Zed A. Shaw, Painter

Story: I was painting and this old Thai dude kept yelling at me and saying "Wat" (temple). I was painting the temple and I couldn't figure out what the hell he wanted. It looked like he wanted me to stand in the street, which is a death sentence in Thailand. What? 1/2

5. The GoPro Max's 360 (or just any 360 video) is the future of my painting experience videos. I literally can replace my current 3 camera setup (scene, mixing, painting) with one 360 camera and be done with it. For instruction though the 360 doesn't work as well.

6. I had my first cracked painting, but only noticed after I'd varnished it and framed it and was handing it to a friend. The cracks were minor, but painting cracking gets worse over time. It was on an excellent panel and no paints that typically crack, so no idea why.

7. The best places to paint are the places that are the wildest. Phanat Nikhom is all over the map, with a Wat amongst trees and old trucks with rusted buildings. The worst was Tokyo because it was sterilized and boring with too many cops with nothing to do.

8. The toughest thing about painting outside in Thailand (especially in Bangkok) is finding a place to stand where a moped or car won't put you in the hospital. Phanat Nikhom works, Chantaburi is about 50/50. Bangkok is NoWayInHell I'm standing within 20m of that road.

9. It sounds stupid, but I had to buy new shoes twice, and finding size 13 was nearly impossible even with massive super malls. I eventually got some *fantastic* Northface gortex shoes and you'd think that'd be stupid in SE Asia but they rock. No sweating, stays dry, and solid.

9a. That means if you travel and you have massive boat anchor feet like me then *BRING TWO OTHER PAIRS OF SHOES YOU FOOL*. No, you cannot just hop on Amazon or Zappos here. You buy shit in stores or GFYS.