MAKE ART Workshop [TEASER]
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
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🗓️ 25 November 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
As a special THANK YOU to our Patreon community that keeps the showing going through these tough times, Andrea shares her "hot sauce" for making art. The core spice is this: Don't be afraid to be interesting. Sometimes there might be a temptation to self-censor, to play it safe, to adhere to external pressures real or imagined. Instead, go within and create based on what's true for you. That's what the world needs from you now.
To use this guide, watch the video of the workshop, then read through the worksheet that outlines the step-by-step process: for Patreon subscribers you can find that worksheet linked here. Or you can listen to the guide as you would any podcast. Whatever works for you is what works!
As a follow-up to this workshop, we'll gather in the new year for a live virtual event to talk through our projects, share ideas and insights, and support each other in our creative process. The goal is to protect our mental hygiene, enhance our intuition, and stay creative in a time of rampant gaslighting by idiotic destructive forces determined to demoralize us. We obviously won't let that happen.
For any questions or to share notes on your own process, leave a comment below or write to Andrea at GaslitNation@gmail.com. To check out the first ever Gaslit Nation Make Art workshop, subscribe to the show at the Truth-teller level or higher on Patreon by signing up at Patreon.com/Gaslit. You'll receive all episodes ad free, special invites, and more!
Show Notes:
The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-modern-myths-adventures-in-the-machinery-of-the-popular-imagination-philip-ball/18335535?ean=9780226823843
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma [Includes insights on art therapy] https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-body-keeps-the-score-brain-mind-and-body-in-the-healing-of-trauma-bessel-van-der-kolk/6679040?ean=9780143127741
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling https://bookshop.org/p/books/storyworthy-engage-teach-persuade-and-change-your-life-through-the-power-of-storytelling-matthew-dicks/10952996?ean=9781608685486
Making Movies https://bookshop.org/p/books/making-movies-sidney-lumet/6730532?ean=9780679756606
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-anatomy-of-story-22-steps-to-becoming-a-master-storyteller-john-truby/8050558?ean=9780865479937
101 Things to Learn in Art School https://bookshop.org/p/books/101-things-to-learn-in-art-school-kit-white/10523037?ean=9780262016216
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative https://bookshop.org/p/books/steal-like-an-artist-10-things-nobody-told-you-about-being-creative-austin-kleon/6862462?ean=9780761169253
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art https://bookshop.org/p/books/understanding-comics-the-invisible-art-scott-mccloud/228758?ean=9780060976255
A Map for Wild Hearts: How to Make Art Even When You're Lost https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-map-for-wild-hearts-how-to-make-art-even-when-you-re-lost-andrea-hannah/12045947?ean=9780578521725
Watch the documentary "Brooklyn Boheme" made by Gaslit Nation guest and Andrea's mentor Nelson George: https://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Boheme-Spike-Branford-Marsalis/dp/B007JRTVH0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13DQ10MMZPBVU&keywords=brooklyn+boheme&qid=1700830612&s=instant-video&sprefix=brooklyn+boh%2Cinstant-video%2C336&sr=1-1
10 Must-Read Native American Authors https://bookriot.com/must-read-native-american-authors/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. Welcome to the first ever Gaslit Nation Make Art Workshop. I have been planning this, |
| 0:14.8 | dreaming about it for so long now and here it is. And I'm trying not to get overwhelmed with all |
| 0:20.3 | the information |
| 0:20.9 | that I want to share. Just remember, this is draft one of this workshop. So send me all your |
| 0:27.0 | questions, send me all your feedback. We will meet again in a live virtual event in the early |
| 0:34.7 | new year, like February and March, where we can just get together and spit |
| 0:38.8 | all ideas, bring me your projects, bring me your thoughts, bring me your insecurities, |
| 0:43.6 | whatever you're working on, and we'll sort through it together. So this is just draft one. |
| 0:49.1 | I can redo this later based on all the feedback I get. And do not be afraid to ask any questions whatsoever. |
| 0:57.3 | My superpower that I attribute to any breakthroughs I've had in my work come from asking |
| 1:05.6 | stupid questions. |
| 1:07.2 | So we're going to have a contest of who can ask the stupidest questions. |
| 1:12.4 | No, but I mean like just ask questions. |
| 1:18.7 | Whoever ask, you just don't be afraid of whatever questions you might have. It's there is no such a thing, |
| 1:24.4 | I think, as a stupid question when it comes to learning process, learning craft, learning anything like that. All questions are valid. And to encourage that, out of all the |
| 1:29.2 | questions that come in, I will choose one person at random to receive a signed copy of the Gaslit Nation |
| 1:34.8 | graphic novel to really encourage you to just throw your questions out there. And I'm grateful for this |
| 1:40.0 | opportunity. You've no idea how thrilled I am. I have studied so many artists across all types |
| 1:46.1 | of art from writers, actors, uh, visual painters, sculptors. I've studied their biographies. I've |
| 1:52.7 | a massive fascination and how the life and times of the artist shapes their work. That has |
| 1:59.7 | inspired me in my own work. And I have no shortage |
| 2:03.2 | of stories of human beings facing off with the machinery of fascism. And instead of succumbing |
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