EP 44: Brandon Boyd & Tyler Lapkin

About this episode

Brandon Boyd discusses his creative journey across music and visual art with Tyler Lapkin, exploring themes of identity and transformation.

In this episode, we welcome Brandon Boyd. Best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the multi-platinum band Incubus, Brandon has cultivated a parallel life as a painter, writer, and visual artist. He has published three books of visual art, exhibited internationally, and created large-scale installations and residencies in the U.S. Across music and visual work alike, his creative output returns to themes of impermanence, identity, nature, and transformation. Alongside his work with Incubus, Brandon continues to release solo music while expanding into acting and mentorship. In this conversation with Tyler Lapkin of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, we explore where creativity begins, Brandon’s movement between music and painting as a single inner current, the influence of myth and Joseph Campbell, and the artist as a conduit for something larger than the self.

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Lapkin

Guest: Brandon Boyd

Topics covered

• creativity
• music
• visual art
• mythology
• identity
• transformation

Keywords

• Brandon Boyd
• Incubus
• creativity
• visual art
• mythology
• Joseph Campbell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Incubus, Joseph Campbell Foundation

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