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Art Making, Creativity and How We Keep Going with Sarah McColl

Episode 87 of the How to Be Human podcast, hosted by Anna Toonk, titled "Art Making, Creativity and How We Keep Going with Sarah McColl" was published on October 10, 2023 and runs 68 minutes.

October 10, 2023 ·68m · How to Be Human

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We all have a story. We are born into family legacies, we develop personalities, we meet people and see ourselves in each other. Who we are finds its way into both the mundane and the expansive throughout our lives, usually in a variety of modalities or forms of expression.

Sarah McColl is a writer who shares her curiosities and her point of view in a beautiful way. Her honest and tender memoir, Joy Enough, chronicles her mother’s death and the divorce Sarah went through concurrently. It left us stunned. Anna and Sarah go deep on all of the things that come up in every stage of clarifying your own story, the ebb and flow of creativity and productivity, and tons more food for thought about living life and feeling feels. 

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Beth Pickens - Make Your Art No Matter What

Off the Grid Podcast

Making a Life As An Artist - Andrew Simonet

Marlee Grace


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