We had the good fortune of connecting with John Black and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi John, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
My thought process in starting a business was to work in a field doing what I loved. I have always been a artist, it was figuring out how to take that to the next level and monetize while still allowing created freedom.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My art is a sense of refection in my self. A honest way for a me to create a sort of balance in my life. The practices and techniques are really a type of therapy. Bringing calm nature and meditative energy. I would say what sets me apart is just being me. I believe we are all different in our own individual ways.
I got to the places I am today by a simple list of things like consistency, staying true to my craft, persistence, and open to energies of the world. Also the support from friends and family to push through when times get rough. These things are what has pushed and drove my career up to this point, and I believe will continue to be the foundation of who I am. It definitely hasn’t been easy and I understand that things will always be trying when owning a business and working to keep yourself and brand true and authentic. I have overcome challenges by just putting myself in a state of being open to dealing with problems with an open by focused mind. The idea to deal with stress is a full circle situation where I naturally put that energy into the work to get through and turn that energy into something good and productive.
I would like to let the world know that my company/brand and the story is that we are heavily inspired by the energies and to nature. This idea is to develop a
creative community and while also working to reach a certain level of ventures to be able to work with like-minded people. The idea of collaboration is what drives the company to elevated ideas and works. The story has been a very exciting one and still going, we are working to leave our imprint on the world in some ways that we can too, understand ourselves better.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
A perfect week for me to show someone around would definitely be a

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Mostly I would love to dedicate my shoutout and credit my mother. She has been a major inspiration and biggest supporter of my work and my career since day one.

Instagram: @johnxblack

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