms and keeps us from doing what we need to do. Whether it is doing more art, getting in shape, or starting an important project, resistance always seems to be waiting to fuck us up. Ch...

Your self-talk can function in the same way as a thermostat in your house. Set the thermostat to a certain temperature, it'll keep your house at that temperature. If you have negative self-talk in your mind, you could be setting the thermostat to keep yourself there. 

The internet changed just about every aspect of the world including the graffiti culture. This episode focuses on some positive ways you can utilize socail media as a the powerfull networking tool that it is.

Negative thoughts have a way of derailing even the best of moods, but these thoughts can be a trigger to shift your mind into positive action. Check out the book discussed in this episode Relentless Solution Focus: https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Solution-Focus-Pressure-Underperformance/dp/1260460118

This is a common phrase at the moment, but how does it work? Bus talks about recent concepts that came up during failures and learning from them. Mental health, physical health, business and relationships are connected and slipping in one area usually means you're slipping in others. Check out Andy Frisella's podcast episode on 75 Hard here: https://andyfrisella.com/blogs/realaf-podcast/14-75hard-...

Sometimes we get so caught up in things we forget that the immediate moment is the only time we have control over. We can't change the past, and we can't live in the future. Right now is it.

The host of the Toy Division Podcast and Bus have a deep conversation about the various ways the human brain works. The guys get into the positive changes they made that helped improve their careers, personal lives, graffiti and virtually every aspect of their lives. Check out the Toy Division Podcast on all your favorite podcast platforms and on Instagram @toydivision_podcast.

This week Bus talks with Callye Keen, a physical product manufacturer and coach, entrepreneur, artist, designer, and host of the End Hype podcast. Callye and Bus discuss different ways the knowledge and skills graffiti writers develop over their careers can directly apply to various real world skills like marketing, entrepreneurship, team building, etc.  Check out Callye's podcast End Hype on your...

Getting motivated can be tough, but once you have momentum, it becomes a lot easier to keep moving. Think about a freight train; it takes some time and energy to get up to speed, but once it's going, it's hard to stop. The same can be said for you. This episode goes over some tools to help get that momentum going.

Believing in the outcome can be a huge factor in accomplishing your goals. This can go in both directions; you can believe in the positive to help achieve those results, or you can believe in negative results that will hold you back.

Bus asked @machinestudio followers on Instagram to "Name one thing you think is holding the graffiti culture back." This episode covers some ideas on how we can all lead by example, how teams can be lead more effectively along with some other leadership concepts.   Follow us @machinestudio on Instagram if you want to submit answers to some of these questions.   https://graffitimachine.com

We are the only ones with the power to divide us.

We get back what we give. Put negativity out in the world, you can expect to get negativity back; put positivity out in the world without expecting anything in return, positive things will happen for you.

A lot of people fail to realize that we are not stuck with being the way we are. If things about yourself are not serving you, you don't have to accept them. You have the ability to grow and become a completely different person if you are willing to put in the work.

We humans seem to love comparing ourselves to others. The only person we should be comparing ourselves to is who we were yesterday. Are you moving forward? Can you do better? Someone is always going to have it better or worse than you, but it doesn't change your circumstances.

It's often difficult to make big changes and stay on track, but a small pivot and consistency can get you going down a different path. On this episode, Bus talks about making small shifts and how they can turn into exponential growth.

In this episode, Bus talks about how people bash things like a paint brand, a kind of cap, or a certain style with such conviction. Most of the time, they're just putting things down that don't fit into their own personal taste, but trying to sell it as a fact. Why do people do this?

With art existing for tens of thousands of years and our version of Graffiti being around for a half century, how realistic is it that we are creating something that has never been done? Are we all biters in some way or another, or is it just influence and natural progression?

As graffiti writers, we are faced with a lot of decisions that could have both positive and negative affects on the rest of our lives. The goal of this episode it to shine some light on some of the common decisions most of us have to make in an effort to get people thinking about these decisions before making them.

With all the negativity in the world, we decided to make Wednesdays the official Don't be a Dick day. Listen to the episode for details and check out our Instagram @machinestudio to get involved.

There is growth on the other side of discomfort. This episode talks about intentionally putting yourself in uncomfortable situations frequently to build mental toughness.

This episode shares some insight on how the podcast will move forward, then transitions into some thoughts on how little we have control over and investing energy into the things we do.

Kub was a true force for good in this world and he will be greatly missed. Things won't be the same without him, but we will continue to push forward. This project was very important to him and we would be doing him a disservice by stopping now.

Bus and Kub discuss the our thoughts on people starting graffiti at an older age and those that put the can down and try to get back into it after some years.

Bus and Kub have a conversation about the Us vs. Them mentality.