Meet Robert Pepper

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Robert Pepper a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Robert, so glad you were able to set aside some time for us today. We’ve always admired not just your journey and success, but also the seemingly high levels of self-discipline that you seem to have mastered and so maybe we can start by chatting about how you developed it or where it comes from?

I feel like time is precious. We only live on the Earth a short while so I don’t want to waste my time. This is what fuels my drive for my creative output. I always think what can I do to make my time worth it. I never waste time. So with this thought, it fuels my self-discipline.
Secondly, I can’t stop creating. If I do, I feel lost. If I go without it for a few weeks I feel something is wrong. Then I start to make music or start drawing and something happens. I feel happy. I feel clear and balanced again. It’s like someone switched off the electricity and stopped the flow and tirned it back on again.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am a painter, musician, and filmmaker. I even wrote a book years ago called “The Man With the Bleeding Eyes”. I create in many forms. I have an intense need to fuel my creative output. It’s fun to play with every medium. What is exciting is that I can share it with people. From recordings to painting it makes me happy when people connect with my art. A nice comment can go further than buying something. An offer or opportunity are even better when people connect with my art.
The next project will involve new short films by Pas Musique that will include some performance artists such as Rute Ventura and Damien Olsen. I am trying to go back to a simpler style like we did in the earlier 2000’s. Pas Musique has become many things but I want to touch on the more innocent part of Pas Musique again with studio improvisations and simple film techniques.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Don’t hold back. Always go forward. Every move you make is a part of the whole with your creativity. Every art piece you think is a failure just isn’t finished.

Learn to improvise and not be so rigid. Going with the flow produces many different approaches and creative situations. When you learn this you also can apply this to life in general and you will see wonderful effects.

Always try and be positive. There will always be setbacks but they are just path changers. If you can’t get rid of negative energy, channel it into your art and let it bleed on to your canvas.

Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?

My teachers. My high school art teacher Ralph Turturro helped me with the tools to create my workflow and vision. My college painting teacher Colleen Cox continued this format. They gave me the objective tools to mold my creative output my and not asking too many questions. But provided me with the tools to make it a reality.

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www.pasmusique.net

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