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

Twin Peaks

The OA

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (US)

Euphoria

Movies

Coraline

Donnie Darko

KiKi's Delivery Service

Other

AquaNotes


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