MLB player turned Artist & Aku creator Micah Johnson

Micah Johnson is a former major league baseball player turned self-taught figurative artist. The 30-year-old played professional baseball for seven years and at the big league level with the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Braves. In 2013, he stole the most bases in pro baseball with 84. In 2018, he left baseball for art. As noted on his Art Angels bio, his new journey is to inspire a broader demographic around the subjects of racial equality, chasing your dreams without limitations, and the empowerment of young people. A time-sensitive photographic artwork that evolves over the next 11 years he created called Sä-v(ə-)rən-tē just set the record for the highest-selling digital artwork at $120,000. In this episode of Keep Swinging, Johnson details both his life as a big leaguer and as an artist. He is proof you can dream big and live more than one!