#17: Charlie Paff (DayDreemer)

"The way is far away, the dream is close" -Charlie Paff | 

Welcome to Episode 17 of The Sleepless Sessions, and for returning listeners, welcome back! On this podcast we explore the lives of those in pursuit of their passions, dreams, and living unconventional lifestyles!

Today’s guest has turned a passion of art and creating into his full time career, building his ‘DayDreemer’ brand you can catch him doing live visuals at a show or festival, as well as sharing his creations to Youtube with his “Contemplation Compilation” series, as well as his regular posting of new artwork on his social media feeds. I noticed he was doing a new daily piece every day to help push his skills to develop and explore new aspects of his craft. He has also been creating artwork with the help of AI technology which still hurts my head to process how it works, but is truly remarkable to see the synergistic creations with Artificial Intelligence. 

We dive into an array of topics such as consciousness, art, ego death, his 'DayDreemer' project, visual arts,  fractals, sacred geometry, AI, and so much more!

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Time Stamps
(0:00) - Intro
(3:24) - Episode Start, Charlie on growing up in upstate NY and moving to Boston
(8:15) - Charlie on math competitions, Donald on robotics competitions, technological boom
(14:01) - Charlie on the origin story of the 'DayDreemer' project, exploring ego death and meditation, consciousness and presence
(30:32) - What is Qualia?
(34:55) - Charlie's first approaches to creating with the DayDreemer project,  Charlie's 'Contemplation Compilation' series
(43:24) - Creative battles and finding your creative voice
(45:35) - Charlie on Visual Arts and his first time doing visuals
(53:48) - Charlie on Collecting, The Daily Psychedelic Video website, psychedelics 
(1:01:25) - Exploring Fractals, Simulation Theory 
(1:12:42) - Charlie's approach to creating artwork with artwork with fractals, using AI with art, the direction of AI and technology
(1:25:29) - Charlie's thoughts on the show 'Westworld'
(1:30:44) - Charlie working on the podcast artwork, working with clients, when did Charlie start working with AI
(1:39:15) - Some of Charlie's biggest inspirations for the 'DayDreemer' project, CoSM
(1:43:45) - Common misconceptions and overlooked aspects of Visual Arts
(1:51:57) - Charlie on "Don't give up on your DayDreem"
(1:53:41) - How has failure set you up for a later success
(1:55:53) - Charlie on becoming an artist full time
(1:59:27) - Charlie's recommendations to creatives
(2:03:00) - Some of Charlie's educational resource recommendations 
(2:06:45) - Charlie's daily rituals
(2:09:24) - Charlie on Cosmos, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson
(2:12:50) - What does the word "create" mean to Charlie
(2:13:50) - Best ways to connect with Charlie, closing thoughts, episode end
(2:15:31) - Outro, end