THINK LIKE AN ARTIST: Engage with Whatever Comes to You, the Dots Will Connect | Joseph O'Connell

Joseph O'Connell is the Founder and Art Director of Creative Machines, a multidisciplinary design and fabrication studio that creates large-scale interactive artworks and experiences worldwide that aim to spark curiosity, inspire change, and transform everyday spaces into places of connection and meaning.

In this episode, we cover:

🔹 The value of trying different experiences in your 20s and trusting the dots will connect later on

🔹 Approaching the creative process like breathing: a balance between taking in inspiration and giving back something uniquely your own

🔹 What we can learn from children and their natural creativity

🔹 Cultivating a meditative state while actively engaging with the world

🔹 How Art and Business can co-exist together

🔹 A powerful mystical experience Joseph had in India

🔹 And so much more!

🔗 CONNECT WITH JOSEPH:

Website: https://www.creativemachines.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephoconnellart/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-oconnell

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Enjoy the show and keep creating!

Carlitos 🐎🌊

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:25) A mystical encounter in India
(00:05:10) Meditation as a tool for self-awareness and transformation
(00:14:02) The creative process as a form of breathing
(00:21:13) Allowing the dots to connect
(00:29:09) The origin and mission behind Creative Machines
(00:35:27) Embracing uncertainty in your 20s
(00:38:09) Designing community through thoughtful business models
(00:44:48) Living spiritual truths through practical action
(00:50:14) Joseph's current thoughts
(00:59:45) Closing: holding dual roles in life and art