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EPISODE · Jul 16, 2025 · 9 MIN

Become the Animal You Are with Morrison Gong

from Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) · host Zak Rosen

Sign up for Morrison's online class, EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: PHOTOGRAPHY & DIARISTIC WRITING at The School of Making of Thinking. MORE INFO HERE @ https://www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com/private-eros.html --- Morrison Gong is a Chinese photographer with a background in performance and experimental filmmaking. They invoke the body as a site of haunting, wounding, conjuring and mythmaking. Their work converses with photography's ability to anchor eros and losses within the realm of the physical and the metaphysical. They have been invited as a visiting critic and guest speaker at esteemed institutions such as the Center for Photography at Woodstock, SUNY New Paltz, Haverford College, and Western Washington University. Their video works have been shown at Anthology Film Archives, Microscope Gallery, Vox Populi Gallery, CROSSROADS presented by San Francisco Cinematheque, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, among others. Their photography has been featured on It’s Nice That, Whitehot Magazine and Lomography Magazine. Gong received their BFA from Parsons School of Design and their MA at the New School for Social Research. They are based in Brooklyn, NY. --- Howl with Laura Hawley Get Froggy with Lauren Helmbrecht --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow --- Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better. https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9 --- Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at [email protected] this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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