I am recording this episode for the push through artists who have worked so hard, for so long that they don’t even know what their max capacity is — every year presents new challenges, requiring new limits, seemingly stretching into infinity. I am recording this episode for those who delight in the rigor of a challenge and experience an erotic charge when spirit is inviting them into the next growth spurt or learning curve. I am recording this episode for those of us who are getting on our Zoom while grieving, because we desperately want to hit pause but the bills keep coming. I see you. I’ve been each of these worldbuilders, sometimes all at once. How do we know when a season is requiring our strength or our stillness? This is the question I hope to unpack in today’s episode.

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Citations

• Divining Poets: Clifton — A Quotable Deck from Turtle Point Press
• Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
• Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being by kamra sadia hakim
• What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill
• The Last of Us on HBO
• Cover Art: Somaya Critchlow, Untitled (Rope and Moon), 2018, Materials: Oil on Canvas, Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 in (21 x 14.8 cm)