how you guys doing today it's good to see the lower can up here lower can how you doing today?
GM GM guys, I'm doing good. Hope you guys are doing great as well. Thank you for having me here
Yeah, yeah, I figure we'll just talk a little bit as Barat sets up the room and as people start to fill in, you know
Just want to say what what time is it over there for you?
It's actually around 10 30 p.m. Like at night and I'm at a friend's wedding
I'm like the dog Lorcan. Thank you for joining us, right? Especially with your friend's wedding. We'll try to keep this
We'll try to let you get back to the festivities because we know how fun Indian weddings can be right?
So don't want you to miss all of the the action at the moment, but hey
For everybody here. So, you know, obviously a very poorly kept secret at this point
But Lorcan is gonna be our sixth and final season one artist. So welcome Lorcan to meme friends and
You know, obviously we wanted to do kind of this
I don't want to say Valentine's themed but almost in a way because of the alignment with the timing, you know
It's worked out to be very much Valentine's oriented rate in a way shape and form
So, you know, thank you to para for the inspiration on this particular drop and the timing of this drop and
Lorcan for agreeing to be our featured artist, but
With that, why don't we just you know hop into it? So
Again, you know, thanks. Thanks everybody for joining us
For those of you don't know a little bit of the backstory here is we try to bring artists that
You know may not be getting the spotlight that they're due and try to give them a little bit of a platform with meme friends
Right. So the idea of meme friends was, you know, basically a stewardship between artists and collectors
That want to break outside of the echo chamber, right break outside of you know
The circle jerk of you know, what is considered, you know top tier art and artworks and artists and we want to ensure that we have
you know a proper way of bringing forward artists that want to be a part of
Getting a bit more of a voice in the space, right?
So that's the main intention behind it. It is not a place where people, you know should be looking to somehow, you know
Sell for an exorbitant amount. That's not the idea
The really the idea is very much focused around, you know
Social construction and helping support the artist help provide a little bit more visibility maybe than they had before right?
So even if we can provide a couple of more
Followers who are interested or collectors that are engaged and like the art. That's a win is the way we look at it
Right. So very much focused on you know, the long kill of good artists that are in a space that are not getting exposure
But with that, hey Lorcan, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, right? So you're obviously from India, right? You
You know have been creating art in the space for a while
You know, you're you've got this very unique DNA pattern that cuts across your work
But would love to sort of dig into a little bit of your history, right?
Maybe tell us what inspired you to become an artist in the first place and maybe walk us through a little bit of that journey
Absolutely, so first of all, I'd like to thank you faded and especially power she got like this opportunity
I'm really like humbled to be here and speak about my art
Like it's really ice. I used to attend like the previous ones and I just loved them
So I'm really thankful for that. So thank you for having me
So as for like what inspired me to be an artist
Basically, I'd say that I've kind of been a creative person throughout my life
Just from when I was kid I started like I used to doodle a lot but like I was kind of an introvert
Didn't really feel like I was able to convey what I felt or my emotions
Freely to people or maybe I had that problem of communicating with people
So just maybe art was my escape from all of it. I just found like solace in like
Art I was always like hesitant that maybe I don't want to say something to some some some people or what did they felt?
Bad or what did they judged me?
You know stuff like that like every artist actually goes through that like every interval actually goes through it
So that's how I just stumbled upon other you should doodle very randomly. There wasn't any objective behind it
I used to draw actually stick figure that still do and that's how I like I start every creation of mine
I just create like a random stick figure. That's how it starts
So I guess like I just found my voice and art like I have this line. Okay, it's kind of it's it's like
It just means that where words failed my art spoke like a tale of emotions
So that's not truly that's truly what I feel when I create my art that I'm not really good with words or
Explaining about what I do
But I just feel like maybe if I put my heart into it
If I like stay true to myself and I create then I'm just like expressing my emotions
So that's how I just stumbled upon art
It's just all through just creating and just like putting it out and just like
Just painting it actually what I couldn't say. I just created it. That's how I just like it's but started becoming an artist
I guess that was it. I love that. I love that. I mean and your art is very expressive, right?
I mean, it's there's a lot of emotion that's captured in your artwork
You use a lot of very vibrant colors and you have a very sort of distinct blue which I'll get to in a bit here
But you know like some of your work on Instagram, you know
It shows all of these different styles and palettes, right?
And I think you know, you can see that evolution over time. How did how did that how did that sort of?
Confluence come into being you know
Digital art and NFTs. What was the catalyst for you, you know deciding on?
You know digital art and NFTs as a potential medium. Was there someone that you met in the space? Was there an inspiration?
How did how did you go about that?
So the my previous work is usually every piece I create it's kind of like a time stamp in my life
Like every art I create is like very personal to me
So it's like a time some where I feel like whenever I created it feels like I'm going back to it that
Specific moment whenever I see it. So it just emotion
So all the previous are where you see like an Instagram. I actually deleted a lot of posts. It just happened that
Automatically, I guess I would just subscribe but then I had like a few posts where I used a lot of red
I may be involved from that. I was feeling a little, you know, maybe I was feeling a little emotion
I was just like angry and then I I used it to create that now that I'm
Evolving as an artist I could like switch to blue which you see which is like which is every artwork now
So and for digital are actually I've been a brand designer for about a seven or eight years now
I used to create like logos and branding for like companies
So I was somehow and I was active on Twitter
But I did I used like my other name, which is my IRL name
So kind of I was in a few group chats where I stumbled upon like in Fivosius
They were in the same group chat. So they were just talking about NFTs and selling
So I think a few artists like designers only started picking up on it
So I just stumbled across like NFTs through that then I started learning more about it
I like I did I went on to variable. I guess that was this website at the time
Whenever I was just scrolling through it. I was seeing a lot of art. I just felt like okay there
There there are these artists that are producing work. They're able they're confident in their work
They're posting it and like people are collecting it
So that was like a big shock for me actually because I didn't think that there was a space like this
But I am ideally enjoyed it
I scrolled right a bill like for months actually and then just created my very first piece
I didn't think much about it, but somehow I guess if you guys know about there was this collector 888
They instead of bought my piece apparently like back in the day and I felt like okay that there's something
I don't know what I'm doing, but this is something interesting like
people are actually liking what I'm doing and then
They appreciating what I'm doing like begin as I said, I'm an introvert
so it was really hard already for me to express my emotion and someone like just
being able to see and feel through what art I create and they collected I mean like
Even if they appreciate even if they leave a comment or like a retweet or whatever it is
It just felt like I was just doing the right thing over and over again. Just help me gain confidence in my art
So I guess and digital art was just like I could be anonymous
I didn't have to think about the way I looked the way I spoke or I wouldn't be judged on it
I would just be anonymous and just just help people feel my emotions through my art
So I guess that was the biggest thing which helped me pivot into digital art
I was a kind of a techie like doing brand design, but then yeah digital art was just like I could be myself and
Still not have that fear of being judged by people. I
Love that man. So the anonymity and of course this the fact that you could sort of create work that spoke for you
You know versus having to verbalize it is a very powerful catalyst right and you know
I just I love I love how you kind of sort of teased your way in and the fact
That your work appealed to collectors, you know, of course is a huge
A huge sort of step stepping stone as well. Do you see any unique characteristics, you know and challenges being an Indian artist?
And by the way, lots of Indian artists in the audience shout out to some of my good friends MJ
Rakesh and others I see many of you and if I haven't shut to shout out your name
Apologies, but a lot of folks who I've collected personally were great, you know, Indian artists and South Asian artists as well
Are in the audience here, but were there any challenges that you felt, you know, perhaps it was time zone centric
Or it was just you know awareness and you know, just having your art be seen and known
Yeah, so actually I've had this discussion
We do actually till date have the discussion like in Indian groups and my Indian contemporaries were in art
But it's obviously being from India. It's quite difficult being an artist itself and then having that
Ability to communicate and market to people like in an international audience just adds to it
so the main problem what I feel is maybe like there's a difference in culture, so we just feel like
It's it gets a little bit hard to understand the nuances and the culture and the memes
Which are we like it's hard to get at the bottom of it
We feel like other people might be able to do it better and just being able to communicate that
Just get it's just one of the thing that I feel like
It's the difference from like when I'm if I'm from India
That's one of the main barriers and there's also one thing like the way we bought up if like
The way the when I started and like someone bought my piece. I just feel like I owed them a lot more than just my art
I feel like there was I had to be there for them all the time
I will they were just like I just felt like maybe I didn't didn't deserve what I got and
like if my art is being bought by someone and just that I'm like
Below them and it is that I need to constantly provide something and I owe to owe something to them
That like that confidence is not instilled in us to feel like okay with like we're doing something good
We deserve all the love and appreciation we're getting and if our art is getting collected, you know
We deserve it like it's our skill
like that's what's taken a long time for me to
Like just accept that my skill and what I do is like worth it and like we deserve appreciation as well
It's not like if someone's buying it like I'm really humbled by it
But I don't want to feel like I like I owe them
Just this feeling is just instilled in us
So that's I'm still they trying to get over it like hopefully I'm gonna get over it soon
I just feel like through what is it's gonna evolve as a person and as an artist
Yeah, that's one thing that I feel like
Be like Indian artists feel this way that that is that is very very interesting and I completely agree, right?
I think anybody who's been brought up in that environment has that, you know, it's it's almost like, you know
I hate to call it like a class system, but there is like a class system right and the way we think about stuff and
I think when you sort of expand that out to a global palette and a global collector base and audience
I think those things get compounded at times, right? But I love that man
I love that because like it doesn't matter right? That's what web 3 is about
That's what crypto is about the beauty of it is that nobody needs to know nobody needs to care
it's about just you know a person to person connection and
The emotions that that work drives it doesn't matter if somebody in you know
Any part of the world right even on the moon is is creating the artwork as long as it's something appeals to you
And that's I think the power of you know, crypto and web 3 in general, right?
So the more we can have that the better I think I think we're getting there, right?
I don't I can't confidently say we are because
Discovery and the platforms themselves have their own biases and of course curation has a significant amount of bias, right?
But hopefully in time we'll break through some of those walls. So it's good. It's good
It's good that you feel like, you know, you've you've sort of broken through
Because I think that's very important
From a self perspective as well
Which artists by the way have inspired you right? So as you know is it could be either from you know
Audio from video from the digital art scene are there artists that you know
You look back and say wow this this individual or set of individuals have really inspired, you know
What I've done and the movement I'm in
So the art I do basically what I aim to do actually is just that I wanted to try to tell us to it to people
The I just want like my feeling like if they put in a situation and they can they feel like they're in that situation
So like the artists that do it best. Obviously, I think I'm gonna repeat the same art is like it's gonna be the ACK
He does it best. I think he's my inspiration. I've been like friends with him for like a while back
And I love the way he story tells I mean, that's the kind of storytelling that I wanted to that I aim to do
That's one of the artists then there will be Sam Spratt
I love their work and the storytelling in the whole world that they're building around their work
I mean, that's that's just inspiring the built a whole world around Lucy and then same with a half car
I hope I'm pronouncing their name right there like a huge inspiration in my in
like I just see them just talking to them just feel like you're talking to someone, you know been friends with and
The way they tell the way they share the way the network. They're just like so warm and welcoming. That's the kind of
Person that I aim to be that's the kind of artists actually that I aim to be like I just connect with the way all of
Them actually are able to share their emotion
I could see their work and just identify it and be like I can I could maybe understand the story as well
That's the thing that I want to do if like someone sees my art
I want them to understand my story and understand the situation that I was in
So like these are the ones these are the artists that truly inspire me. I love that man
those three are three that I you know would be top of my mind as well just in the way that they carry themselves right the
There's this you know idea of intrigue that they all build there is
Very clear DNA that permeates all of their work
You know you can tell that they create art because they're passionate about it not because they're trying to
Fulfill an unmet need in the marketplace. It is very much, you know creative driven
You know very inspirational work and I think it's very clear from those three. So, you know three really great names. I
Want to get back to your blue right blue in your art and you know, obviously blue plays a very
Keen sort of role in your work red does as well, right?
And you said you described it as kind of passion, right?
Whatever you're feeling at that period of time and obviously blue is also something that we see with a lot of other, you know
Artists whether it's in digital art or NFTs today like Tejo, right or you know Matisse or Picasso
All of them had their blue period, right?
You've I think referred to blue as your soul
Can you talk to us a little bit more about like why blue has kind of defined your work and that sort of patented blue
That you have and maybe where that all Jen from
So like blue has been just the core of my art to like since I
Shifted from like red and I've just stuck to it since then
So there's like whenever I see blue
I just feel like and in a lot of my artworks as well
You might see that they feel like there's no surface. There's no ceiling. It's just
Existing in this like avoid and just a lot of like vast space and nothingness
I just feel like that's something that I wanted to portray at the time when I used to use my blue
Obviously, I'm I really love the artists that you mentioned especially teacher. Yes, it's work with blue in the shades of blue is amazing
so that's something which inspired me as well to try and
Make myself use the color blue to try and see how like I can work with it and then it just stuck with me
It just calls out to me. I guess in all of the colors. I just have to somehow just get back to blue
I've tried using different colors with it. Just always blue just that feeling of void
Just being free actually and just the warmth actually gives as well. There's blue is such a warm color
I just love it. So that's why I feel like blue really helps me portray my feelings
Well, and then I and yes, they are called souls actually because I wanted them to be beyond a human form
But then if I'm thinking about something I still wanted people to be able to understand what I'm thinking
So I kind of gave them a human form and call them soul just so if someone's seeing them
They are put back into that situation and they can live through that soul that that was my idea of using blue versus red
Got it. Oh super helpful. And then, you know, your art explores a lot of
You know different I would say human experiences right whether it's love or heartbreak
As well as like self-love and perhaps some loathing right through some of your works
You know you share these aspects
Can you tell us a little bit about these themes? Does this come from a personal, you know
Is this like introspective and very personal sort of experiences you've had is it, you know
Something that you've has inspired you that you know help shape kind of what you've created, you know
Maybe talk about that a little bit, right? What other themes are you drawn to as you explore, you know art creativity you will
Do I lose everybody? Oh, you're there. Okay. Good.
Yeah, I think I was disconnecting we are we just so
So more than most of the themes which are surrounded by love heartbreak passion
It's just very personal to me. And as I said before it's like a timestamp to a certain point in my life
Every artwork that I create is based on a situation that I've been through in my life
So it definitely is very introspective and very personal to my own journey
Which is why I feel like kind of vulnerable also
Every time before I like post it and I thinking about like should I push because it's like just a vulnerable position to be in
So and then I just feel like okay. I need to like learn
So for learn my like learn this that people are going to be viewing it and they're going to be seeing the most
Sensitive and vulnerable parts of me. So these are very personal
But yes, I'm just glad that I'm able to do it and then make people feel something about them
Got it. Got it. Hey, so, you know, I'm gonna ask one more question
Lorcan I'm gonna hand it over to faded for a few questions as well
One of your biggest and earliest supporters is anonymous, right? He's a very close personal friend of mine as well and
You know, I think he described it as Lorcan is a voyeur of my soul, you know insta by right in connection to
Your artwork no false promises. Can you share about your connection with him and
How you you know came to be collected by him? What was the you know, what was that experience like?
Actually anonymous is not just one of my earliest corrective is also
they've been such a steadfast supporter who who have been constantly like championing my work through their GM tweets and
they've been consistent they've consistently acquired pieces and like that was there was one of the
times of my like web 3 or NFT career where I feel like I was just
Taken aback by the amount of support that they showed actually for me
They used to like share with their audience GM and they should just talk
they just appreciate like and that to just selflessly and
That to me was like the biggest thing that someone connected with my work this month that they felt like
They felt that good that they just bought it like piece after piece. And honestly, it might sound like I'm trying to like
But it just feel like I honestly believe that one of the reasons why I'm able to continue to pursue art right now and where I
Am right now like anonymous is definitely one of those few reasons where I feel like I'm here right now in this place and now
talking to everyone being able to have confidence in my because
Obviously if someone supports you the way they do like anonymous did to me
you just feel like you're doing something right and then they become your friend and
Like we jokingly also call each other by a time. I mean, that's such a not such a personal thing
I would have never thought that I would have I could meet someone like who would champion my work like this and then we
Just become casual friends. I mean that to me just sounds
So I just love them. I'm very honestly
I'm humble every time I talk about them
I'm very thankful for them honestly for their support
They've been one of the first and very few like constantly been been there for me. I love that
He is definitely a collector's collector, right when he believes in somebody he goes deep with a collection
I mean you look at any of the artists that he sort of is passionate about and he really builds a very deep portfolio
Of their work, right which is you know as an artist
It's it's very humbling and it's it's great to have that relationship with a collector where you can actually go deep
I think it's a super powerful combination
But with that hey faded, let me hand it over to you. I know you have a few questions for Lorcan as well
Yeah, I appreciate it and
Lorcan I first off have to leave and saying that you know you and I know this we've known each other for quite a while
so this is actually a treat for me to finally have a much longer conversation with me than the ones we've had before when I've
Indian spaces and then made fun of and you know because I'm the only one there who doesn't speak the language and it's great
And it's great to learn about your where you come from and your surroundings in your peer group
Because I had that feeling like you just expressed of how is it different?
Jumping into people's cultural spaces and not understanding the language
You know as your primary language when I said I was made fun of I mean in a completely great way not derogatory at all
I was completely welcomed and all of that as well
So I want to make that clear as well
So good to finally have you on here and that we can finally speak and I'm gonna push you a little bit too
Cuz I know I've known you for a while and I know some of the stuff
So I really am going to challenge you but I love having you up here
first thing I want to you know kind of talk about is
We talked about some themes with blue and some also some other themes
Yeah, some color work and some schemes and some themes with love and heartache and really self-love and confidence
But I know also your art explores some surrealist elements and one of your inspirations is Dolly
So are you naturally drawn to the surrealism or is it something that you truly try to inject in your work and kind of express?
Firstly thank you for having me again and and I appreciate you face it like we've been friends for a long time and
You've always been there when I felt low
And you've always been there with your words of appreciation and you and Patrick have just been constantly motivating every artist that I see
so again, thank you for that and really glad to like talk to you finally and
Okay, I'm coming back to your question as you said about surrealism
So the thing is like as an artist you think about that
Why is it that some you are gravitate towards a specific style and and that to me is just like I've asked myself
This and surrealism has been the answer just like when I'm thinking about a piece or maybe a situation
It just goes into like this bizarre
Like roller coaster of emotions that I feel in my head and just like you can't really control it
There's things which don't really happen in real life. So you need to like restrict. So that's why like surrealism for me comes
You know, I just feel like there's no limitation. I'm not limiting myself
Did situations which can or can't happen in real life and I just set my mind free and like I can transcend beyond reality
Not just what happened in real life. I can just try to create what I felt or what I thought about
So that's very important for me. That's what surrealism comes in
I just create pieces from sometimes from my dreams and it feels like the right way of doing them
Just the situation was so bizarre and like surrealism just calls to me that I feel like that's my home
so that's why I call myself a surrealist artist as well because I sometimes think
Situation which just don't happen and that's the best way to put it. No, I love that
And I think that's a perfect segue into my next question
Which by the way, we're not gonna reveal the art today because it is Valentine's Day
And we're gonna obviously reveal it on Valentine's Day, but I do want to talk about the piece that you created
You know a little bit, you know, cuz you just talked about surrealism and allows you just to create your art and freely express it
You know and just to whatever you dream of and whatever you can come up with
So I know you know what stories and lore are you creating with this new work for meme friends?
And how will this evolve, you know, cuz this is gonna be an evolution of your style
So I love you to discuss, you know, what have you dreamt and created for us here?
So this new piece is actually a step forward for my passwords and I
again, I'd like to thank by the cheek of like pushing my boundary for me to push for the knee next for me to push take
the next step and do something new with the piece because
Sometimes you just get stuck in a creative loop where you feel like you're doing something
But then that's when she like she came in and helped me a lot pushing towards so I'm really happy about it
This this piece is definitely a step forward because I'm trying to introduce
An hint at a new and a fresh take on love passion and unity
That's kind of the theme of the artwork obviously it's Valentine's Day
But that's just all my the work that's all about and it's actually also the first time that I've introduced a different palette on a form
And I'm really excited to see how you guys view it and where this journey takes me
Like in the coming days, I've known and evolved a lot as an artist
So I believe that I want to be able to communicate this that would be the next step
So this piece is definitely going to be a step forward from my previous pieces
You you'll relate it you'll relate it back to me obviously, you know that it's done by me
But then you'll see some fresh elements, which I hope you guys like and enjoy too. I
Love that. I love to hear that and I love when artists try to reach, you know
Go outside of their comfort zone and express things because like anything, you know
I'm the fringe boundaries of that comfort zone is where the greatest
You know arts created or anything's created when the emotional state comes in and you know
I'm gonna push you a little bit here and take you down and then pick you a little bit back up in a little bit
But man, I know you've gone through some frustrating times or something
you know and I think one of the greatest gifts that you can actually
Provide to this space and everybody listening right now because I know they're looking down. There's a lot of artists here
Every artist gets in ruts and every artist gets in those stuff periods, you know
And it's hard at times and I know you have been going through it, too
Provide is talking to those artists who are currently in the space where you were or you currently are and how do you deal with?
Those situations when you get down and you get in that and then maybe what is one aha moment that you've realized
You know that has helped pick you up through those, you know
No, I'm not gonna call dark times
But just you know times where you're struggling because every artist goes through that and I think hearing everybody else's makes you realize a
You're not alone in this struggle and be oh, maybe I can do that for myself and get me out of that struggle
So I would love to hear what you have to say about that
Yeah, absolutely I understand
Every artist that's going through this because I went through this and I'm I kid, you know
Actually it was I took at least two to three months off. I didn't touch my iPad and in touch procreate
I didn't touch any art creating like
Application at all because I just felt like if I do something I did I created something I felt like it was bad
I didn't feel like it was doing justice to what I felt and what I emotions
So I just couldn't create you I didn't even have actually the motivation to create some
I know that that sounds like a lot of thing that a lot of artists would feel the same way that you just maybe don't get
Motivated enough at times you feel like you've hit a creative block. So I just gave time to myself
I accepted it that maybe it's not the right time to create art right now and
Try to explore my emotions
Give it some time you you feel exhausted after a while you do so you need to give give yourself that rest
Motivation do you need to get back that motivation that you're doing something, right? You're doing this for yourself
Not for anyone you you start caring about the numbers the likes that he tweets it
It happens as unfortunate and it is everyone goes through this you get start caring about sales
That's when I feel like it just starts going down and you should get stuck in a loop
And then you're just going down and feeling bad when it doesn't happen instantly. So it happened to me
I went for it went through it for like two to three or maybe six months even
Like the last year in the last half of the year, but now since new year began
I've just been feeling motivated than ever to create art like just
Just pour my feelings in my artworks and just present it to you
Right now I'm not whenever I'm creating
I don't think about if it's gonna get likes if it's gonna get sold if it's gonna get like a retweet if it's gonna
Get a position. No, I'm just I just want to be true to myself
Explain what I'm feeling to help you guys maybe feel what I felt and just like just create art
That's what I love. That's why I started in the first place. I didn't start for the money
I started to be able to create and that's what I want to continue to do once you start
Reminding yourself that why you started?
I think it all makes sense and if you feel like you're going through a down period it will get better
Just give yourself some time. Don't push
Yeah, that's an amazing answer and and I know just to keep everybody first of all, it's we're 30 minutes in
I just really want to first off appreciate everybody comes in space
Say thank you for coming and listening and hearing our artists speak as well as you know what we're doing here
So shout out to everybody listening and I only have one or two more questions if anybody wants to come up
We'll certainly start bringing people up if they have any questions for Lorcan or or anything
But you know as I get through these so just know that if anybody wants to come up, please feel free
We're willing to bring people up
The other thing that you know
I said I was gonna bring you down because I wanted to take you to that dark place because I know that you've been there
recently and I think that that really is powerful because
Previously you just talked about the support for that anonymous give you and what that meant and I truly believe to keep it
You got to give it away and you know, you've shown that by retweeting other artists work
You know, I just want to commend you here in front of everyone
You do show up for all your homies you do show up for but I'm just gonna call him out the abyss and all the brothers
That we have in the abyss down there and you know, you're one of the ones that shows up
So I want to publicly just say that but now I'm gonna bring you back up because you know
Let's talk about this. I pinned it up to the top. Your work has been featured in Miami, you know, Delhi, India
Tokyo Japan, New York and Times Square. It was on a giant billboard in a floating past art basil
You know, how did all this make you feel and seeing all of this, you know go down and have you ever been able to see?
Your artwork in real life. You haven't been able to travel there or if not, you know
What does it make you feel like to see it all going down in real life?
Know so first I like to start off but yes shout out to everyone in the abyss
I love XO and whatever he's doing and all the artists in the chat. I love every artist
That's why I do it do it out of love and I just love their work
Okay, and also getting back to your question about exhibitions
so like exhibitions actually and just seeing my work exhibited is like one of the
Things which I cannot actually describe because that feeling is just
Something that I ever thought that I'd be able to achieve
it's just like I still remember seeing the first photos actually and drone shots of
dreams of romance which was actually on a boat in our base in Miami and I
It took me like days to absorb that what was happening to me. I'm just I
Was this little you know guy creating art in in his room?
on an iPad just like doing his own thing being an introvert not talking to people not be able to and
Somehow the next day my art is like on this giant board in front of hundreds of thousands of people
Maybe I don't know and just floating away
I mean just like to this day just feel like like that's one moment where it humbled me and and it again
It just motivates me to keep working on my graph and involved as an artist
I mean, I just feel like if if I can you know get that that's something which was far
Out of my reach I couldn't even think that my art would be there in times
Well in like Tokyo and exhibited and for people to see I mean like you can do anything
That's what I feel and honestly again on a side note my parents when I showed them this like drone shot and food
They actually thought that I was photoshopping my art on some random billboards. I like boats
They're like, how is this even possible? It's like why is there a boat in Miami with the art floating?
That is one you need to accept and that's how I felt actually do like why why is it all happening?
So yeah, I just I'd love it. I just can't explain it, but I'm honestly very humbled
Every time I see my artwork on an exhibition. I just love it's just
That's so amazing man and and I'll say I'm having trouble bringing up rain or Ryan
I'm sorry, I forgot pronounce name. So he's trying to connect. It looks like he is up right now as a speaker though
Then maybe it's something on my end and I'll just you know be quiet
So I have one last question then we can go to the speakers if we want to and you know
I would be remissed if not, what do you get planned for 2024, man?
You know, I know you we took just talked about some solo exhibits. I know you have some prints coming up
So, you know, I'd love you to maybe talk about that and maybe with the prince. Can you go through the process for those?
Yeah, so there's no such plans actually certain stone because I don't want to limit myself, but then obviously I
Avoided I like try to avoid all exhibitions
Last year because I thought that I was still building confidence in myself and my work
So I could make the most of the opportunities that were given to me and didn't want to waste them
So I believe this is the year for that as well. I've been learning and observing artists like, you know grant
Thank you X and after and what how they present themselves how confident they are in their work
How they do is like the solo exhibits that that's something I really want to do this year
so I'm like open to this and I'm really looking forward to actually doing this till last year I didn't because I
Maybe I just didn't have the confidence in it
But now I feel like I've evolved and an artist and I'm ready to do whatever
Like comes my way and as for future I just plan on honestly staying authentic to myself and I work
I feel like there was a time in my career where I feel like I was just
Feeling that everyone's doing better than me. Maybe their art is better than mine or they're doing something right? I'm not it just like
Just conscious being conscious of myself. I feel like I've broken free from that
I just want to absorb what energies are around me and just try to be able to share my work and you know
Just spread love honestly, even if it's like heartbreak, you know, it's it's it's in love, you know, it makes you feel something
That's important to me. I just want to spread love continue what I'm doing
you know get my art and journey in front of like a lot of people and
actually, this is what one of the first steps I actually do because I'm an introvert and like being here talking in front of like
a lot of people in such like amazing names is actually very kind of very
Like kind of scary for me, but I'm doing it, but I love it that I'm doing it and again, thank you for having me
And now with you know 20 minutes left
I definitely want to hear from other people because I learned more with my mouth shut and listening then you know speaking
So I'll kick it back to Bharat then
I think we'll do some some of the speakers and once again if anybody else wants to come up and have a question for
Lorcan, please feel free and
Yeah, then we'll probably close it out after the speakers and stuff
You know, I'll say some more at the end
But right you have any other things before we kick it to the questions
No, I think we should take it to the questions. I look Lorcan the super super insightful, right?
So appreciate you coming up and you know
Also pushing against what you normally sort of avoid
I think it always helps people when they embrace, you know
Things that kind of you know are a little bit shocking and sometimes
Frightening because it makes you come out the other side much more inspired, right?
So hopefully hopefully this provides a little bit of that catalyst
But with that let's let's go to the speakers right feel free to pop any questions up here while you're up
Yeah, and I guess we'll go with I
Apologize if I mispronounce the names we'll go with riot first and then we'll go with row it
You know after that and if you are too shy to come up
You can definitely ask them in the comment section down below and I'll be checking them over there and I can ask them for you
If you are too shy to come up. So yeah brain go ahead and then we'll pass through
Hey everyone, I'm Brian, I'm a Nigerian artist, but
This I'm not really familiar about myself
Obviously, it's not about me, but I just and I don't have any questions. Really. I just came here to appreciate Lorcan for the
You know talking about the the dark times he went through not not really dark times, you know
But talking about the struggles he went through, you know
I'm kind of in that place right now and hearing someone speak about it and say that it gets better
Kind of just reassured me, you know, so I really just came to appreciate him for for you know opening up with that
We appreciate that and we appreciate you for coming up and definitely just saying that you know
Because it's important for everybody get their flowers while they can still smell them. So we appreciate you for coming up and row it
How you doing, man? What do you got for us?
Hey guys, hey Bharat. Hey faded. Hey, Laura. So just want to start off by saying I'm a
Huge admirer for Laura's art. We've met a couple of times and we've been friends for past years now and
I have a question for law
In his pieces, I see a lot of butterflies like almost all of the pieces have butterflies
So I wanted to ask the significance of them if he could like tell me a little bit about him
Maybe he's a little disconnected. Lorcan. Are you there buddy? We're able to hear the question
So I can't actually hear anyone else. It just shows about it faded like and me in the speaker. So could you like maybe yeah
Sure he asked about your uses of butterflies
I notice that you like to use a lot of are you meant to use butterflies in your pieces and they've shown up
You know, are you using them as a theme or you know, what is it with the butterflies and not in your work? Oh
Yes, absolutely. Sorry, I couldn't just hear it it just shows three speakers my back so yeah again
Thank you for that question. So actually it's like a very important aspect of my work. So I'm glad you notice
I've only told this to like one single person before about like the butterflies and
What the phrases are in my piece?
so basically the butterflies like every piece of mind represent me and what my desire to achieve is it just means the freedom and growth and
To be able to share love with those around when you see them you just feel
You know nice and warm and that's that's what I want people to feel
As for the phrase it does you'll find phrases and they're like sentences in my pieces
I just feel like when I'm creating a piece a certain sentence of phrase which just come in my head
We just somehow maybe connect the dots of the artwork together, you know, and it helps me weave together the narrative with the story of the piece
that's why I try to put like little phrases as well and
Also another reason where I feel like it kind of sounds selfish
but I want to somehow wish to outlive like my human form and I feel like
Like the butterflies that are in my pieces
are me and I want to exist in my artworks through these forms and I feel like maybe
I'll be able to hopefully stay connected to these emotions that will exist somewhere in the world and I'll be there in every piece of
So that's that's kind of like this artist meaning but but that's just me being true to myself
I just want to exist beyond my human form and maybe live through these butterflies
So yeah that those butterflies are me basically that's like the first time I've ever seen it
Wow, that's amazing because that was one of the questions I had and decided to skip over, you know for other people
So I'm very happy that I got the answer to the butterfly question, too
But we have no other people coming up, you know
I definitely have another question or two or if Barat wants to you know jump in here
I'll let him you know yield my time to him as well. So, you know, what do you think you brought?
No, I think the butterfly was a good one
It sounds like it sounds like Rohit, you know had the secret unlocked there so
That was helpful. Yeah, no shoot with your shoot with your questions faded
I think I'm I think I'm fairly good at this point
And I got a couple more just to maybe dovetail offs the butterfly questions because I also know you like to use flowers and hidden
words much and I think that's very
True to the crypto culture is you know
Easter eggs and hidden words and trying to tell stories as a narrative because you just mentioned you were a storyteller
and that's what you're trying to you know, you emulate this is Sam Spratt and
ACK and some of these other great storytellers. So, you know, you want to tell us about the not only the
Butterflies, but the flowers and the hidden words as well
Yeah, so like the hidden words as I like to say before it's just that they're they pass
There are stories which I want to tell completely and fully so when I include these like, you know certain phrases
I just feel like it just connects the dot and just doesn't leave much space
When I want the person to feel exactly how I felt I would add maybe like the sentence that that would come to my head
I just feel like okay did this would like complete the puzzle
I feel like there's a piece where I feel like it might be open to interpretation and I don't want it to be open to
It but I just want to feel like okay
I want to take the viewer and put them in a situation and make them feel what I feel
So that's when I put like these certain phrases
We're kind of shape the parts where I want like what I want the viewer to take and maybe help them reach
To the certain point where I feel like they understand the piece
That's where the phrases come from and flowers. Honestly, I just love everything like, you know blooming like this blooming love
Like just my art there was around that just growth and evolving
Contains like certain negative situation like heartbreak or maybe something else, but they're still growth. You're still evolving
You're still learning. So that's the reason for the flowers
That's great. Yeah, and I always was thinking about that too as long as we know each other
So but we did have somebody else pop up to ask a question. So CC or you know Christine welcome
I hope you're having an excellent Tuesday. And yeah, do you have any question?
Yes, guys. Thank you for bringing me up. I loved the discussion. I love the artist. I
work in blue palette and for each person blue signify something else and I was wondering what it is for you because it's a
very striking combination, especially when you use blue
Backgrounds and a certain type of blue for the characters. I think it's a really striking combo
So Lorcan were you able to hear the question or once again?
Was it just us three up on stage because I can it's it's still just us three of us. I'm sorry
You know one of her question was really just coming back to the blue
color palette in the theme of blue and she just really wanted to expand more on that and why you keep coming back to blue
And why you chose blue because she mentioned usually the color blue has a different meaning for every single artist
So that was kind of the baseline of her question. And what does the color blue mean specifically to you?
And then why was blue? So that was kind of the her theme of the question
Okay, perfect, thank you and thank you CC for your question
honestly blue to me signified just like the depths and the
Inviting people and writing the viewers to dive deep into this like, you know
Why the ocean of emotions and to just embrace that situation that I'm trying to
Portray with my artwork. I just feel like I just want the person to be fully involved in diving deep into
Whatever I want them to see it. Just I just feel like it's so warm. It's just washed
there's endless possibilities in their color and also the another reason for the blue is that
when I like connect my work to Shiv and Shakti was like from Hindu mythology in the chapter the Shiv is
represented by the color blue and
The male form I'd say in my work. It just embodies blue which symbolizes just being conscious and
existing just be you know deep an ocean deep full of
Things which you might never see until you dive deep into any just start exploring all of it
So that's one of the reasons again for my using blue because I really like to show this relationship between Shiv and Shakti
In Shakti something I am trying to involve slowly in my works and in the coming few weeks in the coming few pieces
it's going to be a dynamic energy, which is going to be opposite to the Shiv and
Trying to weave these both into my pieces
So, let's see how it goes and I hope to do like be able to do that. So you guys can also experience it
For the response. God damn it Lorcan. You should jump out and jump back in so if you can hear me
But guys tell him that he's awesome and thank you so much for bringing me up
Yeah, no problem and Lorcan as you said, thank you very much for response and goddamn it Lorcan
You need to jump out and jump back in so you can hear it because you're awesome
So that's pretty much what she said for a bait. Um, so just wanted to repeat that and I appreciate you popping up CC
Thanks again for the question
And I probably said one more question and then I'll throw it back once again to brought if he has anything in them
We'll close out but you talked about storytelling you talked about lore, you know
Let's say there's this magical city for artists and new artists are traveling and there's only one road to get to that city
That's it. There's one highway and there's one billboard leading up to that road
You get to put one little saying one little phrase whatever you want on that billboard
So everybody's gonna see that going in there
What phrase or what's saying or what are you gonna put on that billboard?
You've put me in a spot because because I've been to do that
What I think about my journey as well. I don't know. It's hard to sum up in like just one line or one
But it's like a famous line it's overused but it's actually very true to what I do as well, you know
It said just keep swimming
If you've heard that it's very popular. I mean just just keep doing it
Just keep going at it give your thousand percent to it each day every day
Just go hard at it until you just can't do it no more and then do a little bit more
That's just just keep doing it. I'm like everyone every artist that is in here. I hope they make it
I hope they do well. They do great and just keep doing it. Just keep going at it. I'm going at it
It's not like I'm there, but I'm working hard. Hopefully I'll get there one day
But then just keep doing it. Just give a thousand percent once you can't just give a little bit more and
Hopefully you guys reach there as well. I appreciate that and you know, I'll just do my personal closing now
I'll throw it out to brought to close down the space. But you know, once again
Lorcan it's been a pleasure
I'm finally so psyched to have been able to have this more, you know long-form discussion with you
You know because we've always had some short form and I also just want to once again commend you
You know when we talked about this we talked about different cultures
We talked about you're from India different time zones, you know, and and it could be definitely
Overwhelming it could be intimidating and as you mentioned that you mentioned coming up on this space how you're introverted
And this kind of was a step forward, but you know kind of the truth in life is there's no growth in your comfort zone
But there's no comfort in your growth zone
You know and that's why you stepped up here to grow as a person and grow as an artist
And so I want you to hopefully embrace this feeling right now because right now looking down here you have
50 to 60 people supporting you along your journey, you know
And so we're here for you and I just want to say man. I really appreciate you
I really appreciate our friendship so far and yeah, I can't wait to see where your artistic career goes because you know
I've certainly I'm not going anywhere, but I appreciate you. And yeah, I'll throw it to brought right now
Hey, thanks faded man. You are our you know resident philosopher
I'll tell you that you come up with some of the best lines I've ever heard but hey Lorcan
Really really appreciate you spending time your personal journey, right your artistic inspiration
The great haft kha because I was looking to tie all of this together with one, you know, single
Statement, let's fucking go right
No, but but I love your I love your parting words, right keep swimming. I mean it resonates very
strongly with me and for folks who've been through the period that we've been through recently with the
Downturn in the market with nobody seeing your art, you know with visibility greatly dropping. I would say the single
Most positive thing you can do is keep swimming or as I like to use a similar analog
I say keep moving dirt right the pile may be very large
But over a course of a week or a month or a year the dirt pile starts to go down, right?
So it's it's tedious work. It's heavy work
But eventually the pile shifts and that is a very massive thing to contemplate
But really it just means, you know, like you said keep keep pushing a little bit more every day and you know
your dreams will come true right so anyway with that I really want to thank you for coming on and
Inspiring us all and we're looking forward to the drop tomorrow, right on the 14th, which is Valentine's Day and
Super excited to see the final output, but thanks everybody for joining us and thanks especially to Lorcan and to faded
For you know showing up and being a part of the conversation
Yeah, I appreciate you guys
Thank you guys, thank you for having me I appreciate it
You push me out to step forward and I really thank you for that and thank you everyone for listening
Thank you each and everyone