This is the Potter's Cast.

A podcast home for Potters Everywhere.

It's a community of Potters dedicated to grow their business.

We're picking up where the art degree ends.

I'm your host, Paul Blaze.

Welcome to episode number 1,192 of the Potterscast.

We've got a flashback coming on. Way back in episode number 247, we had a group of high school teachers coming on. And when I say a group, what I really mean to say is I had two high school teachers. It was Kevin Kowalski and Michael Milam. They were both on the show. And they're, like I said,

both high school teachers. And so we just, and the name of that episode was called Some High School Teachers. That's because I was so

creative when I came up with that title. You know, I just, instead of talking about what we talked about,

I just put, hey, some high school teachers, because that's what they are. They were some high school

teachers. So anyhow, Michael Milam is back on the show today and he is still a teacher,

but he's a teacher in Japan. And he's rocking it in Japan. Now, if you follow him on Instagram, you'd be calling it like Mike

Nightmare is his Instagram handle. So anyhow, and his website was Michael Nightmare.com. So my point

is, is that if you've been following him, then you already know what's going on

with his, with his journey into Japan. But for those of you that have not been following him,

he's a great teacher. He's a great artist. Like, I love his work. And so I'm super stoked to

have him back on the show again today.

So let's jump into this conversation that I had with Michael Milam right after this word from our sponsor.

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