Eamon Armstrong 3/26/21 Eamon Armstrong 3/26/21

The Play of Creative Work

Life is a Festival #98: Autumn Skye

To succeed as artists, the muse must find us working, but how do we maintain the play and passion that lit our creative fire to begin with?

Eamon Armstrong 2/25/21 Eamon Armstrong 2/25/21

Building Big Art with the Cape's Creator

Life is a Festival #95: Daniel Popper

Inside the creative process with the South African creator of Tulum yogis and Boom shamans.

Eamon Armstrong 1/15/21 Eamon Armstrong 1/15/21

The Transformative Power of Folktales

Life is a Festival #91 Jan Blake

Jan Blake, one of Europe's most renowned storytellers teaches the medicine of myth through six tales.

Eamon Armstrong 12/8/20 Eamon Armstrong 12/8/20

Don't Flail the Derp

Life is a Festival #88: Brad Rhadwood

The king of “lowbrow visionary art” gives us his own version of making lemons into lemonade.

Eamon Armstrong 9/9/20 Eamon Armstrong 9/9/20

That One Time We Saved Burning Man

Life is a Festival #79: Marian Goodell (The Burning Man Project)

Marian speaks on Burning Man’s cultural course correction, how radical inclusivity must now be proactive racial inclusivity, Burning Man’s 2030 Sustainability Roadmap, and how we as a community can pitch in to keep Black Rock City alive.

Eamon Armstrong 8/24/20 Eamon Armstrong 8/24/20

Making a Magic City

Life is a Festival #77 [in Community]: Tony Cho (Metro 1)

From the ashram to Argentina and from Wynwood Arts to Magic City, Tony Cho makes life more festive for us all!

Eamon Armstrong 8/18/20 Eamon Armstrong 8/18/20

Film Festivals, VHS, & Collaborating with Chance

Life is a Festival #76: Quinn Armstrong (Survival Skills Movie)

My brother Quinn’s first feature film, Survival Skills, is playing on demand as part of Fantasia Film Festival starting on August 20th.

Eamon Armstrong 8/6/20 Eamon Armstrong 8/6/20

Founding Everland

Life is a Festival [in Community] #75: Jonny Jenkins (Everland)

Jonny’s journey to create an eco-retreat & immersive art park in Colorado.

Eamon Armstrong 6/1/20 Eamon Armstrong 6/1/20

Visions of an Afropunk Futurist

Life is a Festival #68: Adah Parris (-ism)

Self-isolating in her flat in London, Adah Parris offers her perspective on these difficult times, from Covid-19 to racial injustice in the United States.

Eamon Armstrong 4/17/20 Eamon Armstrong 4/17/20

Financial Resilience for Creatives

Life is a Festival #62: Nick Farr, CPA (The Long Disaster)

Nick Farr, CPA, shares the immediate steps we can take for financial resilience, specifically how to get money from the government including Economic Impact Payments, unemployment benefits, and loans. We talk about how communities can support each other and what people with privilege can do. Once we have some ground under our feet, long term resiliency means switching our mindset from disaster response to birthing a new way of being.

Eamon Armstrong 3/12/20 Eamon Armstrong 3/12/20

A Love Letter to Earnestness

Life is a Festival #55: Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)

Raging against the gatekeepers of cool and waxing about the importance of being earnest. Fame may seem to be a way to transcend death, but if every life is an epic, we are all already famous.

Eamon Armstrong 2/20/20 Eamon Armstrong 2/20/20

The Marvelous Mother Shucker of Mardi Gras

Life is a Festival #52: Katrina Brees (The Bearded Oysters)

We go deep into the history of Mardi Gras with fabulous parades and exclusive balls, prideful showings and pubic wigs. We discuss Katrina’s work advocating against gun violence, microdosing for mental health, and throwing a lemonade party when life gave her its sourest lemon.

Eamon Armstrong 1/15/20 Eamon Armstrong 1/15/20

The Work of Art

Life is a Festival #47: Amanda Sage

“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.” ― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art