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little Q&A moment today!

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Favorites mentioned:

Books:

- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

- Hunger Games (lol) by Suzanne Collins

- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Musicians:

- Muna

- Yana

- Abba

- The Weepies

- Samia

- Devon Again

Substacks:

- Rayne Fisher Quann

- Ayan Artan

- Jamila Bradley

- Henrik Karlson

- Heather Havrilesky

Podcast:

-Binchtopia

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I've found real magic in thinking on the page in the last year. I'd love for more people to experience this with me.

"When I sit down to write, the meadow is still engulfed in darkness under a sky where satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless, like dreams; they morph as I approach them. But when I open my notebook and write, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can examine them." - Henrik Karlson

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Resources Mentioned:

- Why I Write by Joan Didion

- On Abandoning Capitalistic Achievement to Seek the Freedom of Play

- 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing

- A Life in Constant Potential

- the one about ai

- don't get it f*cked up fr

- Why You Should Build Your Raft of Art in the Sea of Slop

- Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog

- If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying

- Henrik Karlson: One of the World's Most Under-Rated Writers| How I Write

- Writing as Autonomy

- Writing Hack: Write it Just Like That

- Squibler.io Dangerous Writing Prompt

- In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching

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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Writing as Thinking02:40 Capacities Sponsorship04:03 Joan Didion 05:19 Communicating when you're NOT a verbal processor07:10 Childhood hints that you're a writer08:43 Writing Holds Your Questions 10:06 Spotting Intrinsic Artistic Mediums 10:49 Addressing AI Slop Writing14:02 Writing as Pathological Caring 16:16 Writing is about Power 17:32 Writing in a Memoir Style20:55 Writing Essays23:30 Being willing to be stupid in public25:39 Calling out Conflicting Thoughts 26:59 Approach "I Write to Know What I'm Thinking" With Caution28:28 The Value in the Rewriting Process

To try everything Sublime has to offer, visit https://sublime.app/?ref=anna & use code: wildgeese for 20% off at checkout! Sublime is the tool I use everyday to help make more interesting connections between one idea to the next. If you're stuck in distracting algorithms & having a hard time falling down the rabbit hole, this episode is for you :) RESOURCES: - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert- How to Research Niche Ideas on Literature and Philosophy- Your digital gardening should be communal! (anna howard, artistic isolation, and wilding the web)- The Science of Mind Mapping: A Visual Way to Make Sense of the World - Follow the White Hot Fire Inside of You- Slaughterhouse FiveTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 00:55 From research to creation02:14 Sublime Sponsorship 03:11 How my digital gardening process has changed 04:55 How to fall down the rabbit hole without distraction 05:35 The 3 states of attention 06:36 Addressing the inability to focus 07:22 How to store inspiration & ideas in one place 08:29 Creating collections 09:24 public vs. private 09:52 finding related cards (sources) 11:14 How to let your curiosity lead the ship instead of someone else's algorithm 13:35 How to research niche ideas in literature and philosophy 14:08 How to research in a way that expands YOUR writing 16:05 turn your digital garden into a community garden 18:28 turning your rabbit hole into a project 20:00 BTS of creating a canvas for a new project27:30 BTS of a canvas I made for a past episode 28:55 having a visual of your curiosity 29:19 ways this process can be helpful for non-writing projects This episode is sponsored by Sublime.app🫶 Join my newsletter⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email [email protected]

For ourselves and for our neighbors, let's build up our sense of agency, shall we?

Please note, while this episode does touch on political topics, that is NOT an invitation to argue about politics in my comment section or DMs. Engaging in that behavior will get you blocked.

Donate:

- Amal for Palestine: https://amal4palestine.org/

- The Sameer Project: https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeBmkekTb6T5myMZL76q9wI1ZKbPi_nMm-OgBBrKJzXHBhVnmGbE7UFvIutmw_aem_NnVYIwFqxRv0jGGyrNgs1g

- Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.com/

Resources Mentioned:

- On Agency by Henrik Karlsson: https://substack.com/home/post/p-167633827

- Untamed by Glennon Doyle: https://untamedbook.com/

- Maybe You're Not Actually Trying by Cate Hall: https://usefulfictions.substack.com/p/maybe-youre-not-actually-trying

- The Flinch by Julien Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23786061-the-flinch

- Relationships are Co-Evolutionary Loops by Henrik Karlsson: https://substack.com/@henrikkarlsson/p-137775492

- Eliza Day's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elizadaylight/video/7529648599647538462?_r=1&_t=ZT-8yPW4bjEauk

- Do What You Can't by Tommy Dixon: https://www.tommydixon.ca/p/do-what-you-cant

- Deyonna's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deyawnuh/video/7519137264933424415

- The Happy Urbanist's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonjon.jpeg/video/7335171695277264170?_r=1&_t=ZT-8ySqYZ6sUC7

Related Episodes:

- #8 with Lexi Merritt: https://open.spotify.com/episode/48k2ya4UQVtQUE1YMVCHd9?si=b08f5b1f13a94206

- #15 with Eliza Day: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZZv2z3tmXuA5Dzlspid99?si=aa8e494ad1d44961

- The Life Design Process that Changed my Art: https://youtu.be/pV59nzzwNWI?si=nMiUkKCoNGJ3mwZe

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After poet Andrea Gibson passed away this week, I realized that poetry and sensuality are deeply intertwined. Both require "masterful sensitivity" and the courage to feel everything, including pain. I believe most people don't realize they're poets, and by tuning into all nine of our senses (not just the basic five,) we can live more sensually and honor the brief, beautiful time we have in these bodies ⚠️Content Warning: Death/Mortality Discussion, Grief/Loss, Mental Health, Body Image Resources Mentioned: - Etymology of Sensuality

- Royal Heart by Andrea Gibson

- SENSUALISM: Being Sensual is a Lifestyle

- How Many Senses Do We Have

- Andrea's Instagram

- How Cancer Transformed My Crushing Anxiety Into Boundless Bliss | Andrea Gibson | What’s Underneath

- “I will not fight:” Viral poet says accepting cancer gave them more life

- Tincture by Andrea Gibson

- Poetry Watching by *me*

- Carlitos Tiktok

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How can you share what you're working on and get through the fear of judgement? Let's chat about it!

Resources Mentioned:

- Unfiltered Courage: The Radical Act of Being Yourself by Musguided

- Design Literacy in the Age of Intelligent Automation by Willem Van Lancker

- Get Numb Before You Get Good by Cedric Chin

- The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

- Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You by Kieran O‘Hare

- your perfectionism will not save you. by Ayan Artan

- Self-Doubt is the Creative Process by Zack Evans

- Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power by Kasia UrbaniakTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction00:32 Listener Feedback02:21 Brilliant Sponsor03:21 Quote on Bravery04:00 Love Island Sidebar 06:14 Role of Fear in Creativity10:22 Kurt Vonnegut's Advice07:49 Art vs. Content16:30 Importance of Integrity, Neutrality, Conviction, and Curiosity18:18 Getting Numb Before Getting Good20:45 Qualities Needed Before Sharing Your Work26:36 ConclusionConnect with me: ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services

Why is love SO intertwined with ownership? Let's cut that sh*t out! Resources mentioned: - All About Love by Bell Hooks- what the self help industry has wrong about...everything by Jamila Bradley- Love is Not Enough by Museguided- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships -- And It's Everywhere- George Akolade Coker's Relationship Anarchy SmorgasbordTimestamps: 00:00 - intro 00:53 - Brilliant Sponsorship 02:03 - The flaws in our language around romantic relationships03:30 - pathologizing desire 06:10 - extracting ownership from love 11:20 - Why we're all afraid of commitment14:11 - A brief and incomplete history of love & marriage 17:00 - How to introduce equity to romantic relationships 22:00 - Relationship Anarchy 24:25 - Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord

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Reading is the powerful tool we have to unlock our imaginations. And right now, I believe it's time to use our imaginations to see a new world. Maybe one that's not dominated by "obsessive technologies," as Ursula K Le Guin so aptly put. 

Resources Mentioned: 

- American Library Association

- Full Speech: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Passionate Defense of Art over Profits

 - Celine Nguyen's "No One Told Me About Proust"

- Carl Hendrick's Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us

- Rayne Fisher-Quann's Poser Ethics

-Museguided's Freedom’s Fragility, Democracy’s Decline

- Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown

Timestamps: 

00:00 intro

02:33 everyone is using chatgpt to cheat? 

03:39 it's easier now than ever to seen as smart and interesting

05:45 Ursula K Le Guin's art versus profit motive 

09:10 Literacy IS quality of life 

11:17 Stop blaming students - this is a systemic issue 

12:29 taste is formed through love 

15:09 reading as resistance 

20:45 public libraries are being defunded. Here's what we can do about it!

21:07 why you should care about libraries 

22:11 All organizing is science fiction 

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I'm back for part 2 of the digital gardening episode! You wanted to see more of my garden, soI'll give you some behind the scenes today, plus tips on how to turn your notes into art.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - coming up

03:24 - these things AREN'T digital gardens

07:40 - platforms you can digital garden with

11:04 - answering your Qs about the process of digital gardening

24:32 - why this process is for you, even if you're not a writer

26:04 - how to turn notes into something new

29:10 - how to find great sources for your garden

30:34 - my personal takeaways from digital gardening

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We all need to understand what our greater values are & why we're pursuing what we're pursuing in order to get through the muck of ✨ the process✨. So let's chat about the plan I've been using for the past 4 quarters to change my life and my art! Resources mentioned: - Big Paper Planning Day- The Anatomy of a 'Why' by Museguided- Novelty Wanes, Then What? by Lexi Merritt- Oblique Strategies for Starting a New Project by Celine Nguyen- Are You Bored Enough to be Successful by Layla ShaikleyTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Coming up 01:00 - Join Craftsy for $1.4902:03 - rethinking our the creative process 03:45 - Big paper planning day 05:04 - Finding your "why" 10:12 - creating action menus 12:24 - giving yourself credit 13:13 - finding your next project 14:55 - strategies for starting, continuing and finishing 16:35 - obstacles that come up in the creative process 23:01 - finishing is a skill 💌 Podcast Management Website ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram