Take responsibility for the ocean: Jared Jed Kruger, Cape Town-based Artist and Illustrator

In today's episode, I'm chatting with Jared Jed Kruger, a Cape Town-based artist and illustrator exploring the depths of the sea with his beautiful ink canvases.

Growing up on South Africa's East Coast, Jed is uniquely connected to wild waters. Weaving his scientific understanding and deep passion for ocean ecosystems with a profound creativity, Jed works primarily with ink on paper or linen to create his ocean-inspired works of art. Now a full-time artist, Jed is on a mission to capture the beautiful feeling of the sea and its creatures within, to inspire others to connect with the ocean.

Something Old: Fishing with his grandfather at 2 years old, and the pull of the ocean as a 4 year old boy (on a childhood quest to the beach)

Something New: Support for Marine Protected Areas in South Africa and the recovery of whale populations

Something Borrowed: 'The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa' by J.L.B. Smith, 'Feral' by George Monbiot, 'The Eye of The Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything' by Helen Scales, My Octopus Teacher documentary

Something Blue: Haga Haga, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Jed on Instagram - @jared_jed_kruger

Something Blue on Instagram - @somethingbluepodcast

Lily on Instagram - @usourearth

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The hope with this podcast is to bring a tiny dose of blue wherever in the world you're listening...to remind ourselves as a global community of ocean lovers that there is hope for the future of our waterways.

Sending you all the ocean love,

Lily xx

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