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The "forgotten fifth pillar of health."
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Being Creatively Proactive
Personal creative manifestos and inspiration from Bertolt Brecht and Tove Jansson.
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Creative Winter
A conversation with writer Katherine May on taking breaks, the need for shutting down the external and turning inward, and the intense bursts of…
Jan 11, 2025
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Cults, Influence, and Truth as Creative Constraint
A conversation with Ellen Huet, author of Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult.
Nov 15, 2025
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Craft, Labor, Care
Orienting ourselves away from the relentless churn of online content.
Nov 8, 2025
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Create Dangerously
Words of wisdom from Albert Camus on the responsibility of artists in difficult times.
Oct 18, 2025
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"We need the poetry of now."
Staying rooted in reality so we can creatively respond.
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Look For The Artists
Making and doing as a hopeful act.
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Fallow January
A season of winter work.
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24 Days of Making, Doing, and Being: 24
God jul.
Dec 24, 2025
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24 Days of Making, Doing, and Being: 23
Poetic composition.
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Cults, Influence, and Truth as Creative Constraint
A conversation with Ellen Huet, author of Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult.
Nov 15, 2025
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Anna Brones
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Art as a Portal to Wonderment
A conversation about watercolor, creative inspiration, and real life in Paris with artist Jessie Kanelos Weiner, author of the new book Thinking in…
Mar 8, 2025
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What Happens When We Burn Out?
A conversation about the signs, and lessons, of creative burnout with writer Emma Gannon.
Feb 22, 2025
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Creative Winter
A conversation with writer Katherine May on taking breaks, the need for shutting down the external and turning inward, and the intense bursts of…
Jan 11, 2025
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Anna Brones
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"Handmade things are made by bodies."
A conversation with artist Julie Cloutier about the physical and financial realities of making ceramics, running a small business, and finding creative…
Sep 14, 2024
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“We are neither the cancer of the Earth nor its cure. We are its progeny, its poetry, and its mirror.”
A conversation with Ferris Jabr about his new book Becoming Earth, the precision and poetry of science writing, and the power of gardens.
Aug 3, 2024
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"An artist is someone who is brave enough to let the inner thoughts come out."
A conversation with artist Lindsay Gardner on creative process, illness, and figuring out what we want to make and how we want to feel.
Jun 29, 2024
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Seaweed, Ferns, and Sea Stars: The Fascinating World of Nature Printing
A conversation with Pia Östlund, co-author of Capturing Nature, about discovering an old art form, what it means to work on an enormous creative…
May 11, 2024
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