Brainstorm!

Brainstorm!

By Lio Casal and Garrett LeyHealth & FitnessMental HealthArtsVisual Arts
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Brainstorm! episodes

  • S2 EP6 - Black Creative Voices: barry johnson Part 2
    Today we continue our journey listening to and uplifting Black Creative Voices. This is an ongoing series where we interview black artists about their work, challenges and dreams. This episode features incredible Seattle-based author, artist, and entrepreneur, barry johnson. Join us as we talk about:
     

    -barry's IMMACULATE exhibition depicting black and brown faces that have been distorted, covered up and partially erased to represent what has happened to black culture and heritage to fit another party's narrative, and his nomination for the Neddy Award


    -barry's work for TEDx exploring identity and the creation of different personas as a way to navigate the world by freely evolving to explore multiple areas of yourself and your life


    -"Black Lives Matter" as an apolitical statement that refers to human rights and the non-radicalism of inclusion and togetherness


    -the call to enforce law emotionally rather than physically which requires removing military-grade gear within police, and addressing the profitability of holding citizens back through mass-incarceration and slave labor


    -the origins of the black peoples' mistrust in American systems due to racist law enforcement, mass sterilization of black people at the hands of racist American health-care systems, and mass killing of black people at the hands of racist American systems, along with black peoples' unwillingness to share for fear of their vulnerability being used against them again as it has in history


    -black peoples' agency to believe freely and go against norms, systematic erasure of their accomplishment in history, the potential for their lives to change at the hands of police, their generational trauma and the willful ignorance of racism within society


    -the way divisiveness is used against society for profit, causing humanity to forget their likeness to one another, and how our inherent shared values can be appealed to by radical ideals exacerbated by the echo-chamber of social media


    -the importance of artists' roles in society and their duty to document the aesthetic and emotional history of humanity, and art's potential as a healing force


    You can find barry's work at:


    barryjohnson.co


    Instagram: @barryjohnson.co


    Twitter: @barryjohnsonco


    Patreon: patreon.com/barryjohnson

    1 hr 16 min
  • S2 EP5 - Black Creative Voices: barry johnson Part 1
    Today we continue our journey listening to and uplifting Black Creative Voices. This is an ongoing series where we interview black artists about their work, challenges and dreams. This episode features incredible Seattle-based author, artist, and entrepreneur, barry johnson. Join us as we talk about:
     

    -barry's IMMACULATE exhibition depicting black and brown faces that have been distorted, covered up and partially erased to represent what has happened to black culture and heritage to fit another party's narrative, and his nomination for the Neddy Award


    -barry's work for TEDx exploring identity and the creation of different personas as a way to navigate the world by freely evolving to explore multiple areas of yourself and your life


    -"Black Lives Matter" as an apolitical statement that refers to human rights and the non-radicalism of inclusion and togetherness


    -the call to enforce law emotionally rather than physically which requires removing military-grade gear within police, and addressing the profitability of holding citizens back through mass-incarceration and slave labor


    -the origins of the black peoples' mistrust in American systems due to racist law enforcement, mass sterilization of black people at the hands of racist American health-care systems, and mass killing of black people at the hands of racist American systems, along with black peoples' unwillingness to share for fear of their vulnerability being used against them again as it has in history


    -black peoples' agency to believe freely and go against norms, systematic erasure of their accomplishment in history, the potential for their lives to change at the hands of police, their generational trauma and the willful ignorance of racism within society


    -the way divisiveness is used against society for profit, causing humanity to forget their likeness to one another, and how our inherent shared values can be appealed to by radical ideals exacerbated by the echo-chamber of social media


    -the importance of artists' roles in society and their duty to document the aesthetic and emotional history of humanity, and art's potential as a healing force


    You can find barry's work at:


    barryjohnson.co


    Instagram: @barryjohnson.co


    Twitter: @barryjohnsonco


    Patreon: patreon.com/barryjohnson

    1 hr 4 min
  • S2 EP4 - Black Creative Voices: Jael Brown Part 2

    Today we continue our journey listening to and uplifting Black Creative Voices. This is an ongoing series where we interview black artists about their work, challenges and dreams. This episode features incredible Philadelphia-based actor, makeup artist, producer, businesswoman, and dear friend, Jael Brown. Join us as we talk about:

    • generational trauma, PTSD and mental health within POC communities and the film she produced as a love letter to her dad, "Small and Mighty"

    • how to navigate including black stories within your work

    • playing a conservative black woman in the lead role of a play produced by an all-white team which featured the first predominately black cast at the theater where Grace Kelly got her start

    • clout-chasing and false wokeness vs inclusive storytelling

    -how to be a good ally through your transparency, understanding, and actions

    • her family meeting and spending time with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    • the whitewashing of black excellence

    • the positive changes that have already occurred and what to strive for in 2021 and beyond

    • & more! Whew!

     
    You can find her and her work on:
    Instagram: @jaebella13
    Twitter: @jaebella13
    Youtube: JaeBella
     
    You can find information about her film and production company on Instagram: @savage.queen.noire

     

    Organizations / movements:
    Colorofchange.org
    Pull up or shut up (#PullUporShutUp) / Pull up for change (@pullupforchange on Instagram)
    Breonnataylor.org
    standwithbre.com

    45 min
  • S2 EP3 - Black Creative Voices: Jael Brown Part 1
    Today we continue our journey listening to and uplifting Black Creative Voices. This is an ongoing series where we interview black artists about their work, challenges and dreams. This episode features incredible Philadelphia-based actor, makeup artist, producer, businesswoman, and dear friend, Jael Brown. Join us as we talk about:

    • generational trauma, PTSD and mental health within POC communities and the film she produced as a love letter to her dad, "Small and Mighty"

    • how to navigate including black stories within your work

    • playing a conservative black woman in the lead role of a play produced by an all-white team which featured the first predominately black cast at the theater where Grace Kelly got her start

    • clout-chasing and false wokeness vs inclusive storytelling

    -how to be a good ally through your transparency, understanding, and actions

    • her family meeting and spending time with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    • the whitewashing of black excellence

    • the positive changes that have already occurred and what to strive for in 2021 and beyond

    • & more! Whew!

     
    You can find her and her work on:
    Instagram: @jaebella13
    Twitter: @jaebella13
    Youtube: JaeBella

     

    You can find information about her film and production company on Instagram: @savage.queen.noire

     

    Organizations / movements:
    Colorofchange.org
    Pull up or shut up (#PullUporShutUp) / Pull up for change (@pullupforchange on Instagram)
    Breonnataylor.org
    standwithbre.com

    59 min
  • S1 EP9 - Can'tvas

    You know when you stare at a blank canvas and the white void stares back and erodes your sense of reality till you can’t draw at all? Sure! This episode we talk about how to start when you just feel overwhelmed by the Niezchian, vast nothingness of your Photoshop doc.

    33 min

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Trash your erasers. We're here to keep you sane you through the storm of artmaking! A podcast hosted by two pencil-wieldin’ goons, Lio (prev. Caro) and Garrett.