Your Creative Push

Ben Lopez is an artist/illustrator/tattooer from Melbourne, Australia, who creates amazing, visionary work.  Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/benlopez In this episode, Ben discusses: -How he tries not to define himself as an artist. -How psychedelics have helped to inspire him and shape his art. -How he tries to let his art do the talking for him, and how he tries to tap into all of his experiences and put it into the art. -How he had already made the decision in high school to make art for the rest of his life. -The importance of finding your own style so that someone can recognize a piece as yours, just by looking at it. -How an injury changed his trajectory as an artist. -How he wishes he had more time for his personal art. -His plan to come to the United States to do some tattooing/traveling. -What Instagram and social media in general has done for his art and for his career. -How art and creativity has brought him out of a lot of dark places and it constantly brings him happiness and a sense o