In this cathartic episode with queer recording and visual artist Kye Akoun, we discuss trauma, the importance of space and the consequences of artistic segregation. Are we more motivated when we are alone on our journey? Does our physical environment, country, city matter when it comes to being an artist? How can we cultivate the best environment for being in a creative flow? Do we really need to belong to a creative scene to validate our artistic integrity?

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In this very personal episode I explore the paradigm of shapeshifting, and talk about vulnerability through queer identity. Why are we so inclined to have identity crises as queers? Is it possible to have identity dysphoria in adulthood? What causes queer identity shame? What is a good queer reference point? How to accept the beauty and multi-faceted nature of identity? Are we lost? Or just multi-faceted?
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Sometimes migrating to an entirely new environment as an artist can be paralyzing. I sit with Judas, a creative director and designer based in Paris, to discuss what it feels like to leave home and find a new sanctuary to build. What is home away from home? How intrusive do we have to be to achieve maximum opportunity? Will I be considered a sell-out if I compromise pride to open every door offered to me? Will changing career location affect mental health? What about feelings of doubt, entrapment and inferiority, will these go away once an artist moves to a new city? Perhaps the only way to find home everywhere we go is to stop outsourcing its search and start building it from within.
 
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