Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to EDDIE SATURN. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

EDDIE, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?

The grass seems like it’s always greener on the other side. Artists want to feel normal and normal people want grandeur. I don’t think either life is wrong as long as it’s true. I say this to say, if you truly are an artist DO NOT let your flame go out, DO NOT wonder what it’s like to have a regular job because it’s not you.

I have felt this way and almost went all the way with putting my creativity to the side to work at an office job and just live a “normal life” and it was a terrible place to be disguised as peace.

With all that being said, my fire has come back and come back blue! It will never die out. I am suuuper happy as a creative but I know the cost of it. I think there are a lot of people leading ordinary lives, which is, again, fine, so it becomes really hard to relate and be related to when going about your daily things because I’d even argue it’s a majority of people who are leading ordinary lives. So sometimes, it makes it really hard, and makes it feel like I am alone. To my future self, past self and YOU if you’re a creative, surround yourself with people who DO understand you and keep that creative fire in you alive.

EDDIE, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Eddie Saturn. I am a creative director, music artist and film/story maker from Massachusetts based out of LA. I put creative director first because in my own works, I am the vision holder that I would be for anyone else I work with on a creative project. So that role almost is the same even for myself. I focus my creative efforts on music since I have the most experience and tools to make that stuff and I have like 2 more albums on top of my debut project “Dork.” that I need to make. Then I say I am a film maker or storywriter last because it is where I’m heading after I establish myself musically. I think creative direction is underestimated and often overlooked in projects. People are too proud to say they don’t have the vision yet or don’t know they need it perhaps. People like Rick Rubin, Donald Glover and other creatives that have these heavy visions are so necessary even if they don’t touch a piece of equipment. I feel like I add at least that to any project I am a part of.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on NFTs. (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

I think NFTs are misunderstood. I haven’t made any in the colloquial sense, like a digital piece of art that has stock etc etc BUT I would say I have made physical one of one pieces that have the same idea and I like that. So I think I like NFTs that are digital too. In a world where everything is so capitalized and tends to be quantity over quality, one of one things bring value back to art. “You’ve seen this person’s art but you don’t have this one of one,”

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

If you’re a non-creative reading this: YOU’RE LYING! Creativity has a connotation that it must involve paint or music or drugs. And that it cannot be taught/discovered. You totally should explore and not let the need to make something that’s marketable stop you from trying stuff. You may also find there is creativity in how you do the career line you’re currently in. I was also half kidding, I wanted to hook you.

But for real, for real: Life is not black and white, binary, absolute. It’s actually extremely subjective and all of the views are important. So don’t try to tell your starving artist friend to settle down BUT also don’t feel bad that you want to. Becoming a renowned artist requires so much sacrifice and is never a completely repeatable process from case to case so we do weird shit like sleep in the car, max out our credit line, eat sunflower butter and rice cakes every day and fall in love with rice cakes with sunflower butter (yes I did all those). So hearing people tell us we’re doing it wrong is terrible. Either makes us fold or angry or both. TLDR; 1. Find creativity. Full stop, no overthinking. 2. Normal doesn’t exist but living a simple life or artist life are both normal. 3. Stop acting like you know what needs to be done to be a successful artist. 4. Support your artist friends. 8/10 times it’s free, 2/10 you’re buying product or a ticket!

Contact Info:

• Website: eddiesaturn.com [currently down!]
• Instagram: @eddiesaturn29_
• Facebook: @eddiesaturn29
• Twitter: @eddiesaturn29
• Youtube: @eddiesaturn29

Image Credits
Ki-Sean Johnson, Sam Nkrumah