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Lil GWS/Elephant Town interview (15 min) (Patreon)

Published:
2022-08-26 15:18:14
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2022-09-09 13:48:12
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2026-09
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The fella who interviewed me for National Arts a year or two ago sent me an early link to the show I'm in last night. Suddenly I remembered that the $3 tier is called "Sneak Peeks," so I asked if I could share it with you guys before it officially airs. :)

My first thought was "no one wants to watch this, geez, *I* don't wanna watch this" but about 7 minutes in, there's a photo that I had NO IDEA he was going to put in there, that I'd NEVER seen before, and I kinda lost my shit when I saw it! And I want to share it with you, since you're following Elephant Town and it has to do with the title, and you probably don't know anything about it yet. :)

The feature is about 15 minutes long, and it's followed by a feature on my (now retired) fellow Studio Tour member Sheila Brannon, a local stained glass artist. I'm a little bummed that he didn't keep the original pairing, with Michael Davis, because you'd finally get to "meet" the extraordinary friend I join for figure drawing every Wednesday night (he'd probably HATE it if I went out of my way to share his feature when it's out!). But you get to meet Sheila and see her cool-ass stained glass.

***UPDATE: Mike, the interviewer, just replied to me about the elephant photo: "It is a compilation of two photographs. Shepherdstown back in the day and an elephant that passed away on a street in India. They have been combined." I don't know how I feel about this! I replied that he should probably include a notice that it's a digital recreation; Shepherdstown takes its history rather seriously. (But I also complimented him on his masterful Photoshop skills.) I'm curious if this is common in film, and I'm just being sensitive? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Danielle Corsetto and Sheila Brannan

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Laura Tripp

That photo is not okay! It feels like a trick, knowing that it's not real! I don't know, if I didn't know I would trust it and that's not okay. And now that I do know it's hard to trust anything, except that I've been here since 2004 so I know it's all true LOL. I don't know the picture feels kind of sketch. It would be so cool if it were real though, man. The interview is really awesome though! You do a great job. It's also a really interesting visual because he's like twice your size!

dcorsetto

I agree!! I can't help but wonder what else is falsified in his features! (Not to knock Sheila, but when he introduces her as "one of the foremost stained glass artisans on the east coast," my eyebrow raised. At some point I think he introduced me a similarly beefed-up way, and I shuddered - I don't want to be talked up with titles that have no basis!) Lol about the size difference, I didn't consider that!! He is a tall guy, but it's funny, a lot of people who've followed my work for years seem to think I'm tall, and are always surprised by how wee I am in person! ;)

Darren Odden

Storytelling does lend itself to some poetic license. I've seen film/visual storytellers use images from outside to help tell the story, specially in recreation "flashbacks"

dcorsetto

Now that I think about it, I've seen the same in documentaries, true. It's funny, but I think it's because this is less than a block from my house - and because I've seen what feels like every single photo that's ever been taken in Shepherdstown - that this one feels like an affront to my historian neighbors!

Darren Odden

BTW, this was a great interview, and he does a great job helping you tell your story.

Laura Tripp

As long as I've been following you, everything he said in your intro rang true to me! It's hard to hear stuff like that about yourself, but the rest of us feel that way about you! And yes, it does make everything sus. What a shame, it's a really cool feature on you, regardless. And I'm always here for pictures of Jamie, whenever!! (Was she my first hardcore digital crush? Maaaaaybe.....)

David Neale-Lorello

Omigosh! Thanks for sharing that! It was great seeing you at work and sharing your conceptualizations. ET makes even more sense now. Talking about the role of place in your characters lives reminded me of "Here" by Richard McGuire, are you familiar with that? https://www.richard-mcguire.com/new-page-4 Brilliant book; different take from ET, but related. PS: Yeah, not disclosing that the photo is a mockup (a generous interpretation) is not okay.

Christina

I *loved* watching this. Thank you!

Beth Brent

Well, truth matters--everything about the photo's presentation suggested it was real. It was used in the context of documentary and it hovered there for quite a while. Daniel I loved what you shared with us and read you as generous and honest while exercising maybe a tinge of caution? In the spirit of play and curiosity, could that photo serve as gateway into the subconscious wherein lies truth about the interviewer? I should remember his name given how many times he bannered it across the screen during the interview.......

Nancy K

That was neat to watch, thanks for sharing! But yeahhh, that photo is presented as if it was a legit historical artifact and that's not ok.

dcorsetto

I maaaaybe created Jamie as my own personal dream girl, soooo I'm biased but you have great taste! ;)

dcorsetto

He really did!! I also like that he slowed me down; I usually cringe watching videos of myself because I talk so fast!

dcorsetto

OH!! David!! I read "Here" while I was up at CCS, visiting for a talk - it was in their library and I was intrigued by the cover. It was before I'd really dug in on Elephant Town, and it really inspired me to go forward with the story. (I hope this isn't rude to say, but I really wished there was more *story* to "Here," which made a lasting impression on me as I started to write ET.) Thank you for linking that; I'd forgotten the title, and the book had a dreamlike quality in my memory that made me wonder if it actually existed. ;)

dcorsetto

Ahaha I like this response. ;) And now I'm curious about what my perceived "tinge of caution" may have been about!

David Neale-Lorello

The story definitely takes something to tease out, not least because McGuire (almost gratuitously) wraps hundreds of millions of years into it! It’s one of my favorite books on my shelf and it’s taken me several readings — and hours on Google Maps — to glean what I have. But I like that you’re not quite so obfuscating with ET!

dcorsetto

Y'know, I read it relatively quickly in a library, which means I was probably mildly distracted; I didn't really catch that there WAS a story, so perhaps it's worth buying a copy of this book and giving it another read! Thanks for jostling this in my brain. :)

Ruth Merriam

Truth is almost always stranger than fiction. One can't help but wonder if there's a newspaper account of the elephant somewhere from which he drew his inspiration for the photo's layout. Was a lovely interview. I enjoyed the back and forth between the questioning in the empty theater and watching you work at your studio desk. You're so nimble with your process!

Cathi Andrews

I'm behind in my emails and therefore patreon, but the vid now shows as removed by uploader. :(