How To Be An Artist

A podcast that explores the question of art that expands beyond the canvas. How do we live our lives, commune with each other and build a world of generosity, collaboration and creativity? Discussions with artists that paint, make music and tells stories, and others whose mastery is in the mind, community, urban form or any other container that shapes who we are and what we have the possibility to become. Support H2BNA at patreon.com/h2bna

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Episodes

Step 8: Cameron Dayton -- O Brother Where Art Thou? Part 2

In this episode I continue my series of discussions with my brothers by chatting with Cameron Dayton, a writer, creative director and a transmedia specialist on some of the biggest games of the last two decades. His credits include early development work on Overwatch, creative director on Call of Duty WW II, and narrative director at BioWare. He’s also the creator and writer of Etherwalker, the first installment of the Silicon Covenant series. In this episode we talk about family and ambition, f...

Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Step 7: Lincoln Cannon -- Provoking a Communal Strenuosity

Lincoln Cannon is the Co-founder, former CEO and President of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, as well as the founder of Thrivous. We chat about the day-to-day implications of Transhumanism, misrecognized religion, superstition and dogma, pragmatism and how to change the world. Sadly, there was no discussion of Deadpool. https://transfigurism.org/ https://new-god-argument.com/ https://thrivous.com To support How to Be an Artist go to patreon.com/h2bna...

Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Step 6: Damian Dayton -- O Brother Where Art Thou? Part 1

Today I start the first in a series of interviews with my four brothers, all of whom have taken an unconventional path in life. This chat is with my brother Damian who is a writer with Creatably (https://www.creatably.com/), which is kinda an advertising and video production agency but also other things. We talk about his path towards medical school that took a sharp turn in another direction, among all the other favorite topics on H2BNA like depression, spirituality ect. We talk about our diver...

Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Step 5: Spencer Holt and D. Bradford Gambles -- The Merc with a Mouth

The second in a series chatting with members of Draw Night SLC. Besides being the respective brains behind Food Hates You (foodhatesyou.biz) and Dungeon Crawler (dungeoncrawlerscomic.com/) Brady and Spencer (or is it Spencer and Brady?) are a creative team making all sorts of awesome stuff you haven't seen yet. We talk about the current state of Draw Night, how we all got tangled together in it, the frustrations of trying to find an agent in the comics biz, Deadpool, collaboration, growing throu...

Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Step 4: Jason Young -- Should We Clone Neanderthals?

Jason Young is the co-creator and co-writer of Pretty Violent available from Image comics as well as a long time Draw Night chum. https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/pretty-violent In this chat we talk about how Covid-19 is effecting the essential artistic and communal function of coffee shops, the freedom that comes from a simple lifestyle, utilitarianism, betrayal syndrome, black swans, free speech and nuanced opinions, cloning neanderthals, preference falsification and why Jonathan Haidt's ...

Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Step 3: Kohl Glass -- The Invincible Summer

Kohl Glass is a director and screenwriter with an eclectic body of work including Der Ostwind (an official Sundance selection), Dragonfyre, You May Now Kill the Bride and The Babysitter Must Die. You can see Kohl's reel here: https://vimeo.com/184959601 We discuss Kohl's journey of discovering the Invincible Summer and why demons are overrated.

Aug 03, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Step 2: Dustin Hansen -- It Takes 3 Generations to Make an Artist

Dustin Hansen is the author/illustrator of My Video Game Ate My Homework available from DC comics. https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/my-video-game-ate-my-homework In this episode we discuss how generous DC is with promotional support, the art of finance, comp culture, the various manifestations of depression, the multi-generational project of creating an artist and Mark Eaton.

Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Step 1: Jerzy Drozd -- Giving Yourself Permission

The inaugural episode of How To Be An Artist, where podcasting veteran Jerzy Drozd helps to send H2BNA gently aloft. We talk about the main idea for the show, maturing as an artist, embracing your shadow, sin, motivations for making art, sacred spaces and Jerzy's favorite moment of Miracle on 45th street. Jerzy is a cartoonist, educator and comic arts advocate. He's also the host of multiple podcasts including Art and Story, Comics Are Great, Lean Into Art and others (too many to keep track!) ht...

Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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