Writing, Creativity & How-To
Welcome to the Writing, Creativity and How-To Department. Every creative operandi needs a modus — this one’s for you: We write, therefore we am. These are the prose and cons, how-to’s and “why nots?” of making creative work. I’ll be your Ms. Lonely Arts advice columnist.
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The Purpose Problem
“Sat-chit-ānanda.” I’m never going to risk pronouncing these words aloud and admit to anxiety even spelling them. The phrase is Sanskrit, the ancient and sacred language of Hinduism and Buddhism, and represents an idiomatic concept that—reduced for Western understanding—can mean…
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Pivot
Dear Readers — Please note this missive has escaped the custody of Substack and is now broadcast free and directly from DHowell.com. Welcome to the direly indie, handcrafted, artisanal, small-batch, farm-to-table version of the Daedalus Howell Arts & Media Newsletter™.…
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Sublime Mediocrity
Art is Where Ambition and Limitation Often Meet Some artists carry the cultural burden of their genius and mounting legacy. Ahem—not I. Having run through Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ first four stages of grief as pertains to my career (denial, anger, bargaining,…
