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What is this series about?
Every Sunday at 10 am USCT, I broadcast one person on LinkedIn (famous or not) who has challenged me to become a more open-minded thinker.
Why Should I Care?
Before I graduated from Rhodes College (2013), a wise artist once said during a cartonera presentation that it’s important to discern the artist from the person. Otherwise, it can be very difficult to appreciate the artist’s journey.
During my journey as a creative, as hard as it may seem to believe, I've learned you don't need a "clean slate" in order to accomplish your goals (i.e. getting a job or becoming famous). All that you need is a (reasonably) positive outlook on life, which consists of having an open mind, an open heart, and utilizing logic to the best of one's ability (among other things).
My hope is that by the completion of this project, at least one person would be better able to understand this concept. As my high school Japanese teacher, Stephen Campbell, once said, "Mistakes are great because they help us learn."
Who Have You Talked About Thus Far?
So far, here are the people whom I have made posts about:
Selena Quintanilla Perez - "The Queen of Tejano" (May 31st, 2020)
Charles Bukowski - "Your life is your life" (June 7th, 2020)
Roberta Williams - "Creator of King's Quest series and other popular later 70s/early 80s videogames" (June 14th, 2020)
Stephen King - "Author of Carrie, The Shining, Salem's Lot, and other popular late 20th century American horror stories" (July 5th, 2020)
Daria Morgandorfer - "There is no moment in life that can't be improved with pizza" (July 12th, 2020)
Steve Wozniak (“Woz”) - "The man who made Apple great and was regarded as one of the top Tetris players of all time" (July 19th, 2020)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - "A pioneer digital artist, musician, feminist, and much more for natives and non-natives alike since the 1960s"(July 26th, 2020)
Todd McFarlane - "Creator of Spawn comic franchise and founder of Image Comics company" (August 2nd, 2020)
Yoko Ono - "The hated Japanese artist who inspired John Lennon's Imagine" (August 9th, 2020)
George Carlin - "The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television Joke" (August 16th, 2020)
Haruhi Suzumiya - "The Tsundere Who Changed Anime Forever" (August 23rd, 2020)
Hugh Hefner - "The Underdog Playboy who gave African Americans, Gays, and Women a chance to shine in mainstream American media" (August 30th, 2020)
Betsy Sanders - "You don't need to be a techie in order to make tech a part of your life" (September 20th, 2020)
Lewis Carroll - "We're all mad here!" (September 27th, 2020)
Morticia Addams - "Normal is an illusion" (October 4th, 2020)
Vladimir Nabokov - "Light of my heart. Fire of my loins. My sin. My soul. Lolita" (October 11th, 2020)
Nana Mouskouri - "The world's greatest singer" (October 18th, 2020)
Mohamdas Gandhi - "Be the change that you wish to see in the world" (October 25th, 2020)
Nellie Bly - "America's first female undercover pioneer journalist" (November 1st, 2020)
Sigmund Freud - "The Godfather of Modern Day Psychology" (November 8th, 2020)
John Lennon - "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me" (November 22nd, 2020)
"Amazing Grace" Hopper - "An underappreciated STEM writer" (November 29th, 2020)
Ralph Bakshi - "The Godfather of Adult Animation" (December 6th, 2020)
Mitzi Hunt - "Think of a vegetable while I'm gone!" (December 27th, 2020)
Harry Mason - An underrated father figure (January 3rd, 2021)
Why 33?
33 is my sister's favorite number before she passed away...
Any Further Questions?
Definitely reach out to me on here (comment box and/or contacts on this site) if you have any questions in regards to either this project and/or a project that you want to work on me with. :)
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