The Thriving Christian Artist

Sometimes it’s not the destination but the journey that matters.  To say my guest on this episode of the Thriving Christian Artist podcast has had a winding road leading to his life as a full-time artist would be an understatement.  Tist One - a name he took on in a graffiti-centric part of his journey - spent his elementary school days in South Korea before moving to the United States around 6th grade.  Communication with his new schoolmates was hard while he was still learning English, but his art broke through language barriers when his words couldn’t.  As he grew up, he was always drawing, painting, exploring graffiti art, and expressing himself in every other form of art, but he could never seem to find a place to settle down or a niche to focus on.  School in L.A., school in New York, the fashion industry, the Army, the L.A.P.D.… you name it, Tist has tried it. Along the way, he met an evangelist at a campus crusade who cultivated his vague notions about God and shared the good news of Jesus with him.