Episode 12: Adam

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Adam is an ex-mainlander and new-wave Queenstown resident. After mistaking him for a completely different Adam at a local exhibition I asked to talk more. Adam and I recorded over a couple of beers in his home, seated restfully on a vast cowhide.

Adam discusses circumstance vs self description, having a “relatively standard” upbringing, micro-culture shifts, wanting rebellion, a desire to disconnect from commercialism, being malleable, paying a price for instinct, asking if renouncing expectations is worth it, realising a feeling of separation from ones pack, being fearless in the face of aloneness, taking responsibility, finding a foundation to build upon, showing others another path through personal action, dream life and defening quiet, the “gruelling fucking process of change”, becoming a part of what you’re around and needing to go ba ...