Do You Want to Die Not Knowing? One Artist's Leap Into Art as Service and Healing

Do You Want to Die Not Knowing? One Artist's Leap Into Art as Service and Healing

April 30, 2026 · 41 min · Season 9 · Episode 9

About this episode

The episode explores Shawn B. Standley's transformative journey into art as a means of healing and community service, prompted by a life-changing question from his wife.

Do You Want to Die Not Knowing? One Artist's Leap Into Art as Service and Healing Have you ever had someone ask you a question that completely changed the direction of your life? In this episode, I talk with commission artist Shawn B. Standley, whose wife asked him exactly that kind of question — and it launched him into a new chapter as a full-time artist dedicated to healing and community service. Shawn's journey is anything but a straight line — from aerospace engineering student to carpen...

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