Daniel Logan arrives in Studio 809 this week to chat with Nick about his life’s journey from growing up in Colorado Springs, his time in the Air Force, living with PTSD, understanding his father’s creative gifts and becoming an artist. It’s an at-times heavy, but always thought-provoking conversation about art, being creative and how we can validate and build the local arts community here in Colorado Springs.
Yeah, that did just sorta come out like a pretty generic-sounding statement. Look, it’s a dope conversation, that’s all I gotta say. There are plenty of feels to be felt in here. Plus Nick gets to soapbox about housing in Colorado Springs, which so many people complain about, including the Gazette Editorial Board, who are a bunch of fart knockers on a regular basis.
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0:00 Splash/Sponsor/Intro
0:31 Greetings and Monologue
2:06 Ad Break
3:07 Introducing Daniel Logan
3:36 Colorado Springs/Joining the Military
4:49 Do Your Job, Don’t Ask Questions
8:52 Growing Up
12:07 First Job
13:56 The Tribalism of Military Life
22:03 …but then Art.
26:06 Becoming a Better Person
29:42 From Shellshock to Art School
42:04 “You Suck!” to “Hey Cool!”
45:34 The Oldest Student Painter
47:20 Dad, The Artist
53:24 Artist and Salesman and…
1:03:47 Connecting Locally
1:08:21 Making Original Work/The A.I. Struggle
1:15:12 Making a Living on Art/Building Clout
1:22:18 Being in a Community
1:24:32 How do you Build up the Art Scene Here?
1:36:49 Interview Closeout
1:39:25 Credits
1:40:32 Soapbox - Housing in Colorado Springs
