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Optimize or Improvise?
Fun in the Face of Information Overload
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A Sonnet On Optimism
And Keeping Your Chin Up
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On Making Art in Times of Change
Every Time's a Time of Change
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Creativity is for Everyone
Meditating on a Physicist's Definition of Creativity
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A Sneak Peek at UNTITLED ZINE PLAY
"I think I'm done with art."
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Through Stories, History Survives
How Narrative Histories Make Truth Functional
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A Sonnet for Her
Proximity to Death is a Reminder to Live
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Physical Libraries vs. Digital Archives
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Prescient Take on the Inimitable Smell of Books
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Three Plays I Saw Last Week
Poser Activism, Dead Dads, Gay Sons, and Ballroom Cats
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Memetic Culture and the Destruction of Nuance
On the Transformation of Information into Entertainment
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A Sonnet for You
Reflecting on Dreams Without Deadlines
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Dramaturgy vs. The Algorithm
Welcome to Art and Survival, a weekly-ish newsletter documenting one theatre-loving boy’s attempt to build a secure life filled with creative acts.
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Discipline Is Creative Play
How Little Efforts Compound to Make Art
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Does Creativity Matter?
A Brief Meditation on Persistence
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Art and Survival
Reflections on creativity under capitalism. Scraps to share, essays, etc.
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