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creativity as self care
and a balm for burnout
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Is there another way to bridge the creative gap?
Years ago, I remember Ira Glass talking about what he called ‘the gap.’ The 10,000-hour chasm between your creative abilities and your taste.
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On the language of creative instinct
A conversation I had recently reminded me of a line I love by the late poet Mary Oliver, from her poem Wild Geese. It begins with the line, “You do not…
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Heliotropic List #22
Reads, Ragas, Recipes
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The virtues of epicurean idleness
I re-watched Call Me By Your Name last night.
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The surprising magic of saying the same thing differently
I’ve been wrangling with a posting block this past couple of weeks.
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Heliotropic List #21
Camus, Fry and Saint-Étienne
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The deceptively safe and soulless nature of Instagram art
Art today feels so safe.
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Heliotropic List #20
Things to eat, read and listen to
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How intense focus kills creativity
The science and virtues 'fucking around' and the mathematician who accidentally birthed cubism
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Heliotropic List #19
6am romance and blue cigars
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Six things I've learned from The Artists Way
(At the eight week mark)
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