We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jackson Osborn a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Jackson, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.
I learned what I know now just by doing.
Being eager to try new things is essential in fulfilling an impermanent life. Starting out I wish I knew how to act more on discipline rather than just motivation. Relying on confidence and courage helped guide me through idleness and any internal anxiety.
Jackson, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I am a 22 year old college graduate from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. I moved to New York from Arkansas with ambition in learning how to apply myself into the fine arts field. Whether that be helping on a friend’s project, applying for new/unknown ones, or just living a life that is not guaranteed. I have found it exciting, yet struggling to find opportunities for myself. I think a strength I have is providing myself with my own opportunity. I’m most proud of my ambition in trying new things in life and not marinating in old habits. I recently enlisted in the United States Army National Guard to help shape my future in the fine arts. It will give me a greater sense of patience and direction for a healthy and hardworking lifestyle.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
A huge message that I benefited from as a kid was a sense of hope. When you go through hardships as a child it is hard to be able to make it out as successful as you may see the kid next to you. When you cancel out that noise and truly channel the hope that you can be greater than who you are now is a very powerful feat. I hope that one day my art is able to give itself back to a young person who is struggling in finding that hope internally.
Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?
In my second year of college I was kicked out of a college campus I was residing in for partaking in reckless behavior. At the time I was extremely disappointed in myself and had little hope in my ability to make it in the real world. I used this as an opportunity to discipline myself in behavior, for I was the only one who benefit from this. I started to become more mature in my way of life, and this caused me to let go of old habits that were no longer serving me. I would not be the man who I am today if I did not make the mistake that brought me here.
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Egor Epishov
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