Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Randy Heart. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Randy , appreciate you joining us today. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.
I took a huge leap when I decided to quit teaching full time to open a juice bar called Berry Good Juice Bar with my brother and best friend. We aren’t just building a business we’re building a space that blends art, wellness, and community love. We invested our own money, we’re designing everything ourselves, we’re building it from the ground up in Macon.
It risky, emotionally, financially a lot but I wanted to prove that you can make a living spreading love, promoting wellness, and giving youth a place to belong. That risk became a reflection of my philosophy: create with purpose, and everything else will follow.”
Randy , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
My name is Randy Heart and I’m a visual artist, educator, and community builder from Macon, Georgia. My journey started in the classroom, where I taught high school art for years helping scholars find their voice through creativity. Over time, I realized my purpose extended beyond the walls of one school. I wanted to use art to reach entire communities, heal hearts, and teach lessons that stick for life.
That’s what led me to create my character Parker Cloud a joyful, imaginative boy who represents peace, love, and emotional growth. Parker and his friends appear on everything I make from socks and shirts to murals, and community workshops. Each character carries a positive message about kindness, emotional intelligence, and believing in yourself.
Through my brand, Berry Good, I merged my love for art and wellness. The Berry Good Smoothie Bar isn’t just a juice shop it’s a creative hub built to nourish the body, mind, and spirit. It’s where art, community, and conversation meet over smoothies made with love and fruit.
What sets my work apart is the message behind it everything I create is rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL), community uplift, and authenticity. Whether I’m painting a mural at a school, leading a youth art camp, customizing sneakers, or serving smoothies, my goal is the same: to inspire love, creativity, and self-awareness in others.
I’m most proud of how far the message has traveled. I’ve seen students who once doubted themselves become confident creators. I’ve seen neighborhoods light up with color and hope through art. And I’ve built a movement around the simple belief that love is the greatest that peace, color, and kindness still matter.
What I want people to know about me and my work is this: everything I create has purpose. Parker Cloud and Berry Good aren’t just brands they’re bridges between art, health, and love. I want people to feel seen, inspired, and loved through everything I touch.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
A story that best represents my resilience is the period when I decided to walk away from my full time teaching job to fully pursue my art and purpose. I loved my students and the impact I was making, but something inside me kept saying there was more I needed to do more people I needed to reach, more love I needed to share.
Leaving that steady paycheck, benefits, and stability was not easy. I didn’t have a backup plan or investors waiting. I just had faith, creativity, and a vision. I sold socks out the trunk, I designed, teaching art workshops, and painted murals anywhere that would let me. Some days the money was slow, and some nights I questioned if I’d made a mistake.
But every time I saw a student smile at their mural, or a parent thank me for inspiring their child, it reminded me why I started. I learned that resilience isn’t just about surviving hard times it’s about staying rooted in your purpose even when the ground feels shaky.
That same resilience helping me build our brand, Berry Good, from scratch. I’ve painted through exhaustion, created while broke, and kept showing up when it felt like nobody was watching. But I never stopped believing that art, love, and faith could change lives including mine.
Now, every time I see a kid wearing my Parker Cloud socks, or walk past one of my murals, I’m reminded that resilience looks like continuing to create light even when you’ve been through darkness.!
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
Yes. My mission has always been to use art as a tool for healing, learning, and connection. Everything I create from murals and workshops to socks, smoothies, and characters like Parker Cloud is built around one core idea: love is the greatest.
I want people, especially kids, to see that art can teach you more than technique it can teach you empathy, confidence, and awareness. My creative journey is about showing that you don’t have to choose between purpose and creativity. You can build a life where both feed each other.
Through out brand Berry Good, I’m merging art, community, and wellness proving that healthy living and creative expression belong in the same space. Whether it’s painting a mural with students or serving someone a smoothie with a positive message on the cup, my goal is to leave people feeling seen, inspired, and loved.
I’m driven by this belief: if you plant love in your community, it grows in ways you can’t imagine. My art is just another seed. The real mission is helping people remember their light and share it with their community.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.parkercloud.com
- Instagram: Cloudtalkn
- Facebook: Randy Heart
