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Are you overwhelmed? Do you ever get overwhelmed? Man, I do. All the time. My brain is always on and processing—either trying to process existing ideas or trying to figure out where to put all of the new ones that I haven't had time to really think about. And it doesn't stop. It's all day, every day. There's always a bunch of potential somethings bouncing around my head. And let me be clear—I love it and I'm grateful for it, but it is overwhelming and exhausting trying to keep track of it all and figure out where to put all of those ideas.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I'm still not quite 100% myself, but I wanted to share a quick update. Yesterday was day 12 since testing positive for COVID, and it was the first day that I finally tested negative. Both Adrianne and I had very mild cases, especially compared to some of our friends and family members who really had a it bad. I had a temperature of 100.8 for one day and, other than feeling fatigued and brain fogged for the past week or so, that was pretty much it. Adrianne had it a little worse than me, but not much. The most frustrating part was continuing to test positive for days after the symptoms had subsided. And according to the latest from the CDC, you can continue to test positive for 90 days.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I know I'm a little late on this Iteration and I apologize for that. As you can hear, my voice doesn't sound the way it normally does and maybe that's a good thing. Maybe it sounds better.In the Iteration I was going to do, I was going to talk about finding that thing you live for, that thing that you love, that thing that lights you up. But I have to postpone it because I'm just having a hell of a time stringing two thoughts together. Even going through this right now, I'm live without a net, as it were. I don't have a script or any outline like I normally would have when I record one of these. For this one, all I have is COVID and apparently have had it since sometime over the weekend—and let me tell you, it is not fun. Don't listen to all of those stories telling you how great it is and how all the cool kids are getting it. It's a lie. I've been vaxxed and vaxxed again boosted and, you know, while all of that probably means that it's much less severe and means that the odds of me needing to go the hospital are much less, it still sucks.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

This Iteration was going to be about some of my recent musical explorations into things like VCV Rack and the Arturia MiniFreak (which I may actually end up selling), but instead I'd like to share a recent story with you that sort of blew my mind.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

When I was a kid, one of the things I would look forward to every year was going to the fair. The LA County Fair was massive and in elementary school we always got free tickets—I think they were stapled to our report cards, but I could be wrong. Although I moved around a lot as a kid, it seemed like we never lived very far from the fairgrounds, which are right next to the Pomona Raceway. My dad would take us there to watch the NHRA Winternationals every year and see people like “Big Daddy” Don Garlits and Don “The Snake” Prudhomme drive like bats out of hell down the 1/4 mile. I remember reading that at one point the LA County Fair was the largest county fair in the nation, but I don't know if that's still true. That said, to a 10-year-old, it was huge. QUESTIONSWhat's your favorite part of your creative process?Do you give that part of your process the time it deserves?Email me at talkback@jefferysaddoris.comLINKSSanta Anita Montgomery County Agricultural FairMaryland State FairOlympus EM1 MkII12-40mm f/2.8 Pro lensJerry UelsmannBob BurridgeCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

Over the weekend, Adrianne and I watched a fantastic new documentary by Anton Corbijn called Squaring the Circle. It's about Hipgnosis, the legendary design agency in London formed in the late 1960s by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, or “Po” to his friends. I knew I was going to love it before I even saw the trailer because so much of their work has been etched into my brain over the past four decades of my life. The work they did for Pink Floyd alone would have made them industry icons, but they also worked with Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, T Rex, Yes, Genesis, 10cc, and a ton of other bands over the course of their 15-year run.LINKSSquaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) | Official Red Band Trailer | UtopiaAnton Corbijn on Squaring the Circle, Hipgnosis, Album Covers & Kurt CobainCategory:Album covers by HipgnosisStorm Thorgerson | Designing The ImpossibleStorm Thorgerson, Pt. 1Storm Thorgerson, Pt. 2CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I've come to the conclusion that I can no longer care what you think about my work. And it's not that I don't care about you as an audience, but if I'm worried about you liking what I make while I'm still making it or even in deciding what to make, I'm not putting 100% of myself into it. By not caring what you think, I get to put 100% of my ideas, my skills, and my experience—not to mention effort—into what I'm doing, and ultimately that's better for everyone.LINKSKate BushThe Kick Inside22 consecutive dates at the Hammersmith ApolloCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I've hesitated to really talk much about AI, mostly because I've been on the fence about whether I think it's got the potential to save us or destroy us, and depending on who and what you read, it seems like it's 50/50 either way. It's just too soon to tell and I think these technologies are being adopted so quickly that we haven't given ourselves enough time to think about the ramifications or the potential. Instead, everyone is rushing to become an armchair expert so they can monetize it into oblivion before they even understand it. Honestly, a lot of the talk around AI feels like a YouTube short that promises to teach you how to make thousands of dollars a month from affiliate marketing and drop shipping. Still, some of the image generation tools are interesting and I've been wondering whether or not there's a place for AI in my creative workflow. I know there are a ton of legal and even moral and ethical questions that I still need to sort out for myself, but for the purposes of this Iteration, I'm going to put those aside and just focus on the tools themselves.LINKSStable DiffusionMidJourneyMidJourney TimelineCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I know we're only a little over the halfway mark, but if I could recommend one book as my “must read” of 2023, it would be Rick Rubin's The Creative Act: A Way of Seeing, despite the fact that I haven't actually read it from cover to cover. Let me explain. I started to read it from the beginning but within just a few sentences, I knew it was going to be more of a reference book than a “read it once and move on” kind of book. So I just leave it on my desk and whenever I need a creative boost or a little blast of existential insight, I'll pick it up and flip to a random page and read for a bit. Sometimes I flip to something new, while other times I end up reading something I've read before, which I think is a perfectly reasonable solution given the often-esoteric tone of the wisdom contained within it. My mom used to say, “you're not ready to hear until you're ready to hear it,” which is really a variation on the adage “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” That's exactly what makes this a book that begs a second (or third or even fourth) reading.LINKSI Almost Quit, Then I Read Rick Rubin's BookThe Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick RubinRick Rubin in conversation with Dr. Rangan ChatterjeeCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

This is my eighth summer living on the East Coast and aside from the heat, I am still not used to the humidity. Actually, I don't think I ever will be. I spent the first 48 years of my life living in Southern California and starting when I was about 4 until probably my freshman year in college, I spent most of my summers in Arizona, which was hot but not humid. The landscape and the people left an indelible impression on me and though I can't see myself ever going back—at least to live—I'll always be more drawn to and more at home in the desolate beauty of Arizona and the American West.LINKS152° at Persian Gulf International AirportBuckskin Mountain State ParkParker DamParker, ArizonaLake HavasuLondon BridgeThe Spy Who Loved MeWetbike CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I'm going to try something different, so I really don't know exactly where this Iteration is going to go. I thought I'd just put on some music and write whatever came to mind. At the moment, Dark Star by Crosby, Stills, and Nashis playing in the background, which I love despite not really being a CSN fan. Adrianne found the album at this little record store in DC a few weeks ago that's across the street from our favorite ice cream shop.LINKSMy Mixcast 4 long-term updateMy Mixcast 4 initial reviewDavid Carson nucollage, vol. 1 reviewCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

This has been sort of a weird week for me. Friday would have been my mom's 79th birthday and for the past 14 years, not a day has gone by that I don't think about her. Sometimes only a little, other times, I think about her a lot. I miss our Sunday brunches at Molly's, though Molly sold the place years ago. I miss her smile, which I can no longer remember without looking at a photograph. Mostly, I miss her optimism and her goodness. I miss her advice and her belief in me and her unwavering faith in something greater than all of us that allowed her to see that people were basically good if we could just get out of our own ways and accept one another for the brilliant beings that she believed us to be. I need that right now.LINKSGrand Theft Auto: https://www.rockstargames.com/gta-vSkyrim: https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/skyrim/Zelda: https://www.zelda.com/Red Dead Redemption 2: https://www.rockstargames.com/games/reddeadredemption2On Taking Pictures: http://www.ontakingpictures.com/CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

How do you know when it's time to rethink or refresh your personal brand? It's something I've spent a fair bit of time thinking about lately. But before we dive into that, I think we first need to answer another question and that is what does “personal brand” even mean? According to Gary Vee, “Your personal brand is your reputation.”  Another way he put it was, “Your brand is about how someone feels in the moment when they interact with you or your business.” On the other hand, Harvard Business Review says that your brand is not your reputation, which is based how other people see you, but rather how you want people to see you. Reputation is certainly part of it, but it's not the whole picture.LINKSGary Vee article: https://garyvaynerchuk.com/5-strategies-for-personal-branding-online/Harvard Business Review article: https://hbr.org/2022/02/whats-the-point-of-a-personal-brandThe Futur: https://thefutur.com/Rethinking My Website: https://jefferysaddoris.substack.com/p/rethinking-my-websiteIt's Not About a Watch: https://jefferysaddoris.substack.com/p/its-not-about-a-watchCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

Earlier in the week, a post came up in my Twitter feed that stopped me in my tracks before sending me down a rabbit hole that I think I may be in for a while. It was a post about a watch—or at least the possibility of a watch—by a designer named Sebastian Stapelfeldt, who publishes under the name Carl Hauser. It's a terrific 3D render that looks like something out of one of Syd Mead's sketchbooks, which is one of the reasons it caught my eye. If that reference doesn't mean anything to you, Syd was an industrial designer and illustrator who is probably best known for his work on Blade Runner and Tron. I think first discovered his work in the late 70s, about the same time that I first saw the work of Frank Frazetta. Both of these guys were huge inspirations, though Syd's influence didn't really show up in my work until the mid-90s.LINKSCarl Hauser: https://www.carlhauser.com/Carl Hauser (Twitter): https://twitter.com/crlhsrSyd Mead: https://sydmead.com/Frank Frazetta: https://www.frazettamuseum.com/Imagine 3D: https://archive.org/details/imagine-3D-for-DOSMS-DOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOSSiggraph: https://www.siggraph.org/3D Studio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_MaxSoftimage XSI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOxGqs0Ck8Maya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_MayaLightwave: https://www.lightwave3d.com/Universal Studios: https://www.universalstudios.com/Blender: https://www.blender.org/Ton Roosendaal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_RoosendaalBlender 1.0: https://www.blendernation.com/2020/08/21/blender-1-0-rises-again/Blender stories: https://www.blender.org/get-involved/user-stories/David duChemin: https://davidduchemin.com/David's post: https://davidduchemin.com/2023/06/having-not-gone-farther-on-regret-creativity/CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

As an independent creative, I spend the bulk of my time alone, which means I'm typically in one of my studios in the basement of our house. I have two spaces that have been purpose-built and tweaked over the past few years to fit the different aspects of my creative practice. The analog studio is where I do all of my painting and collage work and the digital studio is where I do everything else that doesn't involve paint, which means research, writing, design, podcasting, and recently a bit of sound design and music. The studios share a common wall that has a double door so I can move quickly from one to the other depending on what I'm working on in the moment. While there are still a few more tweaks to make, I love these spaces, especially since my previous space (if you can even call it that) was a 4-foot section of counter in the laundry room. That said, it's still a basement and all of the things that can work in its favor can also work against it, depending on the mental space I'm in. If I'm particularly inspired, being apart from the other goings on in the house is a welcome detachment that can really allow me to focus. But if I'm in the weeds, those feelings of detachment can easily translate into feelings of loneliness and isolation, both of which I tend to struggle with anyway.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In this Iteration, I want to talk about things, specifically the things in our lives that take on a particular significance because of what they have come to represent and how difficult it can be when we let them go, either by choice or by circumstance.A few days ago, Adrianne and I bought a new car and to say that it was a challenge would be a bit of an understatement. To be fair, the actual car selection process wasn't too bad—especially compared to how long it's taken me in the past (see Iteration 37). But trading in my 2010 Honda Fit proved to be extraordinarily painful—so much so that I had a bit of a meltdown at the dealership and wound up texting Adrianne from the parking lot telling her that I couldn't go back in and that I just wanted to go home.LINKSIteration 37: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jeffery-saddoris-everything/id1438550795?i=10004223765812010 Honda Fit: https://www.edmunds.com/honda/fit/2010/review/Nikon F2: https://emulsive.org/reviews/camera-reviews/nikon-camera-reviews/the-nikon-f2-an-everyday-camera-for-the-21st-centuryWilliam Eggleston: http://egglestonartfoundation.org/Angels Landing: https://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/angels-landing-hiking-permits.htmYashicaMat 124G: https://www.lomography.com/magazine/91134-yashica-mat-124g-a-twin-lens-classicMy Substack: https://jefferysaddoris.substack.com/CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I was sitting in my studio the other day, looking at some of the 100+ paintings I've done over the past few years and out of the blue I thought to myself, “I hate all of these.” Adrianne walked in a few minutes later and asked what was going on and I said, “I think I hate everything I've done.” Adrianne being Adrianne then asked, “Do you really hate it or is it something else?” I didn't answer immediately, but of course it's something else, right? It has to be. But that's how it came out in the moment. To be clear, I don't love every piece I've ever done—I don't think any artist really does—but I certainly don't hate every piece either. So what is it that's really going on?LINKSPicasso: https://www.pablopicasso.org/The New Propaganda: https://projects.jefferysaddoris.com/Grid Variations: https://projects.jefferysaddoris.com/Sean Tucker: https://www.seantucker.photography/Josef Müller-Brockmann: https://www.grapheine.com/en/graphic-design-en/graphic-designer-muller-brockmann-swiss-styleReid Miles: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-blue-note-album-covers/Robert Rauschenberg: https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/Robert Motherwell: https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-motherwellMy Substack: https://jefferysaddoris.substack.comCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

This is Iteration number 100 and before we dive in, I want to say that this one is a big deal for me, not because it's number 100—although, yes, that—but more because it's about what it's taken for me to get here and what I've learned about consistency and my own creative process.If you're an artist or maker of some kind and you're on social media, regardless of the platform, you've undoubtedly heard about the importance of consistency. It's one of the two main things that the algorithm rewards—the other one being time on platform. The problem with platforms is that you either are consistent or you aren't. There's typically no space for flux because the algorithm doesn't care about nuance—it cares about numbers.LINKSIteration 25 On Taking PicturesDeep NatterJerry Seinfeld on Howard SternIteration 97My Substack CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

This Iteration was originally going to be a story that bordered on a rant about trying to buy a new mouse from Amazon that went a little sideways. I'll share some of the details in a bit, but the short version is that it took three attempts to get it right and I'm still not totally convinced that there isn't some shady merchandise being sold as “real” by the world's largest retailer. The best part of the thing was the title—I was going to call it “The Tale of the Mouse.” Clever, right? But as I've been thinking about it for the past few days, I think it's really about something bigger and I think it's something that nearly all of us can relate to—and that is how and why we buy the things we do.LINKSMusgrave PencilsLogitech MX MasterLogitech M720Logitech M720 (Best Buy)KeychronCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can find the full written version of this Iteration on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In this episode, without knowing it, Sean and I each posted something about AI this week and we thought it might be fun to sit down and compare notes. We also talk about the growing problem of loneliness that exists on both sides of the Atlantic and a few of the things we've each been thinking about to help deal with it.LINKSPhotography and the Rise of AIPrompt. View. Repeat.Mali Davies PhotographyLet's Create - The Photography ShowBowling AloneSeattle Coffee CompanyCONNECT WITH SEANWebsite: http://seantucker.photography  Twitter: @seantuck  Instagram: @seantuck  YouTube: @seantuckCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisYouTube: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen, or you can share the episode on social media.MUSICHigh Line by DuffmusiqMusic featured in this episode is licensed from Artlist, which is a terrific music licensing platform for YouTubers and filmmakers.

You don't have to look far to know that AI is everywhere and it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. It's in the news and on social media. It's what your colleagues are talking about when you're at work and what your friends are talking about when you're not. And no matter what you do for a living or for recreation, it seems like AI is going to either disrupt it completely or at least affect it somehow.I've been following the development of some of the more popular AI platforms from the wings for a while now. I've tried ChatGPT, and I recently did an experiment with Midjourney and Stable Diffusion to see how they would handle prototyping ideas for a personal project I'm working on. Even though the results weren't exactly what I wanted, they got me thinking about what I did want in a different way and ultimately gave me some new things to think about and iterate on in my sketchbook. While I can absolutely see the potential power of AI, I can also see some of the potential cost—and that's what concerns me.LINKSMicrosoft Designer - Stunning designs in a flashAI Art Generator – Adobe FireflyDALL·E 2MidjourneyStable Diffusion OnlineChatGPTRick Beato on AIGenerative AI Has an Intellectual Property ProblemCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In 2018 I released a book called Photography by the Letter. It took three years of research, writing, re-writing, designing, and re-designing, and while it wasn't as financially successful as I had hoped, it was one of the most satisfying projects I've ever done. After shopping it around to a number of publishers—all of whom passed on it—we self-published a limited print run and released it simultaneously as an eBook. Opening up the first box of books from the printer and seeing those three years represented as actual objects was a very emotional experience. I sent a copy to Ted Waitt at Rocky Nook, who had been incredibly helpful and supportive while I was writing it. He responded with a lovely email that read, “It is really quite beautifully designed and very well printed. I honestly cannot think of a self-published book that I have seen better production values on. Nicely done!” The book has gotten hundreds of glowing reviews like this, and none of them are wasted on me. As proud as I am of what we accomplished, I remember telling Adrianne that while I would love to write another book, I'd never do another one like Photography by the Letter. The technical nature of the writing was hard, dry, and way outside of my wheelhouse, which is why it took multiple passes to get it right. Still, I loved the process as a whole and have had the idea of writing another book in the back of my head ever since. The question is, which one?LINKSWrite what you know?Quentin Tarantino on writingBrian Eno on ideasCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

A little over a year ago, after getting a very disturbing email from my then web host saying that they were closing shop—without including an end date, mind you—I decided to try an experiment with my website. Rather than simply move my existing Wordpress installation to another web host, I built a new site using a platform called Carrd (affiliate link) which, according to the website, is perfect for building “simple, free, fully responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything.” And while that's mostly true, there are features that allow you to fake displaying multiple pages on a single page and paid features that can add even more functionality. You can also set up subdomains to stand in for additional pages—which is what I've done to display multiple bodies of work—and for the past year or so, it's done exactly what I've needed it to do.LINKSCarrd (affiliate link)CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In this episode, Maarten Rots joins me from the Netherlands for a terrific conversation talking about a recent salon group show he was in and the importance of saying yes to putting our work out into the world. Plus, I pitch him an idea for a potential new zine project and we even talk a little bit about AI…just a little.LINKSKristopher MathesonEverything's a Remix on AIBrian Eno biography (via Amazon)John Cage biography (via Amazon)CONNECT WITH MAARTENWebsite: https://www.maartenrots.nlInstagram: @maartenrotsMarch & Rock magazine: https://marchandrock.comCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Substack: https://jefferysaddoris.substack.com  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen, or you can share the episode on social media.MUSICJeffery Saddoris

For years I've wanted to do some sort of legacy project that would allow me to explore and somehow acknowledge and maybe even come to terms with my family history. As many of you know, I come from a family of railroad workers. In fact, I'm the first and to my knowledge the only male in three generations of my family not to work for the railroad. At the beginning of 2019, I started laying the groundwork for a project that would not only allow me to lean into my family history but that I could also use as a starting point for something much bigger that could end up being the legacy project that I had been looking for. Unfortunately, COVID shut the world down and because the project really had to be done in person, most of the connections I made up to that point and permissions I had secured became moot. I got really upset about it because I loved the idea and it had taken me a long time to get there. But how I wanted to do it was completely disrupted and since at the time nobody had any idea how long the lockdown would last, I put the whole thing on hold, and it's been there ever since.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

Last month, we lost Ryuichi Sakamoto, who was an absolute monster of an artist and since hearing the news I've been going back and listening to a bunch of his catalog, which is not only massive, but it's also incredibly diverse.There are certain artists whose work allows you to see the world differently. If they're really good, they might even allow you to feel it differently. Ryuichi Sakamoto was one of those artists. He worked across multiple musical genres and he was able to tap into and even affect different aspects of the human experience. I think the first piece of Ryuichi's music I heard was Forbidden Colors, which is a vocal version of the theme to a film he scored and acted in alongside David Bowie called Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. It was also the first of what would be decades of brilliant collaborations with former Japan frontman David Sylvian. A friend in college had reintroduced me to David, who I was familiar with from Japan, but it was his solo record Secrets of the Beehive, which featured Forbidden Colors as a bonus track, that introduced me to Ryuichi and I've been a fan ever since.LINKSYellow Magic OrchestraBrandon StosuyDocumentary about the piano that was damaged by the 2011 tsunamiasyncAsiaRoger DeanTales From Topographic OceansHugh SymeStorm Thorgerson Mick RockEric MeolaHipgnosisReid MilesCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

If you've been following me for a while, you know that I'm a big fan of trains and have been since I was a kid. My dad was a railroad man for the Southern Pacific, as were his two brothers, my grandfather, and his father before him. So you might say that trains are in my blood. I remember my dad sometimes taking me to work with him and I would get to ride on the caboose while he did his shift. Of course this was back when trains still had cabooses, which they phased out in the early 80s. My dad really wanted me to go into the family business and he even set up an interview where basically all I had to do was sign some papers and I would have been in. But when I got to the interview, I couldn't get out of my car. I could see the trajectory of the life that would mean and it just wasn't the life I wanted. When I told my dad about it, he was furious with me. And understandably so. He took my response to mean that I thought I was too good for the life that was good enough for three generations of the men in our family. But it wasn't that at all. It wasn't that the life wasn't good enough for me, it was that the life just wasn't right for me. I wanted something different, not better, and he just couldn't understand that at the time. All this to say, I still love trains and will occasionally even go out of my way to see one, but my love absolutely pales in comparison to someone I've been following on Instagram for the last couple of months.LINKSFrancis BourgeoisJoe JonasLouis Theroux Elizabeth GilbertCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In the last Iteration, I talked about how seeing the Philip Guston show at the National Gallery left me feeling a little envious of such a strong personal story, something that my own work just didn't have. I talked to Sean about it over the weekend and shared some of what I had been feeling and he was quick to disagree saying that he thought my work was very personal. He said that in his opinion, my work is a reflection of how I see and experience the world. To him, all of my anxieties, my fears, even some of my childhood traumas are all right there on the canvas. “I know you don't see it,” he said, “but what could be more personal than that?”CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

On Friday I went down to the National Gallery of Art and man I came home in a funk. Usually, I come back super charged up and wildly inspired and just ready to get back into the studio, but Friday was not one of those days. I went down to have lunch with my friend Michelle and after lunch we walked through the Philip Guston show that just opened. I had never heard of Guston before and seeing his work was a very dramatic experience. So much so that after Michelle had leave to get back to work, I ended up going through the show again and taking a little more time on some of the pieces that really resonated with me the first time through. Before you enter the actual show, there's a short video playing on a loop that gives a little background on Guston's life—specifically his childhood as a Jewish immigrant in California, where the persecution of Jews and Blacks by the KKK caused massive trauma that would stay with him for the rest of his life and feature heavily in his art. On top of that, three days after his tenth birthday, his father hanged himself in the shed outside their house and Guston was the one who discovered the body. As a means of processing his childhood trauma, he taught himself to draw and at 14, he started to paint. LINKSNational Gallery of ArtPhilip Guston NowPhilip Guston - WikipediaThe Guston FoundationStedelijk MuseumCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

A few days ago, I read a quote by the great art critic and author Jerry Saltz that goes, “Do not ask what a work of art means. Ask what a work of art does to you. Art is not a thing, or a noun. Art is a verb. Art is something that does something to you.” I've been thinking about the quote ever since and how it really came to me at the perfect time. First of all, I'd already come around to thinking about art as a verb, which I mentioned in a previous Iteration. But the other reason that the quote really resonated is that I'm getting ready to (finally) put my paintings out in the world and I'm thinking about value and worth—specifically financial value and worth.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

For the past several months, Adrianne and Sylvia and I have been watching Fringe, which is terrific show and was one of those shows that I never missed an episode of when it first aired. One of the cool things about rewatching it now is that it's been long enough that I've forgotten a lot of the smaller plot points so that in many ways it feels like I'm seeing it for the first time. If you're unfamiliar with Fringe, it's a sci-fi show that originally came out in 2008 and was created by JJ Abrams, who also did Alias, Lost, Star Trek, and a ton of other things. Fringe centers around a special division of the FBI that investigates all sorts of paranormal phenomenon—think of it as The X-Files meets The Twilight Zone. It's one of those shows that you find yourself talking about after watching an episode, which I absolutely used to do with friends when it first came out and it's what Adrianne and Sylvia and I still do now.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I want to let you know that this is the last regular episode with Sean and me for the foreseeable future. There will be more episodes of Deep Natter in the future with a variety of different co-hosts sitting in, like Jon Wilkening from the last episode, and I'm sure there will be more with Sean, I just can't say when. We have been talking about this behind the scenes for a while now and both of us think that it makes sense to take a break while we each pursue other projects. I think when you listen to the episode, you'll understand why. CONNECT WITH SEANWebsite: http://seantucker.photography  Twitter: @seantuck  Instagram: @seantuck  YouTube: @seantuckCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisYouTube: @jefferysaddorisYou can also connect with both of us by sending an email to deepnatter@gmail.com.SUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen, or you can share the episode on social media.MUSICHigh Line by DuffmusiqMusic featured in this episode is licensed from Artlist, which is a terrific music licensing platform for YouTubers and filmmakers.

A couple days ago I finished the last—at least for now—of a series of paintings I've been calling Cell Damage. I've posted a few of them on Instagram and over the past several days I've been doing an informal post mortem and really looking at them as a body of work to try to determine what worked, what didn't, and why in each piece. I tend to think of my work in series, rather than as individual paintings, so when I finish a series—or at least get to a point that I want to take a break—I like to look at the whole thing and try to pick out a theme or a narrative or maybe just a technique that I'd like to take in a different direction. In that way, I think that all of my work is connected, though it may not be obvious at first. CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

“Sometimes disengaging is the best way to engage.” That's a quote from Rick Rubin's new book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, which I can't recommend highly enough. Before I actually sat down and started reading it as a book, I would flip to a random page and read just what was on that page—and I actually think that with this particular book, that's a perfectly acceptable way to approach it. First of all, the chapters are short—some are only a page or two—and between them are little one or two line quotes like the one I just shared and honestly, there have been a ton of these little thoughts and ideas that have sent me down rabbit holes or connected the dots between things that I have already been thinking about.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

This Iteration is a little different. Earlier in the week, I went into DC to visit a friend at the National Gallery and I took a few notes before and after—just a few thoughts that were in my head on the train ride in and out of the city. I love DC and whenever I go into town, regardless of why I'm there, I always come away recharged and inspired and just generally happier. Adrianne says that I should start doing it once a week. Maybe she's right.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In this episode, I'm joined by Jon Wilkening who, after a disappointing trip out West,  walked away from the creative side of his life to refocus on his family. Now, three years later, the itch to create has started to come back, though he's not exactly sure what that might look like.CONNECT WITH JONTwitter: @jonwilkeningInstagram: @jonwilkening CONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get more conversations like this.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen, or you can share the episode on social media.MUSICHigh Line by Duffmusiq

"Art used to be in charge of us. You used to buy a whole album not even knowing what songs would be on it. Now, we have everything on demand. At your fingertips. In pieces. You think half the people that are posting quotes from Oscar Wilde have ever read one of his plays?  Or posting photos of Audrey Hepburn have actually seen the film that it's from? Not a chance."That was an excerpt from a monologue—and it's just one of several really terrific monologues—from a movie that Adrianne and I watched the other day called Vengeance. I don't want to give away too much of the movie, but I will say that each of us had some expectations going into it and we couldn't have been more surprised at how much we ended up enjoying it. In fact, it's the first movie in quite a while that we've talked about multiple times after watching it. The other thing we've been talking about is The Last of Us on HBO, but I'll save that for another time.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Iterations, as well as Deep Natter, and Process Driven all in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

This month has been incredibly productive for me, both in terms of the painting I've been doing in the studio and in the amount of writing I've been doing. I've got multiple paintings in the works and I've started sketching out the framework for an entirely new body of work, which, if I can pull it off, will be different than anything I've done before. I feel like I'm still riding the wave of momentum that started building over the last couple months of 2022, after coming to some pretty terrific—and in some cases pretty profound—realizations around my work and where I see myself going over the next year. Looking forward is not something I've historically been very good at. Looking back, on the other hand, is something I do really well—often to pick at the scabs of some imagined shortcomings where I think I've failed myself or others. I just can't think about 3 or 5 or 10 years out like some people do, especially since I've spent so much of my life not being able to see a 10 day plan, let alone 10 years.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Iterations, as well as Deep Natter, and Process Driven all in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In this episode, Sean and I are talking about balance—specifically the balance between work and happiness and doing the work you love versus doing the work that pays the bills. Plus, we talk about stepping outside of our respective comfort zones to produce work that's just as challenging for us as it may be to an audience. LINKSParable (Print): Physical Magazine: PARABLE Window Light (vol.1) — Sean Tucker PhotographyParable (PDF + Audio): Digital Magazine: PARABLE Window Light (PDF + Audio) — Sean Tucker PhotographyCONNECT WITH SEANWebsite: http://seantucker.photography  Twitter: @seantuck  Instagram: @seantuck  YouTube: @seantuckCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisYouTube: @jefferysaddorisYou can also connect with both of us by sending an email to deepnatter@gmail.com.SUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Deep Natter, along with Process Driven and Iterations all in one feed.SUPPORTSubscribe in your favorite podcast app and support the show by leaving a review or a rating wherever you listen or by sharing the episode on social media.MUSICHigh Line by Duffmusiq

Before we get started, I'd like to ask you a few questions. There are no wrong answers here, I'd just like to get you thinking about them because they're part of what has inspired this particular Iteration. Do you believe that you should ever compromise when making your art?Are you the only audience that matters when it comes to your art?Is there a difference between art and product? If so, should the approach to making those two different things be different?While you're thinking about the answers for yourself, I'll share my answers to each of the questions. And keep in mind, these answers are just for me and your mileage may vary. I'm actually going to answer these in reverse, and I think by the end you'll understand why. CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Iterations, as well as Deep Natter, and Process Driven all in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In this episode, Maarten Rots joins me from a village in the south of Spain where he's been working on photos for the next issue of his magazine March & Rock. He's also been reflecting on a decade as a photographer and we talk about some of the changes in how he approaches his work and what he gets out of it. LINKShttps://www.andalucia.org/en/genalguacilhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_Nuevohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbellahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Towns_of_Andalusiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteponahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Júzcarhttps://www.andalucia.org/en/genalguacil-cultural-tourism-museo-de-arte-contemporaneo-fernando-centenoCONNECT WITH MAARTENWebsite: https://www.maartenrots.nlInstagram: @maartenrotsMarch & Rock magazine: March & Rock magazineCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Deep Natter, Iterations, and the upcoming reboot of Process Driven all in one feed.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen, or you can share the episode on social media.MUSICHigh Line by Duffmusiq

One of the first books I remember reading was The Outsiders by SE Hinton. Just to be clear — The Outsiders wasn't the first book I ever read; not by a long shot. Even as a child, I had a pretty good sized library, which included classics from Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, and Margaret and H.A. Rey. But The Outsiders was different. It was the first book I can remember that really resonated with me and made me think about language. In fact, it may be the book that began my love affair with the written word.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Iterations, as well as Deep Natter, and Process Driven all in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

I've been listening to a lot more music lately—and not just in the background while I'm doing something else, but in the foreground as its own activity. Growing up, my mom always had music playing in the house. She was a huge Motown fan, so I grew up listening to Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, and way too many others to mention. She and my dad were also big Elvis Presley fans. I think my dad sort of wanted to be Elvis, which probably wasn't all that uncommon for men in the late ‘60s. My mom and her friend Carol actually used to wait outside Elvis' house in Brentwood, hoping to catch a glimpse of him coming or going. Although they never saw him there, they did get the chance to go to a party he hosted in 1969 at the International Hotel in Vegas, but that's another story.LINKSUlla StrausBillow Observatory Lisa Bella DonnaCONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Iterations, as well as Deep Natter, and Process Driven all in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

Last week, I sat down for a conversation with Bill Wadman that was released in this feed as well as the On Taking Pictures feed, which hadn't been updated since 2018. The response to the episode was, well, unexpected to say the least. We've gotten a ton of feedback and I can't tell you how much we appreciate it. We don't really know how often these conversations will happen moving forward, but it's always good to sit down will Bill and just hit the record button and see where we end up.What I do know is that this is part two of the conversation from last week that started with Bill talking about whether or not he was going to return his new Fuji GFX 100. In this conversation we're talking about media, materials, and an incident involving some Ikea shelving that leads us down a rabbit hole around legacy and perspective.LINKSOTP Episode ArchiveIkea IDÅSEN shelvingCONNECT WITH BILLWebsite: https://billwadman.comTwitter: @billwadmanInstagram: @billwadmanCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisYouTube: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get conversations like this, along with Process Driven, Deep Natter, and Iterations all in one feed.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen or share the episode on social media.MUSICEyes This Way by Bill Wadman (w/ Andrea Mann)

Adrianne and I were out walking Cooper earlier and I asked her whether there was a single event that made her 2022 memorable. She thought about it for a moment as we walked and said, “Honestly, I can't think of anything. Can you?” I tried to scrub through the previous twelve months in my mind and I drew a blank too. Nothing stood out. I mean, there are a ton of things that came to mind, like another year of Covid, another year of humans failing the environment, Congress, the Supreme Court, Brexit, China, Russia, Ukraine, Twitter. I could go on, but none of the things I would come up with feel very personal. They affect all of us in one form or another. When we got back to the house, Adrianne asked if she could read me a poem that one of her friends sent her. It's an anonymous poem that was on the Plague Poems Twitter feed.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Iterations, as well as Deep Natter, and Process Driven all in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In 2012, Bill Wadman and I recorded the first episode of On Taking Pictures and for the next 324 weeks, we never missed an episode. Even though Bill and I don't talk every week like we used to, whenever we do, it's like picking up the conversation where we left off. If you've never listened to an episode of OTP, consider this a teaser for the 325 episodes you have ahead of you. OTP changed my life for the better and I always love getting to sit down with Bill, regardless of whether or not we hit the record button. But it's often a lot more fun when we do because we get to share the conversations with you. LINKSOTP Episode ArchiveMichael FremerWilson Watt Puppy speakersFuji  32-64 f/4 zoomFuji GFX100sJohnny Carson Carnac the MagnificentBill's GFX100s playback exposure issuePentax 645zCONNECT WITH BILLWebsite: https://billwadman.comTwitter: @billwadmanInstagram: @billwadmanCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisYouTube: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get conversations like this, along with Process Driven, Deep Natter, and Iterations all in one feed.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen or share the episode on social media.MUSICEyes This Way by Bill Wadman (w/ Andrea Mann)

The other day, Paramount Pictures put up a ten-minute mini-documentary showing some of the preparation and training that Tom Cruise and the production crew went through to perform just one of the insane stunts from the next installment of Mission: Impossible. I say just one because I'm sure that the film is loaded with them. I mean, it's a Tom Cruise movie, so there can't be just one, right? There might be one that everyone talks about, like hanging off of the side of an Airbus as it takes off, or flying a helicopter through a 360-degree corkscrew dive, or performing 106 HALO jumps with a broken ankle just to get three shots, or…well, you get the idea. To say the man is focused is an understatement. Whether you love him or hate him, when it comes to leaving it all in the frame, I can't think of another filmmaker more dedicated to the craft of making movies and entertaining audiences than Tom Cruise—and he's been doing it for decades.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything in your favorite podcast app to get Iterations, as well as Deep Natter, and Process Driven all in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

Before we get started, I want to let you know that we're making some changes to the show. In addition to bringing back Process Driven, these conversations with Sean will go to monthly, rather than twice a month and my goal is to bring in a different co-host for at least one additional episode per month. All of the episodes will still be part of my main podcast feed, which is now called Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everything since I've got some things in the works that will not be a part of the main feed. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out. In this last episode of 2022, we're talking about the year ahead and some of the changes each of us want to make, both in terms of what we do and how we do it.LINKSRichard MosseMaria LaxStefan Sagmeister - Made You LookCONNECT WITH SEANWebsite: http://seantucker.photography  Twitter: @seantuck  Instagram: @seantuck  YouTube: @seantuckCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisYouTube: @jefferysaddorisYou can also connect with both of us by sending an email to deepnatter@gmail.com.SUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Everything in your favorite podcast app to get every show I release in one feed.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen or share the episode on social media.MUSICHigh Line by DuffmusiqMusic featured in this episode is licensed from Artlist, which is a terrific music licensing platform for YouTubers and filmmakers. Use the following link to get two additional months of Artlist free when you sign up: https://bit.ly/JS_Artlist———This post may contain affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, I may earn a commission. Thanks.

This is the sound of me writing. Specifically, it's the sound of me writing this Iteration. I'm using a Slate Gray Pilot Prera fountain pen with a medium nib, loaded with my favorite ink: Namiki IC-100 in blue/black. While I typically sketch and jot down ideas on paper, I do most of my actual writing in an app called Bear, which I've used for a number of years. But for the past several weeks, I've been going back and forth on getting a new iPad to replace my aging second-generation iPad Mini along with an Apple Pencil so that I could potentially retain the feeling of analog writing on a digital device. What I found is that while the mechanics of writing on the iPad might be the same, the feel isn't even close—and that's where it falls apart for me.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Everything in your favorite podcast app to get every show I release in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

For several years in a row starting when I was in junior high, my dad used to take me to the Point Mugu Naval Air Show. Military aviation was something we had in common and the Point Mugu show was always terrific. That was the show I first saw the F-14, the F-15 (which, at the time was the only jet that could actually accelerate on a vertical climb), the F-16, and even the SR-71, which is still my favorite aircraft of all time. Anyway, one particular year—and this might have been around 1979 or 1980, as we walked around the show, we overheard people talking about the Harrier, which neither one of us had ever heard of.CONNECT WITH MEWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Everything in your favorite podcast app to get every show I release in one feed. You can also find a written version of Iterations on Substack.MUSICMusic For Workplaces by Jeffery Saddoris

In this episode, we're picking up at the tail end of a conversation Sean and I were having about money and value and how that relates to art and it reminded Sean of an interview he was listening to with Steven Fry, which helps to set the tone for the rest of the show. Pay particular attention to the beautiful bit of wisdom Sean drops at about the 30-minute mark. LINKSDiary of a CEO: https://stevenbartlett.com/the-diary-of-a-ceo-podcast/The Judge: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872194/CONNECT WITH SEANWebsite: http://seantucker.photography  Twitter: @seantuck  Instagram: @seantuck  YouTube: Sean TuckerCONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com  Twitter: @jefferysaddoris  Instagram: @jefferysaddorisYou can also connect with both of us by sending an email to deepnatter@gmail.com.SUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Everything in your favorite podcast app to get every show I release in one feed.SUPPORTLeave a review or a rating wherever you listen, or you can DONATE to support the shows more directly.MUSICHigh Line by DuffmusiqMusic featured in this episode is licensed from Artlist, which is a terrific music licensing platform for YouTubers and filmmakers. Use the following link to get two additional months of Artlist free when you sign up: https://bit.ly/JS_Artlist———This post may contain affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, I may earn a commission. Thanks.