{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Husam Machlovi: poetry, business, and education.","description":"Visit https:\/\/husammachlovi.com and https:\/\/gregalbritton.com\/category\/podcast\/ to learn more.  \u201cIf I\u2019m not writing poetry everyday, I\u2019m journaling everyday. It\u2019s been my go-to when I\u2019m trying to work something out, work an emotion out, work a problem out\u2026 I think it feels real natural for me. It\u2019s almost like another limb for me, like an extension of my body.\u201d Husam expresses himself through both poetry and prose, focusing on the artist\u2019s journey and the human condition.  Here\u2019s a poem of his, \u201cReturning Here\u201d: A portal opens, and you wander through dissolving Into something greater. A familiar face is new and perfect. Another\u2019s hurt becomes your own. What was pushing and pulling is now flowing. The waves do not ask the sea \u201cwhere are we going?\u201d The sea does not ask  \u201cwho are you?\u201d What started as an exploration of what enlightenment may be like turned into the poem above. Husam incorporates what I call, a \u2018characterization framework\u2019 to enable fresh perspectives while writing. Imagining he was \u2018enlightened\u2019, Husam enabled fundamental thinking that superseded the \u2018I\u2019 and went to something beyond himself. This fundamental thinking also appears in his business practices. He currently leads With Pulp, a digital product studio based in NYC with team members located around the world. When asked about working on things that resonate with him, he said, \u201cI think it absolutely drives us further to do better work. When we started the non-profit work\u2026 the code that we were pushing felt like it had actual value that we resonated with in the real world. The non-profit\u2019s aim was to take children off the streets and put them in shelters. It felt like our code was contributing to that and we felt good about that. It drove us to show up and be extra focused in our daily efforts.\u201d  Husam and team continue to choose the clients they want to work with, something very different from his time working at a corporate ad agency, just four years ago. \u201cI felt like we could do this, we could pick the clients we wanted to work with\u2026 we could still do the work that we love and make a living off of it. Thankfully right now it\u2019s working to be the case, and hopefully we continue to be able to do that.\u201d His love for product design led him to become a Product Design lecturer at City University in New York. \u201cThe funny thing is, I actually applied and a couple hours later I was like wait, I could do a much better cover letter so I applied twice and they actually really liked that. I thought that was going to be a bad thing and they said \u2018we appreciate you applying twice\u2019. Hey, it worked out well!\u201d Husam recognizes that while the things he focuses on can benefit others, it also contributes greatly to himself. Through his poetry he finds a means of expressing himself, his work as a means of earning money and contributing to others, and his teaching as an education in being concise, empathetic, and a good listener. He says that all of this is, \u201crewarding for how good it feels to actually do it\u201d. What is something that you have gone towards that makes you feel good? ","author_name":"Profound Perspective","author_url":"http:\/\/profoundperspective.libsyn.com\/website","html":"