VIDEO GAMES

Face Masks and Freedom part three with Spider-Man : An About the Tings Episode 134 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

134 • FACE MASKS AND FREEDOM PART THREE WITH SPIDER-MAN

Spider-Man takes over this week, as we continue with part three of our Face Masks and Freedom series.

Lots and lots of stuff on this one, but the mainly it’s about Anxiety, Following the Feeling, and the Balance between Positive and Negative.

Other topics include:
Name the Mole competition,
How Fear Stops Action and Courage Creates Action,
Anxiety of not wearing a Face Mask vs Anxiety of wearing one,
Escaping Reality via Video Games,
How you have to Play the Game,
How you don’t Fight a Dragon in your Boxer Shorts,
Beliefs create Reality,
Feeling a Connection to other Humans,
The power of Positive Lies,
Are there Shape Shifting Aliens Living Among Us?
The New Earth,
Brain Washing,
A Transgender Makeup experience,
Something Fishy’s going on,
and does Spider-Man’s bum look big in this?

Hope you enjoy.

Burnout, Addiction, and the Positives and Negatives of Video Games : Episode 133 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

133 • BURNOUT, ADDICTION, AND THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF VIDEO GAMES

Brain Dump time, as I talk about Burnout, Addiction and the Positives and Negatives of Video Games.

I really liked this, it does go all over the place, but the main topic really was trying to find Balance, and understand Are Video Games are bad for you? Some of the tings include :

Negative Thoughts,
Are Video Games bad or you?,
A new video series called Why I Love…,
Dealing with Addiction,
Doing too much of the wrong thing,
Guilt,
Needing Rest,
Hitting Burnout,
Discipline,
Some of the Positives and Negatives of Video Games,
Meditation,
Observing the Lies of the Mind,
How Portal 2 helps with Problem Solving Skills,
Website Development,
Connecting with Stories and Characters,
Escaping Reality,
How Bad Habits Snowball,
The power of Immersion,
How Video games are Social,
and there’s a lil bit of wisdom from the Talking Shoe :)

Hope you find this one interesting.

Video Game Favourites, with Lara Croft : Episode 128 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson cosplaying Lara Croft

128 • VIDEO GAME FAVOURITES, WITH LARA CROFT

Lara Croft takes over the show this week, as I do a bit of cosplaying, and talk about my Favourite Video Game Characters, Stories, Games, Systems, and Memories :) This was a fun one.

Some of the topics include:

My Day out Cosplaying as Lara Croft,
Retro vs Modern Day Gaming,
Playing Games in the Arcade,
How Video Games Bring People Together,
SEGA vs Nintendo,
How Mario is just a fat bloke,
Playing C64 games with my Sister,
Inspiration for Drawing,
and we end with some Real Life Duck Hunt lol

Hope you have fun with this one :)

VIDEO GAMES ADDICTION : Episode 107 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

107 – VIDEO GAMES ADDICTION & GUILT

This is one of them Therapy sessions, where I empty my Mind on the topic of Video Game Addiction.

It’s something I’ve struggled with all my life; I thought I was over it, but it seems I’m still Trapped in the Cycle of Buying Video Games, Feeling Guilty and Selling Them, only to than want to Buy Them Back Again.

I really have no idea what is going on, or what I’m supposed to do about it, but I know Talking About Stuff Helps.

And some of the stuff I talk about on this one, includes:
The Flow State,
How Racing Games are like Drawing,
Feelings of Guilt,
Are Video Games Sociable or Anti-Sociable,
My herstory with Video Games,
and Dancing on the Dance Floor at University :)

Hope you find this one interesting.

Starving Your Distractions : Episode 102 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

102 – STARVING YOUR DISTRACTIONS

What a weird week this has been. It’s been a week of Distractions, and in this episode I talk about a lil article I found on Steemit.com, entitled ‘Starving Your Distractions’.

This ends up being one of those Therapy Session type episodes where I just talk and see what comes out of my head.

I talk about:

My Art Desk,
Tricks of the Mind,
Detaching from Negative People,
Dealing with Negative Thoughts,
Lucid Dreaming,
Habits,
Having Multiple Devices,
Video Game Addiction,
Video Game Characters,
and Distractions :)

After recording this one I felt a lot better; It’s true what they say…It’s Good To Talk!

Hope you find this one interesting.

What's On Me Bookshelf? Part 2 - Mostly Art Books : Episode 98 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

98 – WHAT’S ON ME BOOKSHELF? PART TWO

Books! I love even more books in this episode, which is part two of looking at the Art and Spiritual Books currently on me bookshelf.

Part one covered mostly Spiritual Books, while this one is mostly Art Books.

Some of the Books and tings covered include:

Color And Light by James Gurney,
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield,
The Natural Way To Draw by Nicolaides,
Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre,
Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling,
The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell,
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho,
Video Game Books,
My Perspective Struggles,
and Entities.

Hope you like it :)

Saying NO : Episode 96 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

96 – SAYING NO

Hope you enjoy this talk about Saying No that goes completely off the rails by the end; I’ve so much more to say about this topic, but it will have to wait for another day as I couldn’t talk anymore by the end. Literally couldn’t speak lol

Some of the tings I did discuss include:

Life Getting In The Way,
Feeling Guilty,
Barrier Technique,
How to Say No,
Overcoming Addiction,
and a bit of coughing!

January was a very odd month for the Podcast, but hopefully normal service will resume next week :)

An Addiction to Buying Tings Therapy Session : Episode 93 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

93 – AN ADDICTION TO BUYING TINGS THERAPY SESSION

Time for a Therapy Session, as I talk about an Addiction to Buying tings like Video Games.

Why is it so hard to stop Bad Habits?

Why do I feel this insane Desire to buy more Video Games, when I don’t even play the ones I already have.

It’s not just Video Games, it can be anything, Clothes, Books … it’s super weird being Addicted to buying tings.

I also talk about:
The similarities between Virtual Reality and Dreaming,
Colouring In Books,
Positive and Negative Thoughts,
Facing Fears in Lucid Dreams,
and lots more.

This one goes all over the place, and I’m super Conflicted and Confused at times during this episode, but I do hope you find it interesting.

STUDYING AND FINDING FOCUS & BALANCE THANKS TO VIDEO GAMES : Episode 88 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

88 – STUDYING AND FINDING FOCUS & BALANCE THANKS TO VIDEO GAMES

Who would have thought playing Video Games would result in better Focus, Balance, and Discipline?

That is what’s happened though; I talk about the past week of Studying on this episode, and how having one day dedicated to playing Video Games seems to be helping me find Balance, and Focus.

I also talk about SVSLearn.com, Studying Fabric Folds, and various Distractions … this one’s also got a bit of a Christmasy vibe to it :)

Hope you find it interesting.