Today we’d like to introduce you to Jeremy Thomas. They and their team shared their story with us below:
Jeremy Ian Thomas (Soulajit) is a multimedia artist, channel, intuitive healer, and polymath with roots in music, film, philosophy, plant medicine, and 3D visual content creation based in Los Angeles, California.
After a successful career as an independent Hip Hop artist sharing stages from Europe to Asia with the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Wu-Tang Clan, Soula made a shift into film making attending the Los Angeles Film School and delving into the extensive world of light and shadow.
While living and creating in the city of angels, Soula had his grand awakening, integrating lifetimes of learning; he stepped into his soul’s path as an audio-visual vibrational healer.
After stumbling onto the work of Mike Winkleman, better known as Beeple, his life would never be the same. Winkleman was open-sourcing his project files, and Soula began reverse engineering Winkleman’s wizardry.
Immersing himself in the world of daily rendering, he amassed a wealth of techniques solving the puzzles inside massively deep learning curves by pushing himself to create original art – every day – for years.
Today, Soulajit creates images and sounds imbued with psychedelic symbology, bridging the gap between art and commerce.
All the skills he’s collected over the past 28 years coalesce into a potent brew of conscious sensorial experiences. 3-dimensional storytelling scored masterfully while communicating the beautiful, ugly, and otherworldly. His creative vision is what sets him apart in the new paradigm where artist are finally being recognized as cultural conduits.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
My life has been a long and winding road of beginnings and endings.
My early years were mired in different types of abuse – emotional – sexual – physical, and otherwise.
I struggled with drug addiction in my teens into my later years, trying to transmute the trauma I had picked up along the way by escaping was a tough lesson.
Music and art we’re always a salve of sorts, they helped met helped me conceptualize and externalize the pain I had experienced. They’ve been my greatest teachers.
Having my son, who is now 18, has been the most healing part of the process. Getting to correct and reverse some of the trauma by raising him the way I wished I was raised has helped me to heal my inner child to heal.
Life is beautiful and brutal, and learning to ride the ebb and flow has proven to be a wild ride.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar, what can you tell them about what you do?
I began my creative journey as a musician and continue to create music, and in 2007 I came to Los Angeles to go to film school because I couldn’t be on the road 200 days a year while raising my son.
I didn’t have a father, and it wasn’t really a choice at all whether to be a traveling musician or father to my son – so I chose to go to Film school to be around more.
While in film school, I broadened my horizons in the creative scope of my life. This really expanded my palate and got me into all different kinds of disciplines around creating images and even music.
My current iteration, is a mixture of all of it. I create original music supported by unique visual concepts, mostly using 3-D art programs like Cinema, 4D, aftereffects, and Unreal Engine.
I work with brands and agencies in the corporate side of things to help support their visions and sell their products.
As for my personal endeavors, I try to create music and visuals to impact people’s lives in a positive way and help them heal. I always hope by sharing my story through well-crafted narratives, and beautiful music I can help people to open their eyes and take a step into doing some of their own shadow work.
I think what sets me apart is my intention, my intention has always been to help, to heal, and to have hope. It’s tough in these industries that are primarily concerned with monetary gain to maintain some sort of integrity, but honestly, I don’t even really have a choice. My karma is such that I have to stay on the positive path no matter what is offered to me.
Are there any apps, books, podcasts, blogs, or other resources you think our readers should check out?
1.) Rick Rubin – Tetragramaton
2.) Rick Rubin – The Creative act
3.) The War of Art – Stephen Pressfield
4.) The Case for Reality – Donald Hoffman
5.) The Kybalion – the 3 initiates
6.) in the Realm of Hungry ghosts – Gabor Mate
7.) The Theory of Everything – Ken Wilber
Contact Info:
- Website: www.kingconduit.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/jeremyianthomas
Image Credits
Jim Carter
Gabe Morivera
