Buddhist Inspired Media & Creative Consulting
How can I help?
Let’s Get Creative
Vincent wants to work with you to develop helpful and lasting creative habits that can lead to a more meaningful connection to yourself and the world around you. Vincent’s approach includes routine breaking, intentional boredom (in a good way), accountability, and creatively fulfilling exercises meant to unblock blocks and align your body and mind with your creative flow.
Meetings are online and on a sliding scale. Vincent wants to work with you in a way that works for you!
Feel free to reach out using the contact form below to book one-on-one sessions and to learn more about programs, pricing, and other offerings.
Media
Vincent makes art and content, much of which is inspired by Buddhist practice and teachings, using a variety of mediums. From podcasts to children’s books, Vincent explores the lessons and wisdoms found in Buddhisms from all over the world and shares what he’s learned in engaging formats across various channels and platforms.
Vincent has also collaborated with companies like Wisdom Publications for upcoming book release promotional interviews and his work has been featured on the Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast. If you’re interested in booking Vincent for your media projects, please fill out the contact form at the bottom.
About
Vincent Moore (he/him/his)
Vincent is a creative with over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry and holds a graduate degree in Buddhist Studies.
For years, he performed and coached regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, an improv and sketch comedy theatre based in New York and Los Angeles. As an actor, Vincent performed on Comedy Central, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Seth Meyers, Above Average, and The UCB Show on Seeso.
As a writer, he developed for television as well as stage, including work with the Blue Man Group, and his own written projects have been featured on websites such as Funny or Die.
He also makes things just for fun and sometimes doesn’t tell anyone about it. Wild!
Additionally, he received a Masters of Buddhist Studies from the Institute of Buddhist Studies with a Certificate in Soto Zen Studies and engages in a personal Buddhist practice within the Soto Zen tradition.
Why “Good For Nothing Ideas”?
Kōdō Sawaki, a Zen priest, was known for saying that Zen practice is “good for nothing,” encouraging students to avoid practicing as a means to gain something or for any kind of desired result and instead practice for its own sake. Attachment to a certain goal or outcome can get in the way of practice. However, when we fully throw ourselves into practice without expectation, then we can bring our full selves to the practice and “just sit.”
For Vincent, this approach towards practice resonates deeply and applies directly to his understanding of the arts. So many projects and ideas stop before they start because of doubts around their merit, their possible reception, and the perceived lack of skill by the creator themselves and their ability to get them done.
Instead, Vincent encourages us to create for the sake of creating and not to get tied up in expectation and results. Art is intuitive, accessible, and healing. Art is process.
You can find out more about this idea of Zen practice as “good for nothing” through works by Kōshō Uchiyama and Shōhaku Okumura.
Vincent Wrote a Children’s Book!
You’re a Rubber Duck follows the buoyant journey of a rubber ducky floating on the open ocean, experiencing the ups and downs of life with resiliency, balance, and humor. The book also uniquely reflects Zen Buddhist themes both in its story and illustration.
Paths of Practice is a podcast hosted by Vincent that features interviews with people sharing their experiences with Buddhism and Buddhist practice.
The podcast includes conversations with folks from all over the world and from a wide variety of Buddhisms. Episodes explore the journeys of individuals that have been on the path for a while and those just starting out as well as everyone in between.
Podcast episodes are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
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