Jon Marro is an Artist and Creative Director who collaborated and infused his intrepid sense of design and color with such clients as Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews, Maroon 5, Madonna, Whole Foods Market, Manduka Yoga, Credit Suisse, MTV, CBS, The San Diego Zoo, Café Gratitude and was even commissioned to create a portrait of His Holiness The Dalai Lama for his 80th birthday.
Jon recently wrote and illustrated a book called The Keepers of Color which is a Hero’s Journey activity book, helping the reader go confidently after their dreams, see inner obstacles and learn how to answer the call of destiny when inspiration strikes! You can experience more of his art and storytelling at jonmarro.com
In this episode we talk about:
- being told as a kindergarten that he was an artist and his early path to art as form of meditation
- choosing to go to art school with the societal doubts of having a career as an artist
- allowing himself to see that he is a storyteller via his art and beyond
- the good sides and bad sides of going to art school
- how he made money as an artist post graduation and kept his passion alive
- how he created his relationships with the musicians he ended up creating artwork for their albums and tours for
- the major sign that had him leave the east coast for San Diego in a time of confusion about his lifes path
- discovering Cafe Gratitude in Berkley and making it his new community
- how Cafe Gratitude started and it being about much more than food
- his love of wisdom and being a workshopaholic
- diving into a deep journey with Ayahuasca
- my own experience with ayahuasca
- after the ecstasy the laundry and chop wood and carry water
- seeing he was ingesting all the information but not fully putting it to work
- trusting your intuition even when you don’t know what it is telling you
- that we ourselves are a greatest teachers
- having our own awareness of self, gives us more compassion for all others
- Which keychain she chose from my line and why!
LINKS to other things/people/music we mentioned!
PS. If we mentioned something and I forgot to include it here leave a comment Beand I will track it down for you!
His book The Keepers of Color
Cafe Gratitude’s board game and books
Terces and Mathew Engelhart
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry – Jack Kornfield
Richard Rohr The Living School
Josh Radnor Happy Thank You More Please
Nature is Metal on Instagram
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