Episode 166: Morgen Agesen
My guest for Episode #166 is a daughter, a fiancée, a mother, and an artist.
She has a tremendous aura about her. She's been blessed with compassion, intelligence, talent, determination, fantastic conversational skills, and she has boldly faced that which life has dealt her.
Her name is Morgen Agesen, and she deserves steadfast applause for being an awesome human being.
As Executive Assistant for Art Garden KC, Lead Designer for Worlds of Fun, and In-House Muralist for Vignettes Bar, Morgen still manages to find time for her own work, and on top of all that, she made a hearty trek to my place for a healthy chunk of one of her Saturdays, leaving me both impressed and grateful.
We talked growing up, family, moving, navigating both the rocky seas and consistency of curve balls that life often presents, as well as both the creation and the vending of art. We talked about the coolness behind the purpose of such a thing as Art Garden KC (artgardenkc.org & @artgardenkc on the Socials), and it wouldn't've been a proper episode of Badass Records if we didn't have a peek at a few of her favorite records. So, we did, and those were these:
Jagged Little Pill (1995), Alanis Morissette
Gorillaz' Demon Days (2005)
Alopecia (2008), Why?
Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel... (2012)
While I'm happy that you have read this far (and I don't want you to quit now), I'd be tickled if you considered giving our conversation a view or a listen. But beyond that, please give Art Garden KC a follow (or at least a look-see). They are a fascinating source for facilitating popup markets and festivals in a way that joins artists and vendors with the community, and I can't speak loud enough to the importance of having such an organization in our midst right here in Kansas City. So, please use them. Consider them. Know about them. Share about them.
Thank you for supporting the progrum.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the audio samples contained within this episode. They are clips from an aptly named tune called, "Saturday," which is a Real Estate song from their 2017 release, In Mind (c/o Domino Recording Co Ltd).