Artist Talk — Jaina Cipriano
Episode Summary
Multi-media artist Jaina Cipriano unpacks the layers of her explosive creativity. Here, she highlights how she captures her ideas, fosters creative community, and implements a way to visually communicate feelings.
In this conversation, Jaina discusses, among other things:
Photographing what you can’t see
Creating spaces to document what you’re feeling
Making a mess
Doing insane things
Creating a creative team
The magic carpet ride of creativity
Trusting yourself
Sharing your process
The wonders of a shower notepad
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Books
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
Stock Scenery Construction Handbook (Third Edition) by Bill Raoul & Mike Monsos
On Mental Toughness by Harvard Business Review
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television by Judith Weston
Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch
Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect by Claudia Hunter Johnson
TV Shows
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (US)
Movies
Other