https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Jesse: Jesse Draxler was born in rural Wisconsin, studied in Minneapolis, MN, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. A formal mixed media & inter-disciplinary artist, Draxler has exhibited extensively both domestically and internationally.  Draxler had solo exhibitions in New York at the Booth Gallery in 2017 and 2016, and has been in exhibitions across Europe at galleries in Munich, London, Paris, Hamburg, and Berlin. Draxler collaborates with brands including Hugo Boss, McQ Alexander McQueen, and Ferrari, with original artwork appearing in Elle, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among other publications.  Topics Discussed In This Episode: The path of friendship  The intentionality behind social media  Thinking about the motivations behind what you are doing  Dedication within your craft  Artists relation to sports  Mental fortitude and willpower  The meaning behind Jesse’s latest show, “Table of Losses”  Letting artwork play itself out  The payoff of patience  The sense of urgency that comes with social media  Having a sense of mental separation between yourself and your artistic practice  Ego death  Copying yourself and it equating to an artistic death  Jesse continually re-inventing himself  The emotional weight behind the artwork  Taking criticism as an artist  Modern and Post-Modern art  Moral limits, and how art challenges your morals  Finding inspirations within everyday life  Jesse’s music project “Reigning Cement”  Jesse’s “Love, hate” relationship with his environment  Collaborative pieces of art being influenced by the environment  The concept of a suffering artist  Success and drive  Understanding and creating from a place of purpose  Setting goals within life www.artistdecoded.com Jesse’s Instagram  Jesse’s Website