2021-10-18
55 分钟I went from someone who was always thinking, okay, soon.
Soon everything's going to be okay soon.
I'm going to change soon.
If I just say yes to this, then I'll get to that.
And then I said, let's just get to that.
Now let me take the stairs two at a time because I might only get three more minutes.
Hey, so my guest today, Adam J.
Kurz, whose artist identity is Adam JK.
He's a designer, artist and speaker whose work is really rooted in emotional honesty and humor and even a little bit of darkness, but always with the intention of connection and really honoring the reality of any given moment and being honest about it.
He has been making and sharing on the Internet since creating his first fan website at twelve years old.
Eventually went to school for graphic design and learned to express, in his words, slightly too much Adam.
His work embraces the world in a certain backhanded, optimistic way, with a dark sense of humor, or what he describes as positivity adjacent.
And he speaks frankly about channeling human emotions into art and generally just trying to be more okay with whatever we've got and wherever we are in life.
And this comes out often in the form of hand lettered aphorisms and illustrations that you'll find all over the Internet and social platforms, as well as in his books and merch and prints and stationery and brand focused gifts under his Adam JK brand and his books have been translated into over a dozen languages.
His offbeat, fun, irreverent work has been featured everywhere from Nylon and Adweek to Vice, the New Yorker and a lot of other places.
And in his newest book, you are here.
For now, Adam steps more fully into his writer side, sharing longer form stories and insights and ideas.
It's a more expansive look at who he is and what's really in his heart and mind.
So we dive into all of this.
How his lens on work and life have been shaped by an orthodox religious upbringing, what led him down the path of zagging when pretty much everyone else was zigging, and how his recent move from new York to Hawaii has really changed him and so much more.