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Hi, I’m Kyson.
For the last 15 years I’ve been obsessed with transformative design and storytelling.
I’ve been practicing my craft as a designer on brands like Rivian, Boosted Boards, and Ford and it has worked every time.
Then, I broke. I suffered a major existential crisis and took a long pause.
During that time, something in me changed. Now I'm back. This time, I'm playing a different game, and the stakes feel high.
Art and design have a greater power than to make corporations money. To prove it to myself, I began telling personal stories through films and I immediately connected with hundreds of thousands of people.
In the process, it healed parts of me—and to my surprise, it did the same for others.
I’m here to offer what I’ve learned.
How does it work?
What are the tools?
Why join?
Why join? (more honest)
How does it work?
What are the tools?
Why join?
Why join? (more honest)
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Storytelling is the most powerful technology humans have. By telling a story you can transform yourself and the audience. However, to tell that kind of a story, you must reveal the hidden parts of yourself. You must let them out. You must let them speak and express themselves in an artistic medium. This sounds hard but it’s been mapped by many wisdom teachers and artists for centuries. For this class we will study the ‘monomyth’ aka the repeatable pattern in all stories of awakening. In four weeks you’ll find your pain and you’ll form a loving relationship with it. You’ll begin the work of making art that expresses the beauty and the heartbreak of that new relationship. Art lives in the tension.
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Patterns in stories, myths, music, movies and religions Psychological frameworks of Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Fredrick Nietzsche, and Ralph Waldo Emerson PDF Workbook Writing prompts Online Community Sketchbook Meditation Weekly Personal grief and rebirth ritual Nature Quest Show and Tell Night
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You’re committed to your future You want to feel alive You have hope in humanity You want to make art You want to create alongside others You're ready for boost of momentum
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You’re committed to your future You want to feel alive You have hope in humanity You want to make art You want to create alongside others You're ready for boost of momentum
Wake the Artist
What: 4-Week Creative Challenge
Purpose Map your journey. Face your shadows. Free your voice.
Seats 32 Maximum
Location Online
Duration 4 Weeks
Dates July 15 — Aug 15
Time Thursdays 6pm—8pm PST
Price $400
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