{"id":18045,"date":"2026-05-26T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=18045"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:43:07","slug":"episode-677-luis-mendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-677-luis-mendo","title":{"rendered":"Episode 677 &#8211; Luis Mendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 677:<br \/>\nLuis Mendo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4453\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-18045-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=18045-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Mundo Mendo is like the world of Mendo. It&#8217;s my world, and you need a spaceship to arrive here.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundomendo.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18047\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-677-luis-mendo\/screenshot-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?fit=1548%2C2240\" data-orig-size=\"1548,2240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?fit=428%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18047\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?resize=280%2C405\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?resize=304%2C440 304w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?resize=428%2C620 428w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?resize=768%2C1111 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?resize=1061%2C1536 1061w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?resize=1415%2C2048 1415w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Year-One-Book-One-Cover.jpeg?w=1548 1548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>Welcome to Mundo Mendo! I visited artist and writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luismendo.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luis Mendo<\/a> in Karuizawa, Japan for a wide-ranging conversation about art, creativity, community and more. We talk about how he left design and embraced drawing and illustration, why he created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundomendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mundo Mendo<\/a> platform so fans\/members can support his art and stories (and get an annual print edition of his work), the limits of money and the joy of making art, and how artists can escape &#8220;working for Mr. Zuckerberg&#8221; and stop chasing likes on Instagram. We get into how internal change has to be accompanied by an external change, the challenge of not having a client, his critique of AI &#8220;art&#8221;, and the tension between world of numbers &amp; metrics and the world of serendipity. We also discuss the creative residency he &amp; his wife ran,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almostperfect.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Almost Perfect<\/a>, his love of old movies, how the creative life can be a chain of projects, what brought him to Japan and what keeps him there (even if he feels like a foreigner wherever he is), his newsletter that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.luismendo.com\/theillustrated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlights other illustrators and artists<\/a>, why I should be a male model in Japan, and a lot more. (Plus, after the conversation I share a story about my Japan business trip and some Kafkaesque flop-sweat moments.) <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundomendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mundo Mendo<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m greedy for making something interesting, it&#8217;s a healthy greed.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kcQ-kPxpAII?si=Nxs13SFpww88byd5\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Why are we all working for Mr. Zuckerberg instead of working for ourselves?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-677-luis-mendo\/id531173075?i=1000769721778\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My first art influences were comics, women&#8217;s magazines, and bullfighting on the TV.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5dU5ZwJMT52P4NqtRg1QdX?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you choose the right people, they attract the right people.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_677_-_Luis_Mendo.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vmspod.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueSky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good ol&#8217; RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luismendo.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luis Mendo<\/a> is an artist and author based in Japan. He studied graphic design in Spain and The Netherlands. After working as an editorial designer and creative director for 20 years in Amsterdam, Luis moved to Tokyo and changed his career to drawing. His illustrations can be found on books, websites, magazines, advertising and clothing worldwide. His artworks have been shown in art galleries in Spain, France, Japan, South Korea and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>His preferred subjects include sensory-driven stories, city\/urban life, interiors, objects, animals and people in context. Also travel, narratives, feelings and human interactions. Luis&#8217;s illustration signature is to make mundane things look special and make visible the invisible. He can&#8217;t avoid impregnating positivism to everything he draws.<\/p>\n<p>Luis was the Creative Director and co-founder of creative residency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almostperfect.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Almost Perfect<\/a> together with his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukamendo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuka<\/a>, from 2018 to 2025. In 2024 Luis launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundomendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mundo Mendo<\/a>, a membership program where he shares art, stories and thoughts that subsequently and annually become printed books. In the newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luismendo.com\/theillustrated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Illustrated<\/a>, Luis shares and promotes his favorite illustration talent.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Luis on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luismendo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/luismendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluesky<\/a>, and support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundomendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MUNDO MENDO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded at Luis&#8217; home in Karuizawa on a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Rvj3R6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue enCORE 200<\/a> microphones feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a> digital recorder &amp; interface. I recorded the intro and outro on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3cGZ1Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwlQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a>. Drawing of us by Luis. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 677: Luis Mendo &#8220;Mundo Mendo is like the world of Mendo. It&#8217;s my world, and you need a spaceship to arrive here.&#8221; Welcome to Mundo Mendo! I visited artist and writer Luis Mendo in Karuizawa, Japan for a wide-ranging conversation about art, creativity, community and more. We talk about how he left &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-677-luis-mendo\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 677 &#8211; Luis Mendo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,27,26,46,4,1083,40,1183,19],"tags":[251,1728,961,994,8124,2379,3502,811,8122,8123,993,8121,1347],"class_list":["post-18045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-big-business","category-comics","category-design","category-literature","category-movies","category-music","category-podcasts","category-urban-issues","tag-ben-katchor","tag-bill-griffith","tag-bill-watterson","tag-charles-schulz","tag-craig-mod","tag-dave-mckean","tag-goya","tag-graydon-carter","tag-ian-spalter","tag-joaquin-sorolla","tag-jules-feiffer","tag-luis-mendo","tag-richard-thompson","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/The_Virtual_Memories_Show_LMSHRUNK.jpg?fit=2000%2C1400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4H3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16562,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-572-sammy-harkham","url_meta":{"origin":18045,"position":0},"title":"Episode 572 &#8211; Sammy Harkham","author":"Gil","date":"January 16, 2024","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 572: Sammy Harkham \"If someone makes a good comic, don't assume there's going to be more. 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