In following up an episode like Charles Burt’s with a written piece, it can be incredibly difficult to even begin to sift out the useful or impactful bits and translate them into a format like this, due to the quantity of seemingly important words, and seamless way...
Kim McCann is an artist to her core, and one of the most interesting, beautiful souls I’ve ever met. We had an exceptional conversation in Episode 20 of Forging Flame, and there’s much that could be discussed about it here in this heckin’ bloggo. We could talk...
In Episode 19, Ryan and I met up with the boys from Harder Brunch, Dyke Michaels and Kris King. Now, typically, when writing these blogs, especially since they correspond directly to an episode, we try to keep the content relevant somehow to a salient point that was...
Ricardo Laranja is a world class musician, producer, composer, teacher, and he was my primary mentor during my time in college. I can’t understate the positive impact this guy had on my life. In the beginning of this podcast, I stammered a bit trying not to say...
In the future, if, for some unfortunate reason, Forging Flame crashes and explodes against the rocks in a ball of fiery glory, an individual motivated enough to look back through our ancient podcast archives and determine where was the starting point of our demise, is...
This is our heaviest episode yet….by far, but Ryan and I felt it necessary to use our platform to help bring even more awareness to the topic of suicide, and suicide prevention. We’re obviously not professionals, and you shouldn’t confuse our advice with being...
Ryan Penington is living out his own, personal Hero’s Journey. Hailing from the Home Base of Forging Flame, the Hoosier state, this prodigal son has lived an exceptional tale of following his heart and the creative pull that guides him. While he’s absolutely a...
In this far-out episode of Forging Flame, Ryan and I sit down with Joey Turner and “Baby Nick”, from the yet-to-be-released “Mellow + Yellow” podcast. Joey is also a poet, a stay-at-home dad, and the founder of a work-in-progress collaborative art project called “Dojo...
Adorcism is the term used to define the process of willing possession, or at least the acceptance of and assimilation with a possessing entity or force, typically with the intention of using the entity’s power for the benefit of the host. It’s also the name of Ryan M....
Mallory Hodgkin is a beautiful human being. She came to do the typical Forging Flame thing, where she comes and talks about her creative process and inspiration and whatnot, and instead, wound up doing the typical Forging Flame thing, where we have a super-deep...
