The Art Life

For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents … “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! This week’s topics include:*The creation of paints, the origin of painting, and the meaning of cave paintings*The history of musical instruments and the musical inspiration derived from simply creating or discovering sounds*The artistry of machinists*The reasons why 1977’s Star Wars was so able to change the entire landscape of cinematic sci-fi and what some of the ramifications of that change have been for the genre (and maybe for society)Finally, as this will be their last episode of this particular podcast until early July, Dean, Jon and Phil take turns revealing what artistic work they plan to accomplish between now and then, and what artful living they will be embracing and experiencing during this time. Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported joint. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe