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mbarkerWriting Excuses 13.17: What Writers Get Wrong, with Jamahl Crouch
From https://writingexcuses.com/2018/04/29/13-17-what-writers-get-wrong-with-jamahl-crouch/
Key points: Street art isn't just a vandal running around on a skateboard, it's a form of art to be mastered. Creativity is key. Street art is free-flowing. You can make mistakes on purpose and build on those mistakes. Doing street art makes you flexible as an artist, because you don't ever get the same surface. There's a lot more to street art than just a dude on a skateboard spray painting a trashcan. The goal for the street artist is to be better than they were yesterday.
( Tagging the building... )
[Brandon] Well, we are out of time. Were are you going to give us some homework or a writing prompt or something?
[Jamahl] Yeah. Just… Definitely the most accurate one I said was… Definitely watch Get Down and just kind of watch those scenes with the graffiti artists in there. Then try it yourself. That’s the best part. Just get a can of spray paint. If you go out in your backyard or your neighborhood wall or abandoned building. Just try it out yourself and just see how it feels and go from there.
[Dan] Awesome.
[Brandon] That is probably the most unique homework we’ve ever given on Writing Excuses.
[Laughter]]
[Howard] You told them to go outside.
[Laughter]
[Brandon] Jamahl, thank you so much for being on our podcast.
[Jamahl] Thanks for having me.
[Brandon] Thank you to our audience at GenCon.
[Applause]
[Brandon] This has been Writing Excuses. You’re out of excuses, now go write.
From https://writingexcuses.com/2018/04/29/13-17-what-writers-get-wrong-with-jamahl-crouch/
Key points: Street art isn't just a vandal running around on a skateboard, it's a form of art to be mastered. Creativity is key. Street art is free-flowing. You can make mistakes on purpose and build on those mistakes. Doing street art makes you flexible as an artist, because you don't ever get the same surface. There's a lot more to street art than just a dude on a skateboard spray painting a trashcan. The goal for the street artist is to be better than they were yesterday.
( Tagging the building... )
[Brandon] Well, we are out of time. Were are you going to give us some homework or a writing prompt or something?
[Jamahl] Yeah. Just… Definitely the most accurate one I said was… Definitely watch Get Down and just kind of watch those scenes with the graffiti artists in there. Then try it yourself. That’s the best part. Just get a can of spray paint. If you go out in your backyard or your neighborhood wall or abandoned building. Just try it out yourself and just see how it feels and go from there.
[Dan] Awesome.
[Brandon] That is probably the most unique homework we’ve ever given on Writing Excuses.
[Laughter]]
[Howard] You told them to go outside.
[Laughter]
[Brandon] Jamahl, thank you so much for being on our podcast.
[Jamahl] Thanks for having me.
[Brandon] Thank you to our audience at GenCon.
[Applause]
[Brandon] This has been Writing Excuses. You’re out of excuses, now go write.
