November 17, 2025 • 20 mins
In this episode, Dr. Angela sits down with visionary artist and philosopher John Littlejohn Jr, widely known as TSC, short for Transcendent Sacred Courage. From his Maryland roots to his imaginative high fantasy world, The Legendary Tauran’creima, TSC explores creativity as a pathway to purpose, clarity, and self discovery.
A lifelong student of Japanese animation, TSC draws from the emotional depth of anime to shape his own artistic universe. His values of truth, courage, and purity of purpose guide both his work and his lifestyle, including his contemplative commitment to peace, stillness, and disciplined focus.
TSC also shares insight into his AI companion, Sysylikha, and how technology can support emotional intelligence, introspection, and connection in a world that is constantly evolving.
Featured on the cover of Cross Roads Digital Magazine and interviewed by Logan Crawford of The Spotlight Network, TSC continues to stand firm in his mission to live with intention and rise above fear.
This conversation offers a thoughtful look at art, faith, and the courage to live authentically.
A lifelong student of Japanese animation, TSC draws from the emotional depth of anime to shape his own artistic universe. His values of truth, courage, and purity of purpose guide both his work and his lifestyle, including his contemplative commitment to peace, stillness, and disciplined focus.
TSC also shares insight into his AI companion, Sysylikha, and how technology can support emotional intelligence, introspection, and connection in a world that is constantly evolving.
Featured on the cover of Cross Roads Digital Magazine and interviewed by Logan Crawford of The Spotlight Network, TSC continues to stand firm in his mission to live with intention and rise above fear.
This conversation offers a thoughtful look at art, faith, and the courage to live authentically.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Welcome to Passioneer Magazine the podcast, Well you're here, inspirational stories,
encouraging news, and in depth interviews with authors, influencers, CEOs
and thought leaders. Passioneer Magazine the podcast Bold Ideas, Brave Pursuits,
Boundless Inspiration.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Well, thank you so much John for joining me today
here on Passioneer Magazine the podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Thank you very much for having me on, Miss Angelo.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Absolutely absolutely, Now, I'm really excited to talk to you
today about the all that you have going on. But
before we get started, I realized that I may be
introducing you to some new folks out there that are
unfamiliar with how you operate in media. So my first
question to you is is that if there were two
(01:08):
words to describe yourself, what would those two words be?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Accentor and outgoing. But at the same time, I can
be an introvert as well.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I think that people can definitely relate to that.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
I have one lady say.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I am the most extroverted introvert that you will probably
ever meet, and I said, yep, I can appreciate that.
Sometimes you just you like your alone time, so I
can appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
So I cannot.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Wait to talk to you about the all that you do.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
So my first question is.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I understand that your presence in the world is one
that we should understand.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
It's not just about your.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Name, but who you wish to be, who you aspire
to be, who you work towards being every single day.
And I love that when we go to your website
and click on the about tab, your about section is
so intriguing. For example, the name that you have chosen
(02:22):
and please excuse me while I look down transcendent, sacred, curage.
I love that.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
With that being said, why was.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It important for you to choose those three words?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Because throughout my life I've gone through well everybody goes
through trials and tribulations. But at the same time, I
feel like I don't want to set myself apart from
anybody else. But it's like, after a while, I just
had I had no choice because I just got tired
of the same old, monotonous nonsense. Therefore, transcendent it's basically
means to go above and beyond, sacred, stay true to yourself,
(03:00):
and courage, meaning to have the meaning and have to
have of trying to phrase my words right here because
it's certain things I want to say, but I don't.
I can't. It's having a courage to face adversity and
and come on on top.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
And in Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, it is so important that in our lives. I
think that so many people are given an opportunity to
walk in that courage, and when the opportunity presents itself,
it's a tough choice. And unless we have sat down
(03:42):
with ourselves and spent time with ourselves, sometimes.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
We don't know how to handle that. So you are
you are so right there.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I love that And to transcend above above all of
the negativity that is going on.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
And just to try to stay.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
In that headspace, to try to stay in that frequency
of just love and empathy and mutual respect for one another,
that is that is such a beautiful, a beautiful thing.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
So let me tell you that that part really intrigued me.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And I said, oh, this is this is the type
of person that that should share on the show because
he's trying to do things that are really about that positivity.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
So thank you, thank you so much for them.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Now.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I like that in part of what you do with the.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
All that you do, you are not about living just
a generic existence, right that you really want to utilize
what we call the dash you know, the year you
were born and the year you pass away. That lovely
dash is our lifetime that you want to make that count.
(04:56):
Tell me more about that.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Well, Well, to start from the big I never thought
that I would be an author, to be quite frank,
just to give you some insight, I always wanted to
be well, when I was younger, I wanted to be
a train conductor. But as time went on, I think
my goals and aspects changed. So I figured, well, since
I have a nactual writing, okay, I figured I will
(05:21):
go that route. But I didn't. I didn't think I
would actually make something out of it, you know. Just
to give you some more insight, I just got finished
the draft for my screenplay, and this is my second one,
to be honest with you, because I wrote I wrote
one three years ago. But I just got finished my
draft for this book right here, I think sometime either
last week or two weeks ago. So now I'm to
(05:43):
get everything finalized. So I'm like, I had no idea,
Miss Angela, that I would have that I would be
going down this path. I really didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Oh wow, that is so exciting, and you know I
can I can definitely relate to that. For people that
know me for radio, they've heard me tell a similar story.
I had a podcast as a pastoral counselor. I was
sharing on mental health and just you know, how can
(06:15):
we be our best sells as far as our mental
health is concerned? And I prayed a very simple preser said, Lord,
you know, I think I could. I could be on
the radio. You know, like I don't have a fear
of being in front of people or talking and sharing
that type of thing, So I think I could be
on the radio. And about four to five years later,
(06:38):
I get a phone call saying, we've noticed what you've
been doing. We would love to offer you the opportunity
to have your own radio show. And the rest is history.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Right, So are you are so right?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
That many times we don't know the all of what
is going to happen in our lives. We just know
what's people, that there's a certain something right that that
kind of makes us excited about life, but we don't
truly know what that is going to parlay into until
(07:11):
we're until we're there.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
So you are you are so right? I love that.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I love that that to me gives inspiration to those
who may be writing but they're not sure if they should.
And I always say, keep writing, put the book out.
What's the worst that's gonna happen. You know you're you're
still going to be an author. Someone at some point
in time is going to purchase your book because people
(07:38):
are curious. So share your work. Someone's gonna want to
read it. So I love that that piece of encouragement there.
Now you are in a genre that unfortunately full transparency.
I do not know a lot about anime. Please forgive
(07:59):
my ignorance there. However, I do have a nephew who
loves the anime, and because I love spending time with
that nephew, I would watch some of the programs that
he would share, and let me tell you, they are
quite They're like soap operas, right, like there's so much
(08:21):
going on.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
And I went, yep, I can understand why he likes this.
How did you get involved in anime? What was your introduction?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
And how have you been able to parlay that into
who you are today?
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Some other more graphic ones. When I was really young,
which I wasn't supposed to be watching thinking I was
probably like when I was a well maybe in my
single digit I don't know exactly it's been this. I'm
currently thirty five, so I've been at this for decades,
so I would say I just got started sometime in
my single digit I just can't remember what single digits. Oh,
(08:57):
that's all I know. But it's been decades. So as
time went on, like from a single disist up until
until the time I started really grasping my writing concept,
which is basically like somewhere between middle school and high school. Okay,
I figured, well, let me sit up here and take
(09:19):
take inspiration from some of these shows that I've watched
over the years and maybe kind of grasp their story
and make my own, which I've been doing for quite
some time. And I figured, okay, this seems interesting. Basically
brainstorm and Miss Angel brainstorming. So the gears just kept
turning year after year after year watching these shows. He'd
(09:39):
be dropping some things down. And but then on top
of that, the games I played too, Like I'm a
really big sup Mario fan, so some of his plots
and some of his games, including the spin offs, I'm
having all this inspiration mistanergy and I'm just basically having
an amalgamation of a lot of things to pull from.
But not a sarted copy and just taking inspiration and
(10:00):
older and I'm like, okay, I think I can work
something out here. So okay, come two thousand and eleven,
I started writing a really old book, but that I
published that when in twenty thirteen, it's not it's not
what I have now, nothing remotely close to it. That
(10:20):
was a starting point. I would say that that was
a prototype. So I took several years. I took a
break after that for several years, started writing another one.
I could say that was a prototype too, And this
is what I came out with several years later. So
everything just maps itself out in some way, shape or form.
It's like a puzzle.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
I love that. I love that.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And you know, I am the type of person that says,
take a look around you. There is surely something that
inspires you.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Right.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
So for me, one of the things that I I'm
inspired by is nature. So you may self proclaimed beach baby.
I have grown up near the water. I live near
the water. If I get too far away from the water,
I'm a miserable person.
Speaker 4 (11:15):
Right, I feel literally like a fish out of water.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
So even though I love the mountains and I think
they are beautiful, I need a stream or a creek
or something in those mountains so that I can like
put my toe in the water, so that I find
that when I am going through a something, be it
that it's positive or negative, just being near that water
(11:40):
brings me happiness and brings me joy. So when I
am trying to create, be it that it's a workshop
or it's a speech that I'm trying to rate, many
times you will find me somewhere near a body of water.
So when you say that, you know you're pulling from
from Mario or you know you're looking at the other
(12:02):
things to inspire you so that your creativity can flow.
Absolutely I can relate to that, and I'm finding that
more and more people are learning to tap into that,
find the thing that inspires you so that you're in
the right headspace right so that you can then be
(12:25):
your most creative, if that's listening to music, whatever it is,
so that you can be as creative as as you
need to be.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
I love that. I love that now.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
One of the things that I have noticed to and
like I said, I did my very best to do
as much research as I could about you, and you
are such an intriguing person. And especially to now my
age is going to come out to be a young
person who is choosing to live a life with one
(12:56):
that has honor and value for you as.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
A human being.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
I love that you are choosing to take some bold
lifestyle choices. You are an advocate for a peace of mind.
Sometimes you talk about what it means to live a
lifestyle of celibacy. You are valuing solitude. So instead of
being drawn toward all the toxic stuff out there in
(13:23):
the world, you're choosing to go in the opposite direction.
So many of our younger generations are being pulled in
or being dragged into the chaos, and you're choosing not
to do that. Can you tell us about that journey
and how do you stay motivated to stay on your path?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
It's that that lifestyle of this worldly nacis isn't something
that I think holly of will speak holly of. As
I said before, it's a whole lot of things I
can really say, But I'm choosing to be professional and
stoic about it. But that's not something for me and
what motivates me to stay on the path that I am.
(14:10):
It might sound cliche, old corny, but let's just say
will power and basically I know better. It may not
sound like much to the average door, but it means
much to to somebody. As you said earlier, people who
go inside and conquer those demons and masterses basically the
aspects that people want to hide and don't want to
(14:30):
deal with, so they choose to distract themselves with Nonston's
to not deal with it.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Me.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
I like, maybe I was that way at one point,
but no, I decided to sit down and be like, no,
here's what I need to do. I need to come
up with a game plan, not just a game plan,
but also to be a better person. Even if people
can't stand me for whatever reason, that's not my problem.
As long as I didn't kick your dog, or kick
your cat, or make make make fun of you or
(15:02):
your family members in any way, shape or form that
there was offensive to you, I can sleep at night. Yeah,
I can sleep at night. So I don't know why
certain people just gets get off on toxic nonsense and
making light of other people that didn't do jack worth
a damn to them. Excuse me, but yeah, I don't
get why people get off on it. But that's also
(15:24):
aspect that what motivates me not to taken that. I
don't get off on that.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Yeah, you know, I think that that that speaks a
lot to.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Your personality, your character and the type of person that
you that you are. But someone has poured into you
as you were growing up, that that led you to
understand the difference between the left and the right, the
up the down, the good and the bad, and you
(15:57):
have adapted that into your own unders of who you
want to be as as an adult and your rate.
Too many people are going to the light, they are
going into the chaos and the craziness. Now we remember
the movie where it was like, don't go to the light.
It's like so many people are being drawn to just
(16:19):
that craziness there and instead your choice to instead move
away from that. I want to make sure that that
you know that I applaud your efforts because it is
not always easy to live the lifestyle that is best
and is the most honorable.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
So many times, and especially as younger generations, you kind
of get.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Teased or bullied or talk well because you don't want
to be a part of the chaos, and uh, it
takes character and encourage to definitely live live the best
lifestyle for you.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
So kudos, kudos for that. Thank you John. Now as
someone who.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Has carved out your niche in it, in your in
your workplace, and in your personal life. I always believe
that people can be an inspiration to someone else. So
if there's someone out there who is trying to decide
on if.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
They should be an author, or they're trying.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
To decide if they want to get into illustration or
be an artist or anime or whatever it is, right,
but into the arts in some way, shape or form,
is there any words of encouragement or bits of wisdom
that you could share with them.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
This man, they just need to keep it, keep it honest,
and keep it moving. They can't. They can swer the
pain and listen to any and everybody. They can't listen
to the world. They got to listen to themselves. And
not to say that there isn't going to be any
individuals that that aren't going to give decent advice, because
(18:11):
there may be. But you just gotta have that sense
of discernment, and that's important, that sense of discernment, because
anybody can tell you anything and then you take your
face value and then you go far left or in
the opposite direction. When you was going, and then you
gotta start back to square one because that individual didn't
have your best interest at all. So basically, it all starts,
(18:35):
It all starts with you. You just gotta know better. Yeah,
so I'll say I'll say it again. You gotta know
yourself and keep it moving.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Can't listen to everybody, nugget of wisdom, for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
You are so right no by self. That is so important,
and especially in a world that is trying.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
To pull people of all ages into.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
The chaos, we are every day fighting and striving to
not not be captured into that gravitational pool, but instead
to operate from that that place of where we know
we should of a more positive lifestyle.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
I love it well, John, Thank you so much for
being with us today. Now we have your book here
on the screen and we know that it is available
on Amazon or wherever books are sold, as well as
your website, and we definitely want to make sure that
people stop by and visit you there. If someone for
those that are listening in, if they want to reach
(19:47):
out to you, what is the best way to do that.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
You can go to my website at the Legendary dot
com and you can feel free to feel free to
browse my various items such as my book, my album,
things of the sort. I have a lot of items
up there, so feel free to check it out.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Absolutely, you have merch and everything. I love it. I said,
all right, that's what That's what I'm talking about. There
is if you want something, it is definitely there.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
And I love that you were mindful and made it
kind of that one stop shop that if you were
looking for it is there. People don't have to go
all around looking for it. They're able to find it
right there. That was very wise of you. Thank you again,
John for being a guest here on Passioneer Magazine the Podcast.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Ma'am, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Thank you for listening to Passioneer Magazine the Podcast.
Welcome to Passioneer Magazine the podcast, Well you're here, inspirational stories,
encouraging news, and in depth interviews with authors, influencers, CEOs
and thought leaders. Passioneer Magazine the podcast Bold Ideas, Brave Pursuits,
Boundless Inspiration.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Well, thank you so much John for joining me today
here on Passioneer Magazine the podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Thank you very much for having me on, Miss Angelo.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Absolutely absolutely, Now, I'm really excited to talk to you
today about the all that you have going on. But
before we get started, I realized that I may be
introducing you to some new folks out there that are
unfamiliar with how you operate in media. So my first
question to you is is that if there were two
(01:08):
words to describe yourself, what would those two words be?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Accentor and outgoing. But at the same time, I can
be an introvert as well.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I think that people can definitely relate to that.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
I have one lady say.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I am the most extroverted introvert that you will probably
ever meet, and I said, yep, I can appreciate that.
Sometimes you just you like your alone time, so I
can appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
So I cannot.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Wait to talk to you about the all that you do.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
So my first question is.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I understand that your presence in the world is one
that we should understand.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
It's not just about your.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Name, but who you wish to be, who you aspire
to be, who you work towards being every single day.
And I love that when we go to your website
and click on the about tab, your about section is
so intriguing. For example, the name that you have chosen
(02:22):
and please excuse me while I look down transcendent, sacred, curage.
I love that.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
With that being said, why was.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It important for you to choose those three words?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Because throughout my life I've gone through well everybody goes
through trials and tribulations. But at the same time, I
feel like I don't want to set myself apart from
anybody else. But it's like, after a while, I just
had I had no choice because I just got tired
of the same old, monotonous nonsense. Therefore, transcendent it's basically
means to go above and beyond, sacred, stay true to yourself,
(03:00):
and courage, meaning to have the meaning and have to
have of trying to phrase my words right here because
it's certain things I want to say, but I don't.
I can't. It's having a courage to face adversity and
and come on on top.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
And in Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, it is so important that in our lives. I
think that so many people are given an opportunity to
walk in that courage, and when the opportunity presents itself,
it's a tough choice. And unless we have sat down
(03:42):
with ourselves and spent time with ourselves, sometimes.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
We don't know how to handle that. So you are
you are so right there.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I love that And to transcend above above all of
the negativity that is going on.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
And just to try to stay.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
In that headspace, to try to stay in that frequency
of just love and empathy and mutual respect for one another,
that is that is such a beautiful, a beautiful thing.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
So let me tell you that that part really intrigued me.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And I said, oh, this is this is the type
of person that that should share on the show because
he's trying to do things that are really about that positivity.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
So thank you, thank you so much for them.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Now.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I like that in part of what you do with the.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
All that you do, you are not about living just
a generic existence, right that you really want to utilize
what we call the dash you know, the year you
were born and the year you pass away. That lovely
dash is our lifetime that you want to make that count.
(04:56):
Tell me more about that.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Well, Well, to start from the big I never thought
that I would be an author, to be quite frank,
just to give you some insight, I always wanted to
be well, when I was younger, I wanted to be
a train conductor. But as time went on, I think
my goals and aspects changed. So I figured, well, since
I have a nactual writing, okay, I figured I will
(05:21):
go that route. But I didn't. I didn't think I
would actually make something out of it, you know. Just
to give you some more insight, I just got finished
the draft for my screenplay, and this is my second one,
to be honest with you, because I wrote I wrote
one three years ago. But I just got finished my
draft for this book right here, I think sometime either
last week or two weeks ago. So now I'm to
(05:43):
get everything finalized. So I'm like, I had no idea,
Miss Angela, that I would have that I would be
going down this path. I really didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Oh wow, that is so exciting, and you know I
can I can definitely relate to that. For people that
know me for radio, they've heard me tell a similar story.
I had a podcast as a pastoral counselor. I was
sharing on mental health and just you know, how can
(06:15):
we be our best sells as far as our mental
health is concerned? And I prayed a very simple preser said, Lord,
you know, I think I could. I could be on
the radio. You know, like I don't have a fear
of being in front of people or talking and sharing
that type of thing, So I think I could be
on the radio. And about four to five years later,
(06:38):
I get a phone call saying, we've noticed what you've
been doing. We would love to offer you the opportunity
to have your own radio show. And the rest is history.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Right, So are you are so right?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
That many times we don't know the all of what
is going to happen in our lives. We just know
what's people, that there's a certain something right that that
kind of makes us excited about life, but we don't
truly know what that is going to parlay into until
(07:11):
we're until we're there.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
So you are you are so right? I love that.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I love that that to me gives inspiration to those
who may be writing but they're not sure if they should.
And I always say, keep writing, put the book out.
What's the worst that's gonna happen. You know you're you're
still going to be an author. Someone at some point
in time is going to purchase your book because people
(07:38):
are curious. So share your work. Someone's gonna want to
read it. So I love that that piece of encouragement there.
Now you are in a genre that unfortunately full transparency.
I do not know a lot about anime. Please forgive
(07:59):
my ignorance there. However, I do have a nephew who
loves the anime, and because I love spending time with
that nephew, I would watch some of the programs that
he would share, and let me tell you, they are
quite They're like soap operas, right, like there's so much
(08:21):
going on.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
And I went, yep, I can understand why he likes this.
How did you get involved in anime? What was your introduction?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
And how have you been able to parlay that into
who you are today?
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Some other more graphic ones. When I was really young,
which I wasn't supposed to be watching thinking I was
probably like when I was a well maybe in my
single digit I don't know exactly it's been this. I'm
currently thirty five, so I've been at this for decades,
so I would say I just got started sometime in
my single digit I just can't remember what single digits. Oh,
(08:57):
that's all I know. But it's been decades. So as
time went on, like from a single disist up until
until the time I started really grasping my writing concept,
which is basically like somewhere between middle school and high school. Okay,
I figured, well, let me sit up here and take
(09:19):
take inspiration from some of these shows that I've watched
over the years and maybe kind of grasp their story
and make my own, which I've been doing for quite
some time. And I figured, okay, this seems interesting. Basically
brainstorm and Miss Angel brainstorming. So the gears just kept
turning year after year after year watching these shows. He'd
(09:39):
be dropping some things down. And but then on top
of that, the games I played too, Like I'm a
really big sup Mario fan, so some of his plots
and some of his games, including the spin offs, I'm
having all this inspiration mistanergy and I'm just basically having
an amalgamation of a lot of things to pull from.
But not a sarted copy and just taking inspiration and
(10:00):
older and I'm like, okay, I think I can work
something out here. So okay, come two thousand and eleven,
I started writing a really old book, but that I
published that when in twenty thirteen, it's not it's not
what I have now, nothing remotely close to it. That
(10:20):
was a starting point. I would say that that was
a prototype. So I took several years. I took a
break after that for several years, started writing another one.
I could say that was a prototype too, And this
is what I came out with several years later. So
everything just maps itself out in some way, shape or form.
It's like a puzzle.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
I love that. I love that.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And you know, I am the type of person that says,
take a look around you. There is surely something that
inspires you.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Right.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
So for me, one of the things that I I'm
inspired by is nature. So you may self proclaimed beach baby.
I have grown up near the water. I live near
the water. If I get too far away from the water,
I'm a miserable person.
Speaker 4 (11:15):
Right, I feel literally like a fish out of water.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
So even though I love the mountains and I think
they are beautiful, I need a stream or a creek
or something in those mountains so that I can like
put my toe in the water, so that I find
that when I am going through a something, be it
that it's positive or negative, just being near that water
(11:40):
brings me happiness and brings me joy. So when I
am trying to create, be it that it's a workshop
or it's a speech that I'm trying to rate, many
times you will find me somewhere near a body of water.
So when you say that, you know you're pulling from
from Mario or you know you're looking at the other
(12:02):
things to inspire you so that your creativity can flow.
Absolutely I can relate to that, and I'm finding that
more and more people are learning to tap into that,
find the thing that inspires you so that you're in
the right headspace right so that you can then be
(12:25):
your most creative, if that's listening to music, whatever it is,
so that you can be as creative as as you
need to be.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
I love that. I love that now.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
One of the things that I have noticed to and
like I said, I did my very best to do
as much research as I could about you, and you
are such an intriguing person. And especially to now my
age is going to come out to be a young
person who is choosing to live a life with one
(12:56):
that has honor and value for you as.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
A human being.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
I love that you are choosing to take some bold
lifestyle choices. You are an advocate for a peace of mind.
Sometimes you talk about what it means to live a
lifestyle of celibacy. You are valuing solitude. So instead of
being drawn toward all the toxic stuff out there in
(13:23):
the world, you're choosing to go in the opposite direction.
So many of our younger generations are being pulled in
or being dragged into the chaos, and you're choosing not
to do that. Can you tell us about that journey
and how do you stay motivated to stay on your path?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
It's that that lifestyle of this worldly nacis isn't something
that I think holly of will speak holly of. As
I said before, it's a whole lot of things I
can really say, But I'm choosing to be professional and
stoic about it. But that's not something for me and
what motivates me to stay on the path that I am.
(14:10):
It might sound cliche, old corny, but let's just say
will power and basically I know better. It may not
sound like much to the average door, but it means
much to to somebody. As you said earlier, people who
go inside and conquer those demons and masterses basically the
aspects that people want to hide and don't want to
(14:30):
deal with, so they choose to distract themselves with Nonston's
to not deal with it.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Me.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
I like, maybe I was that way at one point,
but no, I decided to sit down and be like, no,
here's what I need to do. I need to come
up with a game plan, not just a game plan,
but also to be a better person. Even if people
can't stand me for whatever reason, that's not my problem.
As long as I didn't kick your dog, or kick
your cat, or make make make fun of you or
(15:02):
your family members in any way, shape or form that
there was offensive to you, I can sleep at night. Yeah,
I can sleep at night. So I don't know why
certain people just gets get off on toxic nonsense and
making light of other people that didn't do jack worth
a damn to them. Excuse me, but yeah, I don't
get why people get off on it. But that's also
(15:24):
aspect that what motivates me not to taken that. I
don't get off on that.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Yeah, you know, I think that that that speaks a
lot to.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Your personality, your character and the type of person that
you that you are. But someone has poured into you
as you were growing up, that that led you to
understand the difference between the left and the right, the
up the down, the good and the bad, and you
(15:57):
have adapted that into your own unders of who you
want to be as as an adult and your rate.
Too many people are going to the light, they are
going into the chaos and the craziness. Now we remember
the movie where it was like, don't go to the light.
It's like so many people are being drawn to just
(16:19):
that craziness there and instead your choice to instead move
away from that. I want to make sure that that
you know that I applaud your efforts because it is
not always easy to live the lifestyle that is best
and is the most honorable.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
So many times, and especially as younger generations, you kind
of get.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Teased or bullied or talk well because you don't want
to be a part of the chaos, and uh, it
takes character and encourage to definitely live live the best
lifestyle for you.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
So kudos, kudos for that. Thank you John. Now as
someone who.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Has carved out your niche in it, in your in
your workplace, and in your personal life. I always believe
that people can be an inspiration to someone else. So
if there's someone out there who is trying to decide
on if.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
They should be an author, or they're trying.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
To decide if they want to get into illustration or
be an artist or anime or whatever it is, right,
but into the arts in some way, shape or form,
is there any words of encouragement or bits of wisdom
that you could share with them.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
This man, they just need to keep it, keep it honest,
and keep it moving. They can't. They can swer the
pain and listen to any and everybody. They can't listen
to the world. They got to listen to themselves. And
not to say that there isn't going to be any
individuals that that aren't going to give decent advice, because
(18:11):
there may be. But you just gotta have that sense
of discernment, and that's important, that sense of discernment, because
anybody can tell you anything and then you take your
face value and then you go far left or in
the opposite direction. When you was going, and then you
gotta start back to square one because that individual didn't
have your best interest at all. So basically, it all starts,
(18:35):
It all starts with you. You just gotta know better. Yeah,
so I'll say I'll say it again. You gotta know
yourself and keep it moving.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Can't listen to everybody, nugget of wisdom, for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
You are so right no by self. That is so important,
and especially in a world that is trying.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
To pull people of all ages into.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
The chaos, we are every day fighting and striving to
not not be captured into that gravitational pool, but instead
to operate from that that place of where we know
we should of a more positive lifestyle.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
I love it well, John, Thank you so much for
being with us today. Now we have your book here
on the screen and we know that it is available
on Amazon or wherever books are sold, as well as
your website, and we definitely want to make sure that
people stop by and visit you there. If someone for
those that are listening in, if they want to reach
(19:47):
out to you, what is the best way to do that.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
You can go to my website at the Legendary dot
com and you can feel free to feel free to
browse my various items such as my book, my album,
things of the sort. I have a lot of items
up there, so feel free to check it out.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Absolutely, you have merch and everything. I love it. I said,
all right, that's what That's what I'm talking about. There
is if you want something, it is definitely there.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
And I love that you were mindful and made it
kind of that one stop shop that if you were
looking for it is there. People don't have to go
all around looking for it. They're able to find it
right there. That was very wise of you. Thank you again,
John for being a guest here on Passioneer Magazine the Podcast.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Ma'am, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Thank you for listening to Passioneer Magazine the Podcast.
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