#64: Ryan Adams | Artist

We're looking for stoke outside of beer this week and talking
directly with a man that's been mentioned on multiple episodes of
this podcast: Ryan Adams! 
Ryan is the co-owner of Better Letter Hand Painted Signs (the
work of which can be seen at countless businesses in greater
Portland), and independently takes on jobs as a muralist/graffiti
artist. We orbit around the multiple jobs Ryan's done at BBB3R,
as Matty and Noah were blown away by the process, approach, and
level of quality they were each created through. But prior to
keeping it contemporary, the guys have a seemingly endless list
of questions about the mysterious world of DIY graffiti, where
Ryan cut his chops as an artist. We also hear what it's like to
paint for an audience (which occasionally is shitfaced), Noah
learns there can be a lot more to tagging than an act of minor
vandalism, Matt has an epiphany about curls in font, and we get
an answer to the age old question, "Is Beer Art?".
The biggest takeaway from the episode, though,  was how
surprisingly analogous brewing is with painting - or most any
creative pursuit done passionately. Episodes a bit removed from
beer itself have a tendency of revealing those unseen connections
between vocations, and this one uncovered the most links yet. So
grab a Mike's Hard, Bud Light Lime, or whatever else you feel
like putting down your gullet, and listen in to this conversation
about a world that you'll likely find simultaneously foreign and
familiar.
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Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill