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A podcast centered around design, creativity, and the search for authentic inspiration in woodworking and beyond, hosted by Paul Jasper, Erik Curtis, and Mary Tsai.
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- 2 weeks ago1h 23m
Episode 73 - QUICK & EASY Projects vs. SLOW Masterpieces - Which are YOU & WHY? (w/ Dr. Brad Appelhans)
Do you gravitate towards the quick and easy weekend project or the long haul masterpiece? The answer likely depends on your brain chemistry, your work/life schedule and availability, and your innate ability to tolerate delayed gratification. In this episode, our next installment of The Psychology Series, we tackle this FASCINATING Question with the help of Dr. Brad Appelhans, a PhD psychologist and professor at Rush University Medical Center who has spent his career studying immediate vs. delayed gratification, and by the way, IS ALSO A WOODWORKER. Together we dig into whether our brains prefer the small reward now over the bigger one later, and what that means for all of us in our artistic journey. In this episode: * Brad's "slow vending machine" experiment, and why a 25 second delay is all it takes to change a not-so-good choice * The famous marshmallow test of immediate vs. delayed gratification * Paul's "mini boss" method for surviving 300-hour+ projects * The hot-cold empathy gap: why your future self might regret all those cutting boards * "Failure to launch": why new woodworkers (even surgeons) give up quickly * Brad's strategies for playing the long game: commitment, shrinking the time horizon, choice bundling, and episodic future thinking * A lightning round that gets….. Well, let's say "revealing" To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and the unfiltered AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 [http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467]
- Sep 30, 20261h 5m
Episode 72 - Unpacking Disgust: How what you HATE reveals what you VALUE.
Why spend time examining—or even physically making—"BAD ART"? Is there something to be learned by making BAD ART? Jack kicks off the discussion with her signature college assignment: forcing students to imagine, write about, and physically build the worst piece of art possible to locate their personal "origin of disgust". The trio digs into what it means to experience true artistic disgust—not just mild disliking, but a visceral, blood-boiling reaction to work you feel shouldn't exist or be consumed. From Eric's fiery critique of performance art, to Paul's confession about Mark Rothko's $55 million squares and confronting his own gullibility, to Jack's fierce hatred of epoxy river tables as aesthetic shortcuts—this episode turns hatred inside out. Ultimately, the group realizes that dissecting what you detest exposes your core values, cultural upbringing, and hidden insecurities in a way that can be helpful to finding your true authentic voice! To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and the unfiltered AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 [http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467]
- Sep 16, 20261h 36m
Episode 71 - What YOUR work says about YOU and LIFE (w/ Jordan Coons)
The things we make are not simply objects, but symbols of who WE ARE and WHAT WE OBSERVE in life. This week we sit down with our first ceramicist guest ever, Jordan Koons — potter and educator, to figure out what the things we make are trying to tell us about life and ourselves. We use Jordan's personal manifesto as a map for the episode: 1) Jordan's double-walled vessels, an ornately carved exterior wrapped around a hidden interior, as a metaphor for what we project externally to the world versus who we are internally. 2) Negative space representing human vulnerability as the price of real human connection, and 3) Why chasing "perfection" in handmade work might be missing the whole point of making it by hand in the first place. We hope this conversation stirs up thoughts and emotions inside all of you and you'll share your thoughts with us in the comments. To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and the unfiltered AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 [http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467]
- Sep 2, 20261h 17m
Episode 70 - How to MARKET & SELL Your Work, ETHICALLY
FACT -> Marketing is CRITICALLY IMPORTANT to sell the things we make. However, marketing often comes with an "ick factor" for many of us, as we are exposed to HUNDREDS of advertisements PER DAY, many of which are dishonest and misleading, with the products prioritizing convenience and profits over the environment. How can we break this cycle? Enter Dave Dennis, co-found of Ventana Surfboards & Supplies who takes us through his thinking about ETHICAL MARKETING and helps us understand that there is no easy perfect solution here, but we can CERTAINLY DO BETTER over time. He also discusses the problem of Greenwashing, where companies intentionally misrepresent their environmental friendliness as a means to sell product. Join us for a revealing and eye-opening conversation, and let us know if you decide to try the "TELL NO LIES" CHALLENGE?! Ventana Surfboards & Supplies: https://ventanasurfboards.com [https://ventanasurfboards.com/] Ventana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ventanasurfboards [https://www.instagram.com/ventanasurfboards] To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and the unfiltered AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 [http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467]
- Aug 19, 20261h 31m
Episode 69 - Making it up as you GROW (w/ Farmer Nick Cutsumpas)
How can we be creative when we don't know what the final goal looks like? This is OFTEN the case when we work in teams on collaborate projects, be it at work or in craft. How do we know if what we've produced is good enough? Erik and our esteemed guest, FARMER NICK (a wonderful landscape architect, environmentalist, farmer, husband, and all around beautiful human) talk about how they had to be creative on demand in their netflix show while not knowing exactly how thing would turn out in the end. I think this situation likely applies to ALL OF US in various situations in our life. Also, Farmer Nick tells us why plants are SO IMPORTANT to our lives and personal well-being as humans, what they teach us about patiences, and what are some of the biggest mistakes we make and how we can easily make improvements. Follow Nick on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/farmernick/ To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and the unfiltered AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 [http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467] Gorilla Glue Wood Filler and Wood Glue (less water)mentioned in today's show: http://gorillatough.com/woodworkingisbs
- Aug 5, 20261h 38m
Episode 68 - Trouble GETTING STARTED on something? This episode is for YOU!
We've all been there: Bought the tool, watched the videos, bookmarked the plans. Organized the shop one more time. And somehow the actual PROJECT never happens. This episode is about the INTENTION-BEHAVIOR GAP — the well-documented, deeply human tendency to plan, prep, and research without ACTUALLY DOING THE THING. Is preparation even really about the work? Or is it about avoiding the risk and uncomfortable feelings of finding out the work won't be perfect or we're not good at something in the beginning? We dig into why "getting ready" feels so productive when it's often just a really elaborate form of procrastination. Our RESIDENT Ph.D Psychologist Sherry Pagoto breaks down why intentions so rarely convert into action, and how we can SOLVE THIS PROBLEM with simple realistic steps. Strap in, because it's time to stop TALKING and start DOING To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and the unfiltered AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 [http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467] Gorilla Glue Wood Filler and Wood Glue (less water)mentioned in today's show: http://gorillatough.com/woodworkingisbs
- Jul 22, 20261h 30m
Episode 67 - Is ART for ARTIST, or is ART for the AUDIENCE?
Have you been to a concert where the crowd was involved, singing, dancing, screaming along to their favorite songs. You probably left thinking, "THAT WAS SO AWESOME". Have you been to a concert where you weren't quite sure what the artist was doing? You sat there quietly trying to make sense out of what you were witnessing. You might have left confused or you may have left thinking, "geeeez I've never seen anything like that, how interesting!". In both of these cases something different was happening. In the first case, the art was clearly FOR the AUDIENCE, THE AUDIENCE AS PARTICIPANT. In the second case, the artist was exploring an idea they had or chasing something deeply personal and the art was FOR the ARTIST, with THE AUDIENCE AS WITNESS. In this episode we welcome a close personal friend of Paul's, his college roommate and professional Jazz Bass Player (!!), Thomson Kneeland, to help us understand IS ART FOR THE ARTIST, OR IS ART FOR THE AUDIENCE? To read a brilliant essay Thomson wrote about this topic, click the link below to go to his substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/quantafugue2718/p/the-shared-horizon?r=a9gvw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and theirreverent & somewhat unpredictable AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 Gorilla Glue Wood Filler and Wood Glue (less water)mentioned in today's show: http://gorillatough.com/woodworkingisbs
- Jul 8, 20261h 16m
Episode 66 - Barstool Confessions #6 - Learning from Life Experiences
What happens when two friends sit down and wrestle withlife's biggest questions? In this episode we unveil a new segment called 40,000 ft: What is something that has happened to you recently and what did you learn from it in a global sense? (i.e. when you zoom out to 40,000 ft.) Erik shares that people avoid going near his dog Teddybecause they see he's part pitbull, and that gets him thinking about innate bias, and what biases he has with respect to woodworking. Paul shares his experiences of recent travel and how that has changed him to be OPEN to theuniverse, accepting what life has in store with a sense of unexpected joy instead of being anxious trying to control this chaotic world. And of course, things will go off the rails at times. Join us for an honest, unscripted conversation that just might shift how you see the world—and yourself. To watch the YOUTUBE VIDEO of this episode and theirreverent & somewhat unpredictable AFTERSHOW, subscribe to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=91688467 Gorilla Glue Wood Filler and Wood Glue (less water)mentioned in today's show: http://gorillatough.com/woodworkingisbs
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