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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.99,0:00:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.47,0:00:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm at home, as I'm sure\Nmany of you are, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.55,0:00:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've all begun to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.66,0:00:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how our relationship with ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.74,0:00:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.93,0:00:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the spaces we exist in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.25,0:00:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can deeply impact\Nour sense of identity and purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.69,0:00:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much has dramatically changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.57,0:00:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense of distance now\Nunlike ever before.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.96,0:00:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if I told you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.54,0:00:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you could find a way\Nfrom your heart to your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.93,0:00:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reconnect again,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.85,0:00:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that through this practice\Nand embracing this cause,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.88,0:00:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could help you to recalibrate your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.90,0:00:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you could explore\Nthis new reality with joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.40,0:00:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enthusiasm, imagination and hope?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.05,0:00:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all it would take is a simple pen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.58,0:00:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get you there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.94,0:00:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's go back to the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.73,0:00:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a kid growing up in a council estate\Nin Southeast London,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.43,0:00:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was an outsider.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.01,0:00:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the oldest of six kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.84,0:00:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of my siblings are very English:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.02,0:01:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blond hair, blue eyes, very cute.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.58,0:01:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there was me:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.80,0:01:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half Nigerian, brown, with an Afro.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.34,0:01:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happens when you look different
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.10,0:01:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you feel different,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.54,0:01:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in many ways,\Nstart to think differently
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.73,0:01:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from everyone and everything around you?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.99,0:01:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you find your way\Nout of a dark, racist, homophobic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.38,0:01:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very lonely place?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.36,0:01:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where the pen comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.84,0:01:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to draw.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.47,0:01:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as you can see, I've got this pen,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.57,0:01:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it knows where it's going.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.20,0:01:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've learned very well\Nhow to follow it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.82,0:01:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first thing I did is\NI followed this line,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.15,0:01:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I drew myself out of a culture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.92,0:01:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was only telling me\Nwhat I couldn't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.94,0:01:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trusted my pen,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it led me to Central Saint Martin's,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.59,0:01:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very fancy art school in London,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.84,0:01:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I graduated top of my year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.39,0:01:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I soon realized\Nthere wasn't a place for me in London,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.49,0:02:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because whether you wish\Nto believe it or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.16,0:02:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,England is still a country\Nthat is rooted and functions within
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.54,0:02:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the class system.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.73,0:02:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a young, black, gay female artist\Nfrom a working-class family,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.70,0:02:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't stand a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.45,0:02:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I left London and I moved to Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.31,0:02:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I didn't experience\Npeople asking me where I was really from.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.30,0:02:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just another gaijin,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.28,0:02:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, ironically, means "outsider."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.61,0:02:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was immersed in a culture\Nthat honors both making and craft,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.69,0:02:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people perfect their craft\Nover generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.90,0:02:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a culture that masters\Nboth time and space,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.93,0:02:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that artists can truly\Ncreate with freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.28,0:02:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I discovered\Nwas a place I wasn't angry with.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.16,0:02:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tokyo hadn't wronged me in any way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.39,0:02:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could no longer create with anger
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.93,0:02:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or out of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.49,0:02:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to bravely allow myself\Nto create from a different place.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.81,0:02:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I found is this incredible tool
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.72,0:02:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transcended a line on paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.70,0:03:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a thing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.09,0:03:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connected my head to my heart
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.83,0:03:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my hand, to everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.46,0:03:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see the world in new ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.09,0:03:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found connections in corners
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.00,0:03:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the solutions to problems\NI never knew existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.99,0:03:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the world with all its\Npositive and negative spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.28,0:03:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could now be seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.94,0:03:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just by seeing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.40,0:03:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was no longer any fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.31,0:03:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like my pen was a flashlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.59,0:03:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the unknown was still there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.08,0:03:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it wasn't scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.86,0:03:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After five years of living in Japan\Nand focusing on my craft,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.95,0:03:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I needed a new challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.90,0:03:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I moved to New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.13,0:03:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's what you do\Nas an artist, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.40,0:03:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You move to the greatest\Ncity in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.42,0:03:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.67,0:03:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make you feel\Ncompletely and utterly invisible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.79,0:03:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is when I began to truly ask myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.91,0:03:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who are you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.28,0:03:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would wake up in the morning,\Nand before I began my day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.31,0:03:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would meditate on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.03,0:03:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with this question in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.02,0:04:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.52,0:04:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I followed the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.15,0:04:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I let it lead the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.82,0:04:05.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The process of picking up a pen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.02,0:04:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something everyone has access to,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.68,0:04:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the act of giving myself\Npermission to let go
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.10,0:04:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all thoughts, all fears,\Ninsecurities --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.04,0:04:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything that would get in the way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.71,0:04:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of allowing myself to be completely me --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.51,0:04:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that became my way\Nof experiencing freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.75,0:04:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got to New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.38,0:04:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want to play by the rules\Nof the art world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.11,0:04:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I continued my practice as an outsider.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.31,0:04:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.25,0:04:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Curiosity became the ink for my pen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.09,0:04:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I continued to dive deeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.38,0:04:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over time, I began to create\Na bold, confident space for myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.85,0:04:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a space that was all my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.93,0:04:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Initially, it was just my bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.30,0:04:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that bedroom ended up\Nin "The New York Times,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.34,0:04:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and suddenly, I was being seen and known
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.25,0:04:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this world I had created.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.03,0:04:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since then,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.24,0:05:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've created and collaborated\Nwith some of the most unique artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.77,0:05:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutions and spaces,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.68,0:05:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the screens of Times Square,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.88,0:05:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the New York City Ballet\Nfor their incredible artist series,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.96,0:05:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I interviewed a number of dancers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.46,0:05:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their stories and words\Nbecame the foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.20,0:05:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of over 30 drawings and artworks,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.97,0:05:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which took over the promenade walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.29,0:05:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,windows and floors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.25,0:05:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.52,0:05:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to create a space\Nfor contemplation and poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.75,0:05:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in 2019,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.05,0:05:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given the opportunity\Nto do just that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.39,0:05:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Trust of Governor's Island.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.58,0:05:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They provided me with the perfect canvas
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.11,0:05:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the form of a former military chapel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.60,0:05:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet "The May Room."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.79,0:05:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With drawings on the exterior\Ninspired by the history of the island,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.95,0:05:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you walk inside, you take your shoes off,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.62,0:05:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a drawing on the floor\Nin the form of a maze
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.42,0:05:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that brings you back to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.01,0:05:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an invitation to become calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.61,0:05:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this allows you\Nto see phrases on the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.25,0:05:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May you be wise."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.99,0:06:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May you sleep soundly at night."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.09,0:06:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May we save trees."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.30,0:06:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May you," "may you," "may we."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.85,0:06:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these phrases seem\Nlike they're rising from you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.96,0:06:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or falling into you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.07,0:06:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've let my lines\Nbecome much like a language,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.77,0:06:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a language that has unfolded\Nmuch like life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.50,0:06:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when there has been silence,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.06,0:06:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've sought connection\Nthrough conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.63,0:06:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking questions to push\Nthrough the discomfort.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.38,0:06:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drawing has taught me\Nhow to create my own rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.92,0:06:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has taught me to open my eyes\Nto see not only what is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.85,0:06:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what can be.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.18,0:06:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where there are broken systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.74,0:06:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can create new ones\Nthat actually function and benefit all,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.68,0:06:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of just a select few.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.05,0:06:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drawing has taught me\Nhow to fully engage with the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.29,0:06:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I've come to realize\Nthrough this language of lines
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.84,0:06:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the importance of being seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.41,0:06:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather the gift of seeing\Nthat we give to others
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.52,0:06:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how true freedom\Nis the ability to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.25,0:07:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't mean that literally,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.88,0:07:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because sight is only one way\Nin which one can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.25,0:07:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I mean is to experience\Nthe world in its entirety,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.96,0:07:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe even more so\Nduring the most challenging moments
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.49,0:07:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the one we face today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.72,0:07:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Shantell Martin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.12,0:07:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I draw.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.30,0:07:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I invite you to pick up a pen
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.24,0:07:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see where it takes you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.21,0:07:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)