Experience.Computer Jay Springett

Jay Springett leads director and animator Kirsten Lepore through a series of imaginative exercises. 
Then they discuss:
* The process of creating animation 
* The physicality of stop motion animation
* The role of the director
* The concepts of time and energy in film editing and more.
Experience.Computer is a slow radio show about high tech. Exploring aphantasia, creativity, and the imagination.
QUOTES
“Once it's done, I'm like, I can't look at it. Like, I need time. You know? Like, I need to be detached from this.”
“My mind had a blueprint and I just followed it. I would sketch it out, get what I'm imagining right, and then stick to it. Then it's just about following that blueprint that's in my mind from the get-go.”
“I enjoy animation maybe 10 to 15% of the time when I'm doing it. I like to dance sometimes when I'm animating and get into a really amazing state of flow.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Kirsten Lepore is an LA-based director and animator, and alumna of CalArts. She was the Animation Director on the A24 feature, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which was nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe, and won 3 Annie Awards, a Critics Choice Award, National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Animated Picture. She recently wrote and directed the Marvel Studios "I Am Groot" series streaming on Disney+. Previously, Kirsten's viral short “Hi Stranger” garnered upwards of 200 million views online, and her stop-motion episode of Adventure Time won a 2016 Emmy & Annie award.
IN YOUR MIND
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LINKS
* Kirsten’s Website
* Kirsten on IMDB
* Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - A24
* Read more about Kirsten on Wikipedia:
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* Spotify
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ABOUT THE SHOW
In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.
Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. An interview show exploring perception, experience and expression. The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Springett is a strategist and writer. His work focuses on the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds He has hosted the 301 second long essay podcast Permanently Moved since 2018, and Experience.Computer since 2023. Jay is currently working on his first book ‘The Web Was a Side Quest‘ and writes online at thejaymo.net


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Jay Springett leads writer and social thinker Dougald Hine through a series of imaginative exercises.
Then they discuss:
* How the internet came in like a tide
* The importance of attention and presence
* The significance of writing by hand and its impact on self-expression and communication
* The power of conversation and its ability to shape and influence ideas and more
Experience.Computer is a slow radio show about high tech. Exploring aphantasia, creativity, and the imagination.
QUOTES
“And then you said symbolism and suddenly my attention was completely pivoted away from that towards something more abstract”
“So there are two ways of using language. We can use it to word the world, which is to attempt to create a sort of descriptive layer above the world that tells us how things really are, or we can use words to world, the world, which is treating language as something that's part of, and acts within the world.”
“There's a danger of the written word because it can't explain itself, because it is context less.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Dougald Hine is a social thinker, writer and speaker. After an early career as a BBC journalist, he co-founded organisations including the Dark Mountain Project and a school called HOME. He has collaborated with scientists, artists and activists, serving as a leader of artistic development at Riksteatern (Sweden’s national theatre) and as an associate of the Centre for Environment and Development Studies at Uppsala University. His latest book is At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies (2023). He co-hosts The Great Humbling podcast and publishes a Substack called Writing Home.
IN YOUR MIND
Has this interview sparked any thoughts or questions about your own mind's eye, creative process, or inner experience? I'd love to hear your insights! Share your reflections in the comments below or on social media!
LINKS
* Dougald On Substack
* Dougald’s Website
* Buy At Work in the Ruin
* The Great Humbling Podcast
* A School Called Home
* Read more about Dougald on Wikipedia
ABOUT THE SHOW
In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.
Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. An interview show exploring perception, experience and expression. The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Springett is a strategist and writer. His work focuses on the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds He has hosted the 301 second long essay podcast Permanently Moved since 2018, and Experience.Computer since 2023. Jay is currently working on his first book ‘The Web Was a Side Quest‘ and writes online at thejaymo.net


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Jay Springett leads philosopher and writer Reza Negarestani through a series of imaginative exercises. 
Then they discuss:
* The experience of handling ancient relics
* The nature of thinking
* His favourite video game
* The very concepts of consciousness and intelligence
* Philosophy, Intelligence and AI and more
Experience.Computer is a slow radio show about high tech. Exploring perception, experience and expression.
QUOTES
“You know, I think that the art of forgetting is fundamental to rescuing good ideas.”
“When I reflect on it (..) It's the page, it's as if it's really me. It's really my brain. I don't even see that it is a distinct sort of, uh, you know, a surface or place.”
“Writing is actually where the real thinking is being done.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher and writer. He pioneered the genre of 'theory-fiction' with his 2008 book Cyclonopedia described by Ray Brassier as a “hybrid of philosophical fiction heretical theology, aberrant demonology and renegade archeology”. Reza is the author of several works including the Intelligence and Spirit and the comic book Chronosis. Reza is a board member of The New Centre for Research & Practice and his newest book Abducting the Outside: Collected Writings 2003–2018 is available for pre-order now.
IN YOUR MIND
Has this interview sparked any thoughts or questions about your own mind's eye, creative process, or inner experience? I'd love to hear your insights! Share your reflections in the comments below or on social media!
LINKS
* Reza’s blog
* Buy Cyclonopedia
* Buy Intelligence and Spirit
* Pre-order Abducting the Outside
* Read more about Reza on Wikipedia
ABOUT THE SHOW
In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.
Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. An interview show exploring perception, experience and expression. The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Springett is a strategist and writer. His work focuses on the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds He has hosted the 301 second long essay podcast PermanentlyMoved since 2018, and Experience.Computer since 2023. Jay is currently working on his first book ‘The Web Was a Side Quest‘ and writes online at https://www.thejaymo.net/


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Jay Springett leads award-winning British animator and illustrator Julia Pott through a series of imaginative exercises.
Then they discuss:
* The role of memories and emotions in creating art
* The Influence of dreams on creative work
* The process of making animation and voice acting
* The experience of directing a TV show
* Imaginative exercises and their impact on ones art and more
Experience.Computer is a slow radio show about high tech. Exploring aphantasia, creativity, and the imagination.
QUOTES
“I feel like you're trying to be in two places at once because you can feel what it's like to be sitting in a space that you're sitting in, what it's like to look out the window, what the smells are in the room you're in, and then you're trying to imagine something else at the same time”
“Often I'm projecting exactly what makes me feel sad or scared when I see the film. If it resonates with me or if it gives me that feeling, then Then I feel like it's successful”
“I'm a terrible texter. Absolutely hate it.“
ABOUT THE GUEST
Julia Pott is an animator, illustrator and the creator and executive producer for the GLAAD and Emmy nominated series Summer Camp Island on Cartoon Network - which can now be found on HBO Max. She was a staff writer on the final two seasons of Adventure Time, and was named one of the 10 Animators to Watch by Variety Magazine. She lives in Los Angeles and enjoys making ceramics.
IN YOUR MIND
Has this interview sparked any thoughts or questions about your own mind's eye, creative process, or inner experience? I'd love to hear your insights! Share your reflections in the comments below or on social media!
LINKS
* Julia on Substack
* Julia’s Website
* Summer Camp Island on IMDB
* Julia on Wikipedia
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ABOUT THE SHOW
In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.
Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. An interview show exploring perception, experience and expression. The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Springett is a strategist and writer. His work focuses on the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds He has hosted the 301 second long essay podcast Permanently Moved since 2018, and Experience.Computer since 2023. Jay is currently working on his first book ‘The Web Was a Side Quest‘ and writes online at thejaymo.net


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Jay Springett leads author and podcaster J David Osborne through a series of imaginative exercises. 
Then they discuss:
* The concept of sensory and perceptual experiences
* The sensation of visualising numbers and mathematical operations
* The feeling of the sacred
* Chat app UX, and social media
* The shape of stories 
* Using different software for writing and more
Experience.Computer is a slow radio show about high tech. Exploring perception, experience and expression.
QUOTES
“A hyper real crunch. The crunch. The ultimate crunch, the ur crunch - right?”
“Every thought that I have are more vocal. It's more voice oriented. So I'm talking to myself in my brain. Other thoughts are feelings. As a matter of fact, you having me do this exercise is interesting because it makes me realise how few times I do focus on the images in my head like that.”
“The only way that I can describe it is that it just feels right. It just feels correct. Something happens, and you think, and I learned over time to listen to that instead of worry too much about plot because sometimes I'd get an idea that felt correct. And then I would think, well, my character wouldn't do that.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
is co-founder of Broken River Books, a collective of five aspiring full-time writers. He is the author of the Wonderland-Award-winning novel By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends, the surreal noir Low Down Death Right Easy, and the cyberpunk novel series God$ Fare No Better. He is the co-host of Agitator Podcast with Kelby Losack, and Lost Xplorers with Kris Saknussemm, and lives in Oklahoma with his wife and son. 
IN YOUR MIND
Has this interview sparked any thoughts or questions about your own mind's eye, creative process, or inner experience? I'd love to hear your insights! Share your reflections in the comments below or on social media!
LINKS:
* Agitator on Spotify
* Agitator Patreon
* Lost Xplorers on Spotify
* Gods Fare No Better series on Amazon.com
* Broken River on Substack
Subscribe to Experience.Computer
* Apple Podcasts
* Spotify
* Pocketcasts
ABOUT THE SHOW
In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.
Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. An interview show exploring perception, experience and expression. The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Springett is a strategist and writer. His work focuses on the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds He has hosted the 301 second long essay podcast Permanently Moved since 2018, and Experience.Computer since 2023. Jay is currently working on his first book ‘The Web Was a Side Quest‘ and writes online at thejaymo.net


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit experience.computer

In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.
Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. Exploring perception, experience and expression.


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit experience.computer